Top Five Stacks
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
steveeee | 770,000 | |
TheTerminator1 |
670,000
235,000
|
235,000 |
epdawg5 | 657,000 | |
Core4 | 644,000 | |
Takingover2018 | 570,000 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
steveeee | 770,000 | |
TheTerminator1 |
670,000
235,000
|
235,000 |
epdawg5 | 657,000 | |
Core4 | 644,000 | |
Takingover2018 | 570,000 |
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Kevin “sofcknsick” Campbell opened and "ScarletRaptor" moved all in for around 160,000. Campbell called and the two tabled their hands.
"ScarletRaptor":
Kevin “sofcknsick” Campbell:
The flop came down , giving Campbell the lead with his pair of aces. A turn left "ScarletRaptor" with one last chance for romance and the gave them some love from lady luck as a set of dimes was good to secure the pot for a double.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
ScarletRaptor |
340,000
124,000
|
124,000 |
Kevin “sofcknsick” Campbell
|
180,000
48,000
|
48,000 |
On blinds of 3,500/7,000 "JD2000s" shoved 83,885 and found one taker in Chris “rumpthumper” White. The two tabled their hands with "JD2000s" at risk of elimination.
"JD2000s":
Chris “rumpthumper” White:
The board rolled out and White's boat took down the pot, increasing his bounty in the process.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Chris “rumpthumper” White
|
205,000
-118,000
|
-118,000 |
JD2000s | Busted |
On blinds of 4,000/8,000 "cuser24" and Eric “alwaysliquid” Vanauken found all of their chips go into the middle with Vanauken at risk.
Eric “alwaysliquid” Vanauken:
"cuser24":
The board came down and Vanauken scooped the hand with his snowmen for a complete double.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Eric “alwaysliquid” Vanauken
|
330,000 |
Eric “alwaysliquid” Vanauken is a name you should know as he's become one of the most accomplished players on the partypoker US Network. In fact, it seems as if he's winning a title each time a series takes place.
Last year, Vanauken accomplished the incredible feat of capturing back-to-back titles not once, but twice.
In the July 6-12 series, he topped a 134-entry field to win Event #4: $15,000 GTD NLH for nearly $7,500, and then the next night bested 144 runners to win Event #5: $,7500 GTD Green Chip Bounty for $3,145. Then, at the end of July, he won the $320 buy-in Event #3: $15,000 GTD PKO Bounty for $6,393 and a day later emerged victorious in the $215 buy-in Event #4: $12,000 GTD PKO Bounty Boost for $5.691.
PokerNews recently had the chance to chat with Vanauken about his recent successes.
For the 43-year-old Vanauken, who is married with three kids ages 7, 10, and 19, he’s never really had a nine-to-five job. Instead, he fancies himself a real estate broker engaging in flips and investments while playing poker on the side of course.
“I first learned playing $4/$8 limit at Foxwoods in early 2000 and now play now $20/$40 and $30/$60 when I can find a game, or settle on $1/$2 or $2/$5 NLH," he said. "I have played the WSOP Main Event two times with no luck busting on Day 2 both times.”
Additionally, Vanauken grinds a decent amount on the virtual tables under the screen name “alwaysliquid,” which stems from the movie Wall Street when Gordon Gekko tells Bud Fox about how money never sleeps and you need to always be liquid.
“Since New Jersey went legal I play on Borgata and WSOP. I used to play PokerStars but had an issue with them over a year ago and have since boycotted them. I do very well on Borgata. I even shipped the Mega Thursday [not long ago] on my phone from an Applebee’s parking lot as I had no WiFi at home due to power outage.”
As for his recent successes on partypoker US, Vanauken was pleased but wanted to remain humble.
“I am humbled to be able to compete with all of the great players in New Jersey,” he said. “I’m proud that all of my studying and grinding has been producing favorable results in the past few years, taking me from an average breakeven player to a profitable one. At the same time, I try to maintain being humble with this great game and what it has provided for me and my family.”
For Vanauken, the scores rank up there among his proudest poker accomplishments, which includes beating a poker legend.
“In 2013, I beat Joe McKeehen for the Borgata Limit Championship,” Vanauken said. “I think that was the last limit event held at Borgata.”
Other highlights on his poker résumé include finishing sixth in the 2018 WSOP Circuit at Canada’s Playground Poker Club and finishing runner-up in a pair of WSOP Circuit online events back in March.
“So close to a ring but the two cashes of $35k and $20k within a few days definitely eased the quarantine pain,” Vanauken said.
With the latest partypoker US Network Online Series happening now, only time will tell if Vanauken can keep his streak of winning back-to-back events alive.
Level 19 has now begun, meaning that the late registration period has come to an end. A total of 307 entry slips were sold, accumulating a total of $61,400 which blasted past the $40,000 guarantee that was set.
Just 75 players remain to battle it out and 36 of those players will be finding a min-cash of $276 to add to whatever bounties they have accumulated with the last player standing taking home $5,606.
On blinds of 5,000/10,000 all of the chips of Michael “IIIIIIIIIIIII” Haberman and Ramon "hoodrathings" Liriano Jr went into the middle with Haberman putting in a little bit less with his 367,000 stack.
Michael “IIIIIIIIIIIII” Haberman:
Ramon "hoodrathings" Liriano Jr:
The board rolled out which changed not a thing for Liriano Jr as Haberman scooped the pot. Liriano Jr lost his remaining five 5,462 stack on the very next hand, hitting the dust.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Michael “IIIIIIIIIIIII” Haberman
|
740,000
378,000
|
378,000 |
Ramon “hoodrathings” Liriano Jr
|
Busted |
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On blinds of 7,000/14,000 of Michael "miw210x" Wang opened to 30,800 from under the gun and "ballanstar1555" three-bet to 75,000. Wang pushed his stack into the middle and "ballanstar1555" called for less.
"ballanstar1555":
Michael "miw210x" Wang:
The board came down and the kings of "ballanstar1555" held on for the pot, doubling through Wang.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Michael "miw210x" Wang
|
433,500
331,500
|
331,500 |
ballanstar1555 |
425,000
167,000
|
167,000 |