$1,100 Main Event Day 2 | 2025 PokerStars Open Philadelphia

04-27-2025 13:48 UTC-5

McGinnis Takes From Chu

Josh Noy

Level 20 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Dan McGinnis raised to 32,000 from under the gun and made the call after Andrew Chu three-bet to 98,000 in the small blind.

Chu checked the 6♠6♦J♠ flop, with McGinnis taking some time before betting 58,000. Chu did not take long to let his hand go, as McGinnis raked in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dan McGinnis	1,540,000 300,000	300,000
Andrew Chu	338,000 96,000	96,000

Tags: Andrew Chu Dan McGinnis

Level: 21

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 20,000

04-27-2025 14:05 UTC-5

Player	Chips	Progress
Angel Lopez	Busted
Joseph Reddick	Busted
Brent Vaalburg	Busted
Mykhailo Lendel	Busted
Yishu Yang	Busted
James Lillis	Busted
Nan Min	Busted
Cemil Senler	Busted
Andrew Frankenberger	Busted

John Wilson	Busted
Daniel Restrepo	Busted
Corey Whitaker	Busted
Zhenjie Hou	Busted
Anthony Merlo	Busted
Nathan Cho	Busted
Justus Marsico	Busted
Scott Kret	Busted
Po Ying	Busted
Rafael Ben-Yaish	Busted
Jon Dupee	Busted
Travis Hartshorn	Busted
Michael Mann	Busted
Keith Temm	Busted
Robert McGarry	Busted
Keith Crowder	Busted

Bohmerwald Takes Big Stack Battle

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Josh Noy

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Dan McGinnis opened to 40,000 in middle position and Michael Bohmerwald made the call in the small blind.

Bohmerwald checked the A♥4♣8♦ flop and called when McGinnis fired a continuation bet of 33,000. Another check from Bohmerwald followed the 6♣ turn and McGinnis counted out a bet of 145,000.

The call was made and the 3♦ river completed the board. Bohmerwald checked one last time, with McGinnis checking behind.

Bohmerwald tabled A♠10♣ for a pair of aces, good enough to claim a sizeable pot as McGinnis mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dan McGinnis	2,100,000 560,000	560,000
Michael Bohmerwald	1,840,000 1,120,000	1,120,000

Tags: Dan McGinnis Michael Bohmerwald

04-27-2025 14:27 UTC-5

Menna Cracks Kings

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Josh Noy

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

With Thomas Romeo all in from under the gun, Matteo Menna checked the 2♥6♦A♥ flop from the big blind.

Osman Nasir checked back in middle position and the 2♣ turn hit the felt. Menna led out for 75,000 and Osman made the call.

Menna slowed down with a check on the 4♣ river, with Osman quickly checking back.

Thomas Romeo: 10♠8♣ All in
Matteo Menna: A♦3♣
Osman Nasir: K♠K♦

Menna's ace was enough to crack Nasir's pocket kings, taking down the pot with Romeo heading to the payout desk.

Player	Chips	Progress
Norman Rodriguez	2,520,000 1,250,000	1,250,000

Matteo Menna	1,140,000 926,000	926,000
Osman Nasir	1,100,000 90,000	90,000
Thomas Romeo	Busted

Tags: Matteo Menna Osman Nasir Thomas Romeo

04-27-2025 14:37 UTC-5

PokerStars PA SCOOP Awards Nearly $2.5M

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Josh Noy

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

From March 21 through April 7, PokerStars PA hosted the Pennsylvania Spring Championship of Online Poker (PA SCOOP). The entire series – of which there were 43 numbered events, each with low, medium, and high buy-ins – catered to a combined 39,695 entrants and awarded $2,436,277.40 in prize money.

One of the big storylines of the online festival was the sheer number of repeat winners, many of whom are well-known grinders in the segregated market. A quartet of players tied for most titles with four apiece in “NutFlopper412”, “Dionysus1888”, “dabigquk1”, and “OMC Escher”.

Meanwhile, nine players notched three titles each, while another eight were on the board with a pair of titles. That included established Pennsylvania poker pro Zach ”KennyTheRipper” Gruneberg, a two-time WSOP PA Online bracelet winner and 10-time gold ring winner.

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04-27-2025 14:40 UTC-5