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

In Level 29 with blinds of 25,000/50,000 and an ante of 6,250, Chris “rumpthumper” White opened to 125,000 under the gun and "Dume27" called in the hijack. Action went heads up to a flop of and White made a continuation-bet of 125,000. "Dume27" called.

The turn came and White continued again, betting another 225,000. "Dume27" called once more and the river fell . White emptied the clip, firing a third barrel for 975,000, all but roughly 100,000 of both his and "Dume27's" stack sizes. "Dume27" called.

White tabled for a full house, nines full, and "Dume27" mucked to find themselves left with just under two big blinds. They were eliminated two hands later with ace-deuce in the big blind to the pocket jacks of "Malik256077," who was on the button.

Meanwhile, White now has amassed a sizeable chip lead as the tournament now continues five handed.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris “rumpthumper” White	3,506,062	1,166,500
Dume27	Busted

In Level 28 with blinds of 20,000/40,000 and an ante of 5,000, Chris “rumpthumper” White opened to 100,000 in the cutoff and "borecz11199" three-bet shoved for 335,000 on the button. Action folded back to White and he called.

Chris “rumpthumper” White:
"borecz11199":

White spiked a ten on the flop to pull ahead, but "borecz11199" had 11 outs to stay alive. However, none would come as the turn and river completed the runout to result in them taking seventh place in the tournament.

The final table of six has now begun, with chip counts for all remaining players provided below.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris “rumpthumper” White	2,339,562	535,110
Dume27	2,043,320	61,500
Malik256077	1,528,634	25,480
Stonniepokes	1,382,138	-191,250
mooseman1710	971,880	174,750
TheRealJanJurik	869,466	-162,500
borecz11199	Busted

In Level 27 with blinds of 18,000/36,000 and an ante of 4,000, there was 310,000 in the middle from preflop action in a three-bet pot between "CharlieBrown" in the small blind and "Malik256077," who was on the button.

The flop was and "CharlieBrown" made a continuation-bet of 180,000. "Malik256077" called and the turn came . "CharlieBrown" checked and "Malik256077" made a bet of 335,000, which "CharlieBrown" called.

With over 1 million in the pot and both players having less than 200,000, the river fell . "CharlieBrown" checked and "Malik256077" jammed for 168,000. "CharlieBrown" called all in for slightly less.

"CharlieBrown":
"Malik256077":

"CharlieBrown" had seen their flopped set of jacks become second best after "Malik256077" turned Broadway and they ultimately became the 10th-place finisher in the tournament.

On the following hand, "JonnyG" was eliminated by "borecz11199" after folding down to less than one big blind, and moments thereafter, "Dume27" eliminated "Bullsey88" to bring the number of players in the field down to seven.

Those eight players remain across two tables, and hand-for-hand play is in effect again until one more player is eliminated to bring about the final table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dume27	1,882,820	271,154
Malik256077	1,647,134	1,058,763
TheRealJanJurik	829,466	207,013
borecz11199	479,110	-285,322
CharlieBrown	Busted
JonnyG	Busted

In Level 24 with blinds of 12,000/24,000 and an ante of 3,000, "ABeautifulDay" jammed for 270,000 in the cutoff and saw "CharlieBrown" re-jam for 323,000, prompting a fold behind before the two players' hands were tabled.

"ABeautifulDay":
"CharlieBrown":

An eight came on the flop , but it was the closest "ABeautifulDay" would get as the turn and river came to unnecessarily further improve "CharlieBrown" to a flush as they knocked out "ABeautifulDay" in 13th place to becme the official bubble finisher of the tournament.

All 12 remaining players are now officially in the money.

Player	Chips	Progress
CharlieBrown	630,276	273,534
ABeautifulDay	Busted

In Level 22 with blinds of 8,000/16,000 and an ante of 2,000, "PayneKilla" jammed for 172,000 In Level the cutoff and was called by "TheRealJanJurik," who was in the big blind.

"Payneilla":
"TheRealJanJurik":

"PayneKilla" was in trouble as the flop came , giving them a small chance at a backdoor flush. The turn took away their outs to a pair of tens, but they picked up eight new nut-flush outs. Unfortunately for them, none came on the river and they were eliminated from the tournament in 15th place.

Fourteen players now remain, and hand-for-hand play has begun across the three remaining tables. It will continue until two more players are eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
TheRealJanJurik	671,633	206,033
PayneKilla	Busted

In Level 17 with blinds of 3,500/7,000 and an ante of 875, all of the chips got into the middle with "Brusko59" calling off their stack of 193,500 in the cutoff to be at risk for their tournament life against "mooseman1710," who was in the big blind.

"Brusko59":
"mooseman1710":

"Brusko59" found themselves in bad shape and the flop brought nothing but a couple of backdoor draws. The turn gave them six chop outs, but instead the river left them hanging dry to result in their elimination from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
mooseman1710	335,406
Brusko59	Busted
PokerDaddy	Busted
JFoote1283	Busted
ChickenTendies	Busted
under_where00	Busted