PokerStars ONCOOP 2022

ONCOOP 2022 Daily Recaps
Day: 1

Shaban Wins Again; "neclord-doom" Survives Marathon Heads-Up Duel to Win Mixed Game Title

Arlie Shaban
Arlie Shaban

Team PokerStars Pro and Twitch streamer Arlie "Prince Pablo" Shaban earned his second PokerStars Ontario Championship of Online Poker (ONCOOP) title on Day 6, while "neclord-doom," who won the Razz title on Day 5, was back at a final table today seeking to establish their mixed game dominance.

Event 22-H: $300 NLHE [7-Max, Progressive KO, Thursday Thrill SE]

A total of 93 entries took to the virtual felt in Event 22-H: $300 NLHE [7-Max, Progressive KO, Thursday Thrill SE], creating a prize pool of $32,000.

Shaban was the massive chip leader at the start of the seven-handed final table, having 300,000 more than his closest challenger. "complx" sat out before blinding off to finish in seventh place. "yukeepplayin" would soon join the rail, shoving 172,751 from the button. Shaban called in the big blind with king-three and beat "yukeepplayin"'s ace-jack after hitting a three on the fop.

Shaban was running away with the tournament, but "dsquirrels" soon brought him closer to the pack. They picked off a bluff from two-time ONCOOP champion Timothy "TruthBeTold7" Rutherford with a pair of tens in a 377,000 chip pot to draw level with Shaban. "dsquirrels" then took the chip lead after Michael "WalmartCNXN" Farrow three-bet shoved for 355,977 from the big blind with ace-four. "dsquirrels" called with two aces and, despite Farrow flopping the nut flush draw, won the pot and took the chip lead as Farrow was eliminated in fifth.

"Legiit4" knocked Shaban down to third place on the leaderboard, shoving all in for 703,690 on the river after Shaban bet 150,000. Shaban gave up his hand to drop down below 1,000,000, but would climb back up shortly after when Rutherford moved all in for 438,978 on the river with a pair of fives and Shaban called with a pair of aces.

On the next hand, "Legiit4" bet 255,000 on the turn with the board showing ace-king-high. Shaban called as the river brought another king. Shaban this time led out for 420,000 and drew a fold from his opponent to approach 2,000,000. "Legiit4" then shoved from the small blind for 926,954 with king-jack and Shaban called on the button with ace-ten. Shaban held on to win the 1,900,000 chip pot, knocking out "Legiit4" in third and taking a 2,997,049 to 1,652,951 lead over "dsquirrels" into heads-up play.

Both players began heads-up more than 40 big blinds deep, but it would last just three hands. "dsquirrels" raised to 70,000, Shaban three-bet to 280,000, and "dsquirrels" moved all in for 1,665,951. Shaban called with ace-king and had the ace-ten of "dsquirrels" dominated. Shaban turned the nut flush and left "dsquirrels" drawing dead to win his second ONCOOP title.

Shaban's winning hand
Shaban's winning hand

Final Table results

RankPlayerEarningsBounties
1Arlie "Prince Pablo" Shaban$3,741.56$6,862.50
2"dsquirrels"$3,741.49$731.25
3"Legiit4"$2,401.79$562.50
4Timothy "TruthBeTold7" Rutherford$1,799.70$337.50
5Michael "WalmartCNXN" Farrow$1,348.54$487.50
6"yukeepplayin"$1,010.48$581.25
7"complx"$757.16$225

Event 21-H: $200 8-Game

Mixed game specialists got their turn to chase an ONCOOP title on Day 6 with Event 21-H: $200 8-Game. The event drew 48 entries as Giancarlo "thepokerlife" Santolin took the lead over the final six players.

"sumsmart66" was the first to exit the final table, getting their last 92,114 in the middle on the second draw in a pot of 2-7 Triple Draw. "neclord-doom" called and finished with an eight-seven, beating "sumsmart66"'s ten-eight.

"Desslock," down to just 22,315, moved all in during an Omaha Hi-Lo round and watched as "neclord-doom" and Santolin split the pot to send them to the virtual rail in fifth place. Santolin was then knocked down to just 68,598 after losing a three-way pot as "neclord-doom" scooped with a flush. The former chip leader was eliminated shortly afterward as all four players went to fifth street in a hand of Razz, with "Feath21" winning with six-five to cross 1,000,000.

"One ate svn" and "neclord-doom" clashed in a hand of Omaha that would set up a heads-up match. "neclord-doom" bet 15,000 on a king-high flop, "One ate svn" raised to 75,000, "neclord-doom" came back with a raise to 255,000, and "One ate svn" called all in for 68,777 with top pair. "neclord-doom" had two pair, nines and threes, and improved to nines and sixes by the river to win the pot. "One ate svn" had to settle for third place as "neclord-doom" took a commanding 1,971,145 to 428,885 lead into heads-up.

"Feath21" won a series of pots to narrow the gap before scooping a 800,000 chip Omaha Hi-Lo hand with a flush and six-low to take the chip lead. "Feath"21" then won a 576,000 pot in Razz with a nine-low to a ten-low as the Event 3 champion was now the one with a big chip lead.

"neclord-doom" climbed back in this back-and-forth heads-up battle after winning a 720,000 pot in Seven Card Stud, betting on sixth street with a pair of threes showing and getting "Feath21" to fold a pair of eights. Finally, after more than an hour of heads-up play, the two opponents clashed in a massive pot that would settle the tournament.

In No-Limit Hold'em, "Feath21" raised to 63,000, "neclord-doom" reraised to 176,556, and "Feath21" moved all in for 1,008,493. "neclord-doom" called with ace-king and was up against two nines. The flop brought two aces to give "neclord-doom" trips, and they hit a king on the river to finish with a full house and win their second ONCOOP title in the last two days.

Final hand
Final hand

Final Table results

RankPlayerEarnings
1"neclord-doom"$3,421.03
2"Feath21"$2,114.63
3"One ate svn"$1,307.13
4Giancarlo "thepokerlife" Santolin$807,98
5"Desslock"$499.44
6"sumsmart66"$430.58

Rutherford, Tardif Headline High Roller Final Table

Play in Event 20-H: $1,000 NLHE [8-Max, Progressive KO, Thursday Thrill - High Roller] came to an end on Day 6 with nine players remaining out of a starting field of 64. Only seven will make the money and earn a share of the $60,992 prize pool, with the champion earning $7,750.23.

Leading the way is "TeeWee55" with 1,530,309, nearly double the stack of Rutherford in second place. Rutherford will be chasing his third ONCOOP title when play resumes at 7:05 ET on Friday, while Patrick "Egption" Tardif will be looking for his first title as he comes back in sixth place.

Final Table chip counts

PlayerChip CountBig Blinds
"TeeWee55"1,530,309128
Timothy "TruthBeTold7" Rutherford868,53072
"Playmaker66"835,16870
"Jaypids"779,91565
"bean3008"615,09551
Patrick "Egption" Tardif553,08646
"youaremelon"525,38044
Jeffrey "Jefffrr8" Reardon521,53143
Luke "Bananazoo" Chiciak170,98614

Other Day 6 Winners

EventEntriesPrize PoolWinnerEarnings
21-L: $20 8-Game177$3,221.40"33redbull"$618.79
22-L: $50 NLHE [7-Max, Progressive KO, Mini Thursday Thrill SE]290$13,195"OK4Y"$969.26 ($1,732.55 bounties)

Tags: Arlie ShabanGiancarlo SantolinMichael FarrowTimothy Rutherford