Last week saw several screennames become main characters in the story of the 2023 ONCOOP. This last week, players have claimed multiple titles, won huge prizes, and earned prestigious trophies.
After a big kickoff on PokerStars Ontario last weekend, ONCOOP got properly underway. So far 75 of the 137 events have been completed putting us over the halfway mark.
ONCOOP is the Ontario-based segment of a wider concatenation of online poker festivals which PokerStars has called the North American Championship of Online Poker.
NACOOP also encompasses the PACOOP festival in Pennsylvania and the USCOOP festival in Michigan and New Jersey, both of which are running now with live reporting from our PokerNews team.
Win An NAPT Gold Pass
All three NACOOP series offer players a chance to win a share of massive prize pools. There is $2,000,000 guaranteed across ONCOOP, with $175,000 guaranteed for the ONCOOP Main Event alone.
PokerStars Ontario is also offering the ONCOOP Main Event champion a $20,000 NAPT Gold Pass which includes:
a US$5,300 seat at the NAPT High Roller,
return flights to Las Vegas, and
luxury accommodation in Vegas for nine nights.
*All dollar amounts are Canadian dollars unless otherwise stated.
Climbing The Leaderboards
With around half the events of the series concluded the ONCOOP leaderboards are beginning to take shape. Whoever ends up in the top ten, there are cash prizes going, starting from $100 and rising to $2,500. The first-place finisher also wins this year's ONCOOP Player of the Series Trophy.
Several players are in the running, having earned multiple big wins across the series. At the top of the leaderboards is "windexxxx" with four titles, including an $11,359 victory in ONCOOP 71: Battle Royale.
Another strong contender is "dusty truth" with two titles, a second-place finish, and a sixth-place final table cash. "Dusty truth's" final table cash, just happened to be at the biggest final table of the series so far, ONCOOP 19: Ontario Sunday Special Championship.
With a buy-in of $200 and 451 entries, the prize pool for ONCOOP 19: Ontario Sunday Special Championship hit $84,112 after rake. This made ONCOOP 19 the biggest event of the series so far.
The only other prize pool to come close to this sum was ONCOOP 70: Ontario Championship of PKO NLHE which hit $81,005 off the back of 85 entries and a $1,000 buy-in.
Sixty-three players made the money in ONCOOP 19, with "eremys" coming out on top at the final table to earn themselves an ONCOOP Championship title. After "eremys" negotiated a two-way chop with "brano9," that title was worth $14,143.
Second place was worth $12,086 for "Brano9."
ONCOOP 19: $200 Ontario Sunday Special Championship Final Table Results
Position
Player
Prize
1
"eremys"
*$14,143
2
"brano9"
*$12,086
3
"grishanin121"
$8,223
4
"TheMilkMan91"
$6,070
5
"Plumbsy"
$4,481
6
"Stacy99"
$3,208
7
"sims1984"
$2,442
8
"dusty truth"
$1,802
9
"xlavastrx"
$1,486
*Two-way chop.
Arlie Shaban Picks Up Another 2023 ONCOOP Title
Arlie Shaban
Arlie "Pablo Poker" Shaban continues to try to beat the extraordinary five-title run he made at the 2022 ONCOOP.
Shaban was able to seal another first-place finish in ONCOOP 26: Session Starter.
This title is no doubt more satisfying after his previous victory in ONCOOP 2: Mini Kickoff PKO was superseded when the event was rerun on September 18.
Shaban had the added joy of winning for an audience. The Canadian pro was live streaming ONCOOP 26 on Twitch when he won. The footage, show him declaring himself not just the champion of ONCOOP 26 but also "the happiest guy ever."
