On PokerStars MI, The Michigan Championship of Online Poker has gotten underway for the very first time.
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- After failing to pick up a win in the PokerStars Pennsylvania Championship of Online Poker despite cashing 15 times, ‘mcmullend17‘ found the winner’s circle in Event #20 ($200 NLHE Thursday Thrill) and cashed nine more times – including a streak of five in a row – to finish second on the leaderboard with 588.5 points. Thanks to a series-leading 13 cashes and a win in Event #30 ($100.
The series is off to a flying start with every tournament smashing their guarantees. Already over $400,000 in prize money has been paid out with just two days of play.
To save you having to dig around the PokerStars Michigan client, below is the full MICOOP schedule so you can see exactly what is running and when. We also have answers for all your burning questions in this PokerStars Michigan MICOOPFAQ.
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If you want to learn more about MICOOP and how the $1 million guarantee will be paid out across 60 events, you can also check out our official news article from last week.
When did PokerStars Michigan go live?
Since January 29, 2021, PokerStars MI has been running real money cash games online in the state of Michigan for the first time since Black Friday.
At the moment, PokerStars is the only operator offering internet poker in the state, but it is expected that BetMGM is going to launch with a poker room any day now.
However, PokerStars MI currently enjoys a de facto monopoly, skyrocketing into poll position as the largest poker room across all US regulated markets. An astonishing feat.
MICOOP is its very first tournament series.
What tournaments are on the MICOOP schedule?
60 events are on the docket for MICOOP. The full schedule can be found below but standout events include:
- Feb 21: $200 MICOOP-06 Sunday Special—$40,000 guaranteed
- Feb 24: $500 MICOOP-17 High Roller—$35,000 guaranteed
- Feb 28: $250 MICOOP-31 Sunday Special—$50,000 guaranteed
- Mar 2: $250 MICOOP-36 Super Tuesday—$35,000 guaranteed
- Mar 4: $250 MICOOP-44 PKO Thursday Thrill—$35,000 guaranteed
- Mar 7: $300 MICOOP 55 Main Event—$125,000 guaranteed
I don’t yet have an account with PokerStars MI – Can I still play?
Of course. You can sign up for a PokerStars MI in just a few clicks. There are welcome bonuses to sweeten the deal.
Also if you have an old PokerStars account dating back to pre-Black Friday days, you can use your existing credentials to log in, but you will still need to create a PokerStars Michigan account.
You can also check out the PokerStars MI FAQ here in case you want to find out more about the poker room and available sign-ups bonuses and promotions before you sign up.
Are there any promotions running within the Michigan Championship of Online Poker (MICOOP)?
PokerStars is laying on a Second Chance All-in Shootout Freerolls for all players that bust out of MICOOP events.
So if you bust out of the money of any event, you win a ticket to an All-In Shootout. These are all-in tournaments, basically a random lottery of prizes, that will award prizes to the next MICOOP events.
Is PokerStars MI running the MICOOP Player of the Series Leaderboard?
No. There is no series leaderboard being offered. Instead, the operator is running Daily Second Chance Freerolls and a Main Event Depositor Freeroll.
Are there any non-Hold’em events?
Yes, there is a good selection of events that are not standard Texas Hold’em. You’ll find five PLO events, plus one each of Omaha hi/lo, 5 Card Omaha, Limit Stud Hi/Lo and 5-Card Draw.
There are also two mixed rotation games—HORSE and 8-Game.
What MTT variants are there.
There’s a ton on non-standard tournaments on there. Some highlights include:
- PKOs
- Deepstacks
- Big Ante
- Rebuys
- Freezeouts
- Marathons
- Zoom MTTs
What are some ways to win your way into MICOOP tournaments?
There are plenty of ways to qualify into the MICOOP Main Event.
Players that deposit $30 or more with the code ‘MICOOP’ between now and 13:59 ET on March 7 will get a free ticket to the $10,500 MICOOP Main Event Depositor Freeroll.
