Sunday Special Championship ($150,000 GTD)
Day 1 Completed
2023 United States Championship of Online Poker (USCOOP)
Sunday Special Championship ($150,000 GTD)
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1
2023 United States Championship of Online Poker (USCOOP)
Buy-in
$200
Prize Pool
$179,490
Entries
965
Level
42
Blinds
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
75,000
Entries
965
Players Left
1
Level 42
: Blinds 300,000/600,000, 75,000 ante
After just over nine hours of play, PokerStars Team Pro David “DavidKayePoker” Kaye has been crowned the winner of Event #47: $200 Sunday Special Championship ($150,000 GTD), topping a field of 965 entrants that generated a prize pool of $179,490 to take home $29,343 for the win.
Kaye found himself as one of the shorter stacks in the early stages of the final table, but he did manage to score several knockouts in the later stages of the final table to chip up and put himself in a position to win the tournament.
Event #47: $200 Sunday Special Championship $150,000 GTD Final Table Results
| Rank | Player | Prize |
| 1 | David "DavidKayePoker" Kaye | $29,343 |
| 2 | "neverhaveit22" | $20,916 |
| 3 | "DOZER519" | $14,910 |
| 4 | "ProfessorNAPE" | $10,628 |
| 5 | "FunkyJesus" | $7,576 |
| 6 | "PLAYIN_4_STAXX" | $5,400 |
| 7 | "TTV JThrizz" | $3,849 |
| 8 | "MakeTheHop" | $2,744 |
| 9 | "PIES1212" | $1,956 |
Final Table Action
"PIES1212" was the first casualty of the final table when his pocket jacks ran into the pocket-aces of "neverhaveit22". He was followed out the door by "MakeTheHop" who lost a flip with ace-king against the pocket jacks of "TTV_JThrizz".
Kaye, who not long before the final table had doubled up with quads in a sick cooler, managed to double up again through "TTV_JThrizz" during the final seven with ace-king against the latter's ace-ten. Not long afterwards, "TTv_JThrizz" would bow out in seventh after running ace-jack into the ace-queen of "DOZER519".
"PLAYIN_4_STAXX" was next to be eliminated when "neverhaveit22" hit running diamonds to make a flush to best the former's top pair. Not long afterwards "FunkyJesus" would find a double up before promptly running into Kaye's pocket-aces to bow out in fifth.
"ProfessorNAPE" came into the final table with the biggest stack but lost several key pots to Kaye before ultimately moving all in with king-nine only to lose to Kaye's jack-nine when a jack came in on the river, resulting in a fourth place finish.
Kaye held a firm lead during three-handed play while his two opponents shifted between second and third place several times. In the end "DOZER519" ran ace-two suited into the ace-eight suited of "neverhaveit22" and failed to improve, resulting in a third place finish to mark the beginning of heads-up play.
Heads-up play was a brief affair with Kaye soon getting it all in with ace-ten preflop against the jack-ten of "neverhaveit22". The final hand saw the lead change multiple times as the board ran out, with "neverhaveit22" picking up top pair on the flop only for Kaye to hit running cards to make a straight, ending the tournament in definitive fashion.
Other USCOOP winners today include the winner of both Event #51: $50 Bounty Builder Adrenaline, 6-Max ($2,087) and Event #49: $1000 PKO High Roller Championship ($11,664) "Stonniepokes", Event $50: $100 PLO 5-Max winner "Kingston511" ($2,970), Event #48: $30 Mini Sunday Special winner "phillychzsteak" ($5,969), Event #46: $10 Sunday Starter winner "RandyLahey SV" ($1,297) and Event #45: $50 Marathon winner "Rogggggy" ($3,907).
Plenty of events remain in the United States Championship of Online Poker. Stay tuned to PokerNews for all the updates from every major Sunday event for the rest of 2023 USCOOP on PokerStars.
Level 42
: Blinds 300,000/600,000, 75,000 ante
David "DavidKayePoker" Kaye opened to 1,200,000 from the button and "neverhaveit22" moved all in for 12,274,603. Kaye made the call with a covering stack.
"neverhaveit22": J♥10♦
David "DavidKayePoker" Kaye: A♦10♠
"neverhaveit22" was ahead on the J♦8♥9♦ flop with top pair while both players held the same open-ended straight draw. The K♠ turn gave Kaye a few more outs in the form of a gutshot straight draw to the nuts, which came through on the Q♣ river, securing the elimination of "neverhaveit22" and the USCOOP championship victory.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
48,250,000
18,603,353
|
18,603,353 |
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Busted | |
Level: 42
Blinds: 300,000/600,000
Ante: 75,000
Level 41
: Blinds 250,000/500,000, 62,500 ante
"DOZER519" moved all in from the button and was called by "neverhaveit22" in the big blind who had a covering stack.
"DOZER519": A♥2♥
"neverhaveit22": A♣8♣
The board ran out 7♦K♣K♦8♥6♣. "neverhaveit22" held with a bigger ace and "DOZER519" was eliminated, marking the beginning of heads-up play.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
29,646,647
-4,825,657
|
-4,825,657 |
|
|
||
|
|
18,603,353
9,651,314
|
9,651,314 |
|
|
Busted | |
Level 41
: Blinds 250,000/500,000, 62,500 ante
Action folded around to "ProfessorNAPE" who moved all in for 2,043,534 from the small blind. David "DavidKayePoker" Kaye called from the big blind with a covering stack.
"ProfessorNAPE": K♦9♠
David "DavidKayePoker" Kaye: J♦9♥
The board ran out Q♠A♥3♥6♣J♣. Kaye's rivered pair of jacks were good for the winner resulting in "ProfessorNAPE" being sent to the rail in fourth place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
34,472,304
20,405,869
|
20,405,869 |
|
|
||
|
|
8,952,039
-12,232,477
|
-12,232,477 |
|
|
4,825,657
-1,550,000
|
-1,550,000 |
|
|
Busted | |
Level: 41
Blinds: 250,000/500,000
Ante: 62,500
Level 40
: Blinds 200,000/400,000, 50,000 ante
"FunkyJesus" moved all in for 3,959,300 from under the gun and David "DavidKayePoker" Kaye called on the button with a covering stack.
"FunkyJesus": K♦10♦
David "DavidKayePoker" Kaye: A♥A♠
Kaye flopped a set on the A♦2♣Q♥ flop and filled up on the Q♣ turn, leaving "FunkyJesus" drawing dead to the 7♦ river. Kaye scooped a pivotal pot while "FunkyJesus" was eliminated in 5th Place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
14,066,435
8,620,640
|
8,620,640 |
|
|
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|
|
Busted | |
Level 40
: Blinds 200,000/400,000, 50,000 ante
Action folded around to "DOZER519" who moved all in from the small blind, covering "FunkyJesus" who called with a stack of 2,479,650.
"FunkyJesus": K♠6♥
DOZER519: 6♣5♣
The board ran out J♥9♣9♦10♠A♥ and king-high was good for a full double up for "FunkyJesus".
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
6,375,657
-2,098,400
|
-2,098,400 |
|
|
5,209,300
2,362,510
|
2,362,510 |
Level: 40
Blinds: 200,000/400,000
Ante: 50,000