partypoker US Network Online Series (June 21-28)

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

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 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

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.