Pokerstars Announces New Bonus Promotions

July 22, 2008

This week Pokerstars announced a huge new promotion for their players. As usual all new players still get a 100% Bonus and now if you reload at poker start you get another 40% Bonus up to $250 + a ticket to one of four WCOOP Qualifiers. If you don’t already have a Pokerstars account, sign up here: Pokerstars Bonus and use Pokerstars Marketing Code 2x to get this special offer. Read our Pokerstars Review .

Details of the new pokerstars promotions are below:

The world’s largest poker site is proud to announce the arrival of the world’s largest online poker tournament series – the 7th Annual PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP)! To celebrate what is undoubtedly one of the biggest months in online poker, and the coming of the world’s largest online poker tournament series, we’re offering a 2X & WCOOP Deposit Bonus. Make your next real money deposit between July 21 at 00:01 ET and July 31 at 23:59 ET for a 40% bonus up to a maximum of $240* - that’s 2X the size of our regular reload bonuses! PLUS, every qualifying depositor will also receive a ticket to one of four special WCOOP Main Event Qualifiers where five $5,200 WCOOP Main Event entries are up for grabs. To receive the bonus and a tournament entry, enter the code 2X into the bonus code field of the Cashier when making your qualifying deposit. For further information on the 2X & WCOOP Deposit Bonus, please visit our 2X Events page. 2008 WCOOP - $30 MILLION GUARANTEED The World Championship of Online Poker returns in September, bigger than ever, including new events and at least $30 million in guaranteed prize money across 33 events. The 2008 WCOOP Main Event alone guarantees at least $10 million in prize money, so is definitely not to be missed! The 2008 WCOOP starts on September 5, and runs until September 2+2 . You can qualify through our cash, Frequent Player Point (FPP), Sit & Go and Steps satellites. Steps start at $7.50 or 500 FPP. Other satellites begin at $2.20 or 100 FPP. 2008 WCOOP Schedule**
EVENT No	DATE	DAY	TIME	BUY-IN	EVENT	GUARANTEE
1	5-Sep	Fri	14:30	$215	NL Hold’em [6-max]	$1,000,000
2	5-Sep	Fri	16:30	$215	PL 5-Card Draw	$100,000
3	6-Sep	Sat	14:30	$215	Limit Hold’em	$300,000
4	6-Sep	Sat	16:30	$215	2-7 Triple Draw	$100,000
5	7-Sep	Sun	14:30	$10,300	High-Roller NL Hold’em	$2,000,000
6	7-Sep	Sun	16:30	$530	NL Hold’em†	$3,000,000
7	8-Sep	Mon	14:30	$215	PL Omaha [6-max]	$300,000
8	8-Sep	Mon	16:30	$320	8-game Mixed Event	$200,000
9	9-Sep	Tue	14:30	$215	NL Hold’em [4-max]	$400,000
10	9-Sep	Tue	16:30	$215	Razz	$100,000
11	10-Sep	Wed	14:30	$320	PL Omaha Hi/Lo	$300,000
12	10-Sep	Wed	16:30	$320	Mixed Hold’em [6-max]	$300,000
13	11-Sep	Thu	14:30	$215	NL Hold’em w/Rebuys	$1,000,000
14	11-Sep	Thu	16:30	$320	7-Card Stud	$100,000
15	12-Sep	Fri	14:30	$320	NL Hold’em [Heads-Up]	$500,000
16	12-Sep	Fri	16:30	$215	PL Omaha [1R1A]	$300,000
17	13-Sep	Sat	14:30	$530	PL Hold’em [6-max]	$400,000
18	13-Sep	Sat	16:30	$215	HORSE	$300,000
19	14-Sep	Sun	14:30	$25,500	High-Roller HU NL Hold’em	$1,600,000
20	14-Sep	Sun	16:30	$1,050	NL Hold’em†	$3,000,000
21	15-Sep	Mon	14:30	$530	7-Card Stud Hi/Lo	$200,000
2+2	15-Sep	Mon	16:30	$530	Mixed Omaha Hi/Lo [6-max]	$200,000
23	16-Sep	Tue	14:30	$530	NL Hold’em [1R1A]	$500,000
24	16-Sep	Tue	16:30	$530	NL 2-7 Single Draw	$200,000
25	17-Sep	Wed	14:30	$320	PL Omaha w/rebuys	$500,000
26	17-Sep	Wed	16:30	$320	NL Hold’em [6-max]	$500,000
27	18-Sep	Thu	14:30	$530	NL Hold’em Triple Shootout	$300,000
28	18-Sep	Thu	16:30	$530	Limit Omaha Hi/Lo	$400,000
29	19-Sep	Fri	14:30	$530	NLHE w/Rebuys [6-max]	$400,000
30	19-Sep	Fri	16:30	$1,050	PL Omaha	$500,000
31	20-Sep	Sat	14:30	$1,050	Limit Hold’em [6-max]	$500,000
32	20-Sep	Sat	16:30	$10,300	HORSE	$500,000
33	21-Sep	Sun	16:30	$5,200	NL Hold’em Main Event†	$10,000,000