partypoker US Network Online Series (August 16-23)

In Level 17 with blinds of 3,500/7,000 and an ante of 875, Ozzy_Rocks111 opened to 15,400 under the gun and was called by "Doni34" on their direct left. Action folded around to Chris “rumpthumper” White in the small blind, who three-bet jammed for 151,000. "Ozzy_Rocks111": came over the top for 183,000 and "Doni34" folded.

"Ozzy_Rocks111":
Chris “rumpthumper” White:

White was out in front and remained there, fading the backdoor chop outs to a wheel as the board came to earn him the double.

"Ozzy_Rocks111" was left with just a handful of big blinds, but doubled on the following hand against "Doni34" to bring chip stacks to their current figures.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris “rumpthumper” White	332,671	214,598
Doni34	102,431	-66,523
Ozzy_Rocks111	73,121	-92,675

In Level 17 with blinds of 3,500/7,000 and an ante of 875, "TheTerminator1" shoved for 46,000 in early position and received a call from "marysgotqueens" on their direct left. All remaining players folded.

"TheTerminator1":
"marysgotqueens":

Both players connected on the flop , reducing the number of outs that "TheTerminator1" needed to fade from three down to two. The turn and river completed the runout, giving them top two pair and earning them a double to pull back above 100,000 as nine-handed play continues.

Player	Chips	Progress
marysgotqueens	350,893	-24,133
TheTerminator1	110,891	61,133

In Level 16 with blinds of 3,000/6,000 and an ante of 750, "Hanadog9" opened to12,000 in early position and saw "TheTerminator1" reshove for 95,000 in the cutoff. Action folded back to "Hanadog9" and they called all in for 45,000.

"Hanadog9":
"TheTerminator1":

"Hanadog9" saw the board come to earn them the double and leave "TheTerminator1" as the shortest stack in the tournament.

Moments later, Ryan “simlSgg” Hagerty doubled with a flopped straight versus the trips of "Doni34" and then took another pot off of "Ozzy_Rocks111" to bring his stack to just shy of a quarter-million.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan “simlSgg” Hagerty	246,940	135,005
Doni34	168,954	-32,185
Ozzy_Rocks111	165,796	-58,195
Hanadog9	106,254	-9,123
TheTerminator1	49,758	-58,002

In Level 15 with blinds of 2,500/5,000 and an ante of 625, Ryan “simlSgg” Hagerty jammed for 57,000 over the top of a cutoff-open by "Standoff23," who called the shove.

Ryan “simlSgg” Hagerty:
"Standoff23":

Hagerty needed to fade a three outer and did so easily on the flop . However, "Standoff23" did pick up a couple of backdoors and the turn gave them seven outs to improve on the river and eliminate Hagerty. Instead, the river came and Hagerty shipped the double.

"ABeautifulDay" was not as fortunate, having been eliminated earlier in the level to bring the number of remaining players down to 10.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan “simlSgg” Hagerty	121,185	-19,855
Standoff23	Busted
ABeautifulDay	Busted

In Level 14 with blinds of 2,000/4,000 and an ante of 500, Michael “IIIIIIIIIIIII” Haberman
shoved for 69,000 under the gun and Ryan “simlSgg” Hagerty called all in for 66,000 in the hijack. All remaining players folded.

Ryan “simlSgg” Hagerty:
Michael “IIIIIIIIIIIII” Haberman:

The flop came and gave Haberman a backdoor straight draw. The turn added the six possible chop outs, but the river left Haberman second best and the pot was shipped Hagerty's way. Haberman was left with less than one big blind after losing the hand and was eliminated shortly thereafter.

Moments earlier, "marysgotqueens" won a huge pot and knocked out both "jerseyman99" and "Freddymo999" as well, bringing the number of players in the field down to 11 as "marysgotqueens" now has the chip lead with a stack of 364,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
marysgotqueens	350,464	227,108
Ryan “simlSgg” Hagerty	141,040	65,520
Michael “IIIIIIIIIIIII” Haberman	Busted
Freddymo999	Busted
jerseyman99	Busted

In Level 14 with blinds of 2,000/4,000 and an ante of 500, the number of players in the field has quickly dropped to 14 as the tournament reaches its third break of the night.

"Standoff23" has shot up to the top of the leader board and is the only player above a quarter-million in chips. An updated list of chip counts has been provided below.

Player	Chips	Progress
Standoff23	273,960	249,560
Doni34	213,820	150,577
TheTerminator1	151,772	101,839
Michael "miw210x" Wang	148,729	54,979
Hanadog9	136,850
Freddymo999	125,300	-71,750
marysgotqueens	123,356	9,484
jerseyman99	110,752	1,960
Michael “IIIIIIIIIIIII” Haberman	95,964	69,831
Ozzy_Rocks111	79,811	-5,544
Chris “rumpthumper” White	75,912	40,712
Ryan “simlSgg” Hagerty	75,520	45,720
ABeautifulDay	75,334	-30,770
Eric “alwaysliquid” Vanauken	22,920	-7,080
Mike “MistaMenza” Menzer	Busted
brogna2phi	Busted
goods21	Busted
Michael “UFOLDIWIN” St. John	Busted
Alex “JinYang” Butcher	Busted
Ryan "Whosyourdoddy" Dodd	Busted
ghoul	Busted
JakeTheSnake99	Busted
lilyluxury	Busted
MatchupProof	Busted
mooseman1710	Busted

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Buzgon is not only off to a good start in this tournament, he's off to a good start in the latest partypoker US Network Online Series having already bagged in the Phased Main Event.

In Level 13 with blinds of 1,800/3,600 and an ante of 450, Angel "chromeking" Lopez jammed for 56,500 on the button and saw Brian “TopCreature” Sherrier in the small blind also go all in for slightly more, totaling 58,200. "Freddymo999" was in the big blind and called both players.

Angel "chromeking" Lopez:
Brian “TopCreature” Sherrier:
"Freddymo999":

Both Lopez and Sherrier had appeared to enter towards the end of the registration period and each had found a double, but their nights quickly came to an end as the board ran out , giving "Freddymo999" a set on the flop and leaving both players drawing dead by the turn.

Player	Chips	Progress
Freddymo999	197,050	197,050
Brian “TopCreature” Sherrier	Busted
Angel "chromeking" Lopez	Busted