Event #7: $20,000 GTD NLH
Day 1 Completed
partypoker US Network Online Series (July 6-12)
Event #7: $20,000 GTD NLH
Day: 1
Ross “Thehebrewhammer” Gottleib Wins Event 7: $20,000 GTD NLH ($9,270)
Event 7: $20,000 GTD NLH of the partypoker US Network Online Open is in the books after close to six hours of play.
Some 180 entries put up the $215 buy in to create a prize pool of $36,000 and a grand prize of $9,270 which was taken down by Ross “Thehebrewhammer” Gottleib.
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Prize |
| 1 | Ross “Thehebrewhammer” Gottleib | $9,270 |
| 2 | "RiverMan" | $6,390 |
| 3 | "A.Jackson1767" | $4,230 |
| 4 | "AlwaysCheck88" | $3,060 |
| 5 | "Jsprofera" | $2,250 |
| 6 | Mike “MistaMenza” Menzer | $1,800 |
| 7 | "pure_reason" | $1,404 |
| 8 | "eddie11" | $1,044 |
| 9 | "echaser" | $774 |
Gottlieb was among the top chip stacks for much of the day and started to catch fire at the final table to eventually become the champion. He entered the final table as the chip leader and strengthened his grip when he completed a double knockout to bring the field from six to four and would then continue his hot run eliminating “AlwaysCheck88” in fourth place and “A.Jackson1757” in third place.
“Just riding the wave,” he would say in the chat to his heads-up opponent “RiverMan,” who congratulated Gottlieb on a nice run as they commenced on the heads-up battle. Gottlieb held and 5:1 chip lead throughout and after about fifteen minutes of all-in shoves with folding back and forth. Gottlieb finally finished the job when he paired a seven on the flop to confirm the tournament victory and the $9,270 prize.
"RiverMan" Eliminated in 2nd Place ($6,390)
After about fifteen minutes of cagey heads up play, Ross “Thehebrewhammer” Gottleib moved all in preflop and was instantly called by "RiverMan".
"RiverMan" looked to be in good shape for a double up as they were ahead with the 
against the 
of Gottlieb and dominating clubs.
But the flop put Gottlieb on the brink of the title as it came 
to pair the seven. The turn was the 
and the rover came the 
to eliminate "RiverMan" as runner up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
9,000,000 | 2,536,665 |
|
|
Busted |
"AlwaysCheck88" Eliminated in 4th Place ($3,060)
"AlwaysCheck88" became the next elimination the very next hand as their 
came up begging against the 
of Ross “Thehebrewhammer” Gottleib when the board ran out 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
6,463,335 | 865,255 |
|
|
Busted |
Mike “MistaMenza” Menzer Eliminated in 6th Place ($1,800); Jsprofera Eliminated in 5th Place ($2,250)
Mike “MistaMenza” Menzer and "jsprofera" were both at risk in a preflop all in with Ross “Thehebrewhammer” GottleibMike having a chance to knock out both.
“MistaMenza” Menzer:
"Jsprofera": 
Ross “Thehebrewhammer” Gottleib: 
The flop paired up Gottlieb as it came 
. The turn was the 
and the river the to confirm the double elimination and bring the field down to just four.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
5,598,080 | 3,581,888 |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted |
"eddie11" Eliminated in 8th Place ($1,044)
Action in level 28, with blinds at 20,000/40,000
"eddie11" had been decimated in a previous hand to leave them a single big blind and they moved it all in preflop and was up against "pure_reason".
The board would not rally the 
against the 
and "eddie11" was gone in eight place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
542,644 | -4,323 |
|
|
Busted |
"echaser" Eliminated in 9th Place ($774)
"echaser" moved all in preflop over a raise from middle position for about 362,000
It folded back to the original raiser "RiverMan" who called the all in.
"echaser": 
"Riverman": 
It was a coin flip but the flop would decimate all hope for "echaser" as two nines came off to give "RiverMan" quads and to create the first casualty of the final table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,404,261 | 79,335 |
|
|
Busted |
Brink of Final Table Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,016,192 | 1,261,489 |
|
|
1,647,735 | 1,589,047 |
|
|
1,324,926 | 596,382 |
|
|
830,931 | -59,973 |
|
|
798,552 | 261,552 |
|
|
663,320 | 140,740 |
|
|
546,967 | -71,418 |
|
|
486,718 | 144,689 |
|
|
458,985 | 105,232 |
|
|
225,674 | 108,108 |
"odo23" Takes Out "Doni34"
Action in level 26 with blinds at 16,000/32,000
"odo23" had their ace-king hold up in a preflop all in against the king-queen of "Doni34" when the board ran out safely and "Doni34" was sent away in twelth place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
537,488 | 326,084 |
|
|
Busted |
Break Time
The remaining 15 players are now on a short break.