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2020 Pennsylvania Championship of Online Poker [PACOOP]
In Level 4 with blinds of 150/300, "KennytheRipper" opened the action with a raise to 900 under the gun and received calls from "JonCaron215" on the button and "AndrewYang2020" in the big blind. The flop came and "AndrewYang2020" checked to "KennytheRipper", who made a continuation-bet of 2,275. "JonCaron215" called to put action back onto "AndrewYang2020", who check-raised to 5,468.
Faced with a raise, "KennytheRipper" three-bet to the size of the pot, making it 21,529 and leaving just 536 behind. "JonCaron215" folded and "AndrewYang2020" called. The rest went in on the turn .
"KennytheRipper":
"AndrewYang2020":
"KennytheRipper" had run trips into a full house and found themselves with one shot at beating it on the river. They did not connect as completed the runout and they were knocked out of the tournament.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
AndrewYang2020 |
51,276
26,276
|
26,276 |
JonCaron215 |
20,605
-4,395
|
-4,395 |
KennytheRipper | Busted |
In Level 3 with blinds of 125/250, "NeolithicFarmer" opened to 625 under the gun and "hunterm708" made a pot-sized three-bet to 2,250 in the cutoff. Action folded back to "NeolithicFarmer" and they called to take action heads up to a fop of , where both players checked.
The turn was and "NeolithicFarmer" bet 3,305. "hunterm708" clicked it back, raising the minimum to 6,610 and "NeolithicFarmer" came over the top with enough to put "hunterm708" all in for their last 4,878, which they quickly called off.
"hunterm708":
"NeolithicFarmer":
The two players had flopped the nuts and second nuts. "NeolithicFarmer" was drawing dead as the river came and "hunterm708" doubled with their nut flush.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
hunterm708 |
27,851
2,851
|
2,851 |
NeolithicFarmer | 11,124 |
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 |
---|---|---|
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.
Latest Big Prize Pool on PokerStars PA
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 | |
---|---|---|---|
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.
In level 2 with blinds of 100/200, "TurntUpTRPR" raised to 600 and was three-bet to 1,900 by "TheBigSlick74" in the big blind. "TurntUpTRPR" called and the flop came . "TheBigSlick74" checked and "TurntUpTRPR" made a pot-sized bet of 3,900. "TheBigSlick74" called.
The turn came and "TheBigSlick74" checked. "TurntUpTRPR" made another pot-sized bet, this time for 11,700, and "TheBigSlick74" thought for about 10 seconds before folding, resulting in "TurntUpTRPR" taking down the pot with their turn bet.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
TurntUpTRPR
|
32,324
32,324
|
32,324 |
TheBigSlick74 |
19,200
19,200
|
19,200 |
The field has grown to 20 halfway through the first level of play on the evening (80/160). Here's a look at the first 20 entrants to the tournament.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
89chief
|
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
KERMIT_the_FROG |
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
TurntUpTRPR
|
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
soccerdad29 |
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
seh239239 |
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
RiverMeDaddy |
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
Morning Waffles |
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
MarcZumoff |
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
Lachoy14 |
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
king12929 |
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
KennytheRipper |
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
An0ldLady |
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
JonCaron215 |
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
IsleOfEwe2
|
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
hunterm708 |
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
gophertwo
|
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
forthewin42
|
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
and_porter
|
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
AndrewYang2020 |
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
youngwizard69 |
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
Level 1 has begun with blinds of 80/160 and 13 players are registered across three short-handed tables. Registration will remain open for three hours, and the number of players in the field is expected to grow consistently over that time.
The 2020 PokerStars Pennsylvania Championship of Online Poker (PACOOP) continues Monday night with high-stakes four-card action in PACOOP 30: $500 PLO [6-Max, High-Roller], $25K Gtd.
Play gets underway at 8 p.m. ET with a three-hour late registration period that offers all players up to three re-entries should they go bust and wish to continue firing within that timeframe. Starting stacks are 25,000 and blinds begin at 80/160 with 12-minute levels all tournament long.
