2020 Pennsylvania Championship of Online Poker [PACOOP]

PACOOP 36: $250 NLHE [Progressive KO, Thursday Thrill], $40K Gtd
Day: 1
Event Info

2020 Pennsylvania Championship of Online Poker [PACOOP]

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
jj
Prize
$5,197
Event Info
Buy-in
$250
Entries
268
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
268
Players Left
1

PACOOP 36: $250 NLHE [Progressive KO, Thursday Thrill], $40K Gtd

Day 1 Completed

"GARYtheGiraffe" Wins PACOOP 36: $250 NLHE [Progressive KO, Thursday Thrill], $40K GTD for $11,676.21

Event #36 of the 2020 PACOOP 36: $250 NLHE [Progressive KO, Thursday Thrill], $40K GTD surpassed its guaranteed prize pool Thursday night, drawing 268 entries (179 entries, 89 re-entries) to produce a $62,440 total prize pool ($31,222 regular prize pool & $31,222 bounty prize pool).

The tournament started with 50 registered players, though that number more than doubled in the first three levels of play.

Roughly one-third of the 268 entries recorded throughout the three hour late registration period remained when the prize pool became official, and it took an hour from there to reach the money, where the top 39 were paid.

Another hour went by before the final three tables were reached, and eventually, only nine remained after "GARYtheGiraffe" eliminated "xxx2575" in 10th place on the final table bubble.

Just under six-and-a-half hours of play brought the number of remaining players down to one as "GARYtheGiraffe" defeated "CallYourMommy" heads-up to claim the first-place winnings of $11,676.21 ($5,197.21 + $6,479 in bounties) for their efforts.

PACOOP-36 Final Table Results

PlacePlayerPrizeKOTotal Winnings
1"GARYtheGiraffe"$5,197.21$6,479$11,676.21
2"CallYourMommy"$5,197.03$1,088$6,285
3"Eastin_Malojinn"$3,303.49$1,500$4,803.49
4"InspectorDeck"$2,459.91$1,210$3,669.91
5"MrMonkeyJones"$1,831.75$1,452$3,283.75
6"RealizeRealLies"$1,364$1,170$2,534
7"TABLECAPTIANNN"$1,015.69$233$1,248.69
8"MonkeyingAround"$756.32$1,241$1,997.32
9"wnunley"$563.19$895.61$1,458.80

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Full 2020 Pennsylvania Championship of Online Poker (PACOOP) Schedule

Check out the remaining event PACOOP schedule below with the featured PokerNews live-reported tournaments bolded.

#DateTime (ET)Event
382-Oct (F)7 p.m.$200 FLHE [6-Max, Turbo], $10K Gtd
392-Oct (F)9 p.m.$200 NLHE [Hyper-Turbo], $15K Gtd
403-Oct (Sa)6 p.m.$300 NLHE [6-Max], $40K Gtd
413-Oct (Sa)9 p.m.$75 NLHE [6-Max], $20K Gtd
424-Oct (Su)2 p.m.$100 NLHE [Turbo, Progressive KO, Deepstack], $25K Gtd
434-Oct (Su)5 p.m.$300 NLHE [Main Event], $200K Gtd
444-Oct (Su)6 p.m.$50 NLHE [Mini Main Event], $40K Gtd
454-Oct (Su)8 p.m.$100 NLHE [Progressive KO], $30K Gtd
464-Oct (Su)9 p.m.$100 PLO [6-Max, Hyper-Turbo], $10K Gtd
474-Oct (Su)10 p.m.$75 NLHE [Sunday SuperSonic SE], $10K Gtd
485-Oct (M)7 p.m.$100 NLHE [Nightly Stars SE – PACOOP Wrap-Up], $35K Gtd
495-Oct (M)8 p.m.$50 NLHE [8-Max, Phase 2], $50K Gtd
505-Oct (M)9 p.m.$100 NLHE [6-Max, Hyper-Turbo, Deep Hyper Turbo], $15K Gtd

"CallYourMommy" Eliminated in 2nd Place ($5,197.03 + $1,088 in Bounties)

In Level 35 with blinds of 40,000/80,000 and an ante of 10,000, "CallYourMommy" open-shoved for 508,566 and "GARYtheGiraffe" called.

"GARYtheGiraffe": {q-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds}
"CallYourMommy": {k-Spades}{q-Clubs}

"CallYourMommy" had "GARYtheGiraffe" dominated and the {8-Clubs}{6-Spades}{3-Spades} flop didn't change a thing.

