World Championship of Online Poker, worlds largest online poker tournament organized by Poker Stars is about to begin. This year the guaranteed prize pool of all 12 events has reached a record sum for online poker tournaments. 4 million US dollars will be put on the table.

The WCOOP participants will meet at virtual poker tables playing Texas Holdem, Seven Card Stud, Seven Card Stud High/Low, Omaha and Omaha High/Low. Four of the events will feature No Limit Texas Holdem, the most popular poker variation. Prize pools for each event will range from 100,000 dollars to 1,2 million.

Buy-ins to WCOOP cost from 200 dollars for early events up to 2,500 dollars for No Limit Texas Holdem Grand Final. It is also possible to enter the WCOOP tournament through Poker Stars satellite tournaments for only 3 dollars or get a free entrance through the FPP program.

FPP is an abbreviation of Frequent Player Points. Every Poker Stars player earns these points playing real money games or participating in tournaments. In the past year Poker Stars has given away 7 million dollars in prizes and tournament entries through FPP program.

Poker Stars.com is the largest poker tournaments site in the world. It runs WCOOP, the largest online poker tournament along with thousands of other tournaments for all tastes and budgets. Poker Stars has recently beaten the worlds record running a weekly tournament with over half million prize pool. In 2003 and 2004 two of Poker Stars players Chris Moneymaker and Greg Raymer won worlds most prestigious land base poker tournament World Series of Poker qualifying through Poker Stars satellite tournaments. Chris Moneymaker won 2.5 million dollars and Greg Raymer 5 million dollars, beating the world record of the largest poker prize.