With Halloween approaching, this past weekend PokerStars PA offered its players a virtual bag of goodies with another running of its popular Pennsyl-MANIA tournament.
Last week a new sequel to the long-running Halloween series topped the box office charts. However this fifth iteration of Pennsyl-MANIA, though well attended, wasn’t quite as popular as earlier installments .
The two-day Pennsyl-MANIA completed Monday night. Though it attracted more than 1,100 total entries , there was still an overlay with PokerStars PA having to contribute money to the prize pool to meet the $350,000 guarantee . Tournament attracts 1,130 entries, still has $33,600 overlay
All told there were 1,130 total entries (677 entries, 453 re-entries) for the $300 buy-in no-limit hold’em tournament, with $280 of each buy-in going to the prize pool.
With that $350,000 guarantee, that turnout meant there was an overlay of $33,600 . Ultimately the top 159 finishers split the prize money. Winner “Paulie_Card$” took away the largest share of just over $56,000 after battling close to five hours last night on Day 2.
It was the second time Pennsyl-MANIA had an overlay out of five tournaments. The last occurrence was in Dec. 2020 when the tournament had a $200 buy-in and $500,000 guarantee, the largest guarantee of any Pennsyl-MANIA. That event had an overlay of just over $70,000 . Lowest prize pool, turnout of five Pennsyl-MANIAs
Out of the five Pennsyl-MANIAs, the one completing last night had both the lowest number of total entries and smallest prize pool . Here’s a look at all five Pennsyl-MANIAs dating back to May 2020: May 2020 $200 $250,000 2,774 $515,964 D-Low1527 ($69,671) Aug. 2020 $200 $350,000 2,026 $376,836 SlotWinna777 ($44,642) Dec. 2020 $200 $500,000 2,309 $500,000* PokerAnomoly ($74,148) Apr. 2021 $300 $400,000 1,416 $413,280 throwitinthebag ($63,084) Oct. 2021 $300 $350,000 1,130 $350,000** Paulie_Card$ ($56,237) *$70,526 overlay; **$33,600 overlay
By comparison, the Pennsylvania Championship of Online Poker (PACOOP) in September culminated with a similarly-structured two-day tournament featuring a $200 buy-in and $200,000 guarantee. That tournament attracted 851 total entries to eclipse the guarantee and award $238,280 .
Overall, the 69-event PACOOP awarded almost $2.38 million . PokerStars […]
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