2020 Pennsylvania Championship of Online Poker [PACOOP]

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dkoot74	237,068 95,078	95,078
CurryTheAce	Busted
5even3	Busted
PetCheetah101	Busted
themeekone	Busted
Schrob30	Busted

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
king12929	633,350 224,180	224,180
CLaP420	513,531 266,995	266,995
ButtonM@sher	459,865
TightIsRight570	440,890 -142,749	-142,749
usmc2doc13	423,079 100,918	100,918
AFA5671	369,913 318,237	318,237
gtl666	325,988 172,182	172,182
BirdBrain64	270,623 254,232	254,232
uwillmiss	270,551
BANGERRRRR	240,443 206,168	206,168
Seanell	236,815 120,521	120,521
WHATWHYNO	232,623 161,193	161,193
pariszoo11	214,884 52,060	52,060
TegridyFarm$	211,536 77,213	77,213
LelandGaunt38	208,904 16,230	16,230
mord57	205,425 -59,978	-59,978
Dkoot74	192,842 -44,226	-44,226
mancolion	191,889 131,276	131,276
NAAAARD	177,460
Brother Justin	151,028
AllinWithaJoff	Busted
Mr Loat	Busted
TryptophanMan	Busted

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).

Player	Chips	Progress
POCKETNINEE	147,056
twin232364	138,238 13,888	13,888
nsully10	137,729 -103,360	-103,360
youngster0480	136,991 8,250	8,250
thpinal	131,916 48,232	48,232
A Frequent ?	121,124 49,003	49,003
dkline1984	119,440 -141,543	-141,543
Dyska21	115,733 82,119	82,119
sdot101010	111,125
UnitedWeZag	99,082 -40,170	-40,170
rrobmsm1992	90,278 -53,250	-53,250
5u1ly	89,037 -15,968	-15,968
anachronismKB	88,730 26,326	26,326
LuciferTheDevo	86,450 61,450	61,450
NervyPudenal	76,479 -225,404	-225,404
MRI_381	74,111
Sea Harles	73,375 376	376
CleggsOnGG	71,596 -68,348	-68,348
ArgieBuff	54,129
PurePleasure12	52,965 -2,013	-2,013
TheBigSlick74	51,485
jbrink22	50,444
Kzovko	33,689
pokerkidd0420	2,149

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
ButtonM@sher	384,650 -75,215	-75,215
5u1ly	Busted
Sea Harles	Busted
TheBigSlick74	Busted
CleggsOnGG	Busted
A. Frequent ?	Busted
Dyska21	Busted
dkline1984	Busted
pokerkidd0420	Busted

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
WHATWHYNO	348,052 115,429	115,429
NervyPudenal	Busted
PurePleasure12	Busted
anachronismKB	Busted

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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.

Player	Chips	Progress
nsully10	Busted
mancolion	Busted
Kzovko	Busted
MRI_381	Busted
LuciferTheDevo	Busted
NervyPudendal	Busted
PurePleasure12	Busted
jbrink22	Busted
anachronismKB	Busted

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
BANGERRRRR	298,736 58,293	58,293
pariszoo11	222,493 222,493	222,493
sdot101010	Busted

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
usmc2doc13	488,156 65,077	65,077
king12929	Busted
WHATWHYNO	Busted
pariszoo11	Busted
twin232364	Busted
rrobmsm1992	Busted