Players at Poker Stars can now enjoy a 50% reload bonus up to a $250 max bonus. It’s in celebration of upcoming SCOOP 2012. That’s the latest installment of the famed PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker.
Between now and May 3rd just enter in the bonus code MAX250 when making your deposit. Then use the bonus money to get in on the 40 events worth of action at the 2012 SCOOP.
Deposit minimum for this offer is $10 but if you deposit $500 then you can get the full $250 bonus.
In order to redeem any of this bonus, once you’ve made your eligible deposit, you need to earn a certain amount of VPPs, or VIP Player Points. Bonus cash is released in $/£/€10 increments, with the exact amount of VPPs required to clear each increment differing depending on the player’s chosen currency. Euros are released in 260 VPP increments; pounds are released in 320 VPP increments; and U.S. dollars and Canadian dollars are released in 200 VPP increments. Bonus cash can only be redeemed in the same currenc in which the qualifying deposit was made. Players have 30 days after making the qualifying deposits to clear as much of their bonus as they can, after which any remaining uncleared portion of the bonus is forfeited. Each PokerStars player may redeem this bonus only once.
Stay tuned here to learn more about the Poker Stars 2012 Spring Championship of Online Poker and all its 40 events as the time approaches.
The Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) is an annual online mega tournament hosted by PokerStars, which is a leading poker room. It is modeled after the World Series of Poker (WSOP), which is the biggest land based poker tournament extravaganza. The objective of SCOOP is to give online poker players an experience of a mega poker event. SCOOP 2011 has begun on May 8. It will span 38 events and run till May 22.
There is one major difference between SCOOP and WSOP. Each SCOOP event is actually three independent events with low, medium and high buy-ins. This allows low rollers to participate and also ensures that players are not forced to play at stakes that do not suit them. All events have a guaranteed prize pool that will be shared by the winners in the declared manner. The total prize pool across all 114 events (38 x 3) is $25 million.
As in WSOP, there is a declared Main Event, which is the most prestigious, has the largest prizes and enjoys the greatest participation. At SCOOP 2011 the Main Event is Event #38, which is the last event. The poker variant is Texas Hold’em and the betting structure is No Limit. The combined prize pool for this event is $4.75 million. The low buy-in event gets $750,000, the medium buy-in event gets $1.5 million and the high buy-in event gets $2.5 million. Some of the other notable SCOOP 2011 events are Event #20 No Limit Hold’em and Event #35 No Limit Hold’em Heads Up Match Play. There are events in Omaha, Seven Card Stud, Razz and H.O.R.S.E. as well.
Apart from a major slice of the prize pool the top winner of each SCOOP event will be given a swank Movado gold watch with the PokerStars spade and SCOOP Champion on the face. The winners of every high, medium and low event will receive the watch. PokerStars has also announced a SCOOP Leader Board. Players will receive points based on how they perform in the various SCOOP events. The player who finishes on top of the leader board will receive the Player of the Series trophy, a seat at the main event of WSOP 2011, a prize package to the 2012 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, a seat at the Grand Final of the European Poker Tour and a special edition PokerStars chip set.
Players can enter the SCOOP events by paying the designated buy-ins. However, satellites to SCOOP events are running round the clock at PokerStars. The buy-ins to the satellites are much lower and this is a great way of winning a seat at the SCOOP events. Some of the buy-ins are as low as $0.25.
When the SCOOP 2011 schedule was first announced earlier this year it was with a much larger prize pool base. The sum total of the prize pools was then $45 million. After the seizure of the American domain of PokerStars, it was evident that there would be no participation from American players. Therefore the prize money had to be reduced considerably.
Pokerstars has announced their upcoming Spring Championship of Online Poker.
PokerStars runs not one, but three series’ simultaneously. Each event has three sections: Low, Medium, and High. Each of these tournaments has a guarantee set to match the buyin amount.
