There were two versions of Event 7: NLHE [8-Max, ONCOOP Warm-Up] held on Day 2 of the PokerStars Ontario Championship of Online Poker (ONCOOP), one a $500 buy-in and the other featuring a $30 buy-in. They were two separate events, but had one remarkable thing in common: "7Phenom1991" battling for the title.

Event 7-H: $500 NLHE [8-Max, ONCOOP Warm-Up]

A total of 72 entries took to the virtual felt for the high buy-in version of Event 7, creating a prize pool of $33,984. The final table of eight was a reunion of sorts, as Event 2 champion Steve "BetrThanPhil" Tripp and "Feath21", who defeated Tripp to win Event 3, both navigated their way through the field.

There wouldn't be a second title for either of them, however, as they were the first two casualties. On his last hand, Tripp limped in pre-flop, then called all in for his last 296,828 when big blind "7Phenom1991" shoved. Tripp was ahead with ace-queen against king-three, but "7Phenom1991" rivered a king to end Tripp's tournament in eighth place.

A short time later, "Feath21" three-bet shoved for 116,036 with ace-ten but ran into "7Phenom1991"'s kings to finish in seventh. "7Phenom1991" continued their steamroll of the final table by eliminating the next two years, "allenshen" in sixth with ace-king to ace-seven, then hitting a straight with king-queen to send out "Sesh-Man" in fifth.

"FireFaux" went out in fourth after losing a race with jacks to king-queen, leaving "7Phenom1991" three-handed with Timothy "TruthBeTold7" Rutherford and Christopher "UncleAnte9" Lockhart. Rutherford doubled up after calling a four-bet shove from Lockhart and winning with two tens against pocket sixes. The two players then got into a post-flop raising war that ended with Lockhart all in for 425,478 with a straight draw and the nut flush draw against Rutherford's pair of fours. The turn and river bricked out and Lockhart was eliminated in third place.

"7Phenom1991" took the chip lead heads-up before Rutherford doubled up with ace-king to ace-six. On the final hand, "7Phenom1991" shoved 440,620 with king-eight and was called by Rutherford holding deuces. "7Phenom1991" didn't get any help on the board and had to settle for second place as Rutherford took the title and $10,559.69.

But that wasn't the only close call "7Phenom1991" would have on Day 2. At the same time as they were battling Rutherford and Lockhart, they made it to heads-up in the $30 buy-in version of Event 7 before again coming up short as "1P1O1K1E1R1" beat a field of 287 players for the title.

Final Table results

Gillingham Takes Down Event 6

Event 6-H: $200 NLHE [7-Max, Progressive KO] drew a total of 153 players, and it was Matthew "Sucra71" Gillingham who emerged with the title.

Gillingham eliminated "LacesOut8" in third place after "LacesOut8" limped from the small blind, Gillingham raised to 200,000, and "LacesOut8" shoved for 2,136,947. Gillingham called with ace-jack but was behind ace-king. He picked up a flush draw heading to the river, which came a jack to give him the 4,000,000 chip pot and the knockout.

Taking a massive 5,682,446 to 1,967,554 chip lead into heads-up against "The Cooker," who won a SCOOP title in 2012, Gillingham shoved all in with jack-three and "The Cooker" called with king-jack. A three on the flop gave Gillingham the lead, and while "The Cooker" picked up an open-ended straight draw on the turn, they couldn't hit on the river as Gillingham collected the title and $2,333.11 top prize, as well as $3,535.92 in bounties.

Final Table results

"Iri$hPoet" and "fuzztacular" Separate From the Pack as Event 8 Pauses on the Bubble

Play concluded in Event 8-H: $1,000 NLHE [8-Max, Sunday Special -High Roller] with 10 players remaining out of a starting field of 79.

Only the top nine will finish in the money and guarantee themselves $2,413.61, while the champion will earn $20.320.72. "Iri$hPoet" and "fuzztacular" are the only players above 1,000,000 in chips and have a clear lead over the rest of the field, which includes Event 6 champion Gillingham.

Action will resume at 7:05 ET and play down to a champion.

Final 10 chip counts

Event 9 on Final Table Bubble

Event 9-H: $200 PLO [6-Max] paused for the night with seven players remaining out of a starting field of 64. "sumsmart66" holds the chip lead, ahead of Event 2 runner-up "cchen16" and Event 6 runner-up "The Cooker."

They'll be chasing the bulk of the $16,000 prize pool when play resumes at 7:05 ET, with the champion earning $4,971.64.

Final 7 chip counts

Other Day 2 Winners

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