2021 Michigan Championship of Online Poker (MICOOP)

In Level 30 with blinds of 25,000/50,000 and an ante of 6,000, "M4rtyMcFlyy" raised to 100,000 in middle position and was called by "Bout2CrushU" in the cutoff. Action went heads up to the flop and "M4rtyMcFlyy" continuation-bet 125,000. "Bout2CrushU" called.

The turn came and "M4rtyMcFlyy" checked. "Bout2CrushU" bet 150,000 and "M4rtyMcFlyy" called, bringing the river . "M4rtyMcFlyy" once again checked, prompting a bet of 340,000 from "Bout2CrushU". With 361,688 remaining in their stack, "M4rtyMcFlyy" check-jammed for the last of their chips and quickly received a call.

"M4rtyMcFlyy":
"Bout2CrushU":

"M4rtyMcFlyy" had run nines into aces and saw the pot shipped to their opponent, resulting in their elimination from the tournament in eighth place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bout2CrushU	2,180,246 725,188	725,188
M4rtyMcFlyy	Busted

In Level 30 with blinds of 25,000/50,000 and an ante of 6,000, "RunLikeDiva" raised to 100,000 under the gun and action folded around to "milesoffamolly", who was on the button and three-bet shoved for 424,496. "RunLikeDiva" called.

"milesoffamolly":
"RunLikeDiva":

"milesoffamolly" was way out in front and stayed their through the flop . Unfortunately for them, backdoor spades on the turn and river gave "RunLikeDiva" the nut flush, cracking "milesoffamolly"s aces to send them to payouts in seventh place to a tune of $1,775.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bout2CrushU	2,174,246 -6,000	-6,000
RunLikeDiva	1,583,973 661,496	661,496
GoGreen35	1,257,541 -488,000	-488,000
robgetsthere	1,128,976 -18,000	-18,000
OpusX6969	949,956 34,125	34,125
WadeDavenport	355,308 -173,000	-173,000
milesoffamolly	Busted

In Level 30 with blinds of 25,000/50,000 and an ante of 6,000, "RunLikeDiva" opened to 100,000 in the hijack and "OpusX6969" three-bet to 200,000 in the cutoff. Action made its way back to "RunLikeDiva" and they called.

The flop dropped and "RunLikeDiva" checked. "OpusX6969" overbet-jammed 805,956 into 511,000 and was immediately called, much to their chagrin.

"OpusX6969":
"RunLikeDiva":

"OpusX6969" had run their aces into the flopped nut flush and was in deep trouble. The turn gave them four outs to a full house to stay alive, but none of those outs came on the river and they were eliminated in sixth place as a result.

Player	Chips	Progress
RunLikeDiva	2,706,929 1,122,956	1,122,956
OpusX6969	Busted

In Level 31 with blinds of 30,000/60,000 and an ante of 7,500, "WadeDavenport" open-jammed for 620,808 in the cutoff and saw "Bout2CrushU" give them action from the small blind.

"WadeDavenport":
"Bout2CrushU":

"WadeDavenport" had run a suited ace into an even bigger one and found themselves drawing dead by the turn on a runout of as "Bout2CrushU" first flopped a pair of kings, and then wound up backing into the nut flush to eliminate "WadeDavenport" in fifth place, where they earned $3,205 for their showing.

Chip counts from the final four have also been provided below.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bout2CrushU	2,753,054 578,808	578,808
RunLikeDiva	2,550,529 -156,400	-156,400
GoGreen35	1,230,441 -27,100	-27,100
robgetsthere	915,976 -213,000	-213,000
WadeDavenport	Busted

In Level 33 with blinds of 40,000/80,000 and an ante of 10,000, "Bout2CrushU" opened to 180,000 on the button and "GoGreen35" re-jammed for just under 1.6 million in the small blind. "Bout2CrushU" immediately called.

