Sunday Special Championship ($150,000 GTD) | 2023 United States Championship of Online Poker (USCOOP)

09-24-2023 23:21 UTC-4

"FlawlessBINK" Flips "DB31555" to the Rail

Ryan Lashmar

Level 24 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

"DB31555" opened to 32,000 from under the gun and "FlawlessBINK" three-bet to 112,000 from the button. "DB31555" moved all in for 563,013 and was called by "FlawlessBINK" who had a covering stack.

"DB31555": Q♠Q♦
"FlawlessBINK": A♠K♦

The board ran out A♥7♣3♦9♣10♠. Top pair was good for the winner for "FlawlessBINK" who took down a colossal pot while "DB31555" was eliminated from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
FlawlessBINK	1,326,296 1,326,296	1,326,296
DB31555	Busted

09-24-2023 23:07 UTC-4

Updated Chip Counts After Fifth Break

Ryan Lashmar

Level 23 : Blinds 7,000/14,000, 1,750 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
pepstargar	1,183,980 877,725	877,725
ch0789	703,219 703,219	703,219
SlimmShadis	675,586 358,184	358,184
BOnEheAd109	665,200 366,800	366,800
hagz2richez	600,150 372,168	372,168
MarkySharky3	586,138 253,702	253,702
Deansk1138	566,792 348,639	348,639
David Kaye	506,260 279,339	279,339

Paladin4818	477,283 155,446	155,446
Varncass	367,145 141,363	141,363
hebba2020	211,916 160,832	160,832
olim324	126,390 68,994	68,994
ryanbudzek	107,640 -121,843	-121,843
This_Jst_In	Busted
hubbiee	Busted
thewholefunk	Busted
DangerFloof	Busted
Po$ter Nutbag	Busted
mariopartypoker	Busted
ChiefLegs	Busted
BadBeatMyKids	Busted
V1ct0ro	Busted
Arcon916	Busted
urmomislag	Busted
MY1st50	Busted

09-24-2023 22:47 UTC-4

MCD241947 Spikes the Flop

Ryan Lashmar

Level 22 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 1,500 ante

"MCD241947" limped in from early position and "Q8kicksass" also limped from middle position. "titleistgolf22" moved all in for 249,393 from the cutoff and "MCD241947" made the call with a covering stack while "Q8kicksass" got out of the way.

"titleistgolf22": A♣Q♥
"MCD241947": K♦Q♦

"titleistgolf22" looked to be in great shape to double up with a dominating queen but the K♣9♥2♣ flop left "titleistgolf22" drawing to only three outs. The 5♠7♣ turn and river changed nothing and "MCD241947" took down a nice pot while "titleistgolf22" was sent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
MCD241947	1,137,041 1,137,041	1,137,041
Q8kicksass	440,079 440,079	440,079
titleistgolf22	Busted

09-24-2023 22:42 UTC-4

The Bubble Has Burst

Ryan Lashmar

Level 22 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 1,500 ante

Players are now in the money in the USCOOP Sunday Special Championship.

"trunkpops" was the unfortunate soul to be eliminated on the stone bubble. The remaining 138 players are now guaranteed at least $416, although everyone will undoubtedly have their sights set on the top prize of $29,343.

Player	Chips	Progress
trunkpops	Busted

09-24-2023 22:37 UTC-4

"EarnhardtFan59" Ousted by "tslate21"

Ryan Lashmar

Level 21 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 1,250 ante

"tslate21" opened to 20,000 from early position and "EarnhardtFan59" three-bet to 105,000 from the button, leaving only 24,709 behind. "tslate21" moved all in with a covering stack and "EarnhardtFan59" made the call.

"EarnhardtFan59": A♦J♣
"tslate21": A♥Q♣

The board ran out 10♣Q♦3♣7♦10♠ and "EarnhardtFan59" was eliminated just shy of making the money while "tslate21" added more chips to their stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
tslate21	378,966 378,966	378,966
EarnhardtFan59	Busted

09-24-2023 22:32 UTC-4

"Grav King" Puts Nail in Coffin of "HarrytheHammer"

Ryan Lashmar

Level 21 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 1,250 ante

"HarrytheHammer" opened to 23,000 from under the gun and "Grav King" called from the cutoff.

The flop came K♥6♦4♦ and "HarrytheHammer" bet 20,000. "Grav King" made the call.

On the 5♥ turn "HarrytheHammer" moved all in for 88,632 and "Grav King" called with a covering stack.

