After The WSOP
Introduction
Although we won’t know who the nine players to go through to the 2010 WSOP final poker table in November will be until after the weekend, many poker players are already turning their thoughts to what they can be doing after the WSOP this year has finished. Well, the news is now out that the two most significant events on the horizon are FTOPS XVII and the 2010 WCOOP.
FTOPS XVII
Mmm - now just what might be on his mind to do after the WSOP?
Whilst there’ll be no gold bracelets available here – gold jerseys will be there to be won in the seventeenth showing of the Full Tilt Online Poker Series. Starting on August 4th and running on until the 15th of the month there are 34 poker games to win a gold jersey in, not to mention a whole bundle of cash, with a $19 million prize fund including $3 million for the Main Event on its own. Other significant competitions will be six Rush Poker tournaments as well as the regular two-day, knockout and shoot-out events. Starting on August 4th you’ll even have a few days to get over the final days play the WSOP in Las Vegas. If you’re unlucky enough to just lose out on the prize money in FTOPS XVII by one place then, as a bubbler, you’ll be invited to show some ‘bouncebackability’ with a freeroll, with the winner of the free-rolls earning a seat at the FTOPS XVII Main Event.
2010 WCOOP
Another online poker tournament that anyone can enter is the 2010 World Championship of Online Poker, which begins on September 6th and runs through until September 26th. With three poker events taking place on most of the days, at up to 6 hour time gaps, there should be no reason to be too concerned if you live outside of the US time-zones. Features of the WCOOP include high-roller events, shoot outs, turbos and two day poker games. Prize money for this event has yet to be announced but I reckon we can be sure it will top last year’s total of $52 million.