High Roller Championship ($150,000 GTD)
Day 1 Completed
2023 Pennsylvania Championship of Online Poker (PACOOP)
High Roller Championship ($150,000 GTD)
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Players Info - Day 1
2023 Pennsylvania Championship of Online Poker (PACOOP)
Buy-in
$2,500
Prize Pool
$150,000
Entries
70
Entries
70
Players Left
1
The Pennsylvania Championship of Online Poker (PACOOP) is coming to an end, but not before the biggest buy-in event of the series takes place. Event #83: $2,500 No Limit Hold’em High Roller Championship had plenty of action despite having a smaller field compared to other events in the series.
A total of 70 players competed for a prize pool of $166,250, with "despicable_you" emerging as the winner. They received both the trophy and the top prize of $44,873 after defeating Andrew "and_porter" Porter in heads-up play. "despicable_you" entered heads-up play with a massive chip lead and managed to secure the victory after just a few orbits.
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | despicable_you | $44,873 |
| 2 | Andrew "and_porter" Porter | $33,595 |
| 3 | Michael "fubadbeatbob" McNicholas | $25,152 |
| 4 | Rob570 | $18,830 |
| 5 | StrikeNaturally | $14,098 |
| 6 | vaysmoney | $10,555 |
| 7 | TryptophanMan | $7,902 |
| 8 | BDGEJLM | $5,916 |
| 9 | yaces_fool | $5,330 |
Final Table Action
The final table bubble was also the money bubble with only nine players making the money and securing a minimum cash of $5,330.
Almost immediately after the bubble burst it was “yaces_fool” who would be the first to fall in ninth place. This was followed up by "BDGEJLM" who would get coolered on their way to the rail when their ace-king fell to the flush of “Rob570” when all the chips got in pre-flop.
“despicable_you” then got their first knockout of the final table when they eliminated "TryptophanMan" with ace-queen defeating "TryptophanMan" pocket sixes. Next to hit the rail was “vaysmoney” in sixth place after their ace-ten could not improve against the pocket eights of Michael "fubadbeatbob" McNicholas. “StrikeNaturally” would hit the rail in fifth place after losing a standard flip to “Rob570”.
“Rob570” would then jam button with ace-three a few hands later and get called by the ace-nine of future champ “despicable_you”. “Rob570” could not improve and hit the rail in fourth. Michael "fubadbeatbob" McNicholas held the chip lead for a portion of the final table but ultimately fell in third place when his pocket duces lost to the flopped top pair of runner-up Andrew "and_porter" Porter.
This brought us to heads up play where “despicable_you” started with about an 8:1 chip lead. Although Porter was able to secure a double-up it would not be enough to take down the jaugernaut that was “despicable_you” on their way to the victory. Porter put up a good fight, but "despicable_you" ultimately won the trophy, the top prize of $44,873.
Several players emerged victorious in the USCOOP/PACOOP event today alongside "despicable_you". Among the winners were "PhuneeeMuneee", who won Event #80: $10 NLHE Marathon and took home $7,599, "WadeDavenport", who secured the title for Event #84: $200 NLHE Turbo Sunday Second Chance and earned $7,398.40, and "dmart1234", who emerged as the top player in Event #85: $100 NLHE Bounty Builder Adrenaline and won $5,750.95. The main event is still underway with players “bagging” chips and headed to Day 2 on October 3rd.
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"despicable_you" moved all in from the button and got a call from Andrew "and_porter" Porter who would go to a full board all in and at risk.
Andrew "and_porter" Porter: Q♥10♣
"despicable_you": A♠8♣
The full board ran out 3♠9♠J♠8♠2♦ and with the nut flush "despicable_you" sent Porter to the rail in second place.
Full recap coming soon.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
70,000,000
23,050,368
|
23,050,368 |
|
|
Busted |
Action folded to Michael "fubadbeatbob" McNicholas in the small blind who moved all in for his tournament life and got called by Andrew "and_porter" Porter in the big blind.
Michael "fubadbeatbob" McNicholas: 2♥2♦
Andrew "and_porter" Porter: K♣9♥
The full board ran out K♦10♣5♦Q♥10♦ and McNicholas hit the rail in third place after an impressive run.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
14,965,368
3,402,112
|
3,402,112 |
|
|
Busted |
Action folded to "Rob570" on the button who moved all in and got a call from "despicable_you" in the small blind.
The cards hit their backs with "Rob570" all in and at risk.
"Rob570": A♥3♦
"despicable_you": A♣9♦
The full board ran out 3♣A♠J♣6♣5♣ and "Rob570" hit the rail in fourth place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
46,949,632
20,675,350
|
20,675,350 |
|
|
Busted |
Michael "fubadbeatbob" McNicholas opened under the gun to 750,000 and it folded all the way to "despicable_you" in the big blind who called and they were off to a flop heads up.
The 7♣J♦6♠ flop quickly checked through to a 2♦ turn. "despicable_you" led out for 1,200,000 and got a call on their way to a 10♠ river.
"despicable_you" led out again for 3,800,000 and without much thought "fubadbeatbob" called. "despicable_you" tabled 6♦7♦ for a flopped two pair and "fubadbeatbob" mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
26,274,282
9,603,875
|
9,603,875 |
|
|
14,833,113
-19,502,596
|
-19,502,596 |
"Rob570" opened under the gun and it folded to "StrikeNaturally" in the big blind who moved in and got a call.
The cards hit their backs with "StrikeNaturally" all in and at risk.
"StrikeNaturally": A♥9♥
"Rob570": 8♥8♦
The full board ran out 6♣4♦10♥K♦7♣ and "Strike Naturally would hit the rail in 5th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
9,287,000
394,778
|
394,778 |
|
|
Busted |
Action folded to "fubadbeatbob" on the button who opened to 440,000. "vaysmoney" was in the small blind and three-bet to 2,400,000. It folded back to "fubadbeatbob" who moved in and "vaysmoney" called.
"vaysmoney": A♣10♣
"fubadbeatbob": 8♥8♠
The full board ran out Q♦7♦6♦J♥6♥ and "vaysmoney" hit the rail in 6th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
34,335,709
5,742,098
|
5,742,098 |
|
|
Busted |
"TryptophanMan" moved all in from early position before it folded to "despicable_you" in the big blind who called.
"TryptophanMan": 6♥6♦
"despicable_you": A♦Q♦
The full board ran out 10♦5♥A♠7♥K♣ and "TryptophanMan" hit the rail in seventh place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
16,670,407
2,773,884
|
2,773,884 |
|
|
Busted |
"Rob570" opened in early position before "BDGEJLM" moved all in for 1,532,416. It folded back around to "Rob570" who called and the cards hit their backs.
"BDGEJLM": A♦K♣
"Rob570": Q♣9♣
The full board ran out 2♥J♣6♣7♣10♥ and "BDGEJLM" would hit the rail in eighth place after "Rob570" hit a flush.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
8,892,222
-671,423
|
-671,423 |
|
|
Busted |