11 EVENTS - $160,000 GUARANTEED
Latin American COOP Starts on
The Latin American Championship of Online Poker is a brand-new PokerStars online tournament series. It’s your chance to prove that you are the best poker player in Latin America. The tournament runs December 5-12, 2010, with 11 events and a guaranteed prize pool of $160,000.
You can qualify and take part in the tournament if you live in any of the following countries:
| Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Aruba Bahamas Barbados Belize Bermuda Turks and Caicos Islands Bolivia Brazil Cayman Chile Colombia Costa Rica |
Cuba Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Falkland Islands (Malvinas) Grenada Guyana Guatemala Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Netherlands Antilles |
Nicaragua Panama Paraguay Peru Puerto Rico Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Suriname Trinidad and Tobago Uruguay Venezuela Virgin Islands (British) |
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Latin American Championship of Online Poker
The Regional Championships of Online Poker, otherwise known as RCOOP or Regional COOP is a PokerStars online tournament series. Compete against people in your own region and your own language to win big cash prizes and prove you are the best poker player in your region.
The Latin American COOPs will be played in English, Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese.
The Latin American Championship of Online Poker has events for all types of poker players, including Texas Hold'em, Five Card Draw and Omaha. Qualify online with PokerStars satellites running now.
Upcoming Events
| Event | Date | Time (ET) | Buy-In | Game | Guarantee |
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| 01 | 05-Dec | 15:00 | $11+R | No Limit Hold’em [6-max] | $20,000 |
| 02 | 05-Dec | 17:00 | $22 | Pot Limit Omaha Hi/Lo | $1,000 |
| 03 | 06-Dec | 20:00 | $22 | No Limit Hold’em [2XC, turbo] | $15,000 |
| 04 | 07-Dec | 20:00 | $33 | No Limit Hold'em | $15,000 |
| 05 | 08-Dec | 20:00 | $22 | No Limit Hold’em [Heads-Up] | $5,000 |
| 06 | 09-Dec | 20:00 | $33 | Mixed Hold’em [6-max] | $3,000 |
| 07 | 10-Dec | 20:00 | $33 | No Limit Hold’em [6-max] | $15,000 |
| 08 | 11-Dec | 15:00 | $22 | Pot Limit 5 Card Draw | $1,000 |
| 09 | 11-Dec | 17:00 | $22 | No Limit Hold’em [1R1A] | $7,500 |
| 10 | 12-Dec | 15:00 | $33 | Pot Limit Omaha 1R1A | $2,500 |
| 11 | 12-Dec | 17:00 | $215 | Main Event | $75,000 |
Upcoming Satellites
The Latin American Championship of Online Poker is the biggest thing to hit poker in your area for years. In the table above you will find results from all 11 Events, bringing together the best players from all over the region. The tables display the names of players who cashed in every event, as well as details of buy-in, field size, running time and total prize pool. Take a look to find out how other players have performed, and you can also track down the results of Team PokerStars Pro.
The information above will be updated after every LACOOP event, which means you will be able to quickly check results and payouts. The Latin American Europe COOP is part of the regional Championship of Online Poker, and you can keep tabs on what’s going on in the other events around the world by checking out PokerStars.eu. With 13 different tournament series spanning the globe, the regional COOPs let you compete against other players just like you for championship titles and big prize money.
PokerStars is the world’s largest poker site and the home of tournaments poker. With a game starting every second across the widest selection of games and limits, it’s the only place to play online. You can qualify for the best in live poker events, like the European Poker Tour (EPT) and PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA), or play the big online series like the World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP), or the Sunday Million, which is the biggest weekly tournament anywhere.
Player of the Series Leader Board
You have even more chances to win big with the Latin American COOP Leader Board challenge! Cash in any of the 11 events, and you’ll earn points that go towards the Player of the Series Leader Board. Finish on top of the Leader Board at the end of LACOOP and you’ll win a Player of the Series engraved Trophy and a PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) Main Event Package! When all events are complete, we’ll be awarding the following prizes to the winner:
Leader Board Prizes
| Place | Prize |
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| 1 | Player of the Series engraved Trophy and a PCA Main Event Package |
LACOOP 2010 Leader Board
Please see the PokerStars.eu RCOOP page for full details of the point structure.
Online Poker Championship Tournaments World Wide
Everyone can take part, because there are a wide range of buy-in options and games for every region. Each of the 13 regions has their own tailor-made tournament schedule and qualification structure. The different Regional COOPS include:
Each Regional Online Poker Championship tournament has its own main event. Buy-ins range from $11 to $530, but you can qualify for a lot less by playing in satellite qualification games that are running now. If you manage to qualify for a Regional COOP event you’ll then be able to play in a Championship tournament against other players from your area and possibly even play against a member of Team PokerStars Pro, including Angel Guillen, Alex Gomes and Nacho Barbero.