Registration is open for all within the state of Pennsylvania to compete for a total of $1.5 million in guaranteed prize money across all 50 events on PokerStars PA PACOOP running now through October 5, culminating with the $300 NLHE, $200K guaranteed Main Event on Sunday, October 4.
Remaining 2020 Pennsylvania Championship of Online Poker (PACOOP) Schedule
Buy-ins for the festival range from $20 all the way up to $500, with the schedule taking care of the PLO- and mixed-game aficionados as well. Satellites for the PACOOP will appear soon in the PokerStars PA client.
For those that come up short into one of the PACOOP events, special freeroll tickets are awarded with $1,250 in satellite tickets and entries to other PACOOP events being awarded. These Second Chance Freerolls run daily at 6:50 p.m. ET from Sept. 20-Oct. 3, with one more on Oct. 4 at 4:50 p.m.
To spice things up, a special Main Event Depositor Freeroll will be played out on Sunday, October 4 at 2 p.m. ET. Players who deposit at least $30 while using the code PACOOP will receive a ticket to the special freeroll with $7,500 in Main Event entries (30 seats) added to the prize pool.
# | Date | Time (ET) | Event |
---|---|---|---|
29 | 28-Sep (M) | 7 p.m. | $200 NLHE [4-Max], $25K Gtd |
30 | 28-Sep (M) | 8 p.m. | $500 PLO [6-Max, High-Roller], $25K Gtd |
31 | 29-Sep (Tu) | 7 p.m. | $250 NLHE [Hyper-Turbo, Super Tuesday], $40K Gtd |
32 | 29-Sep (Tu) | 8 p.m. | $100 NLO8 [8-Max], $10K Gtd |
33 | 30-Sep (W) | 7 p.m. | $30 NLHE [6-Max, Turbo], $20K Gtd |
34 | 30-Sep (W) | 8 p.m. | $200 NLHE, $30K Gtd |
35 | 30-Sep (W) | 9 p.m. | $100 Stud Hi/Lo, $10K Gtd |
36 | 1-Oct (Th) | 7 p.m. | $250 NLHE [Progressive KO, Thursday Thrill], $40K Gtd |
37 | 1-Oct (Th) | 9 p.m. | $150 NLHE, $20K Gtd |
38 | 2-Oct (F) | 7 p.m. | $200 FLHE [6-Max, Turbo], $10K Gtd |
39 | 2-Oct (F) | 9 p.m. | $200 NLHE [Hyper-Turbo], $15K Gtd |
40 | 3-Oct (Sa) | 6 p.m. | $300 NLHE [6-Max], $40K Gtd |
41 | 3-Oct (Sa) | 9 p.m. | $75 NLHE [6-Max], $20K Gtd |
42 | 4-Oct (Su) | 2 p.m. | $100 NLHE [Turbo, Progressive KO, Deepstack], $25K Gtd |
43 | 4-Oct (Su) | 5 p.m. | $300 NLHE [Main Event], $200K Gtd |
44 | 4-Oct (Su) | 6 p.m. | $50 NLHE [Mini Main Event], $40K Gtd |
45 | 4-Oct (Su) | 8 p.m. | $100 NLHE [Progressive KO], $30K Gtd |
46 | 4-Oct (Su) | 9 p.m. | $100 PLO [6-Max, Hyper-Turbo], $10K Gtd |
47 | 4-Oct (Su) | 10 p.m. | $75 NLHE [Sunday SuperSonic SE], $10K Gtd |
48 | 5-Oct (M) | 7 p.m. | $100 NLHE [Nightly Stars SE – PACOOP Wrap-Up], $35K Gtd |
49 | 5-Oct (M) | 8 p.m. | $50 NLHE [8-Max, Phase 2], $50K Gtd |
50 | 5-Oct (M) | 9 p.m. | $100 NLHE [6-Max, Hyper-Turbo, Deep Hyper Turbo], $15K Gtd |
PACOOP 30: $500 PLO [6-Max, High-Roller], $25K Gtd
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