Event #1: $2,000 GTD PKO Bounty | partypoker US Network Online Series (August 16-23)

08-16-2020 23:10 UTC-4

"Musclewhale" Finds Aces at the Right Time; "johnpaggi" and "TARA96" Get Felted

HillKerby

In Level 20 with blinds of 6,000/12,000 and an ante of 1,500, "Meinhard1988" opened to 36,000 in the cutoff and "Musclewhale89" three-bet shoved for 78,000. "Meinhard1988" called.

"Musclewhale89":
"Meinhard1988":

"Musclewhale89" was able to fade a ten as the board ran out , and they doubled with aces up to bring their stack to 179,000. Meanwhile, "Meinhard1988" now finds themselves with a stack of eight big blinds, and is now the shortest stack of the 12 that remain, as "TARA96" and "johnpaggi" were both recently eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Musclewhale89	179,800	84,400
Meinhard1988	95,160	-127,150
TARA96	Busted
johnpaggi	Busted

08-16-2020 22:59 UTC-4

Chip Counts on Break

HillKerby

Just 13 remain on break with a couple of minutes left in Level 19 (5,000/10,000/1,250) as "DirtyJerzey" was eliminated shortly after losing a coin flip to double "Meinhard1988" in 15th place. Their elimination was shortly followed by that of "johnpaggi."

"high-card" has risen to the top of the counts by a wide margin with a stack of 983,000, even surpassing 1 million for a short moment. "POKERDORMS" is next-closest with 461,000, less than half of the chip leader's. Chip stacks for all 13 players that remain have provided below.

Player	Chips	Progress
high-card	983,516	678,903
POKERDORMS	461,716	-1,250
Barrettwins	424,720	57,250
whatever	360,387	-17,750
Anonymous5413	350,186	154,960
fnasty97	343,363	155,869
kodikeasler1	306,173	241,799
RGAx732x	304,268	-208,124
TARA96	283,579	180,839
gorillagolf	235,700	-20,875
Meinhard1988	222,310	-54,250
Big_Daddy	158,612	13,430
Musclewhale89	95,400	27,800
DirtyJerzey	Busted

08-16-2020 22:54 UTC-4

"Meinhard1988" Holds for Another Double

HillKerby

In Level 19 with blinds of "DirtyJerzey" opened to 25,000 in middle position and received a call from "Barrettwins," who was in the cutoff. "Meinhard1988" was next to act on the button and "squeezed," three-bet jamming for 113,000. Only "DirtyJerzey" called.

"Meinhard1988":
"DirtyJerzey":

"Meinhard1988" was in a coni flip for their tournament life and the flop gave them a set. However, they still needed to fade eight outs as "DirtyJerzey" flopped an open-ended nut-straight draw. The only further improvement "DirtyJerzey" would get, however, would be a pair on the turn , which would be followed by a safe river for "Meinhard1988," who saw the pot of 276,000 shipped their way.

Player	Chips	Progress
Barrettwins	367,470	195,812
Meinhard1988	276,560	109,655
DirtyJerzey	85,800	-109,030

08-16-2020 22:45 UTC-4

"POKERDORMS" Scores Another Knockout

HillKerby

In Level 18 with blinds of 4,000/8,000 and an ante of 1,000, all of the chips got into the middle preflop between "POKERDORMS" in the hijack and "phillychzsteak1," who was in the small blind and at risk for their tournament life.

"phillychzsteak1":
"POKERDORMS":

"phillychzsteak1" was unable to find an ace or a ten on the flop , but picked up backdoor outs to the nut flush, Broadway, and a wheel. All of those backdoor outs faded on the turn , leaving them right back where they started. The river came to leave their hand second best and they were eliminated from the tournament.

Moments earlier, both "Dostella" and "tightfish" were also eliminated. "DirtyJerzey" was also eliminated shortly after this hand, and 14 players now remain.

Player	Chips	Progress
POKERDORMS	462,966	215,794
phillychzsteak1	Busted
tightfish	Busted
Dostella	Busted
DirtyJerzey	Busted

08-16-2020 22:41 UTC-4

Two Bust Outs, One Double

HillKerby

Hand #1: In Level 17 with blinds of 3,500/7,500 and an ante of 875, "gorillagolf" opened to 28,000 in middle position and "Meinhard1988" called in the small blind. The flop fell and "Meinhard1988" checked. "gorillagolf" shoved for 93,000 and "Meinhard1988" called.

"gorillagolf":
"Meinhard1988":

"Meinhard1988" needed a seven or running hearts and both chances stayed alive on the turn . However, "gorillagolf" would be the one to hit running cards as the river further improved them to a full house, doubling in style against "Meinhard1988."

Hand #2: On an adjacent table, "under_where00" jammed under the gun for 36,000 and "POKERDORMS" re-jammed for 195,000 in the hijack to isolate all remaining players out of the pot.

"under_where00":
"POKERDORMS":

Despite having live cards, no help came for "under_where00" as the board ran out to result in their elimination from the tournament.

