In case you missed it: the PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) is about to kick off. From Monday March 1, for 25 days, a packed schedule of 400 tournaments will award at least $45 million in prize money.
The jewels in this crown are three Main Events, running for 4 days from March 22. Available at low, medium and high buy-in levels, together they’ll award a minimum of $5.5M between them.
While the $5,200 buy-in of the high Main Event may be beyond a lot of us, the $109 low edition — with its $1.5M guarantee — promises to deliver a huge return on investment.
And we’ve partnered with PokerStars to create a fast-track straight to the big game for a fraction of the usual price (or even for free for lucky PokerOrg readers).
You can lock up that seat from this weekend. Here’s how…
PokerOrg Pick 3 satellites start Saturday
In celebration of our Pick 3 for SCOOP 2026 contest, PokerStars are hosting special PokerOrg satellites each Saturday from February 28 to March 21.
Costing just $5.50 to enter, each tournament has an extra 5 x $109 SCOOP Low Main Event seats added. That puts $545 in the prizepool before a single player has registered.
And speaking of registration, you can log in and do just that from 6:30pm CET (12:30pm ET) today, Friday February 27.
Registration opens 24 hours ahead of the tournament start, so the first hands will be dealt in these satellites at 6:30pm CET/12:30pm ET each Saturday up to March 21.
Registration for the first satellite opens at 5:30pm WET / 6:30pm CET / 12:30pm ET on February 27.Just $5.50 will get you into the satellite and a shot at the $109 tickets up top. Get your hands on one of those and you’ll be all set to take on the SCOOP Low Main Event; last year’s winner ‘c0rl30n3_89’ banked $173,351 for their victory.
Search the PokerStars client for ‘PokerOrg’ to find the satellites now.
Did someone say free tickets?
$5.50 won’t break the bank, but even so there’s a way to get a ticket for the best price of all: completely free.
Play the Pick 3 for SCOOP 2026 contest by picking a team of three to play on your behalf during the SCOOP series. Every point they gain on the series leaderboard will be added to your score, and the top-scoring team will receive a $5K package to go play the Irish Poker Open in Dublin this spring.
Add your PokerStars username when submitting your team you’ll be automatically eligible for a prize draw awarding free tickets to the PokerOrg Pick 3 satellites.
10 seats will be given away for each satellite running on February 28, March 7 and March 14, with 20 seats awarded for the satellite on March 21.
March 21 will also offer another chance to bag a $5K Irish Poker Open package via an exclusive freeroll at 1pm ET. Simply submit your Pick 3 team to claim your ticket, which will be automatically credited to your PokerStars account.
Make sure you pick your team before the deadline of 8am ET this Sunday, March 1 — or even earlier to enter the prize draw for Saturday’s Pick 3 satellite.
See below for more on the Pick 3 for SCOOP 2026 competition, as well as tips on how to pick a winning team.
