2021 Michigan Championship of Online Poker (MICOOP)

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In Level 10 with blinds of 500/1,000 and an ante of 125, "CabanaDan" opened the action with a raise to 2,300 in early position. Six folds ensued and then "SayWhen13" three-bet jammed for 11,705 from the big blind. "CabanaDan1" called.

"SayWhen13":
"CabanaDan1":

Five blanks came on the runout and "CabanaDan" won the pot with their king kicker, eliminating "SayWhen13" from the tournament for the time being.

Player	Chips	Progress
CabanaDan1	51,534 51,534	51,534
SayWhen13	Busted

In Level 9 with blinds of 400/800 and an ante of 100, "vsufaj" opened to 2,400 on the button and "CashoutCurt87" defended their big blind. The flop came and "CashoutCurt87" checked. "vsufaj" made a continuation-bet of 3,000 and "CashoutCurt87" check-jammed for 11,647. "vsufaj" called.

"CashoutCurt87":
"vsufaj":

"CashoutCurt87" found themselves with 10 outs in the deck to double, a number that became 14 on the turn . Everything bricked on the river and "CashoutCurt87" was eliminated from the tournament, opting not to immediately rebuy. That could change, however, with a little over an hour left still to register.

Player	Chips	Progress
vsufaj	52,503 52,503	52,503
CashoutCurt87	Busted

Play has moved into Level 8 with blinds of 350/700 and an ante of 90, and the tournament has reached the midway point of the late registration period, set to close at 10:40 p.m. ET.

The field is closing in on 200, with 194 entries now having been logged and 138 players still remaining. Here's an updated look at the top of the leader board.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gamestop2012	96,006 48,078	48,078
autokorekt	94,186 94,186	94,186
DABAYBAY	91,787 43,377	43,377
OJ Limpsinnnn	90,231 90,231	90,231
eyewantoowin	88,188 -3,052	-3,052
gabpoker_cc	87,360 87,360	87,360
LambForeshanks	84,805 84,805	84,805
simonjsays	76,542 76,542	76,542
Magyc12	72,708 32,310	32,310
CowboyVeezy	71,227 33,765	33,765
StatPadford	68,149 68,149	68,149
Zeke232323	66,026 66,026	66,026
PLAYIN_4_STAXX	65,079 18,775	18,775
TrappermanBlaz3	62,550 62,550	62,550
GoGreen35	60,900 60,900	60,900

Players are returning from their first five-minute break with play in Level 6 (250/500/60) and the number of recorded entries has risen to 178, meaning the $30,000 guaranteed prize pool has already been surpassed by 10% with over an hour-and-a-half still remaining in the late registration period.

Of those 178 entries, 140 players currently have chips with which to play.

In Level 6 with blinds of 250/500 and an ante of 60, "BeefySupreme" was down to their last 10,124 and open-jammed from middle position. "smileybpoker" called in the cutoff and all remaining players folded.

"BeefySupreme":
"smileybpoker":

"BeefySupreme" was ahead but not for long as the flop gave "smileybpoker" a pair of nines. The turn changed nothing and the river further improved "smileybpoker" to a king-high straight, eliminating "BeefySupreme" from the tournament, though only for a moment as they immediately re-entered and received a fresh stack of 25,000 on a new table.

Player	Chips	Progress
smileybpoker	35,493
BeefySupreme	25,000

In Level 5 with blinds of 200/400 and an ante of 50, "ToIkien_Fan" limped in from early position and called a raise to 1,200 from "Outofyourrange", who was on the button.

Action went heads up to the flop and "ToIkien_Fan" check-called 1,600, bringing the turn . "ToIkien_Fan" check-called another 3,325, leaving themselves with 6,740 behind, and check-called 6,650 of it on the river .

After firing on all three streets, "Outofyourrange" showed for top two pair, but it wound up second best to the of "ToIkien_Fan", who turned Broadway and effectively doubled to get above starting stack after losing half of their chips before the hand had begun.

Player	Chips	Progress
ToIkien_Fan	26,690
Outofyourrange	21,242

In Level 4 with blinds of 150/300 and an ante of 40, action folded aorund to "eyewantoowin" in the cutoff and they opened to 600. "CovidKiller1024" called on the button and "keepgoing2121" defended their big blind.

The three players saw a flop of and "keepgoing2121" checked to "eyewantoowin", who continuation-bet 1,513. "CovidKiller1024" called and "keepgoing2121" folded.

Action was then heads up to the turn , where "eyewantoowin" fired a second barrel of 3,531. "CovidKiller1024" called again and the river came . "eyewantoowin" emptied the clip, firing a third shell for 6,179 and receiving a final call to take the hand to showdown.

"eyewantoowin" showed for jacks up with a king kicker, and it proved to be best as "CovidKiller1024" mucked to result in the pot of nearly 25,000 being shipped to "eyewantoowin", who has chipped up to over 90,000 in the first 40 minutes of the night.

Player	Chips	Progress
eyewantoowin	91,240
keepgoing2121	23,575
CovidKiller1024	8,402