partypoker US Network Online Series (July 26-August 2)

Ramping up for the weekend, the partypoker US Network Online PKO Series continues Friday night at 7:30 p.m. ET with the $109 buy-in Event #6: $10,000 GTD PKO Bounty Boost

This version of the Bounty Boost format sees a buy-in breakdown of $50 to the main prize pool, $50 to bounties, and $9 in rake. Every time a player earns a bounty, they will receive 40% of their opponent's bounty, while the other 60% will be added to the figure atop their own head.

Registration is open for all within the state of New Jersey to compete across any of the three platforms of partypoker US, Borgata Poker and BetMGM Poker.

Players get 30,000 to start with blinds beginning at 150/300 and an ante of 40. Levels last 10 minutes in length all tournament long, and registration will remain open for the first 12 levels of play. Factoring in breaks, the two-hour late registration period will close at approximately 9:40 p.m. ET, at which point the prize pool will become finalized and the tournament will play down to a winner. A detailed look at the betting structure has been provided below.

Betting Structure

In Level 2 with blinds of 200/400 and an ante of 50, all of the chips got in on a flop of with Clayton “claytonfletcher” Fletcher at risk in early position against "Lanfeust," who was in the hijack.

Clayton “claytonfletcher” Fletcher:
"Lanfeust":

Fletcher found no love on runout as the turn and river left him with nothing more than an ace kicker to the board's pair of nines. He was left with no chips after the pot was sent to "Lanfeust," who also earned Fletcher's bounty along with the boost to their stack. Fletcher wasted no time re-entering, and saw a fresh stack of 30,000 placed onto another vacant seat on the same table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lanfeust	50,058 20,058	20,058
Clayton “claytonfletcher” Fletcher	30,000

In Level 6 with blinds of 500/1,000 and an ante of 125, "Chalmisi6" jammed for 14,300 under the gun and saw action fold around to the big blind, where "Badbeat1512" was eagerly awaiting the opportunity to click the call button.

"Chalmisi6":
"Badbeat1512":

"Badbeat1512" faded the two-outer as the board ran out cleanly, coming to earn them the pot and the bounty.

Player	Chips	Progress
Badbeat1512	78,471 46,544	46,544
Chalmisi6	Busted

In Level 8 with blinds of 800/1,600 and an ante of 200, "The__V" opened to 4,000 under the gun and was called by "Kelvingoku" in the hijack. "varsity51" three-bet jammed for 12,200 on the button and "ggolin87" re-jammed in the big blind for 12,500.

"The__V" then five-bet shoved for 31,000 and forced a fold from "Kelvingoku" to bring about a three-way all-in situation.

"varsity51":
"ggolin87":
"The__V":

The board ran out to leave "varsity51" out in front with kings up. They won the main pot for more than a triple; meanwhile, "The__V" took the measly side pot, but the real-money bounty to go along with it.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kelvingoku	113,907 76,662	76,662
varsity51	43,222 13,222	13,222
The__V	18,828 -13,187	-13,187
ggolin87	Busted

In Level 10 with blinds of 1,200/2,400 and an ante of 300, "Ericcelliott" opened the action with a raise to 6,000 in middle position and Jon “Jetsfan411" Borenstein three-bet jammed for 60,000 on the button. Action folded back to "Ericcelliott" and a call was made.

Jon “Jetsfan411" Borenstein:
"Ericcelliott":

Borenstein was in trouble and did not hit find a seven on the flop . The turn gave him eight outs at a backdoor open-ended straight draw, but he bricked on the river and was eliminated from the tournament. Meanwhile, "Ericcelliott" earned the pot and the bounty, and now finds themselves inside the top 10 on the leader board.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ericcelliott	151,147 151,147	151,147
Jon “Jetsfan411" Borenstein	Busted

Level 13 has begun with blinds of 1,800/3,600 and an ante of 450, and 33 players remain at the start of the level. Registration has now officially closed, with 121 total entries being recorded to generate a prize pool of $12,100.

The top 13 players will be paid at least $111 plus any applicable bounties, with prizes raising with each elimination once the final table is reached until the eventual winner earns $1,709 plus bounties. Complete payout information can be found in the Payouts Tab.

In Level 15 with blinds of 2,500/5,000 and an ante of 625, Ryan "TheSims" Hohner jammed for 52,000 and received a call from "BelblixeredOG," who was on the button.

Ryan "TheSims" Hohner:
"BelblixteredOG":

Hohner saw a smooth runout of come to leave his opponent drawing dead on the turn en route to a double. Moments after, "varsity51" and David “TheKing411” Coleman were eliminated on adjacent tables to bring the tournament down to two full tables with just 18 players remaining.

Player	Chips	Progress
BelblixteredOG	320,943 -59,331	-59,331
Ryan "TheSims" Hohner	117,415 -10,917	-10,917

In Level 17 with blinds of 3,500/7,000 and an ante of 875, "Kelvingoku" limped under the gun and "BelbliteredOG" limped behind in middle position. Action folded around to "overendwatts" in the big blind, who checked their option to take action three ways to a flop of .

"overendwatts" checked and "Kelvingoku" shoved for 96,000, three times the size of the pot. "BelblixteredOG" called to put action back onto "overendwatts," who check-raised all in for 299,000. "BelblixteredOG" called once more.

"Kelvingoku":
"overendwatts":
"BelblixteredOG":

"overendwatts" had flopped two pair and was firmly in front of both other players' top pair. However, the turn and river quickly rolled off to give "BelblixteredOG" a backdoor flush, scoring them the pot of over 700,000 and two knockouts to go along with it.

After the double-elimination, 14 players now remain. One elimination is needed to reach the money and hand-for-hand play has begun across the two tables left in play.

Player	Chips	Progress
BelblixteredOG	795,943 431,875	431,875
Kelvingoku	Busted
overendwatts	Busted

In Level 18 with blinds of 4,000/8,000 and an ante of 1,000, "CoachD" limped in middle position and "phillychzsteak1" raised to 24,000 in the hijack. Action made its way back to "CoachD," who limp-jammed for 195,000.

"phillychzsteak1" went into the tank for close to a minute and eventually found a call.

"CoachD":
"phillychzsteak1":

"phillychzsteak1" found themselves in poor shape and got no help on the runout , resulting in the pot of over 400,000 being shipped to "CoachD."

"phillychzsteak1" was left with 45,000 and got it in on the very next hand against "CoachD" once more.

"phillychzsteak1":
"CoachD":

Despite a king coming on the flop , "phillychzsteak1" was unable to improve to anything beyond their opponent's aces as the turn and river completed the runout to result in their 14th-place finish in the tournament, bursting the bubble to bring play into the money.

Player	Chips	Progress
CoachD	409,198 126,412	126,412
phillychzsteak1	Busted

In Level 20 with blinds of 6,000/12,000 and an ante of 1,500, "CoachD" jammed for 69,000 in the cutoff and Clayton “claytonfletcher” Fletcher called in the big blind.

"CoachD":
Clayton “claytonfletcher” Fletcher:

A queen came on the flop to give Fletcher a pair of queens, leaving "CoachD" needing to hit a three outer to stay alive. They did not do so as the turn and river completed the runout and they were eliminated from the tournament in ninth place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Clayton “claytonfletcher” Fletcher	405,346 96,212	96,212
CoachD	Busted