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:

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"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.

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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.

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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Seventy-nine players now remain in Level 19 with blinds of 2,000/4,000 and an ante of 500. Several big pots have been played since the closing of the registration period, and "king12929" is now on top of the counts with a stack of 409,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
king12929	409,170 257,331	257,331
TightIsRight570	331,777
NervyPudenal	301,883
mord57	265,403 19,790	19,790
dkline1984	260,983
CLaP420	246,536
nsully10	241,089 53,321	53,321
5BETCHET	214,600 121,180	121,180
LelandGaunt38	192,674 70,675	70,675
usmc2doc13	192,151 36,321	36,321
pariszoo11	162,824
gtl666	153,806
LuciferTheDevo	147,700
rrobmsm1992	143,528 17,225	17,225
Dkoot74	141,990
UnitedWeZag	139,252 47,853	47,853
8Ballpoolhustle	138,353 32,143	32,143
TegridyFarm$	134,323 60,488	60,488
youngster0480	128,741 19,015	19,015
themeekone	126,812

In Level 18 with blinds of 1,500/3,000 and an ante of 375, "wnunley" opened to6,300 in early position and "twin232364" re-shoved for 58,400 in middle position. Action folded back to "wnunley" and a call was made.

"twin232364":
"wnunley":

It would be "twin232364" who wound up on the right end of the coin flip as the runout came , giving them a pair of kings to earn the double. "wnunley" was left with just 2,300 and lost it on the following hand to be eliminated from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
twin232364	124,350 97,524	97,524
wnunley	Busted

Less than 100 players now remain in Level 18 with blinds of 1,500/3,000 and an ante of 375. The following players have been eliminated from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Trevayame	Busted
sawyer2117	Busted
iamsmirk	Busted
cowboydollars	Busted
Grate Daneo	Busted
AitchPea	Busted
kaylasdad5	Busted
diggswashere	Busted
bigwraps	Busted
KennytheRipper	Busted
TeamVillage	Busted
fubadbeatbob	Busted
LemonCake122	Busted
LiveMonster179	Busted
TABLECAPTAINNN	Busted
ChucKnDucK1020	Busted
Spfoles439	Busted
BossGotcha	Busted
eBohemians	Busted
sloyer57	Busted
AndrewYang2020	Busted
fishtree23	Busted
4thTimeAround	Busted
Homie Sr	Busted

In Level 16 with blinds of 1,000/2,000 and an ante of 250, "BirdBrain64" open-jammed for 40,200 in the cutoff and "AFA5671" called all in for less, 23,800 in the small blind.

"AFA5671":
"BirdBrain64":

"BirdBrain64" picked up a backdoor wheel draw on the flop but watched it disappear as the turn gave them one more chance at hitting a two outer to earn the knockout. They failed to do so on the river and the pot was shipped to "AFA5671".

Player	Chips	Progress
AFA5671	51,676
BirdBrain64	16,391

Play has moved into Level 15 with blinds of 800/1,600 and an ante of 200. The field is closing in on 300, with 287 entries now recorded and less than 30 minutes left until the registration period closes at the top of the hour. Of the 287 entries, 132 remain and "mord57" has shot to the top of the leader board with a stack just shy of a quarter-million.

Player	Chips	Progress
mord57	245,613 138,200	138,200
nsully10	187,768 65,973	65,973
usmc2doc13	155,830 81,928	81,928
king12929	151,839 63,781	63,781
PetCheetah101	141,830 31,104	31,104
CleggsOnGG	139,944 54,770	54,770
rrobmsm1992	126,303 2,805	2,805
LelandGaunt38	121,999 40,179	40,179
redhanded77	121,915 -46,630	-46,630
jwstacks82	119,529 66,265	66,265
CL911129	119,309 -11,400	-11,400
Seanell	116,294 29,114	29,114
youngster0480	109,726 39,732	39,732
8Ballpoolhustle	106,210 27,825	27,825
5u1ly	105,005 44,477	44,477
Little_Lief1	97,393 28,938	28,938
5BETCHET	93,420 49,603	49,603
UnitedWeZag	91,399 12,690	12,690
ActuallLy	89,889 14,390	14,390
and_porter	88,449 59,649	59,649

In Level 14 with blinds of 700/1,400 and an ante of 175, "A Frequent ?" saw action fold around to the hijack and opened to 2,940. "LuciferTheDevo" re-shoved for 18,800 in the big blind and "A Frequent ?" made the call.

"LuciferTheDevo":
"A Frequent ?":

"LuciferTheDevo" had two live cards and picked up an extra four outs on the flop with a gutshot straight draw to the nuts. That gutter became open-ended on the turn but took away their two live outs, leaving them needing to hit their newly-found open ender on the river to stay alive. They missed as completed the runout and the pot was sent to "A Frequent ?".

"LuciferTheDevo" was out of chips after the hand but wasted no time firing their second bullet of the event, receiving a fresh stack of 25,000 in doing so.

Player	Chips	Progress
A Frequent ?	72,121 72,121	72,121
LuciferTheDevo	25,000 25,000	25,000