PokerStars Releases 2017 WCOOP Schedule; 162 Events Total
As far as online poker tournament series’ go, PokerStars’ World Championship of Online Poker is the gold standard. As the days of August began to fade away, players anxiously awaited the release of the 2017 WCOOP schedule. The wait is now over.
PokerStars released the complete schedule on Wednesday with 162 events – 81 at the High level and a mirrored 81 at the Low level – filling the days from September 3 – 25.
The addition of a Low WCOOP schedule marks the first time PokerStars has done this. High level buy-ins range from $215 to $25,000. The Low buy-ins start at as little as $11 with the High Roller events costing $1,050. The Spring Championship of Online Poker has included a High, Medium and Low schedule since 2009.
Another big change for 2017 is the tournament structures. In non-re-entry events, players will start with 50,000 chips in the High buy-in events and 25,000 chips in the Low buy-in events. The new structures will have shorter blind levels with smaller increases between levels.
The opening day of the schedule includes four events including a Sunday Million Special Edition with a $1,050 buy-in. The $5,200 buy-in Main Event runs September 24.
Information on prizepools will be released at a later date.
Complete 2017 WCOOP High Schedule
| Date | Event # | Tournament |
| September 3 | 1 | $215 NLHE [Sunday Kickoff SE] |
| September 3 | 2 | $530 NLHE [6-Max, Progressive KO, Sunday Warm-Up SE] |
| September 3 | 3 | $1,050 NLHE [Sunday Million SE] |
| September 3 | 4 | $530 NLO8 [8-Max] |
| September 4 | 5 | $215 PLO [6-Max] |
| September 4 | 6 | $1,050 NLHE [Progressive KO] |
| September 4 | 7 | $530 NLHE [8-Max] |
| September 5 | 8 | $215+R NLHE |
| September 5 | 9 | $530 NLHE [Half Price Super Tuesday] |
| September 5 | 10 | $1,050 Stud Hi/Lo |
| September 6 | 11 | $1,050 NL 5-Card Draw |
| September 6 | 12 | $1,050 NLHE [6-Max, Shootout] |
| September 6 | 13 | $1,050 PLO8 [6-Max] |
| September 6 | 14 | $215 NLHE |
| September 7 | 15 | $1,050 NLHE [4-Max] |
| September 7 | 16 | $530 NLHE [Progressive KO, Half Price Thursday Thrill] |
| September 7 | 17 | $215 8-Game |
| September 8 | 18 | $530 PNL Hold’em [8-Max] |
| September 8 | 19 | $1,050+R PLO [6-Max] |
| September 8 | 20 | $530 NLHE [3-Max, Turbo, Progressive KO, Zoom] |
| September 9 | 21 | $215 NLHE [8-Max] |
| September 9 | 22 | $530 NLHE [Win the Button] |
| September 9 | 23 | $1,050 NLHE [6-Max] |
| September 9 | 24 | $1,050 NL 2-7 Single Draw |
| September 10 | 25 | $215 NLHE [6-Max, Progressive KO, Sunday Kickoff SE] |
| September 10 | 26 | $1,050 NLHE [8-Max, Sunday Warm-Up SE] |
| September 10 | 27 | $530 NLHE [Sunday Million SE] |
| September 10 | 28 | $215 NLHE |
| September 11 | 29 | $2,100 NLO8 [6-Max] |
| September 11 | 30 | $215 NLHE [Progressive KO] |
| September 16 | 31 | $215 HORSE [Final Phase 1 – HORSE] |
| September 11 | 31 | $215 HORSE [Phase 1 – FLHE] |
| September 12 | 31 | $215 HORSE [Phase 1 – FLO8] |
| September 13 | 31 | $215 HORSE [Phase 1 – Razz] |
| September 15 | 31 | $215 HORSE [Phase 1 – Stud Hi/Lo] |
| September 14 | 31 | $215 HORSE [Phase 1 – Stud] |
| September 16 | 31 | $215 HORSE [Phase 2 – HORSE] |
| September 11 | 32 | $530 NLHE [6-Max] |
| September 12 | 33 | $530 PLO [6-Max, Progressive KO] |
| September 12 | 34 | $1,050 NLHE [8-Max, Super Tuesday SE] |
| September 13 | 35 | $530 NLHE |
| September 13 | 36 | $1,050 FL Badugi |
| September 13 | 37 | $215 NLHE [6-Max, Zoom] |
| September 14 | 38 | $215 NLHE [6-Max] |
| September 14 | 39 | $1,050 NLHE [8-Max, Progressive KO, Thursday Thrill SE] |
| September 14 | 40 | 1$530 5-Card PLO [4-Max] |
| September 15 | 41 | $530 NLHE |
| September 15 | 42 | $1,050 NLHE/PLO [6-Max] |
| September 15 | 43 | $215+R NLHE [3-Max, Turbo, Zoom] |
| September 16 | 44 | $530 NLHE [Progressive KO] |
| September 16 | 45 | $215+R NLHE [6-Max] |
| September 16 | 46 | $1,050 NLO8 [6-Max] |
| September 16 | 47 | $2,100 NLHE [8-Max] |
| September 17 | 48 | $215 NLHE [8-Max, Sunday Kickoff SE] |
| September 17 | 49 | $215 NLHE [Progressive KO, Sunday Warm-Up SE] |
| September 17 | 50 | $2,100 NLHE [Sunday Million SE] |
| September 17 | 51 | $25,000 PLO [6-Max, High Roller] |
| September 18 | 52 | $1,050 Razz |
| September 18 | 53 | $530 NLHE |
| September 18 | 54 | $215 NLHE [6-Max, Progressive KO] |
| September 19 | 55 | $215 NLHE [8-Max, Win the Button] |
| September 19 | 56 | $530 NL Courchevel Hi/Lo [6-Max] |
| September 19 | 57 | $2,100 NLHE [Super Tuesday SE] |
| September 19 | 58 | $2,100 HORSE |
| September 20 | 59 | $530 NLHE [6-Max, Progressive KO] |
| September 20 | 60 | $2,100 FL Triple Draw 2-7 |
| September 20 | 61 | $2,100 NLHE [Heads-Up] |
| September 20 | 62 | $530 PLO8 [8-Max] |
| September 20 | 63 | $215 NLHE |
| September 21 | 64 | $1,050 PLO [6-Max] |
| September 21 | 65 | $2,100 NLHE [Progressive KO, Thursday Thrill SE] |
| September 21 | 66 | $25,000 NLHE [8-Max, High Roller] |
| September 21 | 67 | $1,050 Stud |
| September 21 | 68 | $215 NLHE [8-Max] |
| September 22 | 69 | $1,050 FLHE [6-Max] |
| September 22 | 70 | $530 NLHE [6-Max] |
| September 22 | 71 | $1,050 FLO8 [8-Max] |
| September 22 | 72 | $215 PLO [Heads-Up, Progressive Total KO, Zoom] |
| September 23 | 73 | $215 NLHE |
| September 23 | 74 | $530 NLHE |
| September 23 | 75 | $10,300 8-Game [High Roller] |
| September 23 | 76 | $1,050 NLHE [6-Max, Turbo, Progressive KO] |
| September 24 | 77 | $1,050 NLHE [Sunday Kickoff SE] |
| September 24 | 78 | $530 NLHE [Sunday Warm-Up SE] |
| September 24 | 79 | $5,200 NLHE [Main Event] |
| September 24 | 80 | $215 NLHE [8-Max] |
| September 25 | 81 | $530 NLHE [Wrap-Up] |
