The 2022 World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) on PokerStars is underway, with September set to be an exciting month full of poker events on the site.
If you’re planning on playing in any of the WCOOP Main Events — Low, Medium or High — then make sure to read this article about all the methods you can win your way in for less. Whether it’s Fast Track Satellites, normal Satellites or Spin & Gos there’s something for everyone.
And don’t miss out on the massive Phase events with one for each level.
Check the full 2022 WCOOP schedule
WCOOP Satellites
We’ve recently given you the best satellite strategy advice for PokerStars online events, so there’s no excuse to get yourself ready for 2022 WCOOP satellites.
Main Event Satellites
There are two buy-in satellites for each of the Low and Medium NLHE WCOOP Main Events, with just one $1,050 buy-in satellite for the $10,300 WCOOP-H Main Event.
- WCOOP 92-L: $109 NLHE Main Event: $5.50 and $11
- WCOOP 92-M: $1,050 NLHE Main Event: $55 and $109
- WCOOP 92-H: $10,300 Main Event: $1,050
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Fast Track Satellites
The High Main Event doubles as the World Championship of NLHE as part of the 2022 WCOOP schedule, and thanks to Fast Track satellites you can work through the rounds to book your place in the event.
- Round 1 – $1.50 On-demand – 1 seat GTD to Round 2
- Round 2 – $20 – 3 or 5 seats GTD to Round 3
- Round 3 – $109 – 5 seats GTD to Round 4
- Round 4 – $1,050 – 1 seat GTD to $10,300 Main Event
With With Spin N Gos
Players can also win WCOOP tickets and entry to the WCOOP Main Event through Spin & Gos in the PokerStars client.
Check out the 2022 guide to PokerStars Spin and Go Poker
$0.50 WCOOP Spin & Go
| Prize | Probability |
|---|---|
| $1,050 WCOOP Main Event entry | 2 in 1,000,000 |
| $109 WCOOP entry | 250 in 1,000,000 |
| $20 WCOOP ticket | 2,000 in 1,000,000 |
| $5 WCOOP ticket | 12,500 in 1,000,000 |
| $2.20 WCOOP ticket | 60,000 in 1,000,000 |
| $1.50 WCOOP ticket | 381,804 in 1,000,000 |
| $1 cash | 543,444 in 1,000,000 |
$4 WCOOP Spin & Go
| Prize | Probability |
|---|---|
| $10,300 WCOOP Main Event entry | 3 in 1,000,000 |
| $1,050 WCOOP Main Event entry | 500 in 1,000,000 |
| $55 WCOOP ticket | 12,500 in 1,000,000 |
| $22 WCOOP ticket | 50,000 in 1,000,000 |
| $11 WCOOP ticket | 400,208 in 1,000,000 |
| $8 cash | 536,789 in 1,000,000 |
$20 WCOOP Spin & Go
| Prize | Probability |
|---|---|
| $10,300 WCOOP Main Event entry | 100 in 1,000,000 |
| $1,050 WCOOP Main Event entry | 1,250 in 1,000,000 |
| $215 WCOOP ticket | 19,999 in 1,000,000 |
| $109 WCOOP ticket | 70,000 in 1,000,000 |
| $55 WCOOP ticket | 385,445 in 1,000,000 |
| $40 cash | 523,206 in 1,000,000 |
WCOOP Phase Tournaments
Phase tournaments have become a regular part of the WCOOP schedule giving people the flexibility to enter one of the phases during the festival before carrying over their chip stack to the second phase for a share of the prize pool.
Phase 1s for Event 1 — Low, Medium and High — take place daily and play for a set number of blind levels. Once the time is up, anyone who has survived carries their chip stack over to Phase 2
One lucky player who has already locked up a seat on Day 2 of WCOOP 01-L is Team PokerStars member Thomas ‘MajinBoob’ Hayward. Will you join him?
- WCOOP 01-L: $5.50 Phase, $500k GTD – 12 Phase 1s per day
- WCOOP 01-M: $22 Phase, $400k GTD – 8 Phase 1s per day
- WCOOP 01-H: $109 Phase, $1M GTD – 1 Phase 1 per day
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Will Shillibier is based in the United Kingdom. He graduated from the University of Kent in 2017 with a B.A. in German, and then studied for a NCTJ Diploma in Sports Journalism at Sportsbeat in Manchester. He previously worked as a freelance live reporter, and video presenter for the World Poker Tour.