Next month, a huge online poker tournament will be held online at PokerStars.com. Yes, the online poker room is hosting its 4th annual online event where over ten thousand players are expected to participate. Poker players from all corners of the globe will find themselves competing for million of dollars.

With so many poker tournaments being talked about that have stars and other famous people playing at casinos in Vegas and LA, it is refreshing to see this event come to life again this year online.

Played with the same basic concepts as the World Series of Poker that is held at a land casino in Vegas each year, this event will draw lots of excitement.

Costa Rican based ,  PokerStars.com has done a great job with its World Championship of Online Poker for the past three years. This year, the grand prize will do doubt become the biggest it has ever been.

The tournament, will contain fifteen separate poker events including a final tourney of no-limit Texas Holdem beginning on Sept. 4th and ending sometime on  the 18th of Sept. The prize amount for the final event will begin at a hefty $2.5 million.