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

Event #4: $15K GTD PKO Bounty
Day: 1
Event Info

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

Final Results
Winner
Borgatcha
Winning Hand
q8
Prize
$6,758
Event Info
Buy-in
$215
Entries
70

"kingtaut" Earns a Bounty

"kingtaut"
"kingtaut"

In Level 8 with blinds of 800/1,600 and an ante of 200, a three-way all-in scenario between Michael "miw210x" Wang in the big blind, the under-the-gun "Badbeat1512", and "kingtaut" in the hijack was in the process of seeing the board run out {10-Hearts}{a-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}{4-Clubs}{3-Spades}.

"Badbeat1512" was the shortest of the three stacks, with Wang covering both "kingtaut" by only a small margin.

"Badbeat1512": {k-Clubs}{q-Spades}
"kingtaut": {a-Spades}{4-Spades}
Michael "miw210x" Wang: {6-Clubs}{6-Hearts}

When all was said and done, "kingtaut" scooped both pots for the knockout and more than a full double with their two pair, aces up. Wang was left with under 7,000 but found himself up to 27,000 just moments later.

Also moments later, "kingtaut" was down to 161,000 after appearing to double Ryan "Whosyourdoddy" Dodd, who is now over 200,000.

Player Chips Progress
Ryan "Whosyourdoddy" Dodd us
Ryan "Whosyourdoddy" Dodd
203,706 122,181
kingtaut us
kingtaut
161,106 24,477
Michael "miw210x" Wang us
Michael "miw210x" Wang
WSOP 2X Winner
27,484 -56,021
Badbeat1512 us
Badbeat1512
Busted

A Round of Chip Counts

Play is midway through Level 7 with blinds of 600/1,200 and an ante of 150. Forty-four entries have now been recorded with 35 players currently in contention. The guaranteed prize pool of $15,000 is likely to soon be surpassed.

The top 20 stacks in the tournament have been provided below.

Player Chips Progress
Ryan "simlSgg" Hagerty
Ryan "simlSgg" Hagerty
221,445 -20,104
kingtaut us
kingtaut
136,629 7,200
Edsebo us
Edsebo
113,525 28,765
ScarletRaptor us
ScarletRaptor
112,618 25,464
THENEXTPHIL us
THENEXTPHIL
107,803 8,185
EDESS us
EDESS
87,562 -40,615
pay4medsch00l us
pay4medsch00l
87,094 17,199
Ramon "hoodrathings" Liriano Jr us
Ramon "hoodrathings" Liriano Jr
85,220 17,175
maniacalmonk us
maniacalmonk
84,418 6,919
onoreally us
onoreally
83,515 15,135
Michael "miw210x" Wang us
Michael "miw210x" Wang
WSOP 2X Winner
83,505 -22,200
Ryan "Whosyourdoddy" Dodd us
Ryan "Whosyourdoddy" Dodd
81,525
njpokeraa us
njpokeraa
80,106 14,946
Brian "TopCreature" Sherrier us
Brian "TopCreature" Sherrier
79,457 11,606
Chris "rumpthumper" White us
Chris "rumpthumper" White
78,380 3,380
Stanton "Stonniepokes" Tentnowski
Stanton "Stonniepokes" Tentnowski
75,871 -1,929
Michael "Gags30" Gagliano us
Michael "Gags30" Gagliano
WSOP 1X Winner
75,000
Michael "IIIIIIIIIIIII" Haberman us
Michael "IIIIIIIIIIIII" Haberman
74,900
BoozeHound us
BoozeHound
74,825
jaehoez24 us
jaehoez24
73,795 -3,885

Eric “alwaysliquid” Vanauken Looking for More partypoker US Success

Eric Vanauken
Eric Vanauken

Eric “alwaysliquid” Vanauken is a name you should know as he's become on of the most accomplished players on the partypoker US Network.

A couple of months ago, Vanauken accomplished the incredible feat of capturing back-to-back titles not once, but twice.

In the July 6-12 series, he topped a 134-entry field to win Event #4: $15,000 GTD NLH for nearly $7,500, and then the next night bested 144 runners to win Event #5: $,7500 GTD Green Chip Bounty for $3,145. Then, at the end of July, he won the $320 buy-in Event #3: $15,000 GTD PKO Bounty for $6,393 and a day later emerged victorious in the $215 buy-in Event #4: $12,000 GTD PKO Bounty Boost for $5.691.

PokerNews recently had the chance to chat with Vanauken about his recent successes.

Money Never Sleeps

For the 43-year-old Vanauken, who is married with three kids ages 7, 10, and 19, he’s never really had a nine-to-five job. Instead, he fancies himself a real estate broker engaging in flips and investments while playing poker on the side of course.

