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In Level 15 (1,500/3,000/375), "oldbri" raised all in for 6,575 from middle position and "Omarwill" isolated by three-betting to 27,600 next to act. The rest of the players folded out and the hands were turned up.
"oldbri": 
"Omarwill": 
The 
flop paired "oldbri" but unfortunately it also contained a queen to give "Omarwill" a set. The 
turn kept "oldbri" drawing live to a heart flush, but it didn't come in as the 
bricked on the river.
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Following the massive success of the first running of Pennsyl-MANIA in May, PokerStars PA opted to fire up another one last month, this time with an increased guarantee. They bumped the number from an already-record $250,000 to $350,000, and the guarantee was surpassed once more, though it wasn't without a mild sweat.
This time, 2,026 entries — 1,274 of them being unique players — created a prize pool of $376,836, enough to nudge past the number by just about 8%.
Just like last time, the big prize money incentivized a deal between the final few players. This time, it was four players who split up the big dough at the close of the final day on Monday:
| Place | Player | Prize |
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| 1 | "SlotWinna777" | $44,641* |
| 2 | "Bellas59" | $37,993* |
| 3 | "GTOThanos_PB" | $31,400* |
| 4 | "tjl5124" | $31,402* |
| 5 | "redhanded77" | $14,536 |
| 6 | "DomeGod69420" | $10,362 |
| 7 | "johnnyboat46" | $7,386 |
| 8 | "Shovel344" | $5,265 |
| 9 | "anteater9999" | $3,753 |
*reflects four-handed deal
"Slotwinna777" took the biggest chunk but it was a fairly even split all around as everyone got at least $31K from the chop. It took three shells for "Slotwinna777," but they still wound up with a handsome profit.
Pennsyl-MANIA II followed up Pennsyl-MANIA, which established a slew of state records, and PASCOOP Main Event as the three biggest prize pools created in the fledgling market.
| PASCOOP Main Event | Pennsyl-MANIA | Pennsyl-MANIA II | |
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| Buy-in | $300 | $200 | $200 |
| Entries | 1,315 | 2,774 | 2,026 |
| Prize pool | $368,200 | $515,964 | $376,836 |
| Winner (prize) | "LiveMonster179" ($57,394) | "D-Low1527" ($69,670) | "Slotwinna777" ($44,641) |
It remains to be seen whether Pennsyl-MANIA will continue as a regularly reoccurring tournament, but there's likely to be more big tournaments ahead either way. The advent of the upcoming World Championship of Online Poker means a mirror tournament should be announced soon for PokerStars PA. Keep an eye out, and PokerNews will monitor for any updates on the blockbuster series.
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189,865
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90,596
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120,051
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422,835
123,926
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123,926 |
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420,295 | |
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360,743
185,476
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185,476 |
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360,200
102,928
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102,928 |
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336,399
86,740
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86,740 |
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In Level 12 (800/1,600/200), "AlwaysCheck88" raised the button to 3,200 and "white3303223" called to see a 
flop.
"white3303223" check-called a bet of 4,800 and then checked the turn. "AlwaysCheck88" moved all in and "white3303223" called off for 26,931.
"white3303223": 
"AlwaysCheck88":
"white3303223" went with the heart flush draw but it didn't come in as the 
paired the board on the river.
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In Level 11 (700/1,400/175), "white3303223" raised to 2,800 from early position and "ELINOAH6312" called next to act. "bigdoritoTito" then three-bet all in for 6,544 next in line before action folded back to "white3303223", who called. "ELINOAH6312" then jammed his six-figure stack and "white3303223" got out of the way.
"ELINOAH6312":
"bigdoritoTito": 
"bigdoritoTito" had the inferior pocket pair and failed to get lucky as the board ran out 
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In Level 10 (600/1,200/150), "JonCaron215" opened for 2,400 from early position only to have "sloyer57" three-bet to 7,200 next to act. "M0BSTYLE" then called off for 5,604 from the cutoff and action folded back to "JonCaron215", who called to see the 
all-club flop.
"JonCaron215" checked and then folded when "sloyer57" bet 13,902.
"M0BSTYLE": 
"sloyer57": 
Both players had top pair of kings, but "sloyer57" had the better kicker. Neither the 
turn nor 7c} river helped "M0BSTYLE" and then were eliminated from the tournament.
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360,897
195,981
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195,981 |
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In Level 9 (500/1,000/125), "Skywalker6622" raised to 2,400 from middle position only to have "mlf5135" three-bet jam for 8,694 from the hijack. Action folded back to the Jedi master and they made the call.
"Skywalker6622":
"mlf5135":
"Skywalker6622" had the superior hand and it held after the board ran out 
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