The {10-Hearts} turn gave "CallYourMommy" a bit of a sweat as it gave "GARYtheGiraffe" the gutshot and unfortunately for "CallYourMommy", the {9-Diamonds} completed "GARYtheGiraffe's" straight, ending "CallYourMommy's" tournament in second place.

Player Chips Progress
GARYtheGiraffe
GARYtheGiraffe
6,700,000 658,566
CallYourMommy us
CallYourMommy
Busted

"Eastin_Malojinn" Eliminated in 3rd Place ($3,303.49 + $1,500 in Bounties)

In Level 35 with blinds of 40,000/80,000 and an ante of 10,000, "Eastin_Malojinn" open-jammed for 1,170,988 from the small blind and "GARYtheGiraffe" called from the big blind.

"GARYtheGiraffe": {a-Clubs}{9-Spades}
"Eastin_Malojinn": {j-Clubs}{10-Clubs}

"Eastin_Malojinn" was behind looking for so help and found it after the {q-Clubs}{7-Clubs}{2-Clubs} flop gave them the flush.

Unfortunately for "Eastin_Malojinn", the victory was short-lived as the {4-Clubs} dropped on the turn giving "GARYtheGiraffe" the nuts.

The meaningless {k-Spades} completed the board on the river and "Eastin_Malojinn" took their exit in third place.

Player Chips Progress
GARYtheGiraffe
GARYtheGiraffe
6,041,434 2,366,878
CallYourMommy us
CallYourMommy
658,566 -480,000
Eastin_Malojinn
Eastin_Malojinn
Busted

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"InspectorDeck" Eliminated in 4th Place ($2,459.91 + $1,210 in Bounties)

In Level 33 with blinds of 30,000/60,000 and an ante of 7,500, "InspectorDeck" raised all-in for 393,346 from under the gun, "Eastin_Malojinn" came over the top for 684,568 and "GARYtheGiraffe" isolated.

"InspectorDeck": {a-Spades}{3-Clubs}
"Eastin_Malojinn": {k-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}
"GARYtheGiraffe": {a-Clubs}{2-Clubs}

"Eastin_Malojinn" was ahead with their pocket kings and didn't have a sweat as they secured the pot after the {k-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}{k-Spades} flop gave them quads.

The board finished with the meaningless {10-Clubs} on the turn followed by the {8-Spades} on the river and "InspectorDeck" took their exit in fourth place.

Player Chips Progress
GARYtheGiraffe
GARYtheGiraffe
3,954,452 -692,068
Eastin_Malojinn
Eastin_Malojinn
1,852,482 1,107,948
InspectorDeck us
InspectorDeck
Busted

"MrMonkeyJones" Eliminated in 5th Place ($1,831.75 + $1,452 in Bounties)

In Level 33 with blinds of 30,000/60,000 and an ante of 7,500, "GARYtheGiraffe" raised to 120,000 from under the gun and "MrMonkeyJones" defended their big blind to see a {k-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}{4-Clubs} flop.

"MrMonkeyJones" check-raised to 230,000 after "GARYtheGiraffe" continued for 85,000 and "GARYtheGiraffe" three-bet to 580,000.

"MrMonkeyJones" called, and the {3-Hearts} turn was checked by both players to the {5-Spades} river where "MrMonkeyJones" check-called their 1,255,053 stack after "GARYtheGiraffe" fired out 1,800,000.

"MrMonkeyJones" rolled over {k-Clubs}{6-Spades} for top-pair but it was no good as "GARYtheGiraffe" rolled over the wheel {a-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds} to win the pot.

Player Chips Progress
GARYtheGiraffe
GARYtheGiraffe
4,646,520 2,840,343
MrMonkeyJones us
MrMonkeyJones
Busted

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"RealizeRealLies" Eliminated in 6th Place ($1,364 + $1,170 in Bounties)

In Level 32 with blinds of 25,000/50,000 and an ante of 6,250, "GARYtheGiraffe" opened for 100,000 from the hijack and then called the 770,440 three-bet jam from "RealizeRealLies".

"GARYtheGiraffe": {a-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds}
"RealizeRealLies": {10-Spades}{10-Diamonds}

"RealizeRealLies" was ahead with their made hand of tens and nothing changed after the {6-Hearts}{2-Clubs}{8-Clubs} flop.

However, the {a-Spades} dropped on the turn pairing "GARYtheGiraffe's" ace and the {q-Hearts} river sent "RealizeRealLies" to the rail in sixth place.

Player Chips Progress
GARYtheGiraffe
GARYtheGiraffe
1,806,177 698,596
RealizeRealLies us
RealizeRealLies
Busted