PokerNews Cup SC Freeroll Finale
Day 1 Completed
2024 Global Poker X PokerNews Cup Sweeps Coins
PokerNews Cup SC Freeroll Finale
Day: 1
After four and a half hours of poker on the Global Poker online site, 42 players fell to “MrGoldenPair” in the PokerNews Cup SC Freeroll Finale.
After staying patient, taking the right spots and finding a little help from the deck, “MrGoldenPair” emerged victorious to claim the trophy and a payday of 30,000 Sweeps Coins. After controlling most of the final table, “Pubone258” fell short in second place for an admirable 20,000 Sweeps Coins score.
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Prize (SC) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "MrGoldenPair" | 30,000 |
| 2 | "Pubone258" | 20,000 |
| 3 | "Seat1" | 15,000 |
| 4 | "UPayformydogs" | 10,000 |
| 5 | "Guruness" | 7,500 |
| 6 | "Soupernick" | 5,500 |
| 7 | "Laphroig" | 4,500 |
| 8 | "YouWishLoser" | 4,000 |
| 9 | "Boney101" | 3,500 |
The freeroll began with 43 players taking their seats to battle in the virtual streets for the afternoon. Making the money was going to be a tough task as only the final nine would go home with a piece of the 100,000 (SC) prizepool.
Luckily for “Boney101” they were able to squeak into the money holding just two big blinds but eventually their day came to an end after losing to the Ace-high chopped pot of “Seat1” and “Guruness”.
“Pubone258” Cannot Lose
For most of the final table, “Pubone258” look poised to take down the tournament after flopping top-two pair vs. “YouWishLoser” and sending them home in eighth place. “Pubone258” then got lucky when they flopped an Ace to crack “Soupernick” and their pocket Queens,eliminating them in sixth place. The heater did not end there for “Pubone258” after they stacked “Guruness” in an all-in preflop situation. “Pubone258” flopped a two-outer to scoop the pot and “Guruness”.
“MrGoldenPair” Strikes Gold
“MrGoldenPair” began to build momentum after turning an Ace to eliminate “UPayformydogs” in fourth place. They catapulted up to second in chips with 134,680 and allowed “Pubone258” to score the knockouts for them. “Pubone258” had their heater come to an end in heads up play after moving all in preflop with just Queen-high.
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"MrGoldenPair" has topped the field of 43 entrants to take home 30,000 SC after four and a half hours of online poker.
"MrGoldenPair" defeated "Pubone258" after a back-and-forth heads-up where "MrGoldenPair" held on with Pocket Jacks to take the crown.
A full recap of the tournament will be posted shortly.
Level 23: 4,000/8,000/800
"Pubone258" raised to 16,000 from the small blind. "MrGoldenPair" three-bet to 58,000 from the big blind before "Pubone258" moved all in for 188,600. "MrGoldenPair" called.
"Pubone258": Q♦8♦ 
"MrGoldenPair": J♥J♠
Needing to fade a Queen to take the top prize, "MrGoldenPair" did on A♣10♠9♦K♣5♣ earning the title, and 30,000 SC.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
430,000
297,420
|
297,420 |
|
|
Busted |
Level 21: 2,500/5,000/500
"Seat1" moved all in from the small blind for 29,200. "Pubone258" made the call in the big blind.
"Seat1": A♥8♥
"Pubone258": K♣2♦
The board came down 7♣6♥A♠2♠2♥ and "Pubone258" went runner-runner to stack his opponent and chip up to nearly 240,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
236,800
-87,000
|
-87,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Level 21: 2,500/5,000/500
Action folded around to "MrGoldenPair" who opened to 10,000 on the button. "UPayformydogs" moved all in for 34,888 and "MrGoldenPair" called.
"UPayformydogs": 10♠10♣
"MrGoldenPair": A♦5♦
Needing to dodge an Ace, the board ran out 9♣9♠J♠A♣4♣ and "MrGoldenPair" got there on the turn to eliminate his opponent.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
132,580
76,705
|
76,705 |
|
|
Busted |
Level 20: 2,000/4,000/400
"Pubone258" opened the action with a raise to 8,000 from middle position. "Guruness" moved all in for 31,600 from the cutoff and "Pubone258" made the call.
"Guruness" A♣A♥
"Pubone258" J♠J♣
The board ran out J♠7♥10♦4♣4♠ and Aces went down in flames. "Pubone258" found a two-outer on the flop to send "Guruness" packing.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
323,800
157,424
|
157,424 |
|
|
Busted |
Level 19: 1,750/3,500/350
"Upayformydogs" opened the action with a raise to 8,000 from middle position. "Pubone258" defended from the big blind.
"Upayformydogs" continued for 6,500 on Q♥J♠4♦ and "Pubone258" made the call.
The turn 9♦ rolled off and "Upayformydogs" sized-up to 11,000. "Pubone258" called once again.
"Upayformydogs" fired 19,500 on the Q♠ river but "Pubone258" folded after sticking around for two streets. "Upayformydogs" chipped up to nearly 100,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
166,376
-39,424
|
-39,424 |
|
|
92,800
17,552
|
17,552 |
Level 19: 1,750/3,500/350
"Pubone258" opened the action with a raise to 9,000 from under the gun. Players folded one by one before "Soupernick" moved all in from the big blind for 33,800. "Pubone258" made the call.
"Soupernick": Q♦Q♠
"Pubone258": A♥2♥
Needing to fade an Ace, "Soupernick" was unable to do so after the board ran out 9♥K♣A♣4♦8♣ and they were eliminated in unlucky fashion after an impressive tournament run.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
205,800
86,472
|
86,472 |
|
|
Busted |
Level 18: 1,500/3,000/300
Action folded around to "Laphroig" who moved all in for 13,000 from the cutoff. "UPayformydogs" made the call in the big blind and the opponents were flipping.
"Laphroig": 6♠6♦
"UPayformydawgs": J♥8♥
No sweat on this one after 2♥3♥Q♥J♦Q♠ hit the virtual felt and a flopped flush for "UPayformydogs" was good enough to eliminate "Laphroig" and chip up
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
75,248
8,358
|
8,358 |
|
|
Busted |