$1.5M Of Prizes Guaranteed in the WCOOP Sweepstakes

Matthew Pitt
Senior Editor
2 min read
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The massive $10 million guaranteed 2020 World Championship Of Online Poker (WCOOP) Main Event is less than a fortnight away and PokerStars is making it possible for you to play in it for free. How? Via the exciting WCOOP Sweepstakes.

WCOOP Sweepstakes are a new, fun way for PokerStars players to get their hands on WCOOP Main Event tickets for free. Each ticket is worth a cool $5,200, which, let’s be honest, is outside the constraints of most players’ bankrolls. Not any more because there are $1.5 million worth of prizes, including 54 Main Event tickets, set to be won in the WCOOP Sweepstakes.

There’s a WCOOP Sweepstake held every day, except Saturday, at 12:00 a.m. ET. Three $5,200 WCOOP Main Event tickets are guaranteed to be won in every sweepstake. An additional $68,000 worth of WCOOP tickets are won each day, too.

You Could Win One of TEN Tickets to the $10m GTD WCOOP Main Event!

It is super simple to be in with a chance of winning a $5,200 ticket. All that’s required is to play in a WCOOP tournament and you’ll receive between one and three entries to the next available sweepstake.

Playing in a WCOOP tournament with a buy-in up to $55 earns you one WCOOP Sweepstake entry. Enter a WCOOP tournament with a buy-in between $55 and $530 gifts you two entries. Finally, you receive three sweepstake entries for each WCOOP tournament you play that have a buy-in above $530.

Only WCOOP events are eligible for this promotion and it is only your initial buy-in that is used to calculate your sweepstake entries; rebuys and add-ins, for example, are not taken into consideration.

Looking Back At The 2019 WCOOP Main Event

If you’re wondering what’s up for grabs in the WCOOP Main Event, let’s take a quick look back at the 2019 edition.

Everyone who reached the nine-handed final table walked away with at least $111,063. Fourth-place and above won more than $600,000 with the top two finishers becoming millionaires.

Yuri "theNERDguy" Dzivielevski First Repeat Winner of WCOOP 2020

Danilo “dans170” de Lima Demetrio finished in second-place for $1,187,553 with “BigBlindBets” taking home the title and a gargantuan $1,665,962. Imagine winning this size prize from a sweepstake entry, it would be amazing.

2019 WCOOP Main Event Final Table Results

PlacePlayerCountryPrize
1BigBlindBetsUnited Kingdom$1,665,962
2Danilo “dans170’” de Lima DemetrioBrazil$1,187,553
3Talal “raidalot” ShakerchiUnited Kingdom$846,528
4NeedBeatEstonia$603,434
519Pistike93Hungary$403,148
6XMorphineXBelgium$306,624
7LeitnantEstonia$218,572
8moglimirandaGermany$155,805
9TheMakrill7Sweden$111,063

Sign Up for a PokerStars Account Today

You’re going to need a PokerStars account in order to be in with a shot of WCOOP glory. Download PokerStars via PokerNews, make your first deposit using the bonus code “STARS600” and you will receive a 100% bonus up to $600!

You can make three qualifying deposits in 60 days. After each deposit you have four months to earn the redemption points needed to release your bonus!

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Matthew Pitt
Senior Editor

Matthew Pitt hails from Leeds, West Yorkshire, in the United Kingdom, and has worked in the poker industry since 2008, and worked for PokerNews since 2010. In September 2010, he became the editor of PokerNews. Matthew stepped away from live reporting duties in 2015, and now concentrates on his role of Senior Editor for the PokerNews.

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