PokerStars Seventh Annual WCOOPThe World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) hosted by PokerStars is coming back in 2008 and is guarantying $30 million in prize pools!

PokerStars has announced the schedule and the series will begin on September 5th. This WCOOP will feature 33 events, that will cover Hold’em, Stud, Razz, Omaha, HORSE and 2-7 Draw. Other new events that have been added include:

$10,000 + $300 High Roller No Limit Holdem
Eight Game Mixed tourney
Four Max No Limit Hold’em
Mixed Hold’em
Six Max Mixed Hold’em
2-7 No Limit Single Draw
$25,000 + $500 High-Roller Heads up No Limit Hold’em
Six-Max No Limit Hold’em with rebuys

The series will be running for a total of 18 days from September 5th to September 22nd. The Main Event will be a $5,200 No Limit Hold’em two day tournament starting on September 21st and is guarantying a prize pool of $10 million. Having a guaranteed prize pool of $10 million is the largest guaranteed prize pool in any online poker series based event.

PokerStars is claiming that this year’s WCOOP will be the largest tournament series online in the world and will be attracting players across the planet hoping to cash in on the massive prize pools and win a renowned WCOOP gold bracelet.

“Prestigious tournaments such as the PokerStars.com World Championship of Online Poker are the ultimate way to improve your game and experience the excitement of big tournament play,” spoke Joe Hachem of Team PokerStars.

Any of the WCOOP VII events can either be entered directly, or players can qualify through several ongoing satellites at Pokerstars.com.

Complete WCOOP VII Schedule:

#1 5-Sep Fri - 14:30 - $215 NL Hold’em [6-max] $1,000,000
#2 5-Sep Fri - 16:30 - $215 PL 5-Card Draw $100,000
#3 6-Sep Sat - 14:30 - $215 Limit Hold’em $300,000
#4 6-Sep Sat - 16:30 - $215 2-7 Triple Draw $100,000
#5 7-Sep Sun - 14:30 - $10,300 High-Roller NL Hold’em $2,000,000

#6 7-Sep Sun - 16:30 - $530 NL Hold’em $3,000,000
#7 9-8 Mon - 14:30 - $215 PL Omaha [6-max] $300,000
#8 9-8 Mon - 16:30 - $320 8-game Mixed Event $200,000
#9 9-9 Tue - 14:30 - $215 NL Hold’em [4-max] $400,000
#10 9-9 Tue - 16:30 - $215 Razz $100,000

#11 9-10 Wed - 14:30 - $320 PL Omaha Hi/Lo $300,000
#12 9-10 - Wed 16:30 - $320 Mixed Hold’em $300,000
#13 9-11 - Thu 14:30 - $215 NL Hold’em w/Rebuys $1,000,000
#14 9-11 - Thu 16:30 - $320 7-Card Stud $100,000
#15 9-12 - Fri 14:30 - $320 NL Hold’em [Heads-Up] $500,000

#16 9-12 - Fri 16:30 - $215 PL Omaha [1R / 1A] $300,000
#17 9-13 - Sat 14:30 - $530 PL Hold’em [6-max] $400,000
#18 9-13 - Sat 16:30 - $215 HORSE $300,000
#19 9-14 - Sun 14:30 - $25,500 High-Roller HU NL Hold’em $1,600,000
#20 9-14 - Sun 16:30 - $1,050 NL Hold’em $3,000,000

#21 9-15 - Mon 14:30 - $530 7-Card Stud Hi/Lo $200,000
#22 9-15 - Mon 16:30 - $530 Mixed Omaha Hi/Lo [6-max] $200,000
#23 9-16 - Tue 14:30 - $530 NL Hold’em [1R / 1A] $500,000
#24 9-16 - Tue 16:30 - $530 NL 2-7 Single Draw $200,000
#25 9-17 - Wed 14:30 - $320 PL Omaha w/ Rebuys $500,000

#26 9-17 - Wed 16:30 - $320 NL Hold’em [6-max] $500,000
#27 9-18 - Thu 14:30 - $530 NL Hold’em Triple Shootout $300,000
#28 9-18 - Thu 16:30 - $530 Limit Omaha Hi/Lo $400,000
#29 9-19 - Fri 14:30 - $530 NLHE w/Rebuys [6-max] $400,000
#30 9-19 - Fri 16:30 - $1,050 PL Omaha $500,000

#31 9-20 - Sat 14:30 - $1,050 Limit Hold’em [6-max] $500,000
#32 9-20 - Sat 16:30 - $10,300 HORSE $500,000
#33 9-21 - Sun 16:30 - $5,200 NL Hold’em Main Event $10,000,000