PokerStars increases PACOOP guarantees again
Just 24 hours after adding $125,000 in guaranteed prize money to the Pennsylvania Championship of Online Poker, PokerStars PA added another $100,000 to the prize pool guarantees

Just a day after increasing prize pool guarantees for the ongoing Pennsylvania Championship of Online Poker by $125,000, PokerStars PA went ahead and added even more guaranteed money to the series.

Twenty-one events saw a bump in the prize pool guarantee. Some of those events had already undergone a guarantee increase, while others were seeing a boost for the first time. All told, an additional $100,000 was added across the events, bringing the total guarantees on the first-ever PACOOP to $1.225 million.

The $300 buy-in PokerStars PACOOP Main Event did not see a second prize pool guarantee bump, although the guarantee was raised from $100,000 to $125,000 on the first round of enhancements. But, five other events on the day the PACOOP Main Event kicks off, December 15, saw their prize pool guarantees grow.

Event #43 ($100 NL Hold’em Big Antes) went from $15,000 to $20,000, Event #45 ($50 NLHE – Main Event Structure) went from $25,000 to $35,000, Event #46 ($100 NLHE Progressive KO) went from $20,000 to $25,000, and Event #47 ($100 Six Max PLO) and Event #48 ($75 Sunday SuperSonic SE) both went from $10,000 to $12,000 on this latest round of increases.

The largest increases on this latest round came in the form of three $10,000 bumps.

Online poker players in Pennsylvania can start taking advantage of these new guarantees beginning on Wednesday, December 4, with Event #16 ($150 NL Hold’em). The guaranteed prize pool for that tournament was bumped by $3,000, going from $12,000 to $15,000. Event #17 ($200 Thursday Thrill SE) went from $30,000 to $40,000 after originally going from $25,000 to $30,000. Event #22 ($100 Deepstack Eight Max NLHE) was pushed up to $30,000 from $20,000 after it was originally scheduled with a $12,000 guarantee. Event #45 ($50 NLHE Hold’em – Main Event Structure) first had a guarantee of $20,000 and it was bumped to $25,000 on Tuesday and now to $35,000.

Below are the events that saw their prize pool guarantee increased with Wednesday’s announcement.

Event # Date Buy-in Tournament Previous New Difference
16 December 4 $150 NL Hold’em $12,000 $15,000 +$3,000
17 December 5 $200 NL Hold’em [Thursday Thrill SE] $30,000 $40,000 +$10,000
18 December 5 $50 NL Hold’em $15,000 $20,000 +$5,000
22 December 7 $100 NL Hold’em [Deepstack, 8-Max] $20,000 $30,000 +$10,000
24 December 8 $100 NL Hold’em [Marathon] $25,000 $30,000 +$5,000
25 December 8 $100 PL Omaha [8-Max] $10,000 $12,000 +$2,000
26 December 8 $150 NL Hold’em [6-Max, Big Antes] $25,000 $30,000 +$5,000
31 December 9 $500 PL Omaha [High-Roller, 6-max] $20,000 $25,000 +$5,000
33 December 10 $100 No Limit Omaha Hi/Lo [8-Max] $8,000 $10,000 +$2,000
34 December 11 $30 NL Hold’em [6-Max] $10,000 $15,000 +$5,000
35 December 11 $200 NL Hold’em $20,000 $25,000 +$5,000
36 December 11 $100 Stud Hi/Lo $8,000 $10,000 +$2,000
37 December 12 $250 NL Hold’em [Thursday Thrill SE] $30,000 $35,000 +$5,000
39 December 13 $200 FL Hold’em [6-Max] $10,000 $12,000 +$2,000
40 December 13 $200 NL Hold’em [Deep, Hyper-Turbo] $10,000 $15,000 +$5,000
43 December 15 $100 NL Hold’em [Big Antes] $15,000 $20,000 +$5,000
45 December 15 $50 NL Hold’em [Main Event Structure] $25,000 $35,000 +$10,000
46 December 15 $100 NL Hold’em [Progressive KO] $20,000 $25,000 +$5,000
47 December 16 $100 PL Omaha [6-Max] $10,000 $12,000 +$2,000
48 December 16 $75 NL Hold’em [Sunday SuperSonic SE, Hyper-Turbo] $10,000 $12,000 +$2,000
50 December 16 $100 NL Hold’em [Deep, Hyper-Turbo, 6-Max] $10,000 $15,000 +$5,000

Entering Wednesday, December 4, 13 events on the 2019 PokerStars PACOOP schedule had been completed. Of those 13, 12 had very easily surpassed the guaranteed prize pool amount. The only event to fall short of the guarantee was Tuesday’s Event #13 ($150 Escalating Antes NLHE). That event had a $20,000 guarantee and needed 146 entries to get there. It ultimately fell 14 entries short, so while it missed the guarantee, it wasn’t a massive way off.

Below is a look at how the PACOOP events have performed to date.

Event # Date Buy-in Tournament Guarantee Prize Pool
1 November 30 $100 Nightly Stars PACOOP Warm-Up $20,000 $50,122.80
2 November 30 $200 NLHE Turbo PACOOP Warm-Up $15,000 $21,390
3 December 1 $100 Eight Max Deepstack NLHE $15,000 $34,608.60
4 December 1 $100 Big Antes NLHE $15,000 $18,543.60
5 December 1 $150 NLHE Progressive KO $25,000 $38,142.90
6 December 1 $200 Sunday Special SE $50,000 $63,426
7 December 1 $100 Six Max PLO $10,000 $16,707.60
8 December 1 $50 Sunday SuperSonic SE $10,000 $13,650
9 December 2 $50 NL Battle Royale SE $10,000 $30,803
10 December 2 $75 PLO Hi-Lo Eight Max $10,000 $15,492
11 December 3 $250 Super Tuesday SE $40,000 $47,532
12 December 3 $30 Mini Super Tuesday $15,000 $22,495
13 December 3 $150 Escalating Antes NLHE $20,000 $20,000