Pokerstars SCOOP 2022 Will See it’s First Ever Women’s Event

This is great news after a not so positive international Women's Month in the poker world, GGpoker announced that they would be continuing to work with misogynist poker ‘pro’ Dan Bilzerian and decided to close Vanessa Kade’s affiliate account out of the so called blue around the same time.

If you’re not so familiar with this story, you can find out about all the sexist comments Dan Bilzerian made and got away with here.

On a lighter note, the PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) will begin on May 8th running through to June 1st for its 14th year!

Version 14 of the SCOOP series will be the biggest to date, as one of the most popular poker series there's no surprise they are expanding events, there will be a huge total of 318 tournaments during the series.

There will be 107 events and each comes with Low, Medium and High price points, with buy-ins as low as $2.20, giving everyone the opportunity to build their bankroll.

The PokerStars managing director Severin Rasset has purposely introduced a wide range of buy-ins to meet the needs of the whole poker community.

“As always, we’ve ensured that the whole community, whether they are new to the game or experienced poker players, can fully immerse themselves into the Series, with a variety of buy-ins to suit all levels. The countdown is on, and we hope our players can use the 14th year of the SCOOP series to have fun and of course play responsibly.”

The first ever women’s SCOOP events will take place on May 29th during the tournament, there are three events to get involved in.

• $5.50 Women’s SCOOP - Guaranteed prize of $3,000

• $22 Women’s SCOOP - Guaranteed prize of $10,000

• $109 Women’s SCOOP - Guaranteed prize of $25,000

The three events total to $40,000 in prize winnings, an amazing opportunity for women wanting to make their way to the top of a male dominated industry.

On the same day there are three SCOOP Main Events:

• $109 Main Event-L - Guaranteed prize of $2,500,000

• $4,000,000 guaranteed $1,050 Main Event-M - Guaranteed prize of $4,000,000

• $10,300 Main Event-H - Guaranteed prize of $5,000,000

This is not the only exciting thing about this year's SCOOP, PokerStars are running a promotion called Pick-A-Box where there will be $250,000 in tickets to be won each week.

During the lead up to the event, PokerStars players have the opportunity to win a ticket to the SCOOP tournament. Each day, players need to head to their challenge window and pick one of six boxes.

Overall, the event will see a guaranteed total of $75,000,000 in prize money and players can win a portion of this through the following events: