Play is now in Level 17 with blinds of 1,750/3,500 with 12 still remaining on the direct bubble. Up-to-date chip counts are as follows.
Play is now in Level 17 with blinds of 1,750/3,500 with 12 still remaining on the direct bubble. Up-to-date chip counts are as follows.
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 ![]()
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. "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.
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"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.

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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 ![]()
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, 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.
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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.
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.
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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.
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"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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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A battle of the blinds saw stacks go in preflop with the result being pocket aces versus pocket kings. The flop ![]()
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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.
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.
| 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 |