“Alcatraz5432” Wins MICOOP Event #37: $200 NLHE Sunday Special SE for $16,055
On Sunday night, ”Alcatraz5432” defeated ”PowerRanges” in heads-up play to win MICOOP Event #37: $200 NLHE Sunday Special SE, $90K Gtd of the PokerStars 2021 MICOOP for a top prize of $16,055.
The event attracted 453 entries and the prize pool was $90,000, per the guarantee.
MICOOP Event #37 Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | “Alcatraz5432” | $16,055 |
| 2 | “PowerRanges” | $11,852 |
| 3 | “C0LD_W0RLD” | $8,750 |
| 4 | “kzahrt” | $6,460 |
| 5 | “s7udz” | $4,769 |
| 6 | “Buckoh555” | $3,521 |
| 7 | “LetsGoGlobal” | $2,599 |
| 8 | “zscoro” | $1,919 |
| 9 | “1WINATATIME” | $1,417 |
Action of the Day
“Alcatraz5432” was one of the top stacks for the entire tournament up until they lost most of their chips at the final three tables holding the nut flush against quads. “Alcatraz5432” didn’t throw in the towel though, and battled back to once again amass a top stack and eventually eliminated that same player in 15th place who had knocked him down with quads.
“Alcatraz5432” entered the final table fourth in chips and wasted no time using them by making the first three eliminations at the final table as "1WINATATIME" fell in ninth, “zscoro” was gone in eighth, and “LetsGoGlobal” made his exit in seventh. ”s7udz” then held cowboys to eliminate ”Buckoh555” in sixth-place, and “s7udz” himself was eliminated in fifth by none other than “Alcatraz5432”, when getting it in with a dominated hand. "kzahrt" was the next player gone in fourth when “Alcatraz5432” made two pair by the river, and soon after, “Alcatraz5432” ousted "C0LD_W0RLD" in third when he turned a straight.
“Alcatraz5432” held a sizeable chip lead going into heads-up play and the first all-in occurred six hands in when his queen-nine was up against the ace-ten of "PowerRanges". The flop and turn were blanks, but the river queen ended the tournament and made him the victor. In total, “Alcatraz5432” made all but one of the eliminations in an impressive final table run, and has been awarded the $16,055 top prize for his tournament victory.
This concludes the PokerNews coverage for this event in the 2021 PokerStars Michigan Championship of Online Poker. Stay tuned as PokerNews returns to bring you coverage of Event #49: $250 NLHE Thursday Thrill SE Championship Trophy Event, $40K GTD on Thursday, September 23rd at 7:00 p.m. EST.
Recent 2021 MICOOP Winners
| Tournament | Entries | Prize Pool | Winner | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event #36: $100 NLHE [Bigstack Marathon], $25K GTD | 310 | $28,458 | HarryTheHammer | $5,364.70 |
| Event #37: $200 NLHE [Sunday Special SE], $90K GTD | 453 | $90,000 | Alcatraz5432 | $16,055.02 |
| Event #38: $30 NLHE [Mini Sunday Special], $15K GTD | 734 | $20,038.20 | droopysnake | $3,413.03 |
| Event #39: $500 NLHE [High Roller], $40K GTD | 97 | $45,590 | 1WINATATIME | $10,804.43 |
| Event #40: $100 NLHE [8-Max, Turbo, Sunday Second Chance], $12.5K GTD | 196 | $17,992.80 | real_stu_pidazo | $3,574.31 |