2021 Michigan Championship of Online Poker (MICOOP)

In Level 23 with blinds of 6,000/12,000 and an ante of 1,500, "Johnanthony55" opened to 36,000 in the cutoff and "FukDaRivereh" re-jammed for 222,451 in the small blind. "Johnanthony55" called.

"FukDaRivereh":
"JohnAnthony55":

A paired flop followed by the turn left possible chop outs, but the river was of no avail and "FukDaRivereh" saw the last of their chips shipped in the direction of "Johnanthony55" as they were eliminated in eighth place.

The seven-handed final table has now begun.

Player	Chips	Progress
Johnanthony55	697,796 396,946	396,946
FukDaRivereh	Busted

In Level 23 with blinds of 6,000/12,000 and an ante of 1,500, "PowerRanges" open-jammed for 182,512 in the hijack and received action from "Surge_Ibaka" on the button.

"PowerRanges":
"Surge_Ibaka":

The MICOOP Event #1 Winner smacked the flop but saw it smack their opponent harder, running top two pair into top set. The turn squashed any hope of hitting running quads, and the river proved to be the last card of their tournament as they finished in seventh place for a total cash of $2,485.

Player	Chips	Progress
HeyLookItsTez	1,006,242 42,750	42,750
Johnanthony55	684,296 -13,500	-13,500
Surge_Ibaka	626,468 264,127	264,127
sexycaitlyn	561,640 -24,000	-24,000
barry20sanders	254,980 -156,860	-156,860
Matthew "ProfitablePloof" Ploof	141,374 -32,500	-32,500
PowerRanges	Busted

In Level 24 with blinds of 7,000/14,000 and an ante of 1,750, action folded to Matthew "ProfitablePloof" Ploof on the button and he jammed for his last 117,374. "HeyLookItsTez" called in the big blind.

Matthew "ProfitablePloof" Ploof:
"HeyLookItsTez":

The flop gave Ploof 15 outs to sweat, and he was unable to avoid falling behind on the turn , leaving him with just two non-spade aces to stay alive. Neither came on the river and he finished in sixth place as a result, earning $3,042 for his efforts.

Player	Chips	Progress
HeyLookItsTez	1,136,116 -8,870,126	-8,870,126
Matthew "ProfitablePloof" Ploof	Busted

Jennie "InkedOne" Allison, 40, recently spent seven years living in Oregon but moved back to Michigan back in October, which was just in time to participate in this MICOOP.

"I’ve been playing poker for just over two years," she told PokerNews. "I taught myself on an app that had poker on it. I got fed up with imaginary money and people shoving all in every hand. One day I went to a poker house in Oregon and played a tournament. In my first tournament, I took 11th place out of 40 or so people."

In her second tournament, she improved to seventh place and followed that up by taking second in her third-ever tournament.

"Over these two years, I have played both cash and tournaments but my favorite is tournament play. I play NLH, Omaha, and other variations such as Crazy Pineapple and Courchevel. I moved back to Michigan in October and it was hard not playing tournaments every week."

She added: "I have noticed that men play women differently. I learned early on I had to play fearlessly. I was not letting people bully me out of hands. While playing poker online, I even did an experiment where I changed my avatar and name to a man, played identical to my play and the men played me differently. I ended up first within 24 hours of changing that."

While that experiment didn't take place on PokerStars, she is enjoying grinding the virtual felt of Michigan's first regulated online site.

"On PokerStars, I have an ambiguous screen name and do not reveal my gender when playing. However, oddly enough, many people refer to me as 'bro' and 'buddy.' So, not sure if that’s a compliment that they can’t imagine I’m a woman, or if it means they just assume fewer women play."

She continued: "My experience with online poker is so-so. I pride myself on my reads. When dealing with online, sure I can figure out how people play, but I can’t see tells, eye contact, etc. I’ve been first in two tournaments on PokerStars and have cashed out at least a dozen times."

Allison tends to play tournaments with buy-ins $15 or lower and can be found battling at the micro stakes where she attempts to enhance her skill and learn from her hands.

"My favorite tournaments on PokerStars are the bounty hunters and the knockout ones," she said. "One of my first-place wins had more cash won in knockouts than the actual top prize."

Allison concluded: "I really love poker. I may have only been playing two years but I learn and grow every time I play."

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