ONCOOP 30: Heads Up Trainer (Progressive Total KO, Zoom)
205
$9,328
"kturani"
$1,715
Sep 18
$30
ONCOOP 31: Deepstack
216
$6,091
"windexxxx"
$1,191
Sep 19
$100
ONCOOP 32: Fat Tuesday
221
$20,288
"DrAwssome"
$3,753
Sep 19
$1,000
ONCOOP 33: Super Tuesday High Roller
61
$58,133
"TeeWee55"
$18,063
Sep 19
$100
ONCOOP 34: Mini Tuesday High Roller
290
$26,622
"epyon91"
$5,082
Sep 19
$300
ONCOOP 35: Ontario Championship of Heads Up NLHE
135
$37,800
"I want YerFG"
$12,057
Sep 19
$50
ONCOOP 36: Tuesday Crusher
273
$12,422
"ronin777636"
$2,565
Sep 19
$30
ONCOOP 37: Hyper-Turbo
216
$6,091
"gfieldmain"
$1,196
Sep 20
$20
ONCOOP 38: Wednesday Early Bird
298
$5,424
"OMGKOBE86"
$1,027
Sep 20
$30
ONCOOP 39: Big Ante
171
$4,668
"St0kes"
$936
Sep 20
$500
ONCOOP 40: PKO High Roller
61
$28,792
"zemth"
$9,780
Sep 20
$50
ONCOOP 41: Mini PKO High Roller
412
$18,746
"Boyy"
$3,117
Sep 20
$100
ONCOOP 42: Ontario Championship of 6-max NLHE
342
$31,396
"FireFaux"
$5,883
Sep 20
$20
ONCOOP 43: No Limit Omaha PKO
236
$4,295
"McGrd"
$856
Sep 20
$20
ONCOOP 44: 5-max
279
$5,245
"Aquabounty"
$728
Sep 21
$30
ONCOOP 45: Quick Warm-Up, Progressive Big KO
269
$7,344
"Don Coog"
$1,311
Sep 21
$2,000
ONCOOP 46: Thursday Thrill High Roller
32
$61,120
"birddy420"
$25,718
Sep 21
$200
ONCOOP 47: Ontario Thursday Thrill Championship
269
$50,169
"mcconnema14"
$10,714
Sep 21
$20
ONCOOP 48: Mini Thursday Thrill
707
$12,867
"sweetballs74"
$1,431
Sep 21
$50
ONCOOP 49: 8-max
287
$13,059
"Bluffer1414"
$2,226
Sep 21
$10
ONCOOP 50: Hyper-Turbo PKO
371
$3,487
"jay20220909"
$665
Sep 22
$20
ONCOOP 51: Friday Marathon
283
$5,151
"va1umart"
$982
Sep 22
$30
ONCOOP 52: PKO
378
$10,319
"newsworthy1"
$1,674
Sep 22
$500
ONCOOP 53: Friday Chill
72
$33,984
"kturani"
$10,560
Sep 22
$100
ONCOOP 54: Friday Mini Chill
208
$19,094
"MagnusGG89"
$3,726
Sep 22
$50
ONCOOP 55: PKO
364
$16,562
"Vanguish19"
$2,606
Sep 22
$30
ONCOOP 56: PKO 6-max
223
$6,088
"newsworthy1"
$1,397
Sep 22
$50
ONCOOP 57: Faster Friday
133
$6,251
"dusty truth"
$1,322
Sep 23
$30
ONCOOP 58: Sunday Early Bird
294
$8,026
"NewmansOwn24"
$1,546
Sep 23
$100
ONCOOP 59: Session Starter
100
$9,180
"Mgh.Ca"
$2,176
Sep 23
$20
ONCOOP 60: Mini Session Starter
285
$5,187
"gabika1215"
$990
Sep 23
$500
ONCOOP 61: Saturday High Roller
36
$16,992
"BrianSlader"
$7,620
Sep 23
$300
ONCOOP 62: Ontario Championship of Deepstack NLHE
130
$36,400
"Marla Singer93"
$7,978
Sep 23
$10
ONCOOP 63: Mini Deepstack
592
$5,387
"eXampLe1991"
$951
Sep 23
$50
ONCOOP 64: PKO
391
$17,791
"allenshen"
$3,077
Sep 23
$100
ONCOOP 65: Fast Saturday, Big Ante
132
$12,118
"92c92m"
$2,563
Sep 23
$20
ONCOOP 66: PKO
385
$7,238
"JaxonJackson"
$1,213
Sep 24
$30
ONCOOP 67: Sunday Early Bird
455
$12,422
"windexxxx"
$2,007
Sep 24
$100
ONCOOP 68: Warm-Up
133
$12,209
"I want YerFG"
$2,676
Sep 24
$50
ONCOOP 69: Progressive Total KO
346
$15,743
"brick20"
$3,344
Sep 24
$1,000
ONCOOP 70: Ontario Championship of PKO NLHE
85
$81,005
"xx23xx"
$20,840
Sep 24
$300
ONCOOP 71: Battle Royale
180
$50,400
"windexxxx"
$11,359
Sep 24
$50
ONCOOP 72: Mini Battle Royale
484
$22,022
"shadytime11"
$3,764
Sep 24
$100
ONCOOP 73: Ontario Championship of PLO
216
$19,829
"Choron"
$3,870
Sep 24
$20
ONCOOP 74: PKO
401
$7,298
"xx_bmac_xx"
$1,106
Sep 24
$50
ONCOOP 75: SuperSonic PKO
226
$10,622
"fahdsmom"
$2,406
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