WCOOP is right around the corner — the first event starts in just a bit at 6 p.m. BST!
While our PokerStars Ambassadors are gearing up for a shot at millions of dollars just like the rest of you, they’re also preparing themselves for the slings and arrows of WCOOP Bingo.
What is WCOOP Bingo, you ask? It’s a chance for you to score some cash even if you don’t play in any WCOOP events yourself. Have a gander at the card above and we’ll explain.
Spraggy’s excited about this bingo thing
Your mission, should you choose to accept it…
The WCOOP Bingo card features 25 tasks with different values added to them. Whenever an Ambassador clears a task first, they will unlock the given reward for this task.
After WCOOP, we will sum up the amount that each Ambassador has unlocked and then run a single freeroll for each of them with their unlocked reward as the prize pool.
There are fives tasks each for playing in WCOOP events and cashing in WCOOPs, with the cash value for these ranging from $50 to $300. And four tasks of scoring KOs are worth anywhere from $50 to $250. Some of these are going to get claimed pretty quickly, but the more valuable ones will take some real effort.
The big money
In addition there is a group of 10 named tasks, which carry higher cash values:
Hey Chris Moneymaker, how many Ambassadors will get a cash bounty for tweeting their 5-4 to you?
1. The Moneymaker: Tweet a picture of yourself getting 5-4 to @CMONEYMAKER – $300
2. Not So EasyWithAces: Lose a hand all-in with A-A – $300
3. Bubbleboy: Bubble a tournament (or bust within 20 places from cashing) – $400
4. Stakes Don’t Matter: Play the same event number in two different stake levels – $200
5. Hey Friend: Get on a table with a Team Pro (Red Spade member) & tweet a screenshot to them – $400
6. Close But No Cigar: Make the final 3 tables of an event but don’t win – $500
7. Dream Big: Final Table a WCOOP Event – $600
8. Is that a good hand?: Make Quads or Better in a WCOOP Event – $300
9. Share the Love: Give away WCOOP Tickets via Marble Race – $250
10. Mix it up: Play a non-Hold’em event – $100
An extra $1,000 is added for completing the whole card first or clearing the most tasks in total, giving Ambassadors incentive to clear tasks that have already been cleared by someone else. Whoever completes the card or matches the most tasks cleared will get $500 added.
And for a final, added bonus, the Ambassador who runs deepest in the Main Event – Low will earn a final $1,500.
It’s not a sprint, it’s a marathon
The first WCOOP Bingo squares will certainly be claimed early on, but the game will carry on throughout this month as WCOOP plays out. You can keep tabs on how things are going right here on the blog, or by checking out all the PokerStars Twitch channels.