2020 Pennsylvania Championship of Online Poker [PACOOP]

Level 1 has begun with blinds of 80/160 and 13 players are registered across three short-handed tables. Registration will remain open for three hours, and the number of players in the field is expected to grow consistently over that time.

The field has grown to 20 halfway through the first level of play on the evening (80/160). Here's a look at the first 20 entrants to the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
89chief	25,000	25,000
KERMIT_the_FROG	25,000	25,000
TurntUpTRPR	25,000	25,000
soccerdad29	25,000	25,000
seh239239	25,000	25,000
RiverMeDaddy	25,000	25,000
Morning Waffles	25,000	25,000
MarcZumoff	25,000	25,000
Lachoy14	25,000	25,000
king12929	25,000	25,000
KennytheRipper	25,000	25,000
An0ldLady	25,000	25,000
JonCaron215	25,000	25,000
IsleOfEwe2	25,000	25,000
hunterm708	25,000	25,000
gophertwo	25,000	25,000
forthewin42	25,000	25,000
and_porter	25,000	25,000
AndrewYang2020	25,000	25,000
youngwizard69	25,000	25,000

In level 2 with blinds of 100/200, "TurntUpTRPR" raised to 600 and was three-bet to 1,900 by "TheBigSlick74" in the big blind. "TurntUpTRPR" called and the flop came . "TheBigSlick74" checked and "TurntUpTRPR" made a pot-sized bet of 3,900. "TheBigSlick74" called.

The turn came and "TheBigSlick74" checked. "TurntUpTRPR" made another pot-sized bet, this time for 11,700, and "TheBigSlick74" thought for about 10 seconds before folding, resulting in "TurntUpTRPR" taking down the pot with their turn bet.

Player	Chips	Progress
TurntUpTRPR	32,324	32,324
TheBigSlick74	19,200	19,200

Following the massive success of the first running of Pennsyl-MANIA in May, PokerStars PA opted to fire up another one last month, this time with an increased guarantee. They bumped the number from an already-record $250,000 to $350,000, and the guarantee was surpassed once more, though it wasn't without a mild sweat.

This time, 2,026 entries — 1,274 of them being unique players — created a prize pool of $376,836, enough to nudge past the number by just about 8%.

Just like last time, the big prize money incentivized a deal between the final few players. This time, it was four players who split up the big dough at the close of the final day on Monday:

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"Slotwinna777" took the biggest chunk but it was a fairly even split all around as everyone got at least $31K from the chop. It took three shells for "Slotwinna777," but they still wound up with a handsome profit.

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Pennsyl-MANIA II followed up Pennsyl-MANIA, which established a slew of state records, and PASCOOP Main Event as the three biggest prize pools created in the fledgling market.

It remains to be seen whether Pennsyl-MANIA will continue as a regularly reoccurring tournament, but there's likely to be more big tournaments ahead either way. The advent of the upcoming World Championship of Online Poker means a mirror tournament should be announced soon for PokerStars PA. Keep an eye out, and PokerNews will monitor for any updates on the blockbuster series.

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In Level 3 with blinds of 125/250, "NeolithicFarmer" opened to 625 under the gun and "hunterm708" made a pot-sized three-bet to 2,250 in the cutoff. Action folded back to "NeolithicFarmer" and they called to take action heads up to a fop of , where both players checked.

The turn was and "NeolithicFarmer" bet 3,305. "hunterm708" clicked it back, raising the minimum to 6,610 and "NeolithicFarmer" came over the top with enough to put "hunterm708" all in for their last 4,878, which they quickly called off.

"hunterm708":
"NeolithicFarmer":

The two players had flopped the nuts and second nuts. "NeolithicFarmer" was drawing dead as the river came and "hunterm708" doubled with their nut flush.

Player	Chips	Progress
hunterm708	27,851	2,851
NeolithicFarmer	11,124

The tournament is on its first five-minute break of the night midway through Level 5 (200/400). Thirty-seven entries have now been logged with 28 players remaining. Complete chip counts are listed below.

Player	Chips	Progress
Morning Waffles	87,049	62,049
hunterm708	73,347	45,496
youngwizard69	59,289	34,289
soccerdad29	53,213	28,213
IsleOfEwe2	50,007	25,007
gophertwo	49,604	24,604
TurntUpTRPR	46,220	13,896
Lachoy14	46,082	21,082
AndrewYang2020	44,261	-7,015
RiverMeDaddy	37,199	12,199
RevoltingBlob12	33,687	33,687
TheBigSlick74	31,908	12,708
89chief	31,600	6,600
seh239239	26,497	1,497
MarcZumoff	25,000
NoamSayng	25,000	25,000
TryptophanMan	24,884	24,884
DomeGod69420	24,072	24,072
Mr.20InchArms	23,437	23,437
DoubleBrother	22,850	22,850
NeolithicFarmer	21,112	9,988
MRI_381	19,835	19,835
JonCaron215	19,615	-990
blankface777	16,076	16,076
Jo-Z Wellz77	14,346	14,346

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