Poker Stars SCOOP Series Begins Today

The wait is over. The inaugural Spring Championship Of Online Poker (SCOOP) kicks off today at 2:30 p.m. ET with a six-handed no-limit hold’em rebuy tournament.

There will be 22 different kinds of events over the next 11 days, with 66 tournaments in all, since PokerStars decided to offer three unique buy-in levels for the series. Tournament buy-ins for the series range for as little as $5.50 to as much as $25,500.

Today’s event has already attracted a monster field. As of two hours before the event was set to begin, the small stakes version of event No. 1 (six-handed no-limit hold’em rebuy tournament with a $5.50 buy-in) has already attracted nearly 20,000 participants. Not too shabby for a Thursday afternoon tournament.

There will be two events each day until the series concludes. The pot-limit Omaha eight-or-better tournament will commence at 4:30 p.m. ET later today.

The complete schedule for the 2009 SCOOP (all times are ET):

Event 1: No-limit hold’em with Rebuys (Six-handed)     April 2, 2009 (2:30 p.m.)
Low: $5.50 buy-in, $50,000 guaranteed
Med: $55 buy-in, $200,000 guaranteed
High: $530 buy-in, $500,000 guaranteed

Event 2: Pot-Limit Omaha (eight-or-better)     April 2, 2009 (4:30 p.m.)
Low: $11 buy-in, $25,000 guaranteed
Med: $109 buy-in, $50,000 guaranteed
High: $1,050 buy-in, $200,000 guaranteed

Event 3: Pot-Limit Five-Card Draw     April 3, 2009 (2:30 p.m.)
Low: $11 buy-in, $25,000 guaranteed
Med: $109 buy-in, $100,000 guaranteed
High: $1,050 buy-in, $200,000 guaranteed

Event 4: No-Limit Hold’em 2X Chance (Turbo)     April 3, 2009 (4:30 p.m.)
Low: $16.50 buy-in, $100,000 guaranteed
Med: $162 buy-in, $300,000 guaranteed
High: $1,575 buy-in, $1,000,000 guaranteed

Event 5: No-Limit Hold’em Shootout (Ten-handed)     April 4, 2009 (2:30 p.m.)
Low: $16.50 buy-in, $100,000 guaranteed
Med: $162 buy-in, $150,000 guaranteed
High: $1,575 buy-in, $150,000 guaranteed

Event 6: Pot-Limit Omaha (One rebuy, one add on; six-handed)     April 4, 2009 (4:30 p.m.)
Low: $22 buy-in, $50,000 guaranteed
Med: $215 buy-in, $200,000 guaranteed
High: $2,100 buy-in, $400,000 guaranteed

Event 7: H.O.R.S.E.     April 5, 2009 (2:30 p.m.)
Low: $109 buy-in, $250,000 guaranteed
Med: $1,050 buy-in, $500,000 guaranteed
High: $10,300 buy-in, $750,000 guaranteed

Event 8: No-Limit Hold’em (Two-day event)     April 5, 2009 (4:30 p.m.)
Low: $33 buy-in, $250,000 guaranteed
Med: $320 buy-in, $1,500,000 guaranteed
High: $3,150 buy-in, $3,000,000 guaranteed

Event 9: Fixed Limit Triple-Draw Duece-to-seven     April 6, 2009 (2:30 p.m.)
Low: $22 buy-in, $25,000 guaranteed
Med: $215 buy-in, $100,000 guaranteed
High: $2,100 buy-in, $200,000 guaranteed

Event 10: No Limit Hold'em Heads-Up Match Play     April 6, 2009 (4:30 p.m.)
Low: $16.50 buy-in, $50,000 guaranteed
Med: $162 buy-in, $300,000 guaranteed
High: $1,575 buy-in, $500,000 guaranteed

Event 11: Mixed Hold’em (Six-handed)     April 7, 2009 (2:30 p.m.)
Low: $33 buy-in, $50,000 guaranteed
Med: $320 buy-in, $300,000 guaranteed
High: $3,150 buy-in, $800,000 guaranteed

Event 12: Seven-Card Stud (Eight-or-better)     April 7, 2009 (4:30 p.m.)
Low: $22 buy-in, $25,000 guaranteed
Med: $215 buy-in, $50,000 guaranteed
High: $2,100 buy-in, $150,000 guaranteed

Event 13: Razz     April 8, 2009 (2:30 p.m.)
Low: $22 buy-in, $25,000 guaranteed
Med: $215 buy-in, $100,000 guaranteed
High: $2,100 buy-in, $150,000 guaranteed

Event 14: No-Limit Hold’em (Six-handed)     April 8, 2009 (4:30 p.m.)
Low: $55 buy-in, $250,000 guaranteed
Med: $530 buy-in, $500,000 guaranteed
High: $5,200 buy-in, $1,250,000 guaranteed

Event 15: Eight-Game Mixed     April 9, 2009 (2:30 p.m.)
Low: $44 buy-in, $25,000 guaranteed
Med: $425 buy-in, $150,000 guaranteed
High: $4,175 buy-in, $250,000 guaranteed

Event 16: Seven-Card Stud     April 9, 2009 (4:30 p.m.)
Low: $33 buy-in, $25,000 guaranteed
Med: $320 buy-in, $100,000 guaranteed
High: $3,150 buy-in, $150,000 guaranteed

Event: 17: No-Limit Hold’em (One rebuy, one add on)     April 10, 2009 (2:30 p.m.)
Low: $22 buy-in, $150,000 guaranteed
Med: $215 buy-in, $500,000 guaranteed
High: $2,100 buy-in, $1,000,000 guaranteed

Event 18: Fixed-Limit Omaha (Eight-or-better)     April 10, 2009 (4:30 p.m.)
Low: $55 buy-in, $50,000 guaranteed
Med: $530 buy-in, $150,000 guaranteed
High: $5,200 buy-in, $400,000 guaranteed

Event 19: Pot-Limit Omaha     April 11, 2009 (2:30 p.m.)
Low: $55 buy-in, $50,000 guaranteed
Med: $530 buy-in, $300,000 guaranteed
High: $5,200 buy-in, $1,000,000 guaranteed

Event 20: Fixed-Limit Hold’em (Six-handed)     April 11, 2009 (4:30 p.m.)
Low: $55 buy-in, $25,000 guaranteed
Med: $530 buy-in, $200,000 guaranteed
High: $5,200 buy-in, $400,000 guaranteed

Event 21: No Limit Hold’em Heads-Up Match Play     April 12, 2009 (2:30 p.m.)
Low: $270 buy-in, $100,000 guaranteed
Med: $2,600 buy-in, $300,000 guaranteed
High: $25,500 buy-in, $800,000 guaranteed

Event 22: Main Event     April 12, 2009 (4:30 p.m.)
Low: $109 buy-in, $1,000,000 guaranteed
Med: $1,050 buy-in, $3,000,000 guaranteed
High: $10,300 buy-in, $5,000,000 guaranteed

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