partypoker US Network Online Series (June 21-28)

Friday night brings more high-stakes action to the partypoker US Network Online Series with the $215 buy-in Event #9: $15,000 GTD NLH.

Play begins at 8 p.m. ET and will receive 50,000 in chips to start. Levels last 10 minutes in length and unlimited entries/re-entries are available through the first three hours of play, plus breaks. Blinds start at 150/300 with an ante of 40 and registration will close after Level 18 at 4,000/8,000/1,000. From there, the tournament will continue until a winner has been declared. A full betting structure has been provided below.

Betting Structure

The tournament is open for all within the state of New Jersey. Players are able to compete across any of the three platforms of Borgata Poker, Party Poker NJ, and BetMGM Poker.

In Level 2 with blinds of 200/400 and an ante of 60, there was 4,500 in the middle on the turn with a board of displayed. Action was heads up, with "Slapshot1085" checking in the big blind and facing a bet of 2,800 from "MistaMenza," who was in the cutoff.

"Slapshot1085" check-raised to 9,300 and "MistaMenza" put in a three-bet to 26,600. "Slapshot1085" shoved for just over 27,000 and "MistaMenza" called off the last bit to result in hands being tabled.

"Slapshot1085":
"MistaMenza":

"MistaMenza" had turned a flush and needed to fade the four outer in order to knock out "Slapshot1085" after they turned top and bottom pair. The river came and "MistaMenza" saw the pot shipped their way for the flush to eliminate "Slapshot1085" from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
MistaMenza	68,370 18,370	18,370
Slapshot1085	Busted

Remember, the current series will culminate on Sunday with the $400 buy-in, $300K GTD WPT Online Poker Open powered by partypoker US Main Event. Satellites are running daily for that tournament, and as of Thursday night, 87 players have already punched their ticket to the big show via sattys.

Another aspect of the tournament were the two Phased flights, which allowed players not only the chance to qualify for the tournament, but to carry over more than the 1 million starting stack. On Tuesday, the Phased flight attracted 64 runners with only four of them surviving play. BorgataPoker.com Sponsored Pro Michael "Gags30" Gagliano, who was recently a guest on the PokerNews Podcast, bagged a massive 2,535,888. Others to make it through were "jqbpk772" (1,517,662), "cenation" (1,350,308), and "phatalb15."

In Thursday's flight, there were 100 entries and a dozen of the players advanced with "spinach_kale" (1,742,341) out in front. Others who advanced with seven figures were "PokerKarma" (1,632,582), "sansara52" (1,444,068), and "nigock" (1,060,028).

Remember, the winner of the WPT Online Poker Open Main Event tournament will receive a Champion’s Trophy, a VIP WPT experience in Las Vegas, and an $11,000 package that includes entry into a WPT’s Five Diamond World Poker Classic.

There will be four daily qualifiers giving players a chance into the Main Event for a low as $5. There will also be a daily $45 buy-in satellite at 7:30 pm ET will take place on the partypoker US Network.

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In Level 10 with blinds of 1,200/2,400 and an ante of 300, preflop action saw 29,000 go into the middle and "Gman6260" had checked in the big blind. They were facing a bet of 21,000 from "sri100k," who was under the gun, and check-raised all in for effectively around 90,000. "sri100k" quickly called.

"sri100k":
"Gman6260":

"sri100k" had the double locked up as long as they could fade running cards. The turn gave them a sweat as "Gman6260" picked up eight direct outs at a straight on the river. It fell , completing a wheel and earning "Gman6260" the entire pot to bring their stack ofer a quarter million.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gman6260	283,674 172,989	172,989
sri100k	50,000 -20,844	-20,844

In Level 14 with blinds of 2,000/4,000 and an ante of 500, "UFOLDIWIN" jammed for 70,000 in middle position and action folded around to the small blind, where "alwaysliquid" called for less.

