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This year's World Championship of Online Poker will have a guaranteed prize pool of $50million, it was announced today.

WCOOP 2010 - which will be held exclusively on Pokerstars - will be the richest online poker tournament ever held.

It will begin on September 5 and feature every variant of the game. Winners of all 62 events will be handsomely rewarded and earn a WCOOP gold bracelet.

The 23 day series will run until September 27 and begins with a $215 6-Max NL Hold’em tournament.

This year's WCOOP schedule also includes four brand-new knockout events, meaning players can win some cash even if they do not make the money.

WCOOP 2010 will culminate with a $10,300 High Roller mixed-game event (8-Game this year) and the traditional 2-Day $5,200 NL Hold’em Main Event ($10 Million guaranteed), starting on September 26.

Poker legend Daniel Negreanu said: "Players across the world re-arrange their calendars around the WCOOP schedule.

“It is the biggest and best online poker tournament series - and draws in tens of thousands of players, with the deepest structures and a wide variety of events.

"I can't wait to play this year’s series!"

Last year 43,973 players from 140 countries competed in the WCOOP, which concluded when Yevgeniy 'Jovial Gent' Timoshenko won the Main Event, pocketing $1.7 million.

Players 'Udon Wannit' ($1.2 million), Daniel 'djk123' Kelly ($956,956) and 'reddeevil' ($933,712) also had phenomenal success.

Kelly, 'ICuRaRook' and 'Maksflaks' shared the honours for most cashes in the series by making the money in 11 of the 45 events.

Players can qualify for WCOOP events via satellites on Pokerstars.

For a full satellite schedule and updates on this year’s World Championship of Online Poker go to http://www.wcoop.com