2021 Michigan Championship of Online Poker (MICOOP)

Event #31: $250 NLHE [Sunday Special SE], $100K Gtd
Day: 1
Event Info

2021 Michigan Championship of Online Poker (MICOOP)

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
88
Prize
$19,161
Event Info
Buy-in
$250
Prize Pool
$107,413
Entries
461
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
461
Players Left
1

Long Fades Diamonds and Doubles Through "DoubleDab22"

In Level 23 with blinds at 10,000/20,000/2,500, "DoubleDab22" raised to 62,200 from middle position and then called Mike "PeppSee" Long's 515,156 three-bet jam from the cutoff.

"DoubleDab22": {a-Diamonds}{k-Diamonds}
Mike "PeppSee" Long: {k-Clubs}{k-Hearts}

Long was ahead but the {4-Diamonds}{8-Spades}{2-Diamonds} flop gave him a sweat as it gave "DoubleDab22" the nut flush draw.

Both the turn and river were red cards but the {q-Hearts}{3-Hearts} completed the board securing the double-up for Long.

Player Chips Progress
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Mike "PeppSee" Long
1,080,312
792,227
792,227
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DoubleDab22
270,726
-405,398
-405,398

Tags: Mike Long

Eric "Eze0302" Rayner Off to Hot Start in Inaugural MICOOP Series

Eric "Eze0302" Rayner
Eric "Eze0302" Rayner

One player off to a hot start in the 2021 MICOOP is 40-year-old Eric "Eze0302" Rayner III, who grew up in Brighton, went to Eastern Michigan, and currently resides in Plymouth with his wife Karina, son Éric IV, and a foster son his family is working to adopt. When not playing poker, Rayner helps run a small brokerage called Midtown Home Mortgage.

"I got invited to a home game that was a $1/$2 limit game on Tuesdays and a $1/$2 mixed game on Sundays. That’s where I learned Omaha 8, my favorite game," Rayner said when asked how he learned the game."I play more mixed games than anything but I play all of them. When going to Vegas, I stay at The Orleans for their mixed games and O8

Prior to the pandemic, Rayner would often play live at Doc's Sports Bar and Greek Town while also dabbling online. That includes now playing on PokerStars, usually $0.50/$1.00 NLH but also taking a seat anytime Omaha 8 has a table running.

Rayner got off to a hot start in the MICOOP finished 10th in a field of 883 entries in Event #1: $100 NLHE Kick Off, Nightly Star SE Event, good for $755. He also placed 34th in Event #3: $50 NLHE 8-Max for $175, and fourth in Event #13: $50 PLO8 8-Max for $975. Not too shabby as he had only played six tournaments up to that point in the series.

In addition, he's already won a satellite into Event #55: $300 NLHE [Main Event], $125K Gtd on March 7-8. Until then, he'll continue to grind when not at his day job or spending time with his family.

"I'll play the limit and mixed game events for sure," he said. "But [loan] rates have dropped so I've been writing loans the last few days."

Tags: Eric Rayner

Eliminated 45th - 63rd Place ($523.67)

Player Chips Progress
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tsaroffish4
Busted
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donkeyrob007
Busted
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Wintroymi
Busted
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HoosierDaddyBro
Busted
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bertg1jd
Busted
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NooWayyy
Busted
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zscoro
Busted
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flopping air
Busted
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FABFIVEUM
Busted
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Steadycash616
Busted
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0AndrewNeeme0
Busted
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pinkponiesss
Busted
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Eye8YourChips
Busted
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C0LD_W0RLD
Busted
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Brent "WellWaterWendel" Burrows
Busted
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bsm529
Busted
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rae0924
Busted
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fishmonger20
Busted
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BitCoin871
Busted

"wicked_smaaart" Trips Up "raykbr1253" On Money Bubble

In Level 22 with blinds at 8,000/16,000/2,000, action folded around to "raykbr1253" who moved all in for their last 6,836 and "wicked_smaaart" looked them up from the big blind.

"raykbr1253": {k-Clubs}{q-Hearts}
"wicked_smaaart": {9-Spades}{5-Clubs}

"raykbr1253" held the better hand but fell behind after the {9-Diamonds}{k-Diamonds}{9-Hearts} flop gave "wicked_smaaart" trip nines.

