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The 2009 World Championships Of Online Poker (WCOOP) begins tomorrow from half-past two in the afternoon New York time with a $215 buy-in no-limit hold’em six-max event featuring a $1.25 million guarantee.

Being hosted at leading online poker room PokerStars.com, the WCOOP is promising in excess of $40 million in guaranteed prizes spread over 45 events throughout September.

The second WCOOP event is a $215 Razz competition featuring a $200,000 guarantee scheduled to take place from half-past four on Thursday.

The action will continue on September 4 with a $215 pot-limit OMAHA six-max tournament featuring a $500,000 guarantee and a no-limit single draw two-to-seven tournament with rebuys for the same stake. The fifth WCOOP event will be a $109 buy-in eight-game competition from eight o’clock in the evening on Friday featuring ten-minute levels and a $50,000 guarantee.

“There are hundreds of exciting tournaments all year round but nothing compares to the WCOOP,” said professional poker player Daniel Negreanu.

“It’s the ‘must play’ event of the year for any poker player. Last year, over 20,000 players came together from across the world to compete in the largest ever online poker event for their chance to become a world champion.”

The WCOOP has been one of the richest online tournament series since it was first held in 2002 and new events for 2009 include a $320 buy-in fixed-limit Badugi tournament with a $100,000 guarantee on September 8. In addition, there will also be a big ante no-limit hold’em event with $500,000 up for grabs on September 16 alongside a $530 buy-in heads-up pot limit OMAHA contest with $250,000 guaranteed on September 19.

The WCOOP will conclude with the $5,200 buy-in two-day main event on September 20 from half-past four in the afternoon and full details can be found at PokerStars.com/WCOOP.