The 2011 Poker Stars World Championship of Online Poker is on now, running through the end of September and consisting of 62 events including a $5 million guaranteed main event. And as of September 7th, you can hear all the action and behind-the-scenes activity through Poker Stars radio’s WCOOP Show. With hosts Jon Stapledon, of FOX TV’s PokerStars Big Game fame, and PokerStars UKIPT host Nick Wealthall, the WCOOP Show on PokerStars radio promises to include special guest appearances and interviews and updates on the WCOOP events taking place. The WCOOP radio show will also feature an assortment of call-in opportunities with $50,000 in prizes to be given away.
Among these call-in opportunities are the Daily Tourney, a $1 Hyper Turbo online tournament. After each of these events are over, PokerStars radio will get in touch with the winner by phone. If the winner answers with that day’s Phrase That Pays, they win a $215 tournament ticket into their choice of a Steps 4 satellite, a WCOOP event of equivalent value or a Sunday Majors event of equivalent value.
Another promotion for radio listeners of the WCOOP Show is the Giveaway Freebuy. This promo also involves a special password spoken in each program to find players to seed into a freeroll tournament with a $0.10 rebuy from which the top 3 winners get 1,000 FPPs each and the top winner gets a bonus opportunity in a future show to claim a second prize of a Step 2 ticket or risk it for a shot at a Step 3 ticket. These are just a couple of examples of the opportunities to win money at this year’s WCOOP just by listening to the radio.