PokerStars Spring Tournament Series

In this entry, I will describe another perk of a PokerStars download: the Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP), a tournament series hosted by PokerStars every year. The 2010 series has 38 events over a two week span from May 2nd to May 16th. There is a guaranteed total prize pool of $45,000,000 for the series.

The greatest thing about SCOOP is that each event has three different buy-ins: one for high stakes players, one for low stakes, and then one in between. This is great news because even if you play lower buy-ins, you will still be able to take advantage of a PokerStars download and compete for a piece of that huge prize pool! To raise the stakes even more, each SCOOP champion will win a special watch in addition to their first place prize.

If you read my previous articles, you’ll already know that some players choose a PokerStars download partly because they offer a wide variety of poker types aside from Texas Hold Em. Because of this player base, the series schedule offers many different poker games such as Omaha, Stud, and Badugi. If you’re a fan of mixed games, you’ll be able to play HORSE and 8-Game. The great thing is that even the non-Hold Em tournaments have a prize pool with a guarantee, and this means that you don’t have to worry about these events suffering from a small number of people and then, consequently, a small first place prize.

If you’re a small stakes player and bankroll management prevents you from playing higher events, don’t worry. Satellites can possibly solve all your buy-in problems. You can satellite into events using cash or Frequent Player Points. Several of the SCOOP satellites also have guaranteed prize pools so that a minimum number of seats will be given out.

For someone that plays a lot of MTT poker, PokerStars is absolutely one of the best places to play. Because these guaranteed prize pools attract so many people, you’ll have a chance at prize pools that will probably exceed the guarantees. As a final thought, you should also know that when when something special takes place at PokerStars, often a PokerStars bonus is offered in which you’re able to make a deposit and they will match it up to a certain amount. Be sure to look out for this and then get the bonus so that you’ll have even more money to work with when the series arrives!