Event #55: $300 NLHE [Main Event], $200K Gtd
Day 1 Completed
2021 Michigan Championship of Online Poker (MICOOP)
Event #55: $300 NLHE [Main Event], $200K Gtd
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Players Info - Day 1
2021 Michigan Championship of Online Poker (MICOOP)
Buy-in
$300
Prize Pool
$359,520
Entries
1,284
Entries
1,284
Players Left
43
"smftt" Takes Chip Lead as 43 Advance to Day 2
Day 1 of the MICOOP Main Event has wrapped up for the night after seven and a half hours of play. The $200K guarantee was reached in the early stages of the tournament and the $359,520 prize pool became official after 1,284 total entries (882 entries and 402 re-entries) were logged.
Once registration had ended, only 484 players remained and each knew they needed to make it into the top 179 to receive a piece of the prize pool.
Many notable players showed up to take a shot at a MICOOP title with many failing to find the run good needed, which included Jason "TheRealClozer" Kapoor, PMatthew "Luna_Nova21" Davis, Andrew "autokorekt" Korby and Henry "xlzou1990" Zou.
The virtual bodies continued to fall and in Level 20 "TTV JThrizz" bubbled the tournament leaving the remaining 179 players in the money. From there, the very few familiar names were still remaining, started to drop from the field as Jason "TheRealClozer" Kapoor (143th Place - $649), Matt "FukDaRivereh" Boulton (104th Place - 783.75), Steve "Gamerguy123456" Caswell (97th Place - $946.50), and Corey "Chewmonsta2503" John (96th Place - $946.50) all got a piece of the prize pool but fell short of a Day 2 birth.
Play continued with only 43 players remaining at the hard stop for Day 1 with "smftt" winning a late pot to soar to the top of the chip counts with a whopping 10,535,155. Rounding out the top five stacks include "PintiMellon" (8,084,861), "Camelcack" (8,043,805), "smileybpoker" (6,820,038), and "BeetlejuiceHere" (5,774,879).
Day 2 of the Main Event will start Monday, March 8, at 5 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST), and PokerNews will be providing updates until an eventual champion is crowned. Blinds will remain 15-minutes in length and action will commence where Day 1 ended in Level 27 (40,000/80,000/10,000).
Make sure to come back to PokerNews tomorrow to find out who will be crowned the inaugural MICOOP Main Event Champion.
End of Day 1 Chip Counts (full)
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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10,535,155 | 2,493,050 |
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8,084,861 | |
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8,043,805 | 5,152,945 |
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6,820,038 | 5,337,223 |
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5,774,879 | 1,235,000 |
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5,678,130 | |
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5,529,216 | 2,382,500 |
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4,470,301 | 477,757 |
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4,433,278 | 580,000 |
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4,167,950 | 3,303,355 |
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3,831,266 | |
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3,693,051 | 989,656 |
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3,555,526 | |
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3,010,161 | 1,144,258 |
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2,901,542 | 234,500 |
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2,725,871 | |
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2,572,875 | |
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2,505,527 | -18,590 |
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2,393,626 | 994,037 |
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2,329,548 | -152,140 |
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2,324,548 | 140,051 |
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2,233,666 | |
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2,104,252 | -449,982 |
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2,016,564 | |
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2,011,776 | 837,676 |
Eliminated 45th - 71st Place ($1,143.02)
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"smftt" Making Late Push for Chip Lead
In Level 27 with blinds at 40,000/80,000/10,000, "jamblance75" opened for 160,000 from under the gun and "aimario24" three-bet all in for 664,837 from the hijack.
Action was on "smftt" who called from the cutoff and "jamblance75" came along as well to see a 
flop appear.
"jamblance75" led out for 1,092,256 before calling the 2,928,797 all in raise from "smftt"
"smftt": 
"aimario24": 
"jamblance75": 
All three players held made hands but "smftt" held the best one and neither the 
turn nor the 
river changed a thing as "smftt" won the massive pot putting them in contention to end the night as the chip leader.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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8,042,105 | 6,179,760 |
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1,865,903 | -1,946,969 |
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"headbone76" Out Races "Neckerson"
In Level 26 with blinds at 35,000/70,000/8,750, raised all in for 949, 438 from late position and "headbone76" isolated after three-betting to 1,828,876 on the button.
"Neckerson": 
"headbone76": 
"Neckerson" was racing for their tournament life and fell behind after the 
flop paired "headbone76's" queen.
The 
turn improved "headbone76" to trips and the 
river ended "Neckerson's" Main Event in 52nd place for $1,143.02.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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3,853,278 | |
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Busted |
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Eliminated 72nd - 98th Place ($946.50)
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"ShortGME" Sends Two Packing
In Level 24 with blinds at 25,000/50,000/6,000, "NJF1985" raised to 185,000 from early position, "eyewantoowin" three-bet all in for 533,758 from the next seat over and "ShortGME" came over the top for 846,628 from the big blind.
Action was back on "NJF1985" who called off their 365,752 and the three players were off to the races.
"NJF1985": 
"ShortGME": 
"eyewantoowin": 
"ShortGME" was ahead with their made hand and improved after a nine appeared in the window on the 
flop.
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turn left "eyewantoowin" drawing dead while "NJF1985" needed a ten on the river to stay alive but it came the and "ShortGME" eliminated both players.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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1,996,138 | 1,996,138 |
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Poker Pro Andrew "autokorekt" Korby Off to Hot Starts on PokerStars Michigan
Andrew "autokorekt" Korby has been on a nice little run on PokerStars Michigan thanks to winning three tournaments in two days. While none of them were official MICOOP events, it was still a nice little heater for the 32-year-old who has been playing the game since the age of 14.
Korby, a full-time pro from Farmington, first took down the $100 NLHE Nightly Stars by besting a 134-entry field for $2,731.11. He followed that up by besting a 45-entry field to win the $200 Bounty Builder PKO for nearly $3,000 more. Finally, he would claim a $20 nightly title for another $1,340.
"Nothing crazy but still not bad," he told PokerNews. Korby usually plays $1-$2 and $2-$5 pot-limit Omaha but has been grinding tournaments now that PokerStars has come to Michigan (he's happy to no longer be traveling over the border to Windsor, Canada to have to play).
"It's nice to have some early success on the new Michigan PokerStars as it's been a long time coming since we've been able to play on here," said Korby, a self-taught player who as put in "lots of hours" and experienced "crazy swings" playing PLO.
According to The Hendon Mob, Korby has $51,701 in live lifetime earnings dating back to 2011. That includes a career-high $9,661 for finishing second in a 2015 Wynn Summer Classic $300 NLH event.