World Championship of Online Poker

2002 Events

The 2002 World Championship of Online Poker consisted of nine events with over $730,000 in combined prizes. The events, buy-ins, and winners are listed below.

2003 Events

The 2003 World Championship of Online Poker consisted of 11 events with a total prize pool of over $2.7 million. The events, buy-ins, and winners are listed below.

2004 Events

The 2004 World Championship of Online Poker consisted of 12 events with a total prize pool of over $6 Million. The events, buy-ins, and winners are listed below.

2005 Events

The 2005 World Championship of Online Poker consisted of 15 events with a total prize pool of over $12 Million. The events, buy-ins, and winners are listed below.

2006 Events

The 2006 World Championship of Online Poker consisted of 18 events. The schedule including buy in for each event is listed below. 2006 WCOOP Total Prize Pool was $18,674,300

¹spawng becomes first player to win 2 WCOOP Bracelets.
²kwob20 becomes first player to win 2 WCOOP bracelets in one year
³The original first prize was to be $1,157,737.50, but the final six players in the tournament struck a deal to more evenly divide the prize money.

2007 Events

The 2007 World Championship of Online Poker consists of 23 events. The schedule including buy in for each event is listed below. 2007 WCOOP Total Prize Pool was $24,218,600

The event was marred by controversy when the original winner of the main event, TheV0id was disqualified for using multiple accounts in the tournament following an investigation by PokerStars.

¹Original winner, Mark 'TheV0id' Teltscher, disqualified.

2008 Events

There were 33 events played in the September 2008 WCOOP. Each day of the 2008 WCOOP featured two events.

¹This event uses the same blind structure on the previous event (No Limit Hold'em)
² the player known as "liberace" who was the runner-up of the $5,200 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event, won more than the winner due to an earlier chop while five handed of $1,375,249

2009 Events

There were 45 events in the 2009 WCOOP, including Badugi, big antes No Limit Hold'em, and some new formats. A total of 43,973 unique players in 140 countries participated, making a total prize pool of $51,652,800.

¹Holds the record for the largest WCOOP field ever.
²This event uses the 9x awards structure.

2010 Events

There were 62 events in the 2010 WCOOP.

* next to the first place prize denotes a deal was made at the final table, original first place prizes are hidden and can be seen in edit mode
** This event was originally scheduled on one day before the date listed above and listed at event 39, but the order was changed so that events 40 and 41 were run before this one.
¹g0lfa (Ryan D'Angelo) becomes first player to win 3 WCOOP Bracelets.
²Largest amount of money won in online poker history, 2010 Main Event (Tyson "POTTERPOKER" Marks)

2011 Events

There were 62 events in the 2011 WCOOP. This was the first WCOOP series since Black Friday 2011, A legal action by the U.S. Government that forbids people living in the United States from playing poker for real money on the site due to banking regulations, as a result there are many current or former US citizens playing online from other countries the following list reflects as always the nations where the winners were logged-in at the time of the event.

2012 Events

There were 65 events in the 2012 WCOOP. The following list reflects, as always, the nations where the winners were logged-in at the time of the event.

2013 Events

There were 66 events in the 2013 WCOOP.

2014 Events

There were 66 events in the 2014 WCOOP.

2015 Events

There were 70 events in the 2015 WCOOP.

2016 Events

There were 82 events in the 2016 WCOOP.

WCOOP Bracelet Winners by Country

Below is a breakdown of the login countries of all bracelet winners in the history of the WCOOP:

1. USA - 103
2. Canada - 80
3. Russia - 60
4. United Kingdom - 50
5. Mexico - 35
6. Sweden - 31
7. Norway - 24
8. Germany - 24
9. Netherlands - 23
10. Finland - 17
11. Australia - 17
12. Poland - 15
13. Denmark - 14
14. Austria - 12
15. Brazil - 12
16. Hungary - 11
17. Belgium - 8
18. Ukraine - 7
19. Argentina - 7
20. Bulgaria - 6
21. Romania - 6
22. Costa Rica - 5
23. Ireland - 5
24. Czech Republic - 5
25. Greece - 4
26. Cyprus - 4
27. Malta - 3
28. Taiwan - 3
29. South Africa - 3
30. Philippines - 1
31. Slovenia - 1
32. Kazakhstan - 1
33. Bosnia and Herzegovina - 1
34. Uruguay - 1
35. Chile - 1
36. Croatia - 1

WCOOP Challenge Winners by Country

1. Austria - 2
2. Brazil - 2
3. Canada - 2
4. Finland - 2
5. Israel - 2
6. Mexico - 2
7. United Kingdom - 2
8. Australia - 1
9. Czech Republic - 1
10. Denmark - 1
11. Estonia - 1
12. Germany - 1
13. Netherlands - 1
14. Norway - 1
15. Peru - 1
16. Poland - 1
17. Romania - 1
18. Singapore - 1
19. Sweden - 1