The Seventh Annual PokerStars.com World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) is scheduled to begin on September 5th with a guaranteed prize pool of USD 30 million - double the total of last years' tournament. The WCOOP is truly a world championship series featuring a menu of 33 different events in total, covering a wide range of poker games including Hold'em, Omaha, Stud, Razz, HORSE, 2-7 Draw and several new events including:

·          USD 10,300 High-Roller No-Limit Hold'em

·          Eight-Game Mixed Tourney

·          Four-Max No-Limit Hold'em

·          Mixed Hold'em

·          Pot Limit Omaha with one rebuy, one add-on

·          USD 25,500 High-Roller Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em

·          Six-Max Mixed Hold'em

·          No-Limit 2-7 Single Draw

·          Six-Max No-Limit Hold'em w/ rebuys

This year's WCOOP is the biggest online poker tournament series in the world, and will attract players from across the globe --all competing for WCOOP championship gold bracelets and millions in cash prizes. Each event has a guaranteed prize pool, with many reaching more than USD 2 million. This year's Main Event winner will share in a USD 10 million prize pool.

This year's WCOOP is set to be bigger and better than ever, stated Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu.

Hosted by PokerStars.com, the world's largest poker site, the WCOOP will run over 16 days, from September 5-22, starting with the USD 215 buy-in No Limit Texas Hold'em tournament. The 2007, WCOOP attracted more than 17,000 unique players in 23 events. With this year's WCOOP boasting 33 events.

PokerStars estimates a whopping 20,000 people will be playing in the World Championship event. The series culminates with the USD 10 million guaranteed No Limit Texas Hold'em Main Event on September 21-22. Last year's Main Event was won by 'Ka$ino', who took away the first place prize of USD 1,378,330.

The WCOOP is a popular event with both the established and the up-and-coming poker player. PokerStars satellites to the major events are available with buy-ins starting as low as USD 2.20 and Frequent Player Point satellites from just 100 FPPs. As a bonus to loyal players, PokerStars will also be investing $1.5 million toward free entries.