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

In Level 22 with blinds of 8,000/16,000 and an ante of 2,000, "Lanfeust" has taken down the majority of hands in the last orbit and has amassed the chip lead with a stack of nearly 900,000. Updated chip counts are as follows

In Level 21 with blinds of 7,000/14,000 and an ante of 1,750, "bertdoggy" opened to 42,000 in the cutoff and "triplewham42" three-bet jammed in the big blind for 241,000. "bertdoggy" thought for about 15 seconds and then made a call, sending the two players off to the races.

"triplewham":
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"triplewham" was ahead with their pocket pair and needed to hold against "bertdoggy's" two overcards. They did just that as the board ran out to score them the double.

In Level 20 with blinds of 6,000/12,000 and an ante of 1,500, Daniel "centrfieldr23" opened to 24,000 under the gun and was three-bet to 36,000 by "Triplewham42" on his direct left. "bertdoggy" cold-called on the button, as did both "Lanfeust" in the small blind and "BelblixteredOG" in the big blind. Lupo also called to take action five ways to the streets.

The flop dropped and action checked to "triplewham42," who shoved for 179,000 and quickly received four folds to earn the pot.

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In Level 19 with blinds of 5,000/10,000 and an ante of 1,250, Daniel "centrfieldr23" Lupo opened to 20,000 in the hijack and received a call from "SauceWon234," defending their big blind. The flop came and action went check-check, bringing the turn .

"SauceWon234" checked again and Lupo bet 27,000. "SauceWon234" check-raised to 90,000 and Lupo called. The river fell and "SauceWon234" bet another 128,000. Lupo called.

"SauceWon234" showed for aces up, and Lupo tabled for a rivered straight to earn him the pot and take his stack up to 840,000, making him the chip leader with nine players still remaining.

In Level 19 with blinds of 5,000/10,000 and an ante of 1,250, "MoZZyNJ," "Badbeat1512," and "cenation" were eliminated in rapid-fire succession to bring the field from 12 players down to nine. With the three eliminations, the nine remaining players are now all at the final table.

Chip counts from the nine remaining players have leveled out, with the top five players all within 100,000 of each other as "BelblixteredOG" still remains atop the counts. "CoachD" sits in ninth place, though they still have nearly 15 big blinds worth of chips to play with.

In Level 19 with blinds of 5,000/10,000 and an ante of 1,250, a blind-on-blind situation saw preflop action get all of the chips in the middle, with "cenation" at risk in the small blind against "Badbeat1512" in the big blind.

"cenation":
"Badbeat1512":

"cenation" connected with the flop , hitting a three outer to make top pair. The turn and river left the situation unchanged, and their pair of eights earned them the double. "Badbeat1512" was left with just a handful of big blinds after losing the pot, and now finds themselves short.

Meanwhile, "Jinxy" was eliminated shortly after the bubble burst, leaving 12 players remaining in the tournament.