"mlf5135" Leads 37 Remaining Players After Day 1 of PACOOP 61: $300 NLHE [Main Event - Championship Trophy Event]
Day 1 of the PokerStars Championship of Online Poker (PACOOP) has completed!
A total of 851 entries were logged through the registration period which generated $238,280 prize pool and when the dust settled, only 37 players remained.
At the end of the night, only one players made it over the eight million mark with "mlf5135" bagging the biggest stack finishing the night with 8,230,296.
Following closely behind "mlf5135" was "and_porter" with 7,508,033, "Yuli215" (5,683,094) and "xSleek" (4,392,656), while "Hondoribbia" (4,170,082), "kdQuel" (3,465,177) and "thesickonee" (3,423,397) round out the top stacks.
The 37 surviving players will return to action tomorrow Monday, September 27th at 6:00 p.m. EST and will play down until the winner takes home the $40,131 first-place prize.
Action will pick-up in Level 28 (40,000/80,000/12,500) and here is what the remaining players are battling for:
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | $40,131 |
| 2 | $28,671 |
| 3 | $20,483 |
| 4 | $14,634 |
| 5 | $10,455 |
| 6 | $7,649 |
| 7 | $5,336 |
| 8 | $3,812 |
| 9 | $2,724 |
| 10-13 | $2,228 |
| 14-17 | $1,822 |
| 18-26 | $1,490 |
| 27-35 | $1,219 |
| 36-37 | $997 |
Follow along with the PokerNews live reporting team to see who will be crowned champion.
to which "sixers17" continued for 9,000 and then called the 18,000 bet from "PaWolf320". The latter then sized up to 68,500 on the 
turn which again was called. 
rivered a full house but it was no good against the flopped full house of the under the gun player who held 
turn "ecerille" took the betting lead and fired for 9,875 which was called.
river which was obliged by "Tilltytowers", the big blind rolled over pocket rockets for a flopped boat and the button mucked their cards.
flop three-ways. 
turn which prompted "BobbyShmurda16" to take the lead with a 17,500 bet. "Coded Cypher" min-clicked it back and their opponent went all-in. "Coded Cypher" made the call and was in very good shape heading to the river. 
flop which was only called by the initial raiser. "SSaiyanJWER19" contined for 38,000 as the turn brought in the 
and then put his opponent all-in on the 
river after being called on the turn. 
obliterating the 
of "BGOMEGA".
flop in a limped pot but that field was thinned to two after Zach "KennytheRipper" Gruneberg bet 6,775. Only "M45scdoo" made the call which brought in the 
turn to which action checked through to the 
river. 
for the straight flush, thwarting his 
flop and despite the 
turn giving him top pair, he was still behind.The 