PACOOP 11: $200 NLHE [Super Tuesday SE], $40K Gtd | 2020 Pennsylvania Championship of Online Poker [PACOOP]

09-23-2020 00:37 UTC-4

"Dkoot74" Out in 10th; Tournament Reaches the Final Table

HillKerby

In Level 31 with blinds of 20,000/40,000 and an ante of 5,000, "Dkoot74" shoved for 293,000 on the button and "POCKETNINEE" called in the big blind.

"Dkoot74":
"POCKETNINEE":

"Dkoot74" picked up a couple of backdoors on the flop , but they all vanished on the turn . Left with three outs, they all missed on the river and "Dkoot74" became the 10th-place finisher in the tournament. With their elimination, nine players now remain and the final table has officially been reached.

Player	Chips	Progress
POCKETNINEE	1,332,447	323,763
Dkoot74	Busted

09-23-2020 00:32 UTC-4

Chip Counts on the Final Table Bubble

HillKerby

Play has moved into Level 31 with blinds of 20,000/40,000 and an ante of 5,000. Here's a look at updated stacks from the 10 remaining players.

Player	Chips	Progress
ButtonM@sher	1,759,846	-116,250
LelandGaunt38	1,072,905	115,000
POCKETNINEE	1,008,684	326,679
mord57	968,108	415,929
gtl666	829,824	-276,845
uwillmiss	680,111	234,214
TegridyFarm$	550,769	132,000
Brother Justin	450,300	89,275
NAAAARD	435,690	72,595
Dkoot74	368,763	-182,500

09-23-2020 00:29 UTC-4

A Look Back at Jen "JenShahadePA" Shahade's PASCOOP Victory

HillKerby

Back in April, PokerStars PA held the PASCOOP, which was the spring version of this series. At the time, the site had been playing around with its guarantee for its biggest event of the week, the Sunday Special going from $40,000 to $100,000 back down to $50,000 one week.

Then, on April 5, it was settled on a $100 buy-in, $70K GTD when PokerStars PA Ambassador Jen "JenShahadePA" Shahade claimed the title and made headlines in the poker world.

PokerStars PA PASCOOP-07-H: $100 NLHE [Sunday Special SE], $70K Gtd

Date	April 5
Buy-in	$100
Guarantee	$70,000
Entries	1,076
Prize pool	$98,777
ITM	179

The guarantee was smashed with 295 entries and 127 re-entries generating a huge $78,492 prize pool with 177 players collecting at least a min-cash of $373.

PokerStars PA Ambassador Jen "JenShahadePA" Shahade, who is in action here in the Main Event, was the biggest online poker winner in Pennsylvania after shipping it for $11,527. Shahade agreed to a an even-split, three-way deal with "Jonny LeGOAT" (second - $10,277) and "BMM2019" (third - $10,277) with $1,250 left to play for the winner.

Shahade gave something for her fans to root for as she streamed the victory for her first big poker stream.

First time streaming a big poker tourney on my new combined chess AND poker channel on https://t.co/E8CYK9JQje and… https://t.co/Gbq5499pDd
— Jennifer Shahade (@JenShahade)

Place	Player	Prize
1	Jennifer "JenShahadePA" Shahade	$11,527*
2	Jonny LeGOAT	$10,277*
3	BMM2019	$10,277*
4	PokerStarsHYS	$5,565
5	SDotRog	$4,079
6	killerbird019	$2,990
7	KennytheRipper	$2,192
8	smm570	$1,606
9	HodorHodorHodor	$1,178

09-23-2020 00:28 UTC-4

"ButtonM@sher" Doubles Through the Chip Leader; Hand-For-Hand Begins

HillKerby

In Level 30 with blinds of 15,000/30,000 and an ante of 3,750, "ButtonM@sher" raised to 63,000 in the hijack and action folded around to "youngster0480" in the sbsmall blind who called. Action went heads up to a flop of and "youngster0480" check-called a continuation-bet of 116,000 from "ButtonM@sher".

The turn came and "youngster0480" led out, overbet-shoving for the 732,000 that "ButtonM@sher" had remaining. They immediately called.

"ButtonM@sher":
"youngster0480":

"youngster0480" had shoved after turning top two pair, but it had also given "ButtonM@sher" the nuts. The river failed to improve "youngster0480" to a full house and the pot of nearly 1.88 million was shipped to "ButtonM@sher", making them the new chip leader.

Meanwhile, "Seanell", and "BirdBrain64" were eliminated from the tournament while "youngster0480" was left with 175,000 that they also lost shortly thereafter. The three eliminations brings the field down to 10, and hand-for-hand play has begun once again across the two remaining tables as the tournament has reached the final table bubble.

Player	Chips	Progress
ButtonM@sher	1,876,096	1,197,900
youngster0480	Busted
BirdBrain64	Busted
Seanell	Busted

09-23-2020 00:21 UTC-4

"AFA5671" Busts To Bring the Field To 13; "youngster0480" Takes the Chip Lead

HillKerby

In Level 29 with blinds of 12,500/25,000 and an ante of 3,250, "youngster0480" opened to 75,000 in the cutoff and "AFA5671" three-bet to 287,500 in the small blind, leaving just 32,500 behind. "youngster0480" four-bet jammed and "AFA5671" called off what was left.

"AFA5671"
"youngster0480":

"AFA5671" could not find an ace as the board ran out and they were eliminated from the tournament. "BANGERRRRR" and "CLaP420" were also recently eliminated, rounding out the payout ladder rung at $685. Thirteen now remain, with places 13-10 set to earn $812 before the final table of nine is reached, guaranteeing $963 to every participant that accomplishes that feat.

