partypoker US Network Online Series (May 31-June 7)

In Level 28 with blinds of 20,000/40,000 and an ante of 5,000, Ryan “TheSims” Hohner raised to 80,000 and received calls from "golden13" in the cutoff as well as both "plumberboy699" in the small blind and "bmweiser" in the big blind.

The four players saw the flop come and "plumberboy699" led out with a bet of 40,000. "bmweiser called and Hohner raised to 135,000. All three players called, bringing the turn .

"plumberboy699" led out again for another 40,000 and "bmweiser" called once more. Hohner bumped it up to 248,000, getting a fold from "golden13" before both "plumberboy699" and "bmweiser" stuck around to bring the river . "plumberboy699" fired 40,000 once more and got an immediate fold from "bmweiser," and then Hohner called to take the hand to showdown.

"plumberboy699" showed for two pair, fives up, and Hohner had tabled to earn him the pot with queens up, taking his stack up to 4.7 million in the process.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan “TheSims” Hohner	4,773,580	2,036,064
bmweiser	2,572,599	-468,000
schaf4206	1,371,504	-220,000
plumberboy699	1,260,277	-508,000
golden13	672,040	-5,000

In Level 28 with blinds of 20,000/40,000 and an ante of 5,000, "FooBarBaz" shoved their last couple of big blinds on the button and received action from "yolegacy" in the small blind.

"FooBarBaz":
"yolgeacy":

"FooBarBaz" saw a nine come on the flop , and they were unable to hit an ace as the turn and river completed the runout and resulted in their elimination from the tournametn.

Moments later, "plumberboy699" doubled through "yolegacy" and left them with only a handful of big blinds only a few hands after having a stack of 1 million. They found a double, and now have a stack of 14 big blinds, still the shortest in the tournament with eight remaining.

Player	Chips	Progress
plumberboy699	1,573,316	415,658
yolegacy	566,093	-60,071
FooBarBaz	Busted

Play has moved into Level 27 with blinds now up to 18,000/36,000 and an ante of 4,500. Here's an updated look at chip stacks among the final 10 players, with just one elimination needed before the tournament makes it into the money.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan “TheSims” Hohner	2,737,516	19,000
bmweiser	1,220,136	389,485
Sunnyp99	1,211,228	342,500
schaf4206	1,187,560	-4,500
plumberboy699	1,157,658	-2,335
golden13	893,692	-96,500
humpy40	664,444	-27,300
yolegacy	626,164	-97,836
FooBarBaz	523,690	-155,962
cuser24	436,912	-75,500

In Level 26 with blinds of 16,000/32,000 and an ante of 4,000, there was 264,000 in the middle on a flop of and "callmemayb99" had a minimum-bet of 32,000 in front of them from the hijack. Action was on Ryan “TheSims” Hohner, who was on the button and made the call.

The turn was and "callmemayb99" shoved for 122,000. Hohner called.

"callmemayb99":
Ryan “TheSims” Hohner:

"callmemayb99" found their two pair up against Hohner's flush draw and they were unable to hold as the river completed the backdoor flush, resulting in their elimination from the tournament in 11th place and bringing about the official bubble. Meanwhile, Hohner extended his chip lead and to a stack of 3.33 million.

However, he doubled "schaf4206" a couple of hands later and is back at 2.7 million as 10-handed play continues across two tables.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan “TheSims” Hohner	2,718,516	115,499
schaf4206	1,192,060	754,156
callmemayb99	Busted

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In Level 25 with blinds of 14,000/28,000 and an ante of 3,500, "bmweiser" raised all in for 1.25 million in the cutoff. Action folded to "Sunnyp99" in the big blind, who immediately called all in for 418,000.

"Sunnyp99":
"bmweiser":

A queen-high runout of came and "Sunnyp99" scored the double as hand-for-hand play looks to continue into the following level in the coming hands.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sunnyp99	868,728	-516,386
bmweiser	830,651	-412,198