"Colonel Kertz" opened for 12,000 from under the gun, Mike "Mike Parrott" Parrott three-bet to 64,875 from the hijack and David "DavidKayePoker" Kaye four-bet all in for 162,105 from the cutoff.
Action folded back to "Colonel Kertz" who called Kaye's all in bet and then also called Parrott's 199,667 jam over the top.
"Colonel Kertz":
Mike "Mike Parrott" Parrott:
David "DavidKayePoker" Kaye:
Each player woke up with premium hands with Parrott holding the best one but the flop gave him a sweat as Kaye picked-up the diamond flush draw.
Luckily for Parrott, the turn followed by the river completed the board and secured him the pot.
"titleisgolf22" open-jammed for 68,602 from under the gun, Daniel "BiggYBlains22" Sears came over the top for 92,121 from middle position and "joeyd1213" isolated from the cutoff.
"joeyd1213":
"titleisgolf22":
Daniel "BiggYBlains22" Sears:
"joeyd1213" held the best hand until the flop appeared giving Sears a set of nines. The turn left "titleisgolf22" drawing dead and the river secured the pot for Sears.
In the summer of 2010, Mike "PeppSee" Long found the game of poker after playing a game of pickup basketball. A group of guys was heading to a local charity room that night to play in a Texas hold'em tournament, and Long opted to tag along.
"One individual in the group boasted about how much money he had made during the summer from these games," Long recalled. "Being a young individual going to college full-time and working full-time, it piqued my interest. Later that night, I went with the group to the charity room. Being that I had never played any type of poker in an organized setting, I remember being very anxious about the situation."
The tournament was a $30 buy-in and had about four tables filled with players. Long wound up making the final table, though he was ultimately eliminated short of the money.
"But one member of the group ended up taking down the tournament," he added. "I remember thinking, 'If this guy can do it, I’m sure I can figure it out!'"
From that point on, Long was hooked and spent the rest of the summer taking in everything he could about poker. That included reading books, grinding local cash games, and joining the TwoPlusTwo forums.
At the beginning of August 2010, he made my first deposit on PokerStars.
"I did relatively well in the low buy-in tournaments and quickly built a larger bankroll through the end of the month," he explained. "With the end of August comes the restart of college. I knew that my poker playing would be drastically cut down so I could keep up my results with work and school. I decided to take a shot on a Sunday night in a $200 buy-in with over 500 entrants."
Long story short, he took second for his first big online score, which he followed up by winning a tournament outright two nights later. The hook was set even deeper.
After the events of 2011, Long transitioned to live poker exclusively, but that changed when PokerStars returned to Michigan in 2021 as he's been back at the virtual tables, especially during the flagship MISCOOP.
"With online poker being back regulated in Michigan, I am able to safely get back to my roots as a poker player," he said. "On PokerStars, I am primarily a tournament grinder across the various stakes. The MICOOP was an excellent way to kick off volume with solid tournament structures and I was able to cash in 10 of the events that I played in. While the win hasn’t come yet, it’s only a matter of time!"
PokerNews will continue to monitor Long's progress in his quest to win a coveted MISCOOP title.
"badfish1212" raised to 12,000 from late position and was called by Patrick "MSPT-HOF" Steele on the button before "breezee33" three-bet all in for 48,487 from the small blind.
The big blind folded while both "badfish1212" and Steele called. The flop was checked to the turn where Steele jammed for his last 52,559 and "badfish1212" quickly folded.
"breezee33":
Patrick "MSPT-HOF" Steele:
"breezee33" held two overs but the river sent the pot over to Steele.
Mike "PeppSee" Long opened for 7,000 from under the gun and was called by "lunchmoney880" from late position before "smileybpoker" three-bet to 14,000 from the cutoff.
Both Long and "lunchmoney880" called to see a flop appear. Action was checked to "smileybpoker" who continued for 25,875. Long mucked his hand while "lunchmoney880" raised all in for 131,753 and "smileybpoker" called off their 34,401 stack.
"smileybpoker":
"lunchmoney880":
"smileybpoker" held the better hand until the fell on the turn giving "lunchmoney880" two-pair. "smileybpoker" held plenty of outs heading to the river and the that appeared was on of them, securing their double-up.
flop gave him a sweat as Kaye picked-up the diamond flush draw. 
turn followed by the 
river completed the board and secured him the pot.
flop appeared giving Sears a set of nines. The 
turn left "titleisgolf22" drawing dead and the 
river secured the pot for Sears.
runout secured their double-up.
flop was checked to the 
turn where Steele jammed for his last 52,559 and "badfish1212" quickly folded. 
flop appear. Action was checked to "smileybpoker" who continued for 25,875. Long mucked his hand while "lunchmoney880" raised all in for 131,753 and "smileybpoker" called off their 34,401 stack. 