In the meantime, "youngster0480" has overtaken the chip lead, becoming the second player in the tournament to reach seven figures as "gtl666" has also amassed a stack of over 1.1 million.

Player	Chips	Progress
youngster0480	1,132,191	798,423
gtl666	1,106,669	-65,900
LelandGaunt38	957,905	158,000
POCKETNINEE	682,005	1,547
ButtonM@sher	678,196	333,000
BirdBrain64	587,954	-30,862
mord57	552,179	-41,550
Dkoot74	551,263	196,974
uwillmiss	445,897	23,250
TegridyFarm$	418,769	188,177
NAAAARD	363,095	-128,750
Brother Justin	361,025	-386,500
Seanell	287,852	-48,800
AFA5671	Busted
BANGERRRRR	Busted
CLaP420	Busted

09-23-2020 00:06 UTC-4

"BirdBrain64" Holds for an Effective Triple

HillKerby

In Level 28 with blinds of 10,000/20,000 and an ante of 2,500, "usmc2doc13" open-shoved for 171,000 in the cutoff and "LelandGaunt38" clicked the raise button to isolate. "BirdBrain64" was in the big blind with 208,000 to start the hand and called all in to bring about a three-way all-in preflop situation.

"usmc2doc13":
"BirdBrain64":
"LelandGaunt38":

"BirdBrain" faded the necessary outs to hold on a runout of and nearly got a full triple out of it, bringing their stack up to 618,000 as "usmc2doc13" was eliminated, taking 17th place in the tournament.
"usmc2doc13"

Player	Chips	Progress
LelandGaunt38	799,905	281,537
BirdBrain64	618,816	399,861
usmc2doc13	Busted

09-22-2020 23:56 UTC-4

"youngster0480" Doubles; "thpinal" Out In 18th

HillKerby

In Level 27 with blinds of 8,000/16,000 and an ante of 2,000, action folded around to "youngster0480" in the cutoff and they opened to 48,000. "ButtonM@sher" was in the big blind and reraised enough to put "youngster0480" all in for 153,800 effective, and "youngster0480" called.

"youngser0480":
"ButtonM@sher":

While "youngster0480" only needed one overcard to come, they got two as the flop gave them trips. They remained in front as the turn and river completed the runout and the pot was shipped their way.

Meanwhile, "thpinal" was eliminated in 18th place, becoming the last player to earn $578. All remaining players will earn at least $685.

Player	Chips	Progress
ButtonM@sher	345,196	-263,174
youngster0480	333,768	179,884
thpinal	Busted

09-22-2020 23:51 UTC-4

Chip Counts from the Final 18

HillKerby

Play is midway through Level 27 with blinds of 8,000/16,000 and an ante of 2,000. An updated list of counts from the 18 remaining players has been provided below.

Player	Chips	Progress
gtl666	1,172,569	29,000
Brother Justin	747,525	596,497
POCKETNINEE	680,458	533,402
ButtonM@sher	608,370	223,720
mord57	593,729	388,304
AFA5671	577,643	207,730
LelandGaunt38	518,368	309,464
NAAAARD	491,845	314,385
usmc2doc13	480,406	-7,750
uwillmiss	422,647	152,096
Dkoot74	354,289	161,447
Seanell	336,652	99,837
TegridyFarm$	230,592	19,056
BANGERRRRR	225,686	-73,050
BirdBrain64	218,955	-51,668
thpinal	178,492	46,576
CLaP420	164,890	-348,641
youngster0480	153,884	16,893

09-22-2020 23:48 UTC-4

Three More Go; Two Tables Left

HillKerby

In Level 26 with blinds of 7,000/14,000 and an ante of 1,750, "TightIsRight570" saw action fold around to the small blind and completed. "gtl666" checked their option in the big blind and the flop came . "TightIsRight570" checked and "gtl666" made a bet of 14,000, which "TightIsRight570" called.

The turn was . "TightIsRight570" checked again and "gtl666" bet 33,200. "TightIsRight570" put in a check-raise to 91,000, which "gtl666" called to bring the river . "TightIsRight570" fired out 136,600, sending "gtl666" into the tank. They activated their time bank and proceeded to raise enough to put "TightIsRight570" to a decision for their remaining 224,400. "TightIsRight570" called.

"TightIsRight570":
"gtl666":

"TightIsRight570" rivered a no-good full house and got the last of their chips in after doing so. Shortly before their elimination, "UnitedWeZag" and "ArgieBluff" were also knocked out of the tournament. The trio of bust outs brings the tournament down to 18 with just two tables now remaining.

Player	Chips	Progress
gtl666	1,143,569	817,581
TightIsRight570	Busted
UnitedWeZag	Busted
ArgieBuff	Busted

09-22-2020 23:42 UTC-4

"king12929" Loses Coin Flip To Bust

HillKerby

In Level 26 with blinds of 7,000/14,000 and an ante of 1,750 "usmc2doc13" opened the action with a raise to 28,000 in mp and "king12929" re-shoved for 75,100 on the button. Both players in the blinds folded and then "usmc2doc13" called.

"king12929":
"usmc2doc13":

The flop gave "usmc2doc13" a pair of eights and left "king12929" with two immediate outs plus potential backdoor flush and gutshot straight outs. The turn added a flush draw, giving them 11 outs to the river, but they all missed as became the last card of their tournament.

"WHATWHYNO", "pariszoo11", "twin232364", and "rrobmsm1992" were also recently eliminated, and 21 players now remain.