From February 20 through March 8, PokerStars and FOX Bet is hosting the inaugural Michigan Championship of Online Poker (MICOOP), which will be comprised of 60 tournaments ranging in buy-ins from $10-$500 and offer $1,000,000 in guaranteed prize pools.
What’s more, PokerNews will be offering live updates from eight of the premier events.
Things kicked off this past Saturday with the $100 buy-in, $30K GTD Event #1: Kick Off NLH, which will be reported here on PokerNews. The festival will conclude with a $300 buy-in, $125K GTD Main Event on March 7-8, which will also be reported.
Here’s a look at the remaining events PokerNews will live report over course of the series.
- Event #41: $250 PLO [6-Max, High Roller], $12.5K Gtd (March 03, 2021)
- Event #44: $250 NLHE [Progressive KO, Thursday Thrill SE], $35K Gtd (March 04, 2021)
- Event #55: $300 NLHE [Main Event], $125K Gtd (March 07-08, 2021)
“Coming off the launch of our real-money gaming brands in Michigan, it is clear that players want the world-class offerings that only PokerStars can bring,” said FOX Bet CEO Kip Levin. “As the sole online and mobile poker product in Michigan, our commitment and investment in PokerStars is vital as we aim to bring all aspects of a great customer experience to the poker community. We are excited for Michiganders to join our most popular series and crown our first big winner who will join in the prestigious footsteps of other Championship Of Online Poker (COOP) champions.”
Satellites for the MICOOP are running now for as little as $2. Additionally, players can win their way via freeroll routes.
- Main Event Depositor Freeroll: Deposit $30+ with code 'MICOOP' and get a ticket to a MICOOP Depositor Freeroll on March 7, where 35 Main Event seats will be up for grabs.
- Second Chance Freerolls: Play a MICOOP event and fail to make the cash, and receive a ticket to a second chance freeroll, running daily.
To enjoy MICOOP, players need to register for PokerStars HERE.
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came behind to leave them unimproved and bring about their elimination from the tournament.
gave them a glimmer of hope as they picked up an open-ended straight draw. Unfortunately for them, the river 
left them unfulfilled and they finished the tournament in 36th place as the official bubble finisher.
as "tsaroffish4" made Broadway to score the knockout and eliminate "HotAndTan" in 38th place. 
failed to connect against the 
left the possibility of backdoor clubs ending things for "PLAYIN_4_STAXX". Such a nightmare became reality as the turn 
and river 
appeared in quick succession, giving "spyder13138" the nuts and sending "PLAYIN_4_STAXX" to the rail in 44th place. A couple of eliminations after theirs now has the field down to 40, and just five more eliminations are needed to reach the money.
, but the turn 
left the king kicker of "Owens18853" in play and they earned the full double, leaving "Maximu$131" with just 327 that they would find themselves unable to spin back up, resulting in their elimination among a handful of recent bust outs that has brought the field down to 47.
left them with just two outs to fade, but the river 
was one of those two and resulted in "zscoro" improving to a set to eliminate "ntoxikated" shortly after break.