PokerStars Unveils 25th WCOOP With 350 Tournaments and $40 Million in Guarantees
The September series spans 121 events, six Main Events and a stack of qualifiers and promos
- The 25th WCOOP will run from Sept. 6 through Sept. 30 with 350 tournaments and $40 million in guarantees.
- The series spans 121 events, including 10 branded World Championship events, with most tournaments available at three buy-in levels.
- The six Main Events include Low, Medium and High NLH and PLO versions, with combined guarantees of more than $6.5 million.
- PokerStars will offer satellites, WCOOP-themed Spin & Go events, Lucky Dip tickets, Power Path Express entries and additional WCOOP Leaderboard prizes.
PokerStars has published the full schedule for the 25th World Championship of Online Poker, and the September series is now set at 350 tournaments running from Sept. 6 through Sept. 30. The slate carries $40 million in guarantees, includes six Main Events with $6.5 million in combined guarantees, and every winner will receive a trophy.
As reported yesterday, PokerStars had already set the dates and said the full slate would follow in the coming weeks. Poker.org describes WCOOP as PokerStars’ annual World Championship of Online Poker, first played in 2002, and says this year’s edition spans 121 different events. It also says 10 of the tournaments are branded World Championship events, and most events are offered at three buy-in levels.
The flagship championships are split between no-limit hold’em and pot-limit Omaha. Poker.org says the NLH and PLO Main Events are each available in Low, Medium and High versions, priced at $109, $1,050 and $10,300. The NLH trio starts Sept. 27 with guarantees of $1.25 million, $2 million and $2.5 million, while the PLO versions start Sept. 28 and carry guarantees of $100,000, $250,000 and $400,000.
PokerNews says the wider festival will cover formats including No-Limit Hold’em, Pot-Limit Omaha, 8-Game, HORSE, Progressive Knockout, Mystery Bounty and Triple Draw, and that six Main Events will award more than $6.5 million in guaranteed prize money on Sept. 27 and 28. The site also says PokerStars is adding satellites from $0.55, WCOOP-themed Spin & Go events from $0.75, $500,000 in tournament tickets through Lucky Dip, more than $175,000 in ticket bundles and Main Event entries through Power Path Express, and an extra $100,000 across the WCOOP Leaderboards. Steve Clarricoats, PokerStars associate director of online scheduling, told PokerNews that a WCOOP victory is a piece of poker history and that every champion joins an exclusive group of players who have conquered one of the toughest online tournament series in the world.
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Earlier coverage
- PokerStars Unveils 350-Event WCOOP Schedule Aug 20, 2026
- PokerStars Sets 25th WCOOP for Sept. 6-30 Jul 29, 2026
- PokerStars Sets $800,000 in WCOOP Boot Camp Guarantees Aug 12, 2026
- PokerStars’ WCOOP Boot Camp Returns With 65 Events Jul 31, 2026









