The 2010 PokerStars SCOOP features 33 live online poker tournament events in a range of poker stakes and styles, including Holdem, Omaha, 7-Card Stud, HORSE, Razz, Badugi, and others. There will even be heads-up competition going on.

Players can win free entry into certain PokerStars 2010 SCOOP events by participating in the PokerStars satellite qualifiers into the series. Should you not win a free spot in a 2010 SCOOP event, you can buy in direclty for as little as $5.50 (depending on the event).

The event with the highest buy-in is the high-rollers event, with a $10,300 buy-in and a $5 million guaranteed prize pool. The main event happens on Sunday, May 16 and, as with the rest of the 2010 SCOOP events, has three different stakes levels. Buy-in at $109 for a shot at a share of $1 million; buy-in at $1,050 for a shot at a share of $3 million; and buy-in at $10,300 for a shot at a share of $5 million.

The lowest buy-in is Event #1, the $5.50 6-max w/rebuys tournament. The highest buy-in is Event #21, the $25,000 Heads-Up Match Play with an $800,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool

The two-week SCOOP consists of 66 events in all (that’s 22 events at 3 different levels each), culminating in a spectacular 2-day No Limit Holdem main event on April 12 with a $9 million guaranteed prize pool. Also taking place in this year’s Spring Championship of Online Poker are events in 7 card stud, Pot Limit Omaha, Omaha Hi/Lo, Triple Draw, Limit Razz, and 8-Game Mixed.

The total guaranteed prize pool for the entire series is $30,000,000.