2020 Pennsylvania Championship of Online Poker [PACOOP]

In Level 3 with blinds of 125/250, "NeolithicFarmer" opened to 625 under the gun and "hunterm708" made a pot-sized three-bet to 2,250 in the cutoff. Action folded back to "NeolithicFarmer" and they called to take action heads up to a fop of , where both players checked.

The turn was and "NeolithicFarmer" bet 3,305. "hunterm708" clicked it back, raising the minimum to 6,610 and "NeolithicFarmer" came over the top with enough to put "hunterm708" all in for their last 4,878, which they quickly called off.

"hunterm708":
"NeolithicFarmer":

The two players had flopped the nuts and second nuts. "NeolithicFarmer" was drawing dead as the river came and "hunterm708" doubled with their nut flush.

Player	Chips	Progress
hunterm708	27,851 2,851	2,851
NeolithicFarmer	11,124

Following the massive success of the first running of Pennsyl-MANIA in May, PokerStars PA opted to fire up another one last month, this time with an increased guarantee. They bumped the number from an already-record $250,000 to $350,000, and the guarantee was surpassed once more, though it wasn't without a mild sweat.

This time, 2,026 entries — 1,274 of them being unique players — created a prize pool of $376,836, enough to nudge past the number by just about 8%.

Just like last time, the big prize money incentivized a deal between the final few players. This time, it was four players who split up the big dough at the close of the final day on Monday:

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"Slotwinna777" took the biggest chunk but it was a fairly even split all around as everyone got at least $31K from the chop. It took three shells for "Slotwinna777," but they still wound up with a handsome profit.

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Pennsyl-MANIA II followed up Pennsyl-MANIA, which established a slew of state records, and PASCOOP Main Event as the three biggest prize pools created in the fledgling market.

It remains to be seen whether Pennsyl-MANIA will continue as a regularly reoccurring tournament, but there's likely to be more big tournaments ahead either way. The advent of the upcoming World Championship of Online Poker means a mirror tournament should be announced soon for PokerStars PA. Keep an eye out, and PokerNews will monitor for any updates on the blockbuster series.

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In level 2 with blinds of 100/200, "TurntUpTRPR" raised to 600 and was three-bet to 1,900 by "TheBigSlick74" in the big blind. "TurntUpTRPR" called and the flop came . "TheBigSlick74" checked and "TurntUpTRPR" made a pot-sized bet of 3,900. "TheBigSlick74" called.

The turn came and "TheBigSlick74" checked. "TurntUpTRPR" made another pot-sized bet, this time for 11,700, and "TheBigSlick74" thought for about 10 seconds before folding, resulting in "TurntUpTRPR" taking down the pot with their turn bet.

Player	Chips	Progress
TurntUpTRPR	32,324 32,324	32,324
TheBigSlick74	19,200 19,200	19,200

The field has grown to 20 halfway through the first level of play on the evening (80/160). Here's a look at the first 20 entrants to the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
89chief	25,000 25,000	25,000
KERMIT_the_FROG	25,000 25,000	25,000
TurntUpTRPR	25,000 25,000	25,000
soccerdad29	25,000 25,000	25,000
seh239239	25,000 25,000	25,000
RiverMeDaddy	25,000 25,000	25,000
Morning Waffles	25,000 25,000	25,000
MarcZumoff	25,000 25,000	25,000
Lachoy14	25,000 25,000	25,000
king12929	25,000 25,000	25,000
KennytheRipper	25,000 25,000	25,000
An0ldLady	25,000 25,000	25,000
JonCaron215	25,000 25,000	25,000
IsleOfEwe2	25,000 25,000	25,000
hunterm708	25,000 25,000	25,000
gophertwo	25,000 25,000	25,000
forthewin42	25,000 25,000	25,000
and_porter	25,000 25,000	25,000
AndrewYang2020	25,000 25,000	25,000
youngwizard69	25,000 25,000	25,000

Level 1 has begun with blinds of 80/160 and 13 players are registered across three short-handed tables. Registration will remain open for three hours, and the number of players in the field is expected to grow consistently over that time.