The {2-Hearts} turn was no help to "raykbr1253" as they needed to spike a king on the river to stay alive.

Unfortunately for "raykbr1253", the {6-Spades} completed the board and ended their tournament on the money bubble.

Player Chips Progress
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wicked_smaaart
1,238,521
33,835
33,835
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raykbr1253
Busted

Level 21 Top Stacks

Player Chips Progress
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A3PGOAT
1,757,852
1,076,391
1,076,391
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Mirana99
1,327,066
465,143
465,143
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sexycaitlyn
1,223,612
956,613
956,613
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wicked_smaaart
1,204,686
670,346
670,346
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GrndChalengChmp
804,101
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DoubleDab22
676,124
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PowerRanges
643,962
206,815
206,815
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VolcanoBurst
585,479
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BeefySupreme
526,701
-34,920
-34,920
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eyewantoowin
492,351
62,053
62,053
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aqsuitedd
435,929
-87,742
-87,742
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Declan Scott
376,619
-111,801
-111,801

Businessman Matthew "Luna_Nova21" Davis Battling in MICOOP

Matthew Davis
Matthew Davis

Matthew "Luna_Nova21" Davis is a 31-year-old former director of mortgage banking for Quicken Loans and now an owner of his own Allstate Insurance Agency. Davis, who is single with no kids, resides in Washington, Michigan not far from Detroit.

"I started playing poker when I was 15 with friends from school," he said when asked how he learned the game. "There was about four of us who would play $5 sit n gos. I play mostly Texas hold ‘em, but I mix in PLO, 7-Card Stud, and five-card PLO from time to time. I play mainly tournaments but I do want to start playing more cash. I do really well in cash games but I love to hunt for titles."

He continued: "I used to play online before Black Friday. I’ve been playing on another site for the last few years but now play on PokerStars. I’ve mostly played tournaments. I typically will play the mid to higher-stakes games online."

In the live realm, Davis has more than $160K in lifetime earnings according to The Hendon Mob. That includes a career-high $98,120 for finishing 76th out of an 8,569-player field in the 2019 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event. He also finished 24th in the 2015 WSOP Circuit Horseshoe Hammond $1,675 Main Event for $13,437, 28th in the same tournament in 2019 for $8,065, and 21st in the 2014 Heartland Poker Tour Mount Pleasant $1,650 Main Event for $4,933.

Only time will tell if Davis' live success will translate to the online felt here in the 2021 MICOOP.

Player Chips Progress
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Matthew "Luna_Nova21" Davis
Busted

Tags: Matthew Davis

"str0ngside313" Falls to "wicked_smaaart" as Play Inches Closer to the Money

In Level 19 with blinds at 5,000/10,000/1,250, "str0ngside313" raised to 24,000 from early psoition and then called off their 133,322 stack after "wicked_smaaart" three-bet jammed for 355,768 from the small blind.

"str0ngside313": {9-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}
"wicked_smaaart": {a-Spades}{j-Diamonds}

"str0ngside313" was ahead with their made hand until an ace appeared in the window on the {k-Spades}{6-Spades}{a-Clubs} flop.

The {7-Spades} was a bad card for "str0ngside313" as it took away one of their outs and the {4-Spades} river ended their tournament.

Player Chips Progress
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wicked_smaaart
534,340
-53,153
-53,153
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str0ngside313
Busted

Level 18 Chip Leaders

Only 73 players remain in Level 18 (4,000/8,000/1,000) and "Mirana99" sits atop the chip counts with 861,923.

Player Chips Progress
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Mirana99
861,923
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A3PGOAT
681,461
194,282
194,282
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wicked_smaaart
587,493
274,292
274,292
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BeefySupreme
561,621
281,371
281,371
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aqsuitedd
523,671
7,875
7,875
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Declan Scott
488,420
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Upay4mySushi
475,617
66,380
66,380
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Wintroymi
475,178
98,105
98,105
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PowerRanges
437,147
387,147
387,147
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zscoro
432,510
117,315
117,315
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eyewantoowin
430,298
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DavidKayePoker
413,704
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906POKER
325,620
-58,599
-58,599
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Peter "PLH729" Hotaling
309,105
-127,250
-127,250