"HarrytheHammer": Q♥Q♣
"Grav King": 4♥4♣

"HarrytheHammer" was in rough shape against the flopped set of "Grav King" and failed to find a queen on the K♠ river, resulting in their elimination while "Grav King" added more chips to his already impressive stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Grav King	1,307,380 1,307,380	1,307,380
HarrytheHammer	Busted

09-24-2023 22:07 UTC-4

"BOnEheAd109" Takes a Bite Out of "Meatballs9000"

Ryan Lashmar

Level 19 : Blinds 3,500/7,000, 875 ante

"cho789" opened to 14,000 from the cutoff and "Meatballs9000" moved all in for 595,197 from the small blind, covering all remaining opponents in the hand by a wide margin. "BOnEheAd109" called from the big blind and "cho789" got out of the way.

"BOnEheAd109": A♠K♥
"Meatballs9000": A♣10♣

"BOnEheAd109" was in great shape with a bigger ace and remained ahead on the 8♦J♣2♣8♠Q♥ runout to secure a full double up while making a small dent to the stack of "Meatballs9000".

Player	Chips	Progress
Meatballs9000	431,272 431,272	431,272
BOnEheAd109	298,400 298,400	298,400
cho789	148,844 148,844	148,844

09-24-2023 22:02 UTC-4

Updated Chip Counts After Fourth Break

Ryan Lashmar

Level 18 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 750 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Arcon916	345,641 80,032	80,032
MarkySharky3	332,436 82,801	82,801
Paladin4818	321,837 224,475	224,475
SlimmShadis	317,402 218,992	218,992
pepstargar	306,255 39,123	39,123
CoonG23	247,855 15,609	15,609
ryanbudzek	229,483 87,360	87,360
hagz2richez	227,982 85,441	85,441
David Kaye	226,921 63,700	63,700

Deansk1138	218,153 35,948	35,948
urmomislag	203,952 -170,796	-170,796
Isilsuk	178,007 -20,144	-20,144
rimmer27	139,840 -13,146	-13,146
MakeTheHop	106,099 -111,248	-111,248
jay83434	77,406 -54,224	-54,224
terry1113	65,209 -42,658	-42,658
mcleskey	Busted
sidpatel92	Busted
aardvark555	Busted
OtB_RedHeron	Busted
MultiClownPoker	Busted

09-24-2023 21:11 UTC-4

Some Updated Chip Counts

Ryan Lashmar

Level 15 : Blinds 1,750/3,500, 425 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
pepstargar	267,132 152,098	152,098
OtB_RedHeron	257,633 53,721	53,721
MarkySharky3	249,635 87,591	87,591
CoonG23	232,246 -7,785	-7,785
MakeTheHop	217,347 165,553	165,553
Isilsuk	198,151 149,883	149,883
Deansk1138	182,205 138,151	138,151
hagz2richez	142,541 47,688	47,688
ryanbudzek	142,123 74,300	74,300
jay83434	131,630 -113,648	-113,648
MultiClownPoker	128,962 39,333	39,333
David Kaye	107,875 75,188	75,188

terry1113	107,867 18,031	18,031
SlimmShadis	98,410 3,650	3,650
Paladin4818	97,362 -24,153	-24,153
thewholefunk	95,909 -112,040	-112,040
DangerFloof	80,780 -29,220	-29,220
Po$ter Nutbag	75,480 -23,962	-23,962
mariopartypoker	60,253 36,695	36,695
V1ct0ro	35,050 -39,547	-39,547
jimb580!	Busted
Rogggggy	Busted
HonestlyTheBest	Busted
Sanjay1412	Busted
wassem28	Busted

09-24-2023 20:46 UTC-4

"rimmer27" Holds with Big Slick

Ryan Lashmar

Level 13 : Blinds 1,250/2,500, 325 ante

"Ecurt107" moved all in from the button for 44,986 and "aardvark555" called from the small blind. "rimmer27" moved all in for 52,700 from the big blind and "aardvark555" called, covering both players.

"Ecurt107": A♠9♦
"rimmer27": A♥K♣
"aardvark555": A♣J♦

"rimmer27" was in great shape with the best ace and remained ahead on the 2♦6♦6♣3♥4♣ runout to secure the triple up while eliminating "Ecurt107" and severely reducing the stack of "aardvark555".

Player	Chips	Progress
rimmer27	152,986 152,986	152,986
aardvark555	10,784 -22,276	-22,276
Ecurt107	Busted