2020 Pennsylvania Championship of Online Poker [PACOOP]

In Level 25 with blinds of 6,000/12,000 and an ante of 1,500, "sdot101010" started the hand with 42,000 and limped in early position. Action folded around to "BANGERRRRR" in the hijack, who jammed for 118,000. Three more folds then ensued to put action onto "pariszoo11" in the big blind, who called. "sdot101010" then called their remaining 30,000 and all three players' hands were shown.

"sdot101010":
"BANGERRRRR":
"pariszoo11":

A runout of kept "BANGERRRRR's" hand best and the combined main and side pots of 298,000 were shipped their way. "sdot101010" finished the tournament in 27th place, meaning everybody left in the tournament is now guaranteed at least $578.

Level 25 has begun with blinds of 6,000/12,000 and an ante of 1,250 and the eliminations keep occurring at a rapid pace. Just 27 players now remain across three full tables, with only one more elimination needed before payouts are raised again. The following players took 28-36th place, earning $487. The next player to be eliminated will also earn that amount, with payouts being raised to $578 for places 18-26.

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In Level 24 with blinds of 5,000/10,000 and an ante of 1,250, "NervyPudendal" jammed for 92,200 in early position and "WHATWHYNO" came over the top, re-shoving for 191,500 in the cutoff. "PurePleasure12" was in the small blind with 43,000 and called it off to bring about a three-way all-in preflop scenario.

"PurePleasure12":
"NervyPudendal":
"WHATWHYNO":

"WHATWHYNO" was out in front with two tens and a runout of left them there, knocking out the two short stacks to bring their stack up to 348,000.

Meanwhile, "anachronismKB" was eliminated shortly beforehand in 36th place. Their elimination was the last of the first-level payouts, meaning "NervyPudendal" and "PurePleasure12" each earned a second-level payout of $487.

In Level 23 with blinds of 4,000/8,000 and an ante of 1,000, action folded around to "ButtonM@sher", who was in the cutoff and opened to 16,800. "Sea Harles" three-bet shoved for 73,700 on the button and "ButtonM@sher" called once it became their turn to do so.

"Sea Harles":
"ButtonM@sher":

"Sea Harles" had two live cards and the flop gave them a gutshot to go with it. Unfortunately for them, they would get no closer as the turn and river left both players unpaired and "ButtonM@sher's" ace-high best.

A handful of other players were eliminated before "Sea Harles", and "5u1ly" was eliminated just a moment thereafter in 37th place. Four tables of nine now remain.

Chip counts for the remainder of players left in the tournament have been provided below with less than five minutes remaining in Level 22 (3,500/7,000/875).

The tournament has reached another five-minute break and three in-the-money eliminations have occurred since the bubble has burst. Those players have been listed below, as have the top 20 in chips.

In Level 21 with blinds of 3,000/6,000 and an ante of 50, action folded around to "CurryTheAce" in the small blind and they opened to 12,000. "Dkoot74" defended their big blind and the flop came . "CurryTheAce" made a continuation-bet of 15,300 and "Dkoot24" shoved to put "CurryTheAce" to a decision for their last 49,200, which they called.

"CurryTheAce":
"Dkoot74":

"CurryTheAce" had flopped top pair with the second-best kicker but found themselves running into top-and-bottom pair. They were unable to find a queen or any type of counterfeit runout on the turn and river .

"CurryTheAce" finished in 54th place, and five immediate subsequent eliminations has brought the field down to 48 with hand-for-hand pay now in effect across the six remaining tables until one more elimination occurs.

Level 21 has just begun with blinds of 3,000/6,000 and an ante of 750. Eliminations have been occurring at a frantic pace and 54 players now remain. Just seven more eliminations are needed to reach the money, with the following players having been eliminated from the tournament of late.