Here comes MISCOOP & NJSCOOP, May 8-24: $3 million-plus total guarantees

The world has been enjoying the Spring Championship of Online Poker over these last several weeks. So, too, has Pennsylvania where the PASCOOP continues to roll forward.

Now Michigan and New Jersey are both getting in on the springtime fun as well.

Today PokerStars announced schedules for both the Michigan Spring Championship of Online Poker and New Jersey Spring Championship of Online Poker, with both taking place May 8-24.

Like all SCOOPs, the series will feature events having three buy-in “tiers,” creating more tournaments overall and lots of opportunities for players of all bankrolls.

Here is a quick summary of each series, followed by the complete schedules for both.

MICOOP features 120 tournaments, $2M in guarantees

On PokerStars MI, the MISCOOP will be a 40-event series with “high,” medium,” and “low” buy-ins for each, meaning a minimum of 120 tournaments altogether.

The tournaments feature guaranteed prize pools that add up to $2 million overall.

The series culminates with three Main Events, with the “high” version having a $300 buy-in and a $200,000 guarantee.

There will be plenty of satellites on PokerStars MI throughout MISCOOP, as well as freerolls via which players can win their way into events inexpensively.

Throughout the series there will be Second Chance Freerolls for players who are eliminated without making the money in MISCOOP events. Those who bust out without cashing get free entry into the following day’s Second Chance Freeroll where $1,000 in tournament tickets will be awarded.

There’s also a MISCOOP Depositor Freeroll on May 23, the afternoon of the Main Event. Anyone depositing $30 or more at PokerStars MI while using the bonus code “MISCOOP” between now and May 23 gets entry into the freeroll. The top 50 finishers will then win seats in the $300 “High” Main Event — that’s $15,000 worth of value.

There will also be special $3 Sit & Go’s awarding Main Event entries, too. Look for those from now through May 23 as well.

One other feature of the series will be an ongoing MISCOOP Leader Board. Players earn points for cashing events, and in the end the top 30 will split $10,000 in cash prizes with $3,000 going to the best MISCOOP performer.

NJSCOOP features 165 tournaments, $1.2M in guarantees

Meanwhile at PokerStars NJ the schedule features the same three-tiered format with 55 events and 165 separate tournaments. There the guarantees will add up to just over $1.2 million.

NJSCOOP also ends with a two-day, $300 buy-in “High” Main Event. The guarantee for that tournament is $100,000.

PokerStars NJ players will also get the same variety of satellites and freerolls, including both Second Chance Freerolls and a NJSCOOP Depositor Freeroll as described above. For the latter, PokerStars NJ players will want to use the bonus code “NJSCOOP” when depositing at least $30 to get a seat in the Main Event freeroll.

Just like MISCOOP, the NJSCOOP features a wide variety of poker variants and formats, including lots of non-NLHE fare. There is also a heads-up tournament (Event #4) for which the three different tiers will take place on different days at the beginning, middle, and end of the series.

Check out the full schedules for both MISCOOP and NJSCOOP below. From the looks of things, it is shaping up to be a great May in Michigan and New Jersey!

2021 Michigan Spring Championship of Online Poker (MISCOOP) on PokerStars MI

2021 New Jersey Spring Championship of Online Poker (NJSCOOP) on PokerStars NJ

Are you a Michigan poker player and want to play MISCOOP? Get more information here.

And for New Jersey poker players wanting to get involved with NJSCOOP, click here to learn more.