2021 Michigan Spring Championship of Online Poker (MISCOOP)

As the money bubble approaches, the action has been almost exclusively an all-in preflop leading to everyone folding or a walk in the big blind.

Stay tuned as blinds escalate and effective stacks become shorter.

Here are the counts from the final table.

Level 20 (6000/12000 ante 1250)

"Surge_Ibaka" opened to 26,400 from the cutoff and found one caller in "thebikeman12" in the big blind.

The flop came and "thebikeman12" led out for 24,000. "Surge_Ibaka" responded by raising to 60,000, which "thebikeman12" called.

The turn brought the and "thebikeman12" shoved for 234,571. "Surge_Ibaka" called for their last 144,601 and hands were tabled.

"thebikeman12":
"Surge_Ibaka":

"Surge_Ibaka" was well out in front, but would need to fade a or to survive.

A fateful completed the board and gave "thebikeman12" a winning straight, knocking "Surge_Ibaka" out just before the final table.

With just one elimination to go from reaching the final table, hand-for-hand play has commenced.

Level 20 (6000/12000 ante 1500)

"Gamestop2012" open-shoved first to act for 180,520. Directly behind, "cbauer6789" called off for their last 122,556. Everyone else folded.

"cbauer6789":
"Gamestop2012":

It was a classic hold'em race, and the runout favored "Gamestop2012", eliminating "cbauer6789" from the tournament.

Level 19 (5000/10000 ante 1250)

"Gamestop2012" open-shoved for 81,760 first to act and action folded over to "Mirana99" on the button, who also shoved for 87,265. Everyone else folded and hand were revealed.

"Gamestop2012":
"Mirana99":

"Mirana99" was dominated and found no help on the runout, awarding "Gamestop2012" the double up.

"Mirana99" was eliminated shortly thereafter.

Here are the counts of the 13 players left in contention.

Level 17 (3000/6000 ante 750)

Action folded around to the blinds, where "Unholy-Rollerz" shoved for 93,760. "LetsGoGlobal" called from the big blind to put "Unholy-Rollerz" at risk.

"Unholy-Rollerz":
"LetsGoGlobal":

The board ran out , keeping "LetsGoGlobal" in front and eliminating "Unholy-Rollerz" from contention.

Level 15 (2000/4000 ante 500)

"SimpinAintEasy" limped from the hijack, as did "Mirana99" from the button. "Surge_Ibaka" completed from the small and "cbauer6789" checked their option from the big blind.

The flop came and action checked to "SimpinAintEasy", who bet 14,333. Only "Surge_Ibaka" called.

The turn brought the and "Surge_Ibaka" check-raised a 26,208 bet from "SimpinAintEasy" to 64,500. "SimpinAintEasy" responded by shoving for 152,705 and "Surge_Ibaka" called.

"SimpinAintEasy":
"Surge_Ibaka":

"Surge_Ibaka" had flopped the nut straight and "SimpinAintEasy" was left drawing dead.

A meaningless completed the board and "SimpinAintEasy" was eliminated.

Late registration is now over. In total, there were 37 unique entrants and 18 re-entries for 55 entries total. This was enough to cover the $80K guaranteed prize pool, which has been finalized at $104,500.

Seven players will get paid a minimum of $4,337.73, with the eventual champion taking down $36,202.66.