This freeroll guarantees 35 tickets to the Main Event, each valued at $300.
There is also a $3 Spin and Go now in the client, awarding tickets to the Main Event. Often the prize will be cash: $6, $12 or $3… but 0.25% of the time, players will compete for a $300 Main Event ticket.
What are Progressive Total Knockout tournaments?
Progressive Total KO Tournament is a special type of bounty tournament available on PokerStars in which the entire buy-in goes to fund each player’s bounty.
There is no regular prize pool (unless the tournament falls short of its guarantee) meaning the only way players can make money is by eliminating other players.
The MICOOP 2021 schedule does feature such a format. It is marked #60 and is scheduled to take place on March 8. It comes for a buy-in of $20 and is structured as a heads-up, turbo, zoom event.
What’s the full MICOOP Schedule?
You can check out the full MICOOP Schedule below.
It is made up of 60 events all with buy-ins between $10 at the low end and $500 at the top end.
$1 million will be paid out in total, but you can check out what events are running when below.
MICOOP 2021 Full Schedule
| Date | DoW | Event # | Game | Format | Guarantee | Buy-in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb-20 | Sat | 1 | NLHE | MICOOP Kick Off Nightly Stars SE | $30,000.00 | $100.00 |
| Feb-20 | Sat | 2 | NLHE | Rebuy | $10,000.00 | $20.00 |
| Feb-20 | Sat | 3 | NLHE | 8-Max | $20,000.00 | $50.00 |
| Feb-21 | Sun | 4 | NLHE | 8-Max Deepstacks | $25,000.00 | $100.00 |
| Feb-21 | Sun | 5 | NLHE | PKO Sunday Warm Up SE | $10,000.00 | $50.00 |
| Feb-21 | Sun | 6 | NLHE | Sunday Special SE | $40,000.00 | $200.00 |
| Feb-21 | Sun | 7 | NLHE | Sunday Special Mini | $12,500.00 | $25.00 |
| Feb-21 | Sun | 8 | PLO | 8-Max | $10,000.00 | $100.00 |
| Feb-21 | Sun | 9 | NLHE | Second Chance | $7,500.00 | $75.00 |
| Feb-21 | Sun | 10 | NLHE | 8-Max Hyper-Turbo Sunday Supersonic SE | $5,000.00 | $50.00 |
| Feb-22 | Mon | 11 | NLHE | 4-Max | $15,000.00 | $100.00 |
| Feb-22 | Mon | 12 | NLHE | 6-Max PKO Battle Royale SE | $20,000.00 | $50.00 |
| Feb-22 | Mon | 13 | PLO8 | 8-Max | $7,500.00 | $50.00 |
| Feb-23 | Tue | 14 | NLHE | Super Tuesday SE | $30,000.00 | $200.00 |
| Feb-23 | Tue | 15 | NLHE | Super Tuesday Mini | $15,000.00 | $30.00 |
| Feb-23 | Tue | 16 | PL 5-Card Draw | Turbo | $3,000.00 | $50.00 |
| Feb-24 | Wed | 17 | PLO | 6-Max | $7,500.00 | $100.00 |
| Feb-24 | Wed | 18 | NLHE | 6-Max High Roller | $35,000.00 | $500.00 |
| Feb-24 | Wed | 19 | NLHE | 6-Max | $20,000.00 | $50.00 |
| Feb-25 | Thu | 20 | NLHE | PKO Thursday Thrill SE | $30,000.00 | $200.00 |
| Feb-25 | Thu | 21 | NLHE | PKO Thursday Thrill Mini | $15,000.00 | $30.00 |
| Feb-25 | Thu | 22 | 5-Card PLO | 6-Max Turbo | $3,000.00 | $30.00 |
| Feb-26 | Fri | 23 | FLHE | 6-Max | $5,000.00 | $100.00 |
