partypoker US Network Online Series (July 6-12)

Hand #1: On the last hand of Level 25 with blinds of 14,000/28,000 and an ante of 3,500, "Str8crazY" raised to 84,000 under the gun and action folded around to "rumpthumper" in the small blind, who three-bet shoved for 767,000. "Str8crazY" quickly called.

"rumpthumper":
"Str8crazY":

Both players hit sets as the board ran out , leaving "rumpthumper" to sweat a perfect-perfect runout en route to a double.

Hand #2: On the very next hand and the first hand of Level 26 (16,000,32,000/4,000), action folded around to "rumpthumper" on the button and they jammed all in. "Str8crazY" called off their remaining 10 big blinds and the two were off to the races.

"Str8crazY":
"rumpthumper":

"Str8crazY" picked up a few extra outs on the turn but ultimately fell short as the board came to leave them with nothing more than ace-high, which was no good to the pair of threes that "rumpthumper" held. They were eliminated from the tournament in 10th place, bringing about the final table, one that "rumpthumper" now enters with a sizeable chip lead.

Player	Chips	Progress
rumpthumper	1,938,119 990,202	990,202
poflatland	1,309,218 -39,000	-39,000
Dirty_Harry6	1,052,933 37,000	37,000
JMPoker	762,288 -3,674	-3,674
SenorAlto	569,132 205,500	205,500
cenation	465,550 185,876	185,876
HellHound	318,430 -103,000	-103,000
theMossberg	265,916 -198,056	-198,056
Retsnom1	248,414 -100,500	-100,500
Str8crazY	Busted

In Level 26 with blinds of 16,000/32,000 and an ante of 4,000, "rumpthumper" opened the action with a raise to 80,000 in middle position and "cenation" three-bet jammed for 289,000. "rumpthumper" called.

"cenation":
"rumpthumper":

"cenation" was ahead until an ace came on the flop , and they were unable to find a two-outer on both the turn and river to result in them taking ninth place for a payday of $127, split nearly 50-50 between prize money and the 12.5 knockouts they amassed over the course of the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
poflatland	2,011,218 702,000	702,000
rumpthumper	1,865,669 -72,450	-72,450
cenation	Busted

In the last hand of Level 26 with blinds of 16,000/32,000 and an ante of 4,000, "Retsnom1" shoved for 144,000 in early position and received a call from "JMPoker" in the small blind.

"Retsnom1":
"JMPoker":

It was a coin-flip situation and "Retsnom1" needed to improve to stay in the tournament. They did not do so as the runout fell to leave them unimproved and second best to the sixes that "JMPoker" held. They earned $87 for their eighth-place finish, and scored eight bounties to add another $40 to that tally.

Player	Chips	Progress
JMPoker	838,702 76,414	76,414
Retsnom1	Busted

In Level 27 with blinds of 18,000/36,000 and an ante of 4,500, "HellHound" shoved for 121,000 in middle position and received a call from "JMPoker" in the hijack. "poflatland" then three-bet to 537,000 in the cutoff to put action onto "theMossberg," who was on the button and called all in for 472,000. "JMPoker" folded and a three-way all in ensued.

"HellHound":
"theMossberg":
"poflatland":

A double-knockout and big chip lead was in the forecast for "poflatland" but a miracle flop of came for "HellHound" instead. The turn gave "theMossberg" life with a backdoor gutter to Broadway, but the river did not fulfill the draw.

"HellHound" wound up quadrupling and then some with their full house, while "poflatland" took down the side pot to eliminate "theMossberg" from the tournament in seventh place. They earned $117 for their efforts and got another $10 from two knockouts.

Player	Chips	Progress
rumpthumper	1,798,169 -67,500	-67,500
poflatland	1,441,998 -569,220	-569,220
JMPoker	875,272 36,570	36,570
Dirty_Harry6	845,517 -207,416	-207,416
SenorAlto	631,632 62,500	62,500
HellHound	569,220 250,790	250,790
theMossberg	Busted

In Level 28 with blinds of 20,000/40,000 and an ante of 5,000, "HellHound" limped in on the button and "JMPoker" completed their small blind. Action was then on "poflatland" in the big blind, who raised their option up to 100,000 and saw both players call.

The flop fell and "JMPoker" checked. "poflatland" made a continuation-bet of 165,000 and got a fold from "HellHound." "JMPoker" then thought for a bit and check-raised all in for 439,000. "poflatland" quickly called.

"JMPoker":
"poflatland":

"JMPoker" saw the bad news as their opponent's aces were tabled and they were in need of hitting one of the eight outs they had with their double-gutshot straight draw. They bricked on both the turn and river and were eliminated in sixth place, earning $150 for their finish with another $15 from three bounties adding to that total.

Player	Chips	Progress
poflatland	1,520,742 564,772	564,772
JMPoker	Busted

In Level 29 with blinds of 25,000/50,000 and an ante of 6,250, "SenorAlto" jammed for 740,000 in the cutoff and "DirtyHarry" re-jammed for 852,000. Both players in the blinds folded.

"SenorAlto":
"Dirty_Harry6":

"SenorAlto" was in trouble and the flop left them behind. However, the turn tremendously increased "SenorAlto's" number of outs. One of those outs connected on the river , giving them a king-high straight to double and leave "Dirty_Harry6" with just 110,000.

"Dirty_Harry6" was able to find a double but then folded through the blinds down to 200,000 and was eliminated by "SenorAlto" just a couple of hands later in fifth place, earning $187 in prizes plus another $50 in bounties.

Player	Chips	Progress
SenorAlto	1,575,028 488,764	488,764
Dirty_Harry6	310,256 -719,261	-719,261