"GoGreen35":
"Bout2CrushU":

"GoGreen35" found themselves in a cooler situation, running their pair of fives into pocket aces four handed. No five came on the runout and they were eliminated in fourth place as a result, earning $4,306 for their showing.

Player	Chips	Progress
"Bout2CrushU"	4,348,423
GoGreen35	Busted

In Level 33 with blinds of 40,000/80,000 and an ante of 10,000, "Bout2CrushU" open-jammed on the button and "RunLiKeDiva" called all in for just under 1.4 million in the big blind.

"RunLIkeDiva":
"Bout2CrushU":

"RunLikeDiva" found themselves in a coin-flip situation for their tournament life and was unable to hit on the runout , resulting in their night coming to an end with a third-place finish good for $5,787.

Heaads-up play is now underway between "robgetsthere" and "Bout2CrushU", with the latter holding roughly a four-to-one chip advantage as play begins.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bout2CrushU	5,989,298 1,133,275	1,133,275
robgetsthere	1,460,702 320,000	320,000
RunLikeDiva	Busted

In Level 34 with blinds of 50,000/100,000 and an ante of 12,500, "robgetsthere" open-jammed for 1.5 million on the button and "Bout2CrushU" quickly called in the big blind.

"robgetsthere":
"Bout2CrushU":

"robgetsthere" saw the flop provide little help, though the turn did give them four more outs to a backdoor gutshot straight draw. However, the river did nothing more than pair the board, leaing "Bout2CrushU" with the best hand to eliminate "robgetsthere" in second place, earning $7,775 for their performance.

Meanwhile, "Bout2CrushU" has become the MICOOP Event #14 champion, earning the top prize of $10,448. A full recap of the tournament will be provided shortly.

"Bout2CrushU" can now add their name to the list of first-ever PokerStars Michigan Championship of Online Poker (MICOOP) title winners, accomplishing the feat during the early hours of Wednesday morning by taking down Event #14: $200 NLHE [Super Tueday SE] $30K GTD for the top prize of $10,448 after six-plus hours of play.

A total of 298 entries were logged in the event, generating a prize pool of $55,428, almost double that of its guarantee. Of those entries, 44 players made it into the money, a feat that was accomplished shortly before the fourth break of the night.

Just before the bubble was reached, "Bout2CrushU" had a top-three stack. Thirty minutes later, they were second in chips with four tables remaining, and an hour later, they were still second in chips when the final table of nine was reached.

MICOOP Event #14 Results

The Final Table

The final table saw more doubles than eliminations during the first 15 minutes, with eventual runner-up "robgetsthere" not only being one of the players to double, but also knocking out "FireUpMIPS" as the first casualty in ninth. "Bout2CrushU" got in on the fun shortly thereafter, knocking out "M4rtyMcFlyy" in eighth after their pocket aces bested two nines.

Pocket aces then went cold and it seemed like "RunLikeDiva" could make a run as they made consecutive flushes against the pocket aces of "milesoffamolly" and "OpusX6969", quickly dropping the field from seven to five. Then, "Bout2CrushU" regained the momentum, eliminating "WadeDavenport" in sixth when their ace-king of diamonds held versus ace-six of spades. With the chip lead, "Bout2CrushU" never looked back, eliminating every remaining player in the tournament.

The first of the final three eliminations was "GoGreen35" who re-shoved pocket fives into pocket aces and was unable to get there. Next was "RunLikeDiva" in third, who called an all-in shove with ace-ten and lost a coin flip to the pocket fours of "Bout2CrushU", allowing them to take a four-to-one chip lead into heads-up play, which lasted only a few short minutes before "robgetsthere" shoved king-seven off suit into ace-jack.

When all was said and done, nothing but a pair of fours appeared on the board, and all 7.45 million chips were in the possession of the tournament champion. More importantly, the first-place prize of $10,448 was also awarded.

PokerNews coverage of the inaugural 2021 MICOOP will continue Wednesday at 8 p.m. ET with Event #18: $500 NLHE [6-Max, High Roller] $35K Gtd. We hope to see you back here.