The schedule is as follows: Sunday, 8 May 2011
13:00 ET, Ev 01-L*: $22 NL Hold’em [6-Max], $300,000 Guaranteed
13:00 ET, Ev 01-M*: $215 NL Hold’em [6-Max], $750,000 Guaranteed
13:00 ET, Ev 01-H*: $2,100 NL Hold’em [6-Max], $1,000,000 Guaranteed
17:00 ET, Ev 02-L*: $22 NL Hold’em, $300,000 Guaranteed
17:00 ET, Ev 02-M*: $215 NL Hold’em, $1,500,000 Guaranteed
17:00 ET, Ev 02-H*: $2,100 NL Hold’em, $1,500,000 Guaranteed
Monday, 9 May 2011
14:00 ET, Ev 03-L*: $5.50+R NL Hold’em (6-Max), $250,000 Guaranteed
14:00 ET, Ev 03-M*: $55+R NL Hold’em (6-Max), $500,000 Guaranteed
14:00 ET, Ev 03-H*: $530+R NL Hold’em (6-Max), $750,000 Guaranteed
17:00 ET, Ev 04-L: $16.50 FL Badugi, $25,000 Guaranteed
17:00 ET, Ev 04-M: $162 FL Badugi, $25,000 Guaranteed
17:00 ET, Ev 04-H: $1,575 FL Badugi, $50,000 Guaranteed
20:00 ET, Ev 05-L: $11 PL Omaha (Turbo, 1R1A), $75,000 Guaranteed
20:00 ET, Ev 05-M: $109 PL Omaha (Turbo, 1R1A), $200,000 Guaranteed
20:00 ET, Ev 05-H: $1,050 PL Omaha (Turbo, 1R1A), $350,000 Guaranteed
Tuesday, 10 May 2011
14:00 ET, Ev 06-L: $11 PL 5-Card Draw, $25,000 Guaranteed
14:00 ET, Ev 06-M: $109 PL 5-Card Draw, $50,000 Guaranteed
14:00 ET, Ev 06-H: $1,050 PL 5-Card Draw, $75,000 Guaranteed
17:00 ET, Ev 07-L: $16.50 NL Hold’em (Heads-Up Match Play), $100,000 Guaranteed
17:00 ET, Ev 07-M: $162 NL Hold’em (Heads-Up Match Play), $200,000 Guaranteed
17:00 ET, Ev 07-H: $1,575 NL Hold’em (Heads-Up Match Play), $400,000 Guaranteed
20:00 ET, Ev 08-L*: $11 NL Hold’em, $100,000 Guaranteed
20:00 ET, Ev 08-M*: $109 NL Hold’em, $300,000 Guaranteed
20:00 ET, Ev 08-H*: $1,050 NL Hold’em, $600,000 Guaranteed
Wednesday, 11 May 2011
14:00 ET, Ev 09-L: $22 Mixed Hold’em (6-Max), $75,000 Guaranteed
14:00 ET, Ev 09-M: $215 Mixed Hold’em (6-Max), $150,000 Guaranteed
14:00 ET, Ev 09-H: $2,100 Mixed Hold’em (6-Max), $250,000 Guaranteed
17:00 ET, Ev 10-L: $33 7-Card Stud High, $25,000 Guaranteed
17:00 ET, Ev 10-M: $320 7-Card Stud High, $50,000 Guaranteed
17:00 ET, Ev 10-H: $3,150 7-Card Stud High, $100,000 Guaranteed
Thursday, 12 May 2011
14:00 ET, Ev 11-L: $22 PL Omaha (Heads-Up Match Play), $50,000 Guaranteed
14:00 ET, Ev 11-M: $215 PL Omaha (Heads-Up Match Play), $100,000 Guaranteed
14:00 ET, Ev 11-H: $2,100 PL Omaha (Heads-Up Match Play), $200,000 Guaranteed
17:00 ET, Ev 12-L*: $27 NL Hold’em (Knockout), $200,000 Guaranteed
17:00 ET, Ev 12-M*: $265 NL Hold’em (Knockout), $400,000 Guaranteed
17:00 ET, Ev 12-H*: $2,600 NL Hold’em (Knockout), $600,000 Guaranteed
Friday, 13 May 2011
14:00 ET, Ev 13-L*: $16.50 NL Hold’em (Ante Up), $100,000 Guaranteed
14:00 ET, Ev 13-M*: $162 NL Hold’em (Ante Up), $200,000 Guaranteed
