PACOOP 30: $500 PLO [6-Max, High-Roller], $25K Gtd | 2020 Pennsylvania Championship of Online Poker [PACOOP]

09-28-2020 22:34 UTC-5

Player	Chips	Progress
TryptophanMan	337,651 37,195	37,195
DomeGod69420	232,053
hunterm708	228,555 126,658	126,658
g0rnman	223,640 144,920	144,920
AllinWithAJoff	167,160 142,160	142,160
Mr.20InchArms	151,634 22,000	22,000
king12929	150,138 5,250	5,250
Morning Waffles	144,609
sawyer2117	81,985 22,500	22,500
Lachoy14	76,978 81,820	81,820
fubadbeatbob	53,000 28,000	28,000
soccerdad29	52,597 13,037	13,037

Hand-For-Hand Play Begins

Hill Kerby

In Level 16 with blinds of 1,500/3,000, "Grandma#0069" raised to 6,000 in the cutoff and "king12929" defended their big blind, taking action heads up to a flop of . "king12929" checked to "Grandma#0069", who made a continuation-bet of 6,750. "king12929" check-reraised to a pot-sized figure of 33,750 and "Grandma#0069" three-bet shoved for 62,250. "king12929" called.

"Grandma#0069":
"king12929":

"Grandma#0069" saw their top two pair run into a flopped set. The turn gave them extra full house outs, but none hit on the river and they were eliminated from the tournament.

Earlier in the level, "DomeGod69420" eliminated both "LucierTheDevo" and "MarcZumoff". The trio of eliminations brings the field down to 12 across two full tables. Just one elimination is needed to make it into the money, and hand-for-hand play has begun until the bubble bursts.

Player	Chips	Progress
DomeGod69420	232,053 106,575	106,575
king12929	144,888 85,308	85,308
Morning Waffles	144,609 41,776	41,776
Grandma#0069	Busted
LuciferTheDevo	Busted
MarcZumoff	Busted

09-28-2020 22:24 UTC-5

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09-28-2020 22:22 UTC-5

"MR.20InchArms" Gets an Accommodating River

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Hill Kerby

In Level 15 with blinds of 1,250/2,500, "Boomer24709" opened to 5,000 under the gun and "youngwizard69" called in the cutoff for one-third of their stack. "MR.20InchArms" also came along in the small blind and action went three ways to a flop of , where action checked to "Boomer24709" and they made a continuation-bet of 5,000. "youngwizard69" folded and "MR.20InchArms" called.

Action was then heads up to the turn and "MR.20InchArms" checked again. "Boomer24709" made a pot-sized second barrel of 27,500 and "MR.20InchArms" check-jammed for 73,067. "Boomer24709" called.

"MR.20InchArms":
"Boomer24709":

Both players had turned the nut straight but "MR.20InchArms" had a straight flush draw to go with it. The river filled up their flush and scored them the entirety of the pot, leaving "Boomer24709" with just 17,000 after the hand was done.

Within the next few hands, both "Boomer24709" and "youngwizard69" were eliminated from the tournament. "blankface777", "Viken911", and "NeolithicFarmer" also were knocked out prior to this hand taking place, with the run of eliminations bringing the number of players left in the field down to 15. Just four more eliminations are needed for play to reach the money.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mr.20InchArms	173,634 112,538	112,538
Boomer24709	Busted
blankface777	Busted
Viken911	Busted
NeolithicFarmer	Busted
youngwizard69	Busted

09-28-2020 22:11 UTC-5

"TryptophanMan" Extends Their Chip Lead

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Hill Kerby

In Level 15 with blinds of 1,250/2,500, "89chief" raised to 6,175 in the hijack at a five-handed table and "TryptophanMan" three-bet to 22,275, the size of the pot. Action folded back to "89chief" and they called.

Action checked through a flop of and the turn came . "89chief" bet the pot, totaling 48,300 of their 66,763 and "TryptophanMan" raised to put "89chief" all in. A call was made.

"89chief":
"TryptophanMan":

"89chief" needed found themselves needing to hit one of their two sets to stay alive and failed to do so on the river to result in "TryptophanMan" winning the hand with two pair, aces and queens to eliminate "89chief" from the tournament.

