partypoker US Network Online Series (August 16-23)

It took six hours and a couple of minutes for the partypoker US Network Online Series Event #2: $5,000 GTD 6-Max R+A to play to its conclusion, and when the dust settled, "Stonniepokes" was the last one standing, earning themselves the top prize of $1,512 for their performance.

The $20 buy-in rebuy-and-addon event drew 103 entrants and amassed 131 rebuys and 46 addons through the two-hour registration period, surpassing the guaranteed prize pool to generate $5,040 in total payouts. Two hours later, two tables remained, and all 12 players still in contention had made it into the money.

During that time, "Stonniepokes" worked their way up the leader board, and found themselves at or near the top of the counts until the final table bubble, when they briefly dipped to the middle of the pack before working their way back into the top two at the final table of six.

Event #4 Final Table Results

Eventual runner up Chris “rumpthumper” White scored the first massive pot of the final table when he left "Dume27" crippled after hitting a set of nines. "Dume27" was eliminated a couple of hands later, and nearly three full levels of five-handed play then occurred before White scored his first official knockout of the final table, eliminating "Malik256077" in fifth place after his ace-three held versus king-jack in an all-in preflop situation.

White then held a sizeable chip lead, but proceeded to give up two doubles to "mooseman1710" and "TheRealJanJurik," finding himself the shortest stack among the four that remained. Moments later, his king-queen hit a queen to double against the ace-eight of "mooseman1710" and leave them short. From there, four quickly became two as "mooseman1710" was eliminated by "TheRealJanJurik," who in turn was knocked out by White just a couple of hands later.

Heads-up play saw White take a slight edge into the battle against "Stonniepokes," and he initially pulled away after winning a five-bet pot preflop. However, "Stonniepokes" doubled soon after with a straight versus two pair to amass roughly 60% of the chips in play. Moments later, stacks got in on a flop of seven-five-four. White held seven-four for two pair, but it did not hold against the seven-six of "Stonniepokes" as a running five-deuce counterfeited White and allowed the six to play as the victorious kicker.

Be sure to come back for continuing PokerNews coverage of the partypoker US Network Online Series on Wednesday, August 18, when the $320 buy-in Event #3: $15,000 GTD PKO Bounty begins at 7:30 p.m. ET.

In Level 33 with blinds of 45,000/90,000 and an ante of 11,250, there was a series of bets and raises that ensued on a flop of with the end result being Chris “rumpthumper” White all in from the big blind against "Stonniepokes," who was on the button.

Chris “rumpthumper” White:
"Stonniepokes":

White found his top-and-bottom pair up against top pair and an open-ended straight draw, leaving him with 11 immediate outs that he needed to fade in order to double. Instead, the turn came to counterfeit his two pair and leave him in need of either a four to double, or any card seven-or-higher to earn the chop.

Instead, the river came to leave the six kicker of "Stonniepokes" best and earn them the pot. White found himself out of chips and became the runner up of the event, earning $894 for his efforts. Meanwhile, "Stonniepokes" has won Event #2 for $1,512. A full recap of the tournament will be provided shortly.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stonniepokes	9,090,000	3,722,224
Chris “rumpthumper” White	Busted

Hand #1: In Level 32 with blinds of 40,000/80,000 and an ante of 10,000, "mooseman1710" jammed for 813,000 on the button and "TheRealJanJurik" called in the big blind.

"mooseman1710":
"TheRealJanJurik":

"mooseman1710" did not stay ahead for long as the flop put their pair of eights firmly behind the top pair of kings that "TheRealJanJurik" found. Nothing changed as the turn and river completed the runout and "mooseman1710" finished the tournament in fourth place, earning $466.

Hand #2: Two hands later, "TheRealJanJurik" was in the big blind and involved in a heads-up pot against Chris "rumpthumper" White with their newfound stack of 1.88 million. Stacks ended up getting in on the turn with a board reading after "TheRealJanJurik" check-shoved all in and was quickly called.

"TheRealJanJurik":
Chris “rumpthumper” White:

"TheRealJanJurik" found themselves up against an overpair and flush draw, and they needed to hit one of the two remaining nines in the deck to stay alive. Neither came on the river and they were eliminated in third place for a payday of $632.

Heads-up play has now begun between white and "Stonniepokes" with the two players starting the match with nearly-even stacks, though White begins with a slight chip advantage of 4.7 million to 4.39 million.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris “rumpthumper” White	4,704,612	2,351,610
Stonniepokes	4,385,388	-208,000
mooseman1710	Busted
TheRealJanJurik	Busted

In Level 31 with blinds of 35,000/70,000 and an ante of 8,750, "Malik256077" got all in from the big blind against Chris “rumpthumper” White, who was in the hijack.

"Malik256077":
Chris “rumpthumper” White:

All low cards came on a runout of and White earned the knockout, eliminating "Malik256077" in fifth place as they fell just short of climbing fully back into contention to earn a payday of $345 for their efforts.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stonniepokes	3,802,388	42,000
Chris “rumpthumper” White	2,719,204	547,892
TheRealJanJurik	1,526,668	43,750
mooseman1710	1,041,740	-324,190
Malik256077	Busted