14:00 ET, Ev 13-H*: $1,575 NL Hold’em (Ante Up), $300,000 Guaranteed
17:00 ET, Ev 14-L: $55 FL Omaha Hi/Lo, $75,000 Guaranteed
17:00 ET, Ev 14-M: $530 FL Omaha Hi/Lo, $125,000 Guaranteed
17:00 ET, Ev 14-H: $5,200 FL Omaha Hi/Lo, $225,000 Guaranteed
20:00 ET, Ev 15-L: $16.50 NL Hold’em (2X Chance, Turbo), $150,000 Guaranteed
20:00 ET, Ev 15-M: $162 NL Hold’em (2X Chance, Turbo), $400,000 Guaranteed
20:00 ET, Ev 15-H: $1,575 NL Hold’em (2X Chance, Turbo), $750,000 Guaranteed
Saturday, 14 May 2011
14:00 ET, Ev 16-L: $22 NL Hold’em – Quadruple Shootout (10-Max), $125,000 Guaranteed
14:00 ET, Ev 16-M: $215 NL Hold’em – Triple Shootout (10-Max), $150,000 Guaranteed
14:00 ET, Ev 16-H: $2,100 NL Hold’em – Double Shootout (10-Max), $150,000 Guaranteed
17:00 ET, Ev 17-L: $16.50+R PL Omaha (6-Max), $100,000 Guaranteed
17:00 ET, Ev 17-M: $162+R PL Omaha (6-Max), $250,000 Guaranteed
17:00 ET, Ev 17-H: $1,575+R PL Omaha (6-Max), $400,000 Guaranteed
20:00 ET, Ev 18-L: $22 Triple Stud (Turbo), $25,000 Guaranteed
20:00 ET, Ev 18-M: $215 Triple Stud (Turbo), $50,000 Guaranteed
20:00 ET, Ev 18-H: $2,100 Triple Stud (Turbo), $75,000 Guaranteed
Sunday, 15 May 2011
13:00 ET, Ev 19-L*: $22 NL Hold’em, $300,000 Guaranteed
13:00 ET, Ev 19-M*: $215 NL Hold’em, $1,000,000 Guaranteed
13:00 ET, Ev 19-H*: $2,100 NL Hold’em, $1,000,000 Guaranteed
17:00 ET, Ev 20-L*: $22 NL Hold’em, $350,000 Guaranteed
17:00 ET, Ev 20-M*: $215 NL Hold’em, $2,000,000 Guaranteed
17:00 ET, Ev 20-H*: $2,100 NL Hold’em, $2,000,000 Guaranteed
Monday, 16 May 2011
14:00 ET, Ev 21-L: $16.50 NL Hold’em / PL Omaha, $75,000 Guaranteed
14:00 ET, Ev 21-M: $162 NL Hold’em / PL Omaha, $150,000 Guaranteed
14:00 ET, Ev 21-H: $1,575 NL Hold’em / PL Omaha, $300,000 Guaranteed
17:00 ET, Ev 22-L: $33 NL Hold’em (4-Max), $100,000 Guaranteed
17:00 ET, Ev 22-M: $320 NL Hold’em (4-Max), $300,000 Guaranteed
17:00 ET, Ev 22-H: $3,150 NL Hold’em (4-Max), $500,000 Guaranteed
20:00 ET, Ev 23-L: $11+R NL Hold’em (Turbo), $250,000 Guaranteed
20:00 ET, Ev 23-M: $109+R NL Hold’em (Turbo), $500,000 Guaranteed
20:00 ET, Ev 23-H: $1,050+R NL Hold’em (Turbo), $1,000,000 Guaranteed
Tuesday, 17 May 2011
14:00 ET, Ev 24-L: $11 Triple Draw 2-7, $25,000 Guaranteed
14:00 ET, Ev 24-M: $109 Triple Draw 2-7, $50,000 Guaranteed
14:00 ET, Ev 24-H: $1,050 Triple Draw 2-7, $75,000 Guaranteed
17:00 ET, Ev 25-L: $22 7-Card Stud Hi/Lo, $25,000 Guaranteed
17:00 ET, Ev 25-M: $215 7-Card Stud Hi/Lo, $75,000 Guaranteed
17:00 ET, Ev 25-H: $2,100 7-Card Stud Hi/Lo, $150,000 Guaranteed
20:00 ET, Ev 26-L*: $11 NL Hold’em, $100,000 Guaranteed
20:00 ET, Ev 26-M*: $109 NL Hold’em, $300,000 Guaranteed
