Online poker site CelebPoker.com is glad to announce the International Championship of Poker (ICOP), a new tournaments series running for over 7 days, and featuring a guaranteed prize-pool of €600,000. The events, running from March 9^th through March 15^th, represents a great chance for online players to enjoy the recently added tournaments including Omaha, Omaha Hi-Lo and 5 and 7-card stud.

 

In addition to the cash prizes, players can also compete for a special pot that will be shared between the top three players over the entire series. To create the pot, Celeb Poker will hold a portion of the total prize pool on each event. During the ICOP, the top 30 positions on each tournament will receive a determined amount of points depending on their final position, and at the end of the tournament series, the player with the highest score will get a total of 50% of the pot, while the second and third places will get 30% and 20% respectively.

Satellites for all of the ICOP events will be available in the CelebPoker Poker lobby starting on February 23^rd, 2009, giving players the chance to win a share of the €600,000 guaranteed prize-pool. For more information on the ICOP, please visit CelebPoker.com.