| Feb-26 | Fri | 24 | NLHE | Big Antes | $7,500.00 | $100.00 |
| Feb-26 | Fii | 25 | NLHE | 6-Max Turbo | $10,000.00 | $150.00 |
| Feb-27 | Sat | 26 | HORSE | Turbo | $3,000.00 | $50.00 |
| Feb-27 | Sat | 27 | NLHE | Rebuy | $10,000.00 | $50.00 |
| Feb-27 | Sat | 28 | NLHE | Turbo Saturday Speedway SE | $10,000.00 | $100.00 |
| Feb-28 | Sun | 29 | NLHE | 8-Max Marathon | $25,000.00 | $100.00 |
| Feb-28 | Sun | 30 | NLHE | Sunday Warm Up SE | $12,500.00 | $50.00 |
| Feb-28 | Sun | 31 | NLHE | Sunday Special SE | $50,000.00 | $250.00 |
| Feb-28 | Sun | 32 | NLHE | Sunday Special Mini | $15,000.00 | $30.00 |
| Feb-28 | Sun | 33 | PLO | 8-Max Turbo | $5,000.00 | $50.00 |
| Feb-28 | Sun | 34 | NLHE | 6-Max | $10,000.00 | $100.00 |
| Feb-28 | Sun | 35 | NLHE | Hyper-Turbo Sunday Supersonic SE | $10,000.00 | $75.00 |
| Mar-01 | Mon | 36 | NLHE | 4-Max | $10,000.00 | $50.00 |
| Mar-01 | Mon | 37 | NLHE | 6-Max PKO Battle Royale SE | $25,000.00 | $100.00 |
| Mar-02 | Tue | 38 | NLHE | Super Tuesday SE | $35,000.00 | $250.00 |
| Mar-02 | Tue | 39 | NLHE | Super Tuesday Mini | $20,000.00 | $50.00 |
| Mar-02 | Tue | 40 | Stud Hi-Lo | $5,000.00 | $50.00 | |
| Mar-03 | Wed | 41 | PLO | 6-Max High Roller | $12,500.00 | $250.00 |
| Mar-03 | Wed | 42 | PLO | 6-Max | $5,000.00 | $30.00 |
| Mar-03 | Wed | 43 | NLHE | 6-Max Turbo | $10,000.00 | $100.00 |
| Mar-04 | Thu | 44 | NLHE | PKO Thursday Thrill SE | $35,000.00 | $250.00 |
| Mar-04 | Thu | 45 | NLHE | PKO Thursday Thrill Mini | $20,000.00 | $50.00 |
| Mar-04 | Thu | 46 | NLHE | Turbo | $15,000.00 | $20.00 |
| Mar-05 | Fri | 47 | NLHE | 6-Max Rebuy | $10,000.00 | $10.00 |
| Mar-05 | Fri | 48 | NLHE | $15,000.00 | $75.00 | |
| Mar-05 | Fri | 49 | NLHE | 6-Max Turbo | $5,000.00 | $20.00 |
| Mar-06 | Sat | 50 | 8-Game | $3,000.00 | $50.00 | |
| Mar-06 | Sat | 51 | NLHE | 6-Max Turbo Zoom | $15,000.00 | $50.00 |
| Mar-06 | Sat | 52 | NLHE | Turbo Saturday Speedway SE | $5,000.00 | $50.00 |
| Mar-07 | Sun | 53 | NLHE | 8-Max Marathon | $10,000.00 | $50.00 |
| Mar-07 | Sun | 54 | NLHE | PKO | $30,000.00 | $100.00 |
| Mar-07 | Sun | 55 | NLHE | Main Event | $125,000.00 | $300.00 |
| Mar-07 | Sun | 56 | NLHE | Main Event Mini | $35,000.00 | $50.00 |
| Mar-07 | Sun | 57 | NLHE | 6-Max Turbo | $20,000.00 | $200.00 |
| Mar-07 | Sun | 58 | NLHE | Hyper-Turbo Sunday Supersonic SE | $10,000.00 | $100.00 |
| Mar-08 | Mon | 59 | NLHE | Nightly Stars SE | $30,000.00 | $100.00 |
| Mar-08 | Mon | 60 | NLHE | Heads-Up Turbo PKO Zoom | $10,000.00 | $20.00 |
| 17 | 60 | $1,059,500.00 | $95.67 |
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Read more on MICOOP »PokerStars has launched Tetris Spin and Go, a twist to its Spin and Go game which adds a new themed leaderboard-style mini-game under official Tetris branding.
