PokerStars will be bringing back the USCOOP in September, but as part of a larger, two-country series called NACOOP, the North American Championship of Online Poker. Stars released the first details on the series today, which will run alongside the venerable WCOOP (World Championship of Online Poker) offered for more than two decades on its global dot-com platform.
The new NACOOP is derived from the series being available in some jurisdictions in two North Americn countries, the US and Canada. Overall, $7 million in prize money will be guaranteed through what is really three separate "COOP" series gathered under the NACOOP banner.
Last year's USCOOP title isn't really gone; it's now being used to designate the joint Michigan-New Jersey series running as part of NACOOP. Another series, called PACOOP (Pennsylvania Championship of Online Poker), is available only to PokerStars' standalone Pennsylvania market. Those two US-based series will be joined by the new ONCOOP (Ontario Championship of Online Poker), for players in Canada's most-populous province.
The three NACOOP component series all begin on September 15 and run through October 2, 2023. Though the complete schedules are yet to be released, PokerStars has revealed that more than 70 events will be available. Each of the three NACOOP series' Main Event winners will also receive a 24k-gold-plated trophy honoring the occasion.
