PokerStars Increases PACOOP Guarantees After Big Opening Weekend
After two days and eight events that all easily surpassed the guarantees, PokerStars PA has upped the guarantees for the ongoing Pennsylvania Championship of Online Poker by $125,000.
The eight events on Saturday and Sunday beat their posted guarantee by an average of 66.77%. Things got off to a rousing start on Saturday when Event #1 ($100 Nightly Stars PACOOP Warm-Up) drew 546 runners to create a $50,122.80 prize pool on a $20,000 guarantee. The next day, Event #3 ($100 Eight Max Deepstack NLHE) drew 377 runners for a $34,608.60 prize pool on a $15,000 guarantee.
| 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 Pot Limit Omaha | $10,000 | $16,707.60 |
| 8 | December 1 | $50 | Sunday SuperSonic SE | $10,000 | $13,650 |
Nineteen of the 42 remaining events now have larger guarantees, including the Main Event, which got the biggest bump of all going from $100,000 to $125,000. The total guaranteed for PACOOP is now $1.125 million. Thanks to these increases, the Pennsylvania series is now bigger than the recently completed New Jersey Championship of Online Poker which had a $100,000 guaranteed Main Event and $1,000,000 guaranteed overall.
The first event with an increased guarantee is Event #14 on December 4 which went from $20,000 to $25,000.
Along with the $25,000 increase for the Main Event, two other events saw their guarantees increased by five figures. Event #24 ($100 Marathon NLHE) went from a $10,000 guarantee to a $25,000 guarantee and Event #32 ($200 Super Tuesday SE) had its guarantee bumped from $40,000 to $50,000.
| Event # | Date | Buy-in | Tournament | Previous | New | Difference |
| 14 | December 4 | $100 | DeepStack NLHE | $20,000 | $25,000 | +$5,000 |
| 17 | December 5 | $200 | Thursday Thrill SE | $25,000 | $30,000 | +$5,000 |
| 19 | December 5 | $100 | BigStack Turbo NLHE | $12,000 | $15,000 | +$3,000 |
| 21 | December 6 | $150 | Six Max NLHE Turbo | $12,000 | $15,000 | +$3,000 |
| 22 | December 7 | $100 | Eight Max Deepstack NLHE | $12,000 | $20,000 | +$8,000 |
| 23 | December 7 | $150 | Saturday Speedway SE | $12,000 | $15,000 | +$3,000 |
| 24 | December 8 | $100 | Marathon NL Hold’em | $10,000 | $25,000 | +$15,000 |
| 26 | December 8 | $150 | Big Antes Six Max NLHE | $20,000 | $25,000 | +$5,000 |
| 27 | December 8 | $300 | Sunday Special SE | $55,000 | $60,000 | +$5,000 |
| 28 | December 8 | $200 | No Limit Hold’em PKO | $30,000 | $35,000 | +$5,000 |
| 29 | December 8 | $100 | Sunday SuperSonic SE | $10,000 | $12,000 | +$2,000 |
| 32 | December 10 | $200 | Super Tuesday SE | $40,000 | $50,000 | +$10,000 |
| 38 | December 12 | $150 | Turbo NLHE | $15,000 | $20,000 | +$5,000 |
| 42 | December 14 | $75 | Zoom NLHE | $12,000 | $15,000 | +$3,000 |
| 43 | December 15 | $100 | Big Antes NLHE | $12,000 | $15,000 | +$3,000 |
| 44 | December 15 | $300 | Main Event | $100,000 | $125,000 | +$25,000 |
| 45 | December 15 | $50 | NLHE w/Main Event Structure | $20,000 | $25,000 | +$5,000 |
| 46 | December 15 | $100 | No Limit Hold’em PKO | $15,000 | $20,000 | +$5,000 |
| 49 | December 16 | $150 | Nightly Stars SE – PACOOP Wrap-Up | $20,000 | $25,000 | +$5,000 |