Moments earlier, "TryptophanMan" also knocked out "22EPL" and as a result, their stack is now up to 374,000 as they have increased their chip lead since registration has closed

"and_porter" and "MRI_381" were also recently eliminated, bringing the number of players left in the tournament down to 20.

Player	Chips	Progress
TryptophanMan	374,846 152,965	152,965
89chief	Busted
and_porter	Busted
22EPL	Busted
MRI_381	Busted

09-28-2020 22:02 UTC-5

Registration Closed - Prize Pool Information Posted

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Hill Kerby

Play has resumed with three minutes remaining in Level 14 (1,000/2,000) and 24 players remaining out of 76 total entries. Registration has now officially closed with a total of 76 entries generating a prize pool of $35,720. The top 11 places will be paid at least $989, with payouts escalating from there until the eventual champion earns $8,712. Complete prize pool information can be found in the Payouts Tab.

The following players were eliminated before the closing of the registration period and are no longer in contention.

Player	Chips	Progress
DoubleBrother	Busted
RevoltingBlob12	Busted
seh239239	Busted
TurntUpTRPR	Busted
Jo-Z Wellz77	Busted
Jobashin55	Busted
RiverMeDaddy	Busted
JefeK7	Busted
NoamSayng	Busted
KERMIT_the_FROG	Busted
Phillyblimp	Busted

09-28-2020 21:57 UTC-5

Chip Counts on Break

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Hill Kerby

With the tournament on its third break of the night nearing the end of Level 14 (1,000/2,000), the three-hour late-registration period will be coming to a close in just a couple of short minutes. Barring any last-minute buy-ins, a total of 76 entries have been recorded with 24 players remaining. Chip counts will be added to this space momentarily for all who remain.

Player	Chips	Progress
TryptophanMan	221,881 182,362	182,362
Morning Waffles	186,385 73,483	73,483
Lachoy14	158,798 96,511	96,511
89chief	133,095 107,065	107,065
DomeGod69420	125,478 123,418	123,418
sawyer2117	104,485 11,625	11,625
hunterm708	101,897 14,475	14,475
Boomer24709	101,090 71,418	71,418
MarcZumoff	100,904 59,404	59,404
youngwizard69	79,362 13,462	13,462
g0rnman	78,720 78,720	78,720
soccerdad29	65,634 98,122	98,122
NeolithicFarmer	64,124 37,662	37,662
Mr.20InchArms	61,096 32,371	32,371
king12929	59,580 59,580	59,580
LuciferTheDevo	50,000 50,000	50,000
blankface777	48,665 48,665	48,665
and_porter	29,800 29,800	29,800
Grandma#0069	28,654 854	854
22EPL	25,000 25,000	25,000
fubadbeatbob	25,000 25,000	25,000
AllinWithAJoff	25,000 25,000	25,000
Viken911	15,600 14,200	14,200
MRI_381	9,752 68,424	68,424

09-28-2020 21:47 UTC-5

Last Level of the Registration Period

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Level 14 has just begun with blinds of 1,000/2,000. It is the final level of the late-registration period, which will close at the top of the hour at 11:00 exactly. Twenty-one players currently remain out of 71 entries with 13 minutes left until registration closes and the prize pool becomes official.

09-28-2020 21:43 UTC-5

"youngwizard69" Conjures Aces-Versus-Kings Scenario

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Hill Kerby

In Level 13 with blinds of 800/1,600, action folded to "youngwizard69" in the small blind and they raised the pot, making it 4,800 to go. "NeolithicFarmer" made a pot-sized three-bet to 14,400 in the big blind, and "youngwizard69" four-bet to the size of the pot once more, totaling 43,200. They had just 3,212 behind afterwards and called it off when "NeolithicFarmer" five-bet to put them all in.

"youngwizard69":
"NeolithicFarmer":

A battle of the blinds saw stacks go in preflop with the result being pocket aces versus pocket kings. The flop didn't change much, but the turn gave "NeolithicFarmer" three more outs to an eight for two pair on the river. Instead, the runout was completed with to secure the double "youngwizard" with a set of aces.

Player	Chips	Progress
youngwizard69	92,824 92,824	92,824
NeolithicFarmer	26,462 31,825	31,825

09-28-2020 21:35 UTC-5

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

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Hill Kerby

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