Moments earlier, "SNARKNADO" was also eliminated from the tournament. The two eliminations brings the number of players left in the field down to 18, and just two tables now remain.

Player	Chips	Progress
gorillagolf	256,575	-57,456
POKERDORMS	247,172	6,591
Meinhard1988	166,905	-160,225
under_where00	Busted
SNARKNADO	Busted

08-16-2020 22:32 UTC-4

In-the-Money Chip Counts

HillKerby

In Level 17 with blinds of 3,500/7,000 and an ante of 875, "SenorAlto" has become the first player to fall after the tournament reached the money, and 20 players now remain. Updated chip counts for all players has been provided below.

Player	Chips	Progress
RGAx732x	512,392	-46,815
Dostella	463,039	-9,750
whatever	378,137	146,260
tightfish	334,798	99,498
Meinhard1988	327,130	47,375
gorillagolf	314,031	-28,125
johnpaggi	305,557	104,250
high-card	304,613	-38,873
POKERDORMS	240,581	102,424
Anonymous5413	195,226	-80,313
DirtyJerzey	194,830	375
fnasty97	187,494	-19,225
Barrettwins	171,658	-17,746
Big_Daddy	145,182	66,441
phillychzsteak1	122,246	-48,610
TARA96	102,740	-10,250
SNARKNADO	74,864	-68,000
Musclewhale89	67,600	-27,200
kodikeasler1	64,374	-37,375
under_where00	23,508	-33,000
SenorAlto	Busted

08-16-2020 22:29 UTC-4

"JoePokerNJ7077" and "TpocketT" Bust To Burst the Bubble

HillKerby

In Level 16 with blinds of 3,000/6,000 and an ante of 750, action folded around to "JoePokerNJ7077" in the hijack, who jammed for 54,800. "DirtyJerzey" was next to act in the cutoff and thought for a few moments before electing to click the call button. All remaining players folded.

"JoePokerNJ7077":
"DirtyJerzey":

"JoePokerNJ7077" stayed out in front for both the flop and turn . Unfortunately for them, the river gave their opponent a better two pair and resulted in their elimination from the tournament in 23rd place.

Moments later, "TpocketT" got all in against "Meinhard1988" and flopped two pair with . Unfortunately for them, "Meinhard1988" made a flush on the river with and knocked out "TpocketT" in 22nd place.

With the two players' eliminations, 21 players now remain, all of whom have reached the money.

Player	Chips	Progress
Meinhard1988	279,755	95,970
DirtyJerzey	194,455	134,440
JoePokerNJ7077	Busted
TpocketT	Busted

08-16-2020 22:23 UTC-4

Hand-For-Hand Play Begins as 23 Remain

HillKerby

In Level 16 with blinds of 3,000/6,000 and an ante of 750, "JMPoker" shoved for 54,000 in middle position and was called by "johnpaggi" in the small blind.

"JMPoker":
"johnpaggi":

A jack came on the river on a runout of , but it proved to give "johnpaggi" the nuts to eliminated "JMPoker" from the tournament.

Moments earlier, "goods21" was eliminated on an adjacent table, bringing the number of players down to 23. As a result, hand-for-hand play has officially begun across the three remaining tables until two more players are eliminated in order to burst the bubble.

Player	Chips	Progress
johnpaggi	201,307	136,943
JMPoker	Busted
goods21	Busted

08-16-2020 22:16 UTC-4

"theGrat3fulDead" Coolered in Blind-on-Blind Battle for Stacks

HillKerby

In Level 15 with blinds of 2,500/5,000 and an ante of 625, a blind-on-blind battle between "goods21" and "theGrat3fulDeaD" saw all of the chips go into the middle by the river on a board of . "goods21" was in the small blind and had just 1,400 more than "theGrat3fulDead," who was all in in the big blind.

"theGrat3fulDeaD":
"goods21":

Both players hit a flush on the river, much to the misfortune of "theGrat3fulDeaD," who saw the pot of 115,000 shipped one seat to their right as they became the 26th-place finisher in the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
goods21	116,616	46,506
theGrat3fulDeaD	Busted

08-16-2020 22:10 UTC-4

"Musclewhale89" Gets an Easy Triple

HillKerby

In Level 14 with blinds of 2,000/4,000 and an ante of 500, "Musclewhale89" got their last 28,000 into the middle preflop in early position and received action from "SenorAlto" in middle position and "JMPoker," who was in the cutoff.

With the latter two competing for a potential side pot, the flop fell . "SenorAlto" shoved for 58,500 and "JMPoker" folded.

"Musclewhale":
"SenorAlto":

"Musclewhale" flopped the nut boat and only needed to fade running aces to earn the triple. The turn ensured such a runout would not happen, and the river made the hand official. The pot was shipped their way, bringing their stack up to 94,800 in the process.

Meanwhile, "gracyaces" was eliminated by "RGAx732x," who has now taken the chip lead with a stack of 559,000 as 26 players remain.