20:00 ET, Ev 26-H*: $1,050 NL Hold’em, $600,000 Guaranteed
Wednesday, 18 May 2011
14:00 ET, Ev 27-L: $22 Razz, $25,000 Guaranteed
14:00 ET, Ev 27-M: $215 Razz, $75,000 Guaranteed
14:00 ET, Ev 27-H: $2,100 Razz, $150,000 Guaranteed
17:00 ET, Ev 28-L*: $11+R NL Hold’em (Big Antes), $200,000 Guaranteed
17:00 ET, Ev 28-M*: $109+R NL Hold’em (Big Antes), $400,000 Guaranteed
17:00 ET, Ev 28-H*: $1,050+R NL Hold’em (Big Antes), $600,000 Guaranteed
Thursday, 19 May 2011
14:00 ET, Ev 29-L: $33 8-Game, $50,000 Guaranteed
14:00 ET, Ev 29-M: $320 8-Game, $100,000 Guaranteed
14:00 ET, Ev 29-H: $3,150 8-Game, $250,000 Guaranteed
17:00 ET, Ev 30-L: $11 PL Omaha Hi/Lo, $50,000 Guaranteed
17:00 ET, Ev 30-M: $109 PL Omaha Hi/Lo, $125,000 Guaranteed
17:00 ET, Ev 30-H*: $1,050 PL Omaha Hi/Lo, $250,000 Guaranteed
Friday, 20 May 2011
14:00 ET, Ev 31-L: $22 NL Hold’em (1R1A), $300,000 Guaranteed
14:00 ET, Ev 31-M: $215 NL Hold’em (1R1A), $500,000 Guaranteed
14:00 ET, Ev 31-H: $2,100 NL Hold’em (1R1A), $800,000 Guaranteed
17:00 ET, Ev 32-L: $55 FL Hold’em (6-Max), $75,000 Guaranteed
17:00 ET, Ev 32-M: $530 FL Hold’em (6-Max), $150,000 Guaranteed
17:00 ET, Ev 32-H: $5,200 FL Hold’em (6-Max), $250,000 Guaranteed
20:00 ET, Ev 33-L: $22 NL Omaha Hi/Lo (Turbo), $50,000 Guaranteed
20:00 ET, Ev 33-M: $215 NL Omaha Hi/Lo (Turbo), $100,000 Guaranteed
20:00 ET, Ev 33-H: $2,100 NL Omaha Hi/Lo (Turbo), $150,000 Guaranteed
Saturday, 21 May 2011
14:00 ET, Ev 34-L: $55 PL Omaha [6-Max], $100,000 Guaranteed
14:00 ET, Ev 34-M: $530 PL Omaha [6-Max], $300,000 Guaranteed
14:00 ET, Ev 34-H: $5,200 PL Omaha [6-Max], $500,000 Guaranteed
15:30 ET, Ev 35-L*: $270 NL Hold’em [Heads-Up Match Play], $300,000 Guaranteed
15:30 ET, Ev 35-M*: $2,600 NL Hold’em [Heads-Up Match Play], $450,000 Guaranteed
15:30 ET, Ev 35-H*: $25,500 NL Hold’em [Heads-Up Match Play], $600,000 Guaranteed
17:00 ET, Ev 36-L: $22 HORSE, $50,000 Guaranteed
17:00 ET, Ev 36-M: $215 HORSE, $100,000 Guaranteed
17:00 ET, Ev 36-H: $2,100 HORSE, $150,000 Guaranteed
Sunday, 22 May 2011
13:00 ET, Ev 37-L*: $22 NL Hold’em (6-Max), $300,000 Guaranteed
13:00 ET, Ev 37-M*: $215 NL Hold’em (6-Max), $1,000,000 Guaranteed
13:00 ET, Ev 37-H*: $2,100 NL Hold’em (6-Max), $1,000,000 Guaranteed
17:00 ET, Ev 38-L*: $109 NLHE Main Event – L, $1,000,000 Guaranteed
17:00 ET, Ev 38-M*: $1,050 NLHE Main Event – M, $3,000,000 Guaranteed
17:00 ET, Ev 38-H*: $10,300 NLHE Main Event – H, $5,000,000 Guaranteed
No matter your bankroll, this tournament series is sure to offer you something. Get ready, satellites begin Monday, March 14th.
The Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) is an annual online mega tournament hosted by