PokerStars.com, has announced that the second annual Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) will commence on Sunday May, 2nd 2010.

PokerStars.com is one of the largest online poker rooms and last year awarded over $40 million in cash over the course of 22 events with the SCOOP’S trio of main events. It featured buy-ins of amounts of $100, $1,000 and $10,000 which was won by online competitor “JannotLapin” followed by two Team Poker Stars professionals, JC Alvarado and Jude Ainsworth.

The SCOOP promises to be even bigger this year and features buy-ins ranging from $5.50 to $25,000 during 38 events. A six-handed tournament and a two-day no-limit hold’em tournament kicks off on May 3rd followed by two daily tournaments being offered by PokerStars.com over the following weeks. The festivities will end with a two-day main event commencing on May 16th at 5 o’clock in the afternoon (New York time).

There is an incredible amount of competition being offered and the SCOOP schedule will provide something for all types of players who are getting very excited about and looking forward to the high-stakes main event with its five million dollar guarantee and the guaranteed one million dollars to the tournament champion.

The Ante Up tournament will also be featured in this year’s SCOOP. In this tournament the blinds remain the same while antes increase alongside a turbo fixed-limited hold-em event. This year there will be 20 no-limit hold-em events. Included in these events will be re-buy, shootout, heads-up and four-handed play competitions and players of mixed games will have a chance to enjoy Badugi, triple draw, stud high-low, Omaha, horse, razz as well as eight-game tournaments.