Avid pokerfuse readers will have already known that this was in the pipeline: Our sister site F5 exclusively revealed this coming back in September last year.
So what is Tetris + Spin & Go? Well, its a full rebranding of the operator’s ultra-successful Spin & Go lottery sit and go game. If you were playing this game before, you can keep playing it now—nothing has changed to the rules, you’ll just notice a fancy new lobby and table theme.
If you don’t have a PokerStars account, then you can sign up and as soon as you have a verified real money account, you can participate in this promotion. Spin and Go games start at just 25 cents, and you can take advantage of the operator’s generous sign-up bonus at the same time.
At the heart of Tetris + Spin & Go is effectively a very generous leaderboard promotion. The company is giving away over $1.5 million from now until March 28, one of the most generous promotions PokerStars has run in a long while.
Tetris + Spin and Go: What you Need to Know
- Make sure you join every leaderboard with a link in the Spin and Go lobby so that you participate.
- There is a leaderboard for each buy-in.
- There is no cost to participation.
- Otherwise play your games as normal—you do not need to do anything else to be in with a shot of a prize.
- You can play both Spin and Go and the fast Spin and Go Flash variant. Both contribute to the same leaderboard (if played at the buy-in).
- The more games you play and win, the higher up the leaderboard you go.
- The leaderboard is daily and individual cash prizes range from $5 up to $3000.
- You can participate in as many leaderboards as you like, for as many days as you like.
- The promotion is running now and concludes March 28, 2021.
Understanding exactly how it works is a little complicated. Basically, while you play games, you accumulate line clears. You get more if you win a spin and go, but you still get some if you come second or third. Every position counts but just playing tournaments racks up these lines.
You then move up levels. Every time you hit five Line Clears, you move up a level. These are effectively points multipliers. It goes up to 20.
These two factors combine to give you leader board points. And these points are what move you up the table into contention.
If all that sounds a bit confusing, then don’t worry: Just play your usual Spin and Go games and keep an eye on the leaderboard. The one possible deviation is that second place has slightly more value than third, but probably not enough for you to deviate your normal strategy.
If you see yourself in contention for a leaderboard one day, it might be worth checking out the payouts—as you could be in for free money at the end of the day if you keep playing.
Things to keep in mind with PokerStars’ Tetris + Spin and Go
- Volume here pays – regardless of your finish position, you are getting points for the leader board every game.
- This compounds – as you grind more games, you level up, which multiplies points.
- All finish positions count – you get more points for second than third place finish.
- Low multiplier games actually help more so don’t switch off on those 2x games!
The operator has earmarked a total of $33,000 daily for leaderboard prizes—one of the operator’s most generous in recent memory.
These are spread across all buy-in tiers. For example, for the 25 cent game, first place each day wins $50, and the top 100 spots get at least $5.
The prizes both increase in value, and decrease in payout spots, in higher buyins. For example, The $100 game only pays the top 20 players, but the top prize is $1000 and the lowest is $100.
At the $500 game—currently the highest game the operator spreads—has a top prize is $3000, but that is the only spot that pays out.
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The $1000 game is not part of the promotion, the operator stated. However, it is not currently listed in the client anyway. Promotional spins—like the current Stars Rewards ticket game and the $22 tournament for Turbo Series, are also excluded.
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Tetris + Spin & Go runs from now for six weeks, ending March 28.