WCOOP 2019 becomes biggest in PokerStars history
26 Sep 2019
- 1,219,969 entries
- Total prize pool of $104,733,898
- $11.18 million awarded in the Main Event High, making it the biggest COOP Main Event since 2010
Southern European Success
Meanwhile, Southern Europe also enjoyed success with the Galactic Series in Spain, France and Portugal awarding €19,419,783 over 23 days of play. The series exceeded its advertised €15 million guarantee and also beat last year's €17,105,960 prize pool. In addition, Italy's Galactic Series broke its €3 million guarantee to hit €3,799,329.
A Record-Breaking Year
PokerStars, the flagship poker brand of The Stars Group, has enjoyed several successes this year. In January, PokerStars broke the record for the largest-ever prize pool for a $25,000 buy-in poker tournament when the PokerStars Players No Limit Hold'em Championship awarded $26.5 million. In April, the 13th Anniversary edition of its Sunday Million online tournament became the second biggest in the series' history, totaling 61,342 entries with a prize pool of $12,268,400. In May, its Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) paid out $105 million, the first-ever online poker tournament to beat the $100 million milestone, while the company also celebrated dealing its 200 billionth hand.
Earlier this month the European Poker Tour (EPT) Barcelona set a new PokerStars record as the biggest stop in the EPT's 16-year history, awarding more than €52.9 million to players from 95 different countries.