Welcome to Day 1 of the 2020 WCOOP-21-H: $5,200 NLHE [6-Max, Progressive KO]
The PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker 2020 (WCOOP) continues today as WCOOP-21-H: $5,200 NLHE [6-Max, Progressive KO] gets underway at 1.05 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST).
A guaranteed prize pool of $500,000 is featured in this tournament and some of the biggest names of the world of online and live poker are expected to join the action.
From each $5,200 buy-in, a $2,500 bounty is awarded for each elimination and half of the bounty ($1,250) goes into the bounty prize pool.
All players start with 100,000 in chips and the levels throughout the entire event last 20 minutes each. During the late registration period which lasts four hours and 45 minutes, up to two re-entries can be purchased.
Day 1 is scheduled to play until the money is reached at which point the remaining players will return back to the virtual felt Sunday, September 6th at 1.05 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST).
The PokerNews live reporting team will provide all the action from start to finish, and the final day will also be broadcasted with commentary and cards-up coverage on a delay of at least 20 minutes on the PokerStars Twitch channel.