Competition to award cash and SCOOP tickets to highest-ranked players

ONCHAN, Isle of Man, January 2017 – The annual PokerStars Turbo Championship of Online Poker (TCOOP) series is well underway and players are competing for a share of the $15 million in guaranteed prize money across 65 adrenalin-fuelled turbo tournaments. So far, more than $8 million has been won in 27 events. But it’s not just tournament cashes that are on the line. Rich rewards in the shape of bragging rights for those that cash in the events are up for grabs too. PokerStars, an Amaya Inc. (NASDAQ: AYA; TSX: AYA) brand, has set up a Turbo Championship of Online Poker Leader Board which recognises the top 200 TCOOP players.

The top 10 finishers will win a ticket to the Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) in May worth $1,000. The Player of the Series also wins a cool $10,000 in cash, whilst second and third place collect $5,000 and $2,500 respectively. Tickets to a variety of SCOOP tournaments are awarded as prizes all the way through to 200th place.

The jam-packed TCOOP festival covers all game variations including Hold’em, Omaha, Stud, Win the Button, Progressive Knock-Outs, Bubble Rush and more. Satellites start from just $01.11 or 1 StarsCoin.