This Sunday the PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) launched with 27,305 poker and rakeback poker players registering for the first event. PokerStars have also launched a special reload bonus for the duration of the series.

Players who reload their poker account at PokerStars before 23.59 ET on May 10^th will receive 20% of the value of their deposit as a pending bonus. Once the deposit has been made you will be able to redeem your bonus by collecting VIP Player Points. If you deposit in dollars you will need 20VPPs per $1 and bonus clearances will be paid out in $10 increments.

The Spring Championship of Online Poker has a total guaranteed prize pool of $45,000,000 and if the first event is anything to go by we can expect actual payout to be more like $90,000,000. PokerStars players ensured that the first $22 Six-max No-Limit Hold’em event with a guaranteed payout of $250,000 actually was worth $540,000 and $57,365 to the winner after a three way chop.

The PokerStars SCOOP hosts tournaments at three different levels with the same tournament structure to ensure players with different size bankrolls can compete in these huge events. At the mid-level $215 tournament 6,783 players competed ensuring a first prize of $203,493 and a total prize pool of $1,356,600. The high stakes $2,100 tournament ensured a total prize pool of over $1.5m.

SCOOP will continue until the final two day event starting on May 16^th and players can earn their seats by any of the PokerStars satellites from as little as 10 FPPs or for under $1.

For players who don’t have an account with PokerStars, we have yet another reason to sign up to the world’s largest poker room. Simply open an account and deposit money at PokerStars before May 13^th using the code 11SCOOP and you will be rewarded with an $11 tournament ticket that can be used in any of the eight $11 main event tournaments.

Sign up to PokerStars today to take advantage of this unbelievable opportunity by clicking here.