"9NINENINE" Wins MICOOP Event #38 ($250 NLHE Super Tuesday) for $11,525
"9NINENINE" has just topped a field of 257 in dramatic fashion to earn the title of champion for the 2021 PokerStars Michigan Championship of Online Poker (MICOOP) Event #38: $250 NLHE [Super Tuesday SE], $50K Gtd.
A final table that never saw a moment to breathe came to an end after "9NINENINE" knocked out Henry "xlzou1990" Zou in third place with pocket kings to ace-king and proceeded to follow that up by eliminating "Batmanstein" heads up shortly thereafter with pocket aces to pocket queens.
In total, it only took around half an hour to go from nine to one after an unquantifiable amount of doubles occurred among short stacks across the final two tables, leaving average stacks short once the final table was reached.
Event #38 Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9NINENINE | $11,525 |
| 2 | Batmanstein | $8,598 |
| 3 | Henry "xlzou1990" Zou | $6,415 |
| 4 | PimpMyBalance | $4,786 |
| 5 | PrinceTurtle | $3,571 |
| 6 | tsaroffish4 | $2,664 |
| 7 | UncleBuppy | $1,988 |
| 8 | V1ct0r0 | $1,483 |
| 9 | BigRon324 | $1,106 |
Final Table Recap
"Batmanstein" entered the final table as the short stack, but quickly found two doubles. The first was through "BigRon324", who fell in ninth to none other than "Batmanstein" just a few hands after earning those doubles. "Batmanstein" then sent "V1ctor0" out in eighth with ace-jack to king-jack.
"Batmanstein" also knocked out sixth-place finisher "tsaroffish4", but not before Zou sent "UncleBuppy" out in seventh when his ace-four held versus jack-ten suited all-in preflop.
With five remaining, "9NINENINE" had largely flown under the radar with a big stack but their king-eight flopped trips versus the ace-seven of "PrinceTurtle" to eliminate them in fifth. Zou then notched another elimination, knocking out "PimpMyBalance" in fourth place. In total, these six eliminations all happened within around 15 minutes' time.
Nearly a full level then went by before sparks flew again, as was highlighted before. Zou found himself with ace-king in the big blind and three-bet a small-blind open from "9NINENINE", who four-bet shoved on him with two kings. A king on the flop all but sealed the deal, and Zou found himself drawing dead by the turn.
"9NINENINE" then took a commanding chip lead into heads-up play before doubling "Batmanstein" after calling a shove with king-eight suited. "Batmanstein" held ace-four and saw it hold, but two hands later shoved pocket queens into pocket aces and was unable to further improve, resulting in victory for "9NINENINE".
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did nothing to change their situation, and they were eliminated in second place as a result. 
leave him drawing extremely thin. The turn 
sealed the deal, leaving him drawing dead as the river 
and left "PimpMyBalance" in need of hitting a ten to make Broadway. It came on the turn 
, but the river 
gave Zou a full house to reclaim the best hand and eliminate "PimpMyBalance" in fourth place.
made that possible, but the river 
and they were eliminated in sixth place, earning $2,664 for their performance.
, neither player had improved and "UncleBuppy" fell in seventh at the expense of Zou's ace.
and river 
completed the runout and "8goldchains" was eliminated from the tournament in 13th place.