High Roller 6-Max Championship ($100,000 GTD) | 2023 United States Championship of Online Poker (USCOOP)

09-17-2023 22:15 UTC-4

"loxonbagel" Puts "BobMerwald" in the Toaster

Chris Land

Level 15 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

"BobMerwald" raised to 8,800 from under the gun. Action folded to "loxonbagel" who put in a three-bet to 31,200 from the small blind.

The big blind got out of the way before "BobMerwald" decided to four-bet to 68,800. "loxonbagel" quickly answered back with a five-bet jam and "BobMerwald" quickly committed his stack to put himself at risk and send both players to a runout.

"BobMerwald": K♣K♠
"loxonbagel": A♦A♠

Once the cards were exposed, it became clear that "BobMerwald" was on the wrong side of a cooler and would need help to survive, but when the 4♦9♥Q♠9♠8♦ board offered no such help, "BobMerwald" was sent to the rail as "loxonbagel" rocketed up the chip counts.

Player	Chips	Progress
loxonbagel	329,092
BobMerwald	Busted

09-17-2023 20:39 UTC-4

Huge Cooler Leads to Enormous Pot for "noirmas"

Chris Land

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 125 ante

"noirmas" raised to 2,200 and found calls in both the button player and "blueskyQ8" from the small blind before seeing the flop come 7♣4♣5♣.

Action checked through to bring the 5♥ out on the turn.

"blueskyQ8" opted to lead with a bet of 6,263. "noirmas" paused before putting in a raise to 19,526. The player on the button quickly folded but "blueskyQ8" wasn't so fast to release his hand and briefly tanked.

Eventually, "blueskyQ8" jammed for 108,318. "noirmas" snap-called, putting himself at risk with one card to come.

"noirmas": A♣10♣
"blueskyQ8": K♣8♣

In what turned out to be a huge cooler, "noirmas" had flopped the nut-flush with "blueskyQ8" having flopped the second-nut flush.

"blueskyQ8" was still live with one card in the deck to complete his gut-shot straight flush draw but when the river produced the 3♥, "noirmas" shot up the chip counts as he left "blueskyQ8" on a short stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
noirmas	189,980 92,531	92,531
blueskyQ8	18,503 -88,436	-88,436

09-17-2023 19:53 UTC-4

"TheScreamFace" Kills Off "JordanTravis13"

Chris Land

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 75 ante

"JordanTravis13" raised to 1,500 from the hijack only to see "TheScreamFace" put in a three-bet to 4,800 from the cutoff.

Action folded back around to "JordanTravis13" who paused briefly before putting in another raise of his own with a four-bet to 13,200.

"TheScreamFace" didn't wait long before five-bet-jamming for 70,766. "JordanTravis13" quickly called off the rest of his chips to put himself at risk and send both players to a runout.

"JordanTravis13": J♣J♦
"TheScreamFace"; K♠K♦

"JordanTravis13" was way behind and in need of some help headed to the flop but the 5♠10♦9♦ provided none.

The 10♣ turn card and the A♥ didn't offer the help he needed either as "JordanTravis13" is slain by "TheScreamFace" and sent to the rail and a quick re-entry just before the first five-minute break of the day.

09-17-2023 19:35 UTC-4

"Stozypokes" Leaves "WellWaterWendal" Soaked

Chris Land

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 50 ante

Action folded to "Stozypokes" on the button who raised to 880. "WellWaterWendal" opted to three-bet to 3,600 from the big blind and got a call from "Stozypokes" to see a flop of 7♦A♦Q♠.

"WellWaterWendal" led with a bet of 2,000 and got a quick call from "Stozypokes" to see the [8c} hit the turn.

"WellWaterWendal" decided to lead out again, this time for 2,912 and again, found a quick call from, "Stozypokes" to see the A♥ fall on the river.

"WellWaterWendal" bet a third time for 4,000 and once again got a quick call out of "Stozypokes".

"WellWaterWendal" turned over the K♠K♦ but got bad news when "Stozypokes" showed the A♠10♠ to drag what had become a sizable pot.

09-17-2023 18:00 UTC-4

First Weekend of 2023 USCOOP Highlighted by $500 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller 6-Max Championship!

Chris Land

The US Championship of Online Poker (USCOOP) on PokerStarsNJ.com was a huge success in 2022 and nothing looks to change in 2023. This year, the total guarantee doubled from $1,500,000 to $3,000,000 spread across 89 events and boasts a schedule highlighted with gems peppered throughout the 18-day series.

Today, one of those highlights is Event #15: $500 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller 6-Max Championship. The event boasts a $100,000 guaranteed prize pool and is expected to draw some of the top online talent to the tables to compete for the title. While this will be the highest buy-in USCOOP event in action today, there are a total of eight events running with buy-in levels to accommodate all bankroll levels and game types.

PokerStars has always been an industry leader when it comes to offering all major poker variants and the USCOOP series is no exception with multiple games and tournament styles being offered to those chasing glory on the online felt.

Action kicks off at 7:00 p.m. EST with a starting stack of 50,000 and blinds starting at 125/250 with an ante of 30. There will be a scheduled five-minute break at :55 of the hour every hour and play will continue into the night until a champion has been crowned!

Stay tuned to PokerNews for up-to-date coverage of this an all major tournaments remaining on the 2023 PokerStarsNJ.com USCOOP schedule!