partypoker US Network Online Series (Nov. 29 - Dec.6)

From all of us at Pokernews.com, we hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend! While the holiday is wrapping up, the online poker isn't slowing down here, as another partypoker US Network Online Series will be kicking off later today. The action is starting with a massive $100,000 Guaranteed Event, larger than the guarantee for the Main event next weekend.

The buy-in today will be $215, and all levels today will be 12 minutes long. Registration will be available until the end of Level 18, or until about 9 PM ET. Learn more about signing up for partypoker New Jersey below, and be sure to come back in a few hours when the virtual cards hit the air. Pokernews.com will be here until the final hand to bring you all of the updates!

Registration is open for everybody within the state of New Jersey. Players may compete across any of the three platforms of partypoker US, Borgata Poker and BetMGM Poker.

Click here to sign up for Nj.partypoker.com!

It's finally time to kick off the latest partypoker US Network Online Series, and the action is starting with the biggest event on the calendar. This $215 buy-in tournament has a guarantee of at least $100,000, with registration available for just over three hours of play.

As always, Pokernews.com will have you covered with all of the updates, so be sure to stay tuned to find out who takes home what should be a first place prize of around $20,000!

Are you a New Jersey resident interested in playing online poker? Planning a visit to the Garden State and want to check it out? If so, PokerNews has a great deal for you with BorgataPoker.com, which along with BetMGM.com and partypoker US comprised the BetMGM online network.

New customers who sign up will receive a 100% deposit match up to $600, plus $20 on the house!

It's easy to get started:

• Sign Up — Register an account with Borgata Poker
• Download — Get the app on iOS or Android to start playing
• Deposit — Make your first deposit and we'll match it up to $600

Click here to sign up for BorgataPoker.com!

Ten players have managed to double their starting stacks of 100,000, and you can view all of those players below.

Player	Chips	Progress
The Counselor	289,076
Edsebo	288,073
sansara52	256,056
av1925	242,445
MoneyMagnet08	213,624
KingKong24	208,800
dibik8826	202,460
reyd182	201,935
echaser	200,000

Blinds: 300/600

"softee" and "inconex123" went heads up to a flop of , and "softee" led for 1,000. "inconex123" raised to 3,990, and "softee" called to see the hit the turn. "softee" checked, and "inconex123" kept up the aggression with a bet of 11,949. "softee" was ready to play back though, as he raised to 30,000.

"inconex123" bowed out, and softee" took down the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
softee	157,342	157,342
inconex123	78,649	78,649

Just under an hour into play today, it's time to take the first break of the day. The tournament lobby says 261 players, meaning they still have a ways to go to reach the $100,000 Guarantee.

Stay tuned for a fresh round of big stack chip counts to be posted shortly.

BorgataPoker.com has a trio of Sponsored Pros, and one of them is Katie Stone.

Stone has more than $176K in lifetime live tournament earnings including a career-bet $33,305 for finishing 378th in the 2018 World Series of Poker Main Event. In addition, Stone has three Borgata Open titles including the 2018 Borgata Fall Poker Open $300 Deepest Stack for $19,337, 2017 Borgata Summer Poker Open $300 Ladies Event for $2,867, and 2017 Borgata Fall Poker Open $300 Deepstack for $9,484. She also recently won the CSOP Borgata Winter Poker Open Event back in January.

However, where Stone has really thrived is online where she’s amassed more than $900K in lifetime earnings. Of that, $146,954 has come on BorgataPoker.com where she plays under the screen name “KatieStone.”

According to a Q&A she did with the Borgata Blog, Stone was born and raised in New Jersey, but after Black Friday in 2011, she relocated to Rosarito, Mexico in order to continue playing online. When New Jersey authorized Atlantic City casinos to offer online gaming within state borders, Stone moved back north to New Jersey and picked up where she left off — winning!

Recently, Stone took the initiative to create the Discord channel “Poker Peeps Affected By COVID19” and invited those in casino industry affected by recent shutdowns to join.

“I realized how tough it was going to be for everyone to keep up with everything and everyone, with so much changing so fast,” Stone recently told PokerNews. “So, I messaged my friend Cy Watson, who has been very active on social media as well regarding Coronavirus, asking him if he thought it would be a good idea to start a chat for people in the industry to be able to connect with each other for help.”

She continued: “I think the main thing poker players and everyone can do is to keep an open mind. Understanding that this is unlike any situation any of us have encountered before, and so thinking outside the box can go a long way. Taking the time to improve a skill, or learn a new skill whether it's a game or something else could be really beneficial not just financially, but mentally.”

Click here to learn more about Stone’s initiative.

Player	Chips	Progress
Katie "KatieStone" Stone	147,310

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