The massive $10 million guaranteed 2020 World Championship Of Online Poker (WCOOP) Main Event is less than a fortnight away and PokerStars is making it possible for you to play in it for free. How? Via the exciting WCOOP Sweepstakes.
WCOOP Sweepstakes are a new, fun way for PokerStars players to get their hands on WCOOP Main Event tickets for free. Each ticket is worth a cool $5,200, which, let’s be honest, is outside the constraints of most players’ bankrolls. Not any more because there are $1.5 million worth of prizes, including 54 Main Event tickets, set to be won in the WCOOP Sweepstakes.
There’s a WCOOP Sweepstake held every day, except Saturday, at 12:00 a.m. ET. Three $5,200 WCOOP Main Event tickets are guaranteed to be won in every sweepstake. An additional $68,000 worth of WCOOP tickets are won each day, too.
You Could Win One of TEN Tickets to the $10m GTD WCOOP Main Event!
It is super simple to be in with a chance of winning a $5,200 ticket. All that’s required is to play in a WCOOP tournament and you’ll receive between one and three entries to the next available sweepstake.
Playing in a WCOOP tournament with a buy-in up to $55 earns you one WCOOP Sweepstake entry. Enter a WCOOP tournament with a buy-in between $55 and $530 gifts you two entries. Finally, you receive three sweepstake entries for each WCOOP tournament you play that have a buy-in above $530.
Only WCOOP events are eligible for this promotion and it is only your initial buy-in that is used to calculate your sweepstake entries; rebuys and add-ins, for example, are not taken into consideration.
Looking Back At The 2019 WCOOP Main Event
If you’re wondering what’s up for grabs in the WCOOP Main Event, let’s take a quick look back at the 2019 edition.
Everyone who reached the nine-handed final table walked away with at least $111,063. Fourth-place and above won more than $600,000 with the top two finishers becoming millionaires.
Yuri “theNERDguy” Dzivielevski First Repeat Winner of WCOOP 2020
Danilo “dans170” de Lima Demetrio finished in second-place for $1,187,553 with “BigBlindBets” taking home the title and a gargantuan $1,665,962. Imagine winning this size prize from a sweepstake entry, it would be amazing.
2019 WCOOP Main Event Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BigBlindBets | United Kingdom | $1,665,962 |
| 2 | Danilo “dans170’” de Lima Demetrio | Brazil | $1,187,553 |
| 3 | Talal “raidalot” Shakerchi | United Kingdom | $846,528 |
| 4 | NeedBeat | Estonia | $603,434 |
| 5 | 19Pistike93 | Hungary | $403,148 |
| 6 | XMorphineX | Belgium | $306,624 |
| 7 | Leitnant | Estonia | $218,572 |
| 8 | moglimiranda | Germany | $155,805 |
| 9 | TheMakrill7 | Sweden | $111,063 |
Sign Up for a PokerStars Account Today
You’re going to need a PokerStars account in order to be in with a shot of WCOOP glory. Download PokerStars via PokerNews, make your first deposit using the bonus code “STARS600” and you will receive a 100% bonus up to $600!
You can make three qualifying deposits in 60 days. After each deposit you have four months to earn the redemption points needed to release your bonus!
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