"alwaysliquid":
"UFOLDIWIN":

It was a classic coin flip situation with both players hitting the flop to give "UFOLDIWIN" top pair top kicker, only to find themselves up against the flopped set of "alwaysliquid." The turn left "UFOLDIWIN" drawing dead, and the river earned "alwaysliquid" the double in style as they improved to quads and saw the pot of 94,800 sent their way as a result.

Player	Chips	Progress
alwaysliquid	94,840 49,090	49,090
UFOLDIWIN	24,764 -44,474	-44,474

The registration period has officially closed as Level 19 has begun with blinds of 5,000/10,000 and an ante of 1,250. Eighty-six entries generated a total prize pool of $17,200, and the top 10 places will be paid with the winner earning $5,246. Here's a look at the full list of payouts:

In Level 21 with blinds of 7,000/14,000 and an ante of 1,750, "jjtes" raised to 42,000 in the cutoff and was three-bet to 98,000 by "MistaMenza" on the button. "jjtes" called and the flop came . "jjtes" open-jammed for 127,000 and "MistaMenza" wasted no time calling.

"jjtes":
"MistaMenza":

"MistaMenza" saw their aces hold, fading the 10 outer on both the turn and river to knock "jjtes" out of the tournament in 10th place.

Moments later, "bigcakes1" got all in preflop against "JoeRossi" early in the final table.

"bigcakes1":
"JoeRossi":

A four came on the runout to give "bigcakes1" a set of fours and leave "JoeRossi" with just 4,000 left in their stack, which they would lose shortly thereafter to take ninth place for $516.

Player	Chips	Progress
MistaMenza	626,310 208,000	208,000
jjtes	Busted
JoeRossi	Busted

In Level 22 with blinds of 8,000/16,000 and an ante of 2,000, Alex "JinYang" Butcher got his 273,000 into the middle on the button preflop against "rounder1420," who was in early position and had Butcher at risk for his tournament life.

Alex "JinYang" Butcher:
"rounder1420":

Butcher was in prime shape for a huge double and the flop looked good for him. However, the turn spelled disaster, leaving him as the one in need of hitting the two outer. With one shot to go, he bricked out on the river and became the eighth-place finisher as a result.

Player	Chips	Progress
rounder1420	872,764 417,996	417,996
Alex "JinYang" Butcher	Busted

On the last hand before break in Level 22 with blinds of 8,000/16,000 and an ante of 2,000, action folded around to "chromeking" in the hijack and they opened to 32,000. "gisappak" called in the cutoff and all remaining players folded, taking action heads up to a flop of . "chromeking" checked and "gisappak" made a bet of 51,000. "chromeking" called.

The turn came and "chromeking" checked again. "gisappak" went all in for the effective 225,000 that remained in "chromeking's" stack, which they immediately called.

"chromeking":
"gisappak":

"chromeking" had check-called off their remaining chips with top pair, top kicker only to run into an overpair. They missed the five outs they had on the river and found the rail in seventh place as a result. Updated chip counts for all remaining six players on break have been provided below.

Player	Chips	Progress
gisappak	1,404,113 548,262	548,262
rounder1420	942,764 70,000	70,000
MistaMenza	583,610 -42,700	-42,700
Core4	576,512 163,000	163,000
bigcakes1	516,024 159,762	159,762
BigDickRick	276,977 -31,750	-31,750
chromeking	Busted

Early in Level 24 (12,000/24,000/3,000), "MistaMenza" found a double through "bigcakes1" to leave them with under 200,000.

A couple of hands later, action folded around to "gisappak" in the small blind and they jammed to put "bigcakes1" all in in the big blind for 154,000. "bigcakes1" called.

"bigcakes1":
"gisappak":

"bigcakes1" was unable to hit anything on the runout and they were eliminated in sixth place as a result of their back-to-back unfavorable runouts.

Player	Chips	Progress
gisappak	1,727,027 400,914	400,914
Core4	1,057,512 7,500	7,500
MistaMenza	882,720 454,610	454,610
rounder1420	403,764 -238,000	-238,000
BigDickRick	228,977 -59,000	-59,000
bigcakes1	Busted