ONCOOP 61-H: $500 NLHE [8-Max, Main Event - High], $200K Gtd Day 1 | PokerStars ONCOOP 2022

10-16-2022 22:13 UTC-4

"bbbb4499" Gets Lucky to Survive

Cottrell van Wingerden

Level 14 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 750 ante

"1buckylasturd" opened to 12,000 from middle position before "bbbb4499" moved all in for their last 70,882 out of the cutoff. "Turfiephd" in the big blind then shoved their larger stack of 118,184 into the middle, with "1buckylasturd" getting out of the way to officially put "bbbb4499" at risk.

"bbbb4499":
"Turfiephd":

"bbbb4499" would need help to avoid elimination and that help was quick to come on the flop. Nothing changed on the turn or river to give "bbbb4499" a crucial double.

Player	Chips	Progress
1buckylasturd	297,820
bbbb4499	162,014 -164,909	-164,909
Turfiephd	47,302

Tags: Turfiephd 1buckylasturd bbbb4499

Level: 15

Blinds: 3,500/7,000

Ante: 875

10-16-2022 22:25 UTC-4

"asininedeuce" Sends "JPilo17" Packing

Cottrell van Wingerden

Level 15 : Blinds 3,500/7,000, 875 ante

"JPilo17" moved all in for 70,518 from under the gun and was looked up by "asininedeuce" out of the big blind.

"JPilo17":
"asininedeuce":

"JPilo17" was dominated and would need significant help to survive. None came on the runout, sending "JPilo17" out of the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
asininedeuce	306,664
JPilo17	Busted

Tags: JPilo17 asininedeuce

10-16-2022 22:37 UTC-4

Arlie "Prince Pablo" Shaban Chips Up

Cottrell van Wingerden

Level 15 : Blinds 3,500/7,000, 875 ante

"905ptatience" opened to 14,000 from under the gun and "WalmartCNXN" moved all in for 135,750 from middle position. Arlie "Prince Pablo" Shaban then re-jammed for 356,152 from one seat over. Action folded back around to "905ptatience" who got out of the way to put "WalmartCNXN" at risk.

"WalmartCNXN":
Arlie "Prince Pablo" Shaban:

Shaban was in prime position to score the knockout and remained ahead following the runout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Arlie "Prince Pablo" Shaban	522,527 188,818	188,818
905ptatience	393,774
WalmartCNXN	Busted

Tags: 905ptatience Arlie "Prince Pablo" Shaban WalmartCNXN

Level: 16

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 1,000

10-16-2022 22:48 UTC-4

Prizepool and Payout Information Confirmed

Cottrell van Wingerden

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

With the late registration period closed, the total number of entries reached 355, meaning that the tournament fell short of its $200,000 guarantee. The top 48 finishers will each get a piece of that prizepool with $36,864.58 slated to head the eventual winner's way.

10-16-2022 22:55 UTC-4

Break Time

Cottrell van Wingerden

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

The remaining 84 players have been sent on another five minute break.

Level: 17

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 1,250

10-16-2022 23:10 UTC-4

"bbbb4499" Wins Big Flip

Cottrell van Wingerden

Level 17 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 1,250 ante

"bbbb4499" opened to 20,000 from under the gun and action folded around to "1buckylasturd" in the big blind who moved all in for 278,510. "bbbb4499" made the call with the covering stack to put "1buckylasturd" at risk.

"1buckylasturd":
"bbbb4499":

With "bbbb4499" having only 10,878 behind, both players were effectively flipping for their tournament life. The flop favoured the eights with the turn and river completing a safe runout for "bbbb4499".

Player	Chips	Progress
bbbb4499	581,648 419,634	419,634
1buckylasturd	Busted

Tags: 1buckylasturd bbbb4499

10-16-2022 23:21 UTC-4

Top 10 Chip Counts

Cottrell van Wingerden

Level 17 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 1,250 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Iri$hPoet	2,432,304 2,125,581	2,125,581
Sucra71	1,277,270
grandelegend7	1,263,213
MikeyGG3	1,082,472 518,203	518,203
fahdsmom	1,065,542 385,075	385,075
TORO20155	1,015,436 271,544	271,544
dsquirrels	989,223 745,016	745,016
wunogos	908,844
bbbb4499	895,366 313,718	313,718
tmw.wood	885,749

Tags: Iri$hPoet MikeyGG3 TORO20155 bbbb4499 dsquirrels fahdsmom Sucra71 wunogos tmw.wood grandelegend7