Wed, 01/26/2011 – 17:09 – PokerPages Staff

The World Blogger Championship of Online Poker is returning with $58,000 worth of Spring Championship of Online Poker on offer as prizes. Free to enter WBCOOP preliminary tournaments run from January 24 to 29.  There is a fantastic range of prizes for online poker players on offer for the top 200 finishers in each of the preliminaries.  The top prize is two $215 SCOOP tickets, plus two Sunday Million tickets as well as a WBCOOP Main Event ticket.

The WBCOOP preliminary tournaments go live on the afternoon of Monday 24 January at 14:00 ET with a Pot Limit Omaha.  On the Tuesday at 19:00 ET there is a No Limit Hold’em.  On Wednesday there is a Pot Limit Hi/Lo at 22:00 ET, followed by another No Hold’em on Thursday at 14:00 ET.  Friday sees an 8-Game Mix at 17:00 ET.  And the WBCOOP preliminary tournaments end at 19:00 ET on Saturday January 29 with a No Limit Hold’em.  The WBCOOP Main Event takes place on January 30th with SCOOP tickets as prizes.

Meanwhile European Poker Tour Satellites continue for EPT Copenhagen and EPT Deauville.  January 21 sees EPT Copenhagen Satellites run throughout the morning.  Starting at 09:25 ET there is a 5 Turbo to 20 Satellite.  These also take place at 09:45 and 09:55 ET.  At 09:59 ET, and an hour later at 10:59 there are 7.50 round 1 satellites.  And at 12:30 there is an EPT Copenhagen 27 + R Rd 1.  And at 12:30 on January 21 there is an EPT Deauville -5 + R Turbo Satellite.

Wed, 01/26/2011 – 17:21 – PokerPages Staff

2005 US Poker Championship, No Limit Hold’em Championship
The 2005 US Poker Championship’s No Limit Hold’em Championship continues on ESPN.
This annual event takes place in Atlantic City, NJ and is hosted by Trump Taj Mahal.  The US Poker Championship is one of the major events in the poker tournament calendar.  Watch as Jimmy ‘Capo’ Caporuscio picks up the first place finish and walks away with $831,532.

High Stakes Poker
Poker fans should tune in to The Game Show Network to check out High Stakes Poker – a cash game with a minimum buy-in of $100,000.  Watch as the greatest poker professionals stake their own money in this high-risk event.  The players competing in this season are: Antonio Esfandiari, Barry Greenstein, Daniel Negreanu, Mike Matusow, Phil Ivey, Gus Hansen, Phil Hellmuth, Tom Dwan, Doyle Brunson, Eli Elezra, and Phil Laak.

World Poker Tour
The Game Show Network is currently airing the World Poker Tour.  Televised WPT major events are hosted by Mike Sexton and Vince Van Patten.

World Series of Poker Europe
The 2008 World Series of Poker Europe No Limit Hold’em Championship will be shown on ESPN.  This event was held at the Casino at the Empire, London, UK.  Watch as John Juanda earns his 3rd WSOP Gold Bracelet and £868,800.

2008 World Series of Poker, Main Event
Tune in to ESPN to catch Peter Eastgate winning his first gold bracelet in the 39th Annual World Series of Poker Main Event. This season sees Eastgate winning $9,119,517.