PokerStars World Blogger Championship of Online Poker (WBCOOP)

[Burnley Joe]

The World Blogger Championship of Online Poker is back! Calling all bloggers - it’s time once again for the annual PokerStars World Blogger Championship of Online Poker! If you play poker and have your own blog, the 2008 WBCOOP is the perfect tournament series for you. This is the event that gives bloggers from across the globe the chance to face off against each other for FREE, win great prizes and battle for the coveted title! More Ways to Win This year we are giving you more chances than ever before to get in on the action. Simply register your blog and you can play in our Freeroll qualifiers, and be in with a shot at winning great prizes and WBCOOP Final seats. Make it to the Final and you’ll have the chance to play for a PokerStars Caribbean Adventureprize package worth $14,300 and European Poker Tourevent packages worth $7,500. We’ll also be giving away free entries into our biggest online tournaments and Steps satellite tickets. In total, we’re paying out $100,000 worth of prizes! See below to find out more about what you can win. The WBCOOP is open EXCLUSIVELY to anyone with an eligible blog site. Once you have registered, you can use your blog to tell all your readers that you’ll be playing in the event - and write a report afterwards about how you took it down! It doesn’t even matter if your blog isn’t about poker - you can still enter. We are running daily Freeroll qualifiers in a range of poker games - open to all registered and verified bloggers. If you’re new to poker, check out our >Poker Games page to learn the rules and get some helpful tips. How to Play For your blog to be eligible, it must have been online for at least two months and updated on a regular basis. Blogs created specifically for this promotion, or that only have a few posts, will not be granted entry to WBCOOP. If you have been eligible in the past for WBCCOP but have not updated your blog on a regular basis since the last event, you will not be eligible to play. All decisions about eligibility rest with WBCOOP management and are final. Visit the registration page to find out how to submit your blog for verification, and get your entry ticket to the freeroll qualifiers. Freeroll Qualifiers The daily Freerolls run from December 15-20 2008, in a range of different poker games. See below for more details and prize information. You can find these events listed in the PokerStars lobby, under the 'Events' and 'Special' tab.

Game	Date	Time
Pot Limit Omaha	December 15	14:00 ET
No Limit Hold’em	December 16	19:00 ET
Omaha Hi/Lo	December 17	22:00 ET
No Limit Hold’em	December 18	14:00 ET
8-Game Mix	December 19	17:00 ET
No Limit Hold’em	December 20	15:00 ET

Places	Freeroll Qualifiers - Prizes Awarded
1st	WBCOOP Final seat + Sunday Majors Platinum Package*
2nd-9th	WBCOOP Final seat + Sunday Majors Gold Package**
10th-27th	WBCOOP Final seat + Step 3 Ticket
28th-45th	WBCOOP Final seat + Step 2 Ticket
46th-72nd	WBCOOP Final seat

* A Sunday Majors Platinum Package consists of 3 x $215 tournament tickets, 1 x $530 tournament ticket and 1 x $11 tournament ticket. **A Sunday Majors Gold Package consists of 2 x $215 tournament tickets. The WBCOOP Final The World Blogger Championship of Online Poker Final takes place Sunday December 21, at 15:00 ET. Prizes

Places	WBCOOP Final - Prizes Awarded
1st	PokerStars Caribbean Adventure prize package - worth $14,300
2nd	European Poker Tour± prize package + SCOOP‡ Main Event ticket + Step 6 ticket - worth $11,100
3rd	European Poker Tour± prize package - worth $7,500
4th	SCOOP Main Event ticket + Step 6 ticket - worth $3,675
5th	Step 6 ticket - worth $2,100
6th	SCOOP Main Event ticket - worth $1,575
7th	$1,050 Tournament entry
8th	Step 5 ticket
9th	$530 Tournament entry
10th-18th	$320 Tournament entry
19th-27th	$215 Tournament entry
28th-45th	$109 Tournament entry
46th-100th	Step 3 ticket

WBCOOP 2007 Last year’s event saw more than 1,300 players gather from around the world to compete for the Championship. Portugal’s LParreira walked away the big winner -taking first place and a PokerStars Caribbean Adventure seat worth $12,000! Visit the PokerStars Blog to read a full report of all the action from 2007 and other previous years.

[voiceofjoe]

Blogger Freerolls The World Blogger Championship of Online Poker is back! Calling all bloggers - it’s time once again for the annual PokerStars World Blogger Championship of Online Poker! If you play poker and have your own blog, the 2008 WBCOOP is the perfect tournament series for you. This is the event that gives bloggers from across the globe the chance to face off against each other for FREE, win great prizes and battle for the coveted title! More Ways to Win This year we are giving you more chances than ever before to get in on the action. Simply register your blog and you can play in our Freeroll qualifiers, and be in with a shot at winning great prizes and WBCOOP Final seats. Make it to the Final and you’ll have the chance to play for a PokerStars Caribbean Adventure prize package worth $14,300 and European Poker Tour event packages worth $7,500. We’ll also be giving away free entries into our biggest online tournaments and Steps satellite tickets. In total, we’re paying out $100,000 worth of prizes! See below to find out more about what you can win. The WBCOOP is open EXCLUSIVELY to anyone with an eligible blog site. Once you have registered, you can use your blog to tell all your readers that you’ll be playing in the event - and write a report afterwards about how you took it down! It doesn’t even matter if your blog isn’t about poker - you can still enter. We are running daily Freeroll qualifiers in a range of poker games - open to all registered and verified bloggers. If you’re new to poker, check out our >Poker Games page to learn the rules and get some helpful tips. How to Play For your blog to be eligible, it must have been online for at least two months and updated on a regular basis. Blogs created specifically for this promotion, or that only have a few posts, will not be granted entry to WBCOOP. If you have been eligible in the past for WBCCOP but have not updated your blog on a regular basis since the last event, you will not be eligible to play. All decisions about eligibility rest with WBCOOP management and are final. Visit the registration page to find out how to submit your blog for verification, and get your entry ticket to the freeroll qualifiers. Freeroll Qualifiers The daily Freerolls run from December 15-20 2008, in a range of different poker games. See below for more details and prize information. You can find these events listed in the PokerStars lobby, under the 'Events' and 'Special' tab.

Game	Date	Time
Pot Limit Omaha	December 15	14:00 ET
No Limit Hold’em	December 16	19:00 ET
Omaha Hi/Lo	December 17	22:00 ET
No Limit Hold’em	December 18	14:00 ET
8-Game Mix	December 19	17:00 ET
No Limit Hold’em	December 20	15:00 ET

Places	Freeroll Qualifiers - Prizes Awarded
1st	WBCOOP Final seat + Sunday Majors Platinum Package*
2nd-9th	WBCOOP Final seat + Sunday Majors Gold Package**
10th-27th	WBCOOP Final seat + Step 3 Ticket
28th-45th	WBCOOP Final seat + Step 2 Ticket
46th-72nd	WBCOOP Final seat

* A Sunday Majors Platinum Package consists of 3 x $215 tournament tickets, 1 x $530 tournament ticket and 1 x $11 tournament ticket. **A Sunday Majors Gold Package consists of 2 x $215 tournament tickets. The WBCOOP Final The World Blogger Championship of Online Poker Final takes place Sunday December 21, at 15:00 ET. Prizes

Places	WBCOOP Final - Prizes Awarded
1st	PokerStars Caribbean Adventure prize package - worth $14,300
2nd	European Poker Tour± prize package + SCOOP‡ Main Event ticket + Step 6 ticket - worth $11,100
3rd	European Poker Tour± prize package - worth $7,500
4th	SCOOP Main Event ticket + Step 6 ticket - worth $3,675
5th	Step 6 ticket - worth $2,100
6th	SCOOP Main Event ticket - worth $1,575
7th	$1,050 Tournament entry
8th	Step 5 ticket
9th	$530 Tournament entry
10th-18th	$320 Tournament entry
19th-27th	$215 Tournament entry
28th-45th	$109 Tournament entry
46th-100th	Step 3 ticket