“I first learned playing $4/$8 limit at Foxwoods in early 2000 and now play now $20/$40 and $30/$60 when I can find a game, or settle on $1/$2 or $2/$5 NLH," he said. "I have played the WSOP Main Event two times with no luck busting on Day 2 both times.”

Additionally, Vanauken grinds a decent amount on the virtual tables under the screen name “alwaysliquid,” which stems from the movie Wall Street when Gordon Gekko tells Bud Fox about how money never sleeps and you need to always be liquid.

“Since New Jersey went legal I play on Borgata and WSOP. I used to play PokerStars but had an issue with them over a year ago and have since boycotted them. I do very well on Borgata. I even shipped the Mega Thursday [not long ago] on my phone from an Applebee’s parking lot as I had no WiFi at home due to power outage.”

As for his recent successes on partypoker US, Vanauken was pleased but wanted to remain humble.

“I am humbled to be able to compete with all of the great players in New Jersey,” he said. “I’m proud that all of my studying and grinding has been producing favorable results in the past few years, taking me from an average breakeven player to a profitable one. At the same time, I try to maintain being humble with this great game and what it has provided for me and my family.”

Proudest Poker Accomplishments

For Vanauken, the scores rank up there among his proudest poker accomplishments, which includes beating a poker legend.

“In 2013, I beat Joe McKeehen for the Borgata Limit Championship,” Vanauken said. “I think that was the last limit event held at Borgata.”

Other highlights on his poker résumé include finishing sixth in the 2018 WSOP Circuit at Canada’s Playground Poker Club and finishing runner-up in a pair of WSOP Circuit online events back in March.

“So close to a ring but the two cashes of $35k and $20k within a few days definitely eased the quarantine pain,” Vanauken said.

With the latest partypoker US Network Online Series happening now, only time will tell if Vanauken can keep his streak of winning back-to-back events alive.

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"slowmotion" Finds Broadway Via the River

"slowmotion"
"slowmotion"

In Level 6 with blinds of 500/1,000 and an ante of 125, "slowmotion" raised to 2,000 under the gun and received calls from both Michael "UFOLDIWIN" St. John in the small blind and Brian "TopCreature" Sherrier, who defended his big blind.

The flop came {6-Hearts}{10-Clubs}{j-Spades} and action checked to "slowmotion", who made a continuation-bet of 2,500. St. John folded and Sherrier called, taking action heads up to the turn {10-Spades} where both players checked.

The river fell {q-Spades}. Sherrier bet 6,800 and "slowmotion" quickly called.

Sherrier showed {10-Hearts}{7-Hearts} for turned trips, but it proved to be no good as "slowmotion" showed {a-Spades}{k-Clubs} for a rivered Broadway to earn the pot.

Player Chips Progress
slowmotion us
slowmotion
82,861
Michael "UFOLDIWIN" St. John us
Michael "UFOLDIWIN" St. John
71,625
Brian "TopCreature" Sherrier us
Brian "TopCreature" Sherrier
67,851 -8,956

Wang Over Six Figures

"miw210x"
"miw210x"

In Level 5 with blinds of 400/800 and an ante of 100, Michael "miw210x" Wang opened the action with a raise to 2,000 in the cutoff and received a call from "kingtaut" in the big blind. The flop came {3-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds}{q-Clubs} and "kingtaut" checked to Wang, who made a continuation-bet of 3,200 and received a call.

Both players checked the turn {q-Spades} and the river came {5-Spades}. "kingtaut" bet 5,800 and Wang thought for a bit before raising to 19,700. "kingtaut" found the raise to be too much and sent their cards to the muck, earning Wang the pot with no showdown and bringing his stack up to 105,000.

Player Chips Progress
kingtaut us
kingtaut
129,429
Michael "miw210x" Wang us
Michael "miw210x" Wang
WSOP 2X Winner
105,705

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Tony "ToNiSiNzz" Sinishtaj Talks About WPT Online Borgata Series Win

In September, the World Poker Tour Online Borgata Series powered by partypoker US Network wrapped up its 10-event series with the conclusion of the $1,060 Main Event, a tournament that drew 440 entries and offered up a $432,700 prize pool.

The final table of eight battled it out for a $77,349 top prize, plus a Hublot Big Bang E Titanium watch valued at $5,200, and after 3.5 hours of play, it was Tony "ToNiSiNzz" Sinishtaj coming out on top to claim his second WPT-related title. Sinishtaj previously won the WPT Seminole Rock Poker Showdown in Season XVI for $661,283.

Sinishtaj sat down with PokerNews' Chad Holloway to talk about the win.

Hagerty Gets Two Knockouts; Takes the Chip Lead

Ryan Hagerty
Ryan Hagerty

In Level 4 with blinds of 300/600 and an ante of 75, there was 34,000 in the middle on a board of {8-Hearts}{3-Clubs}{5-Diamonds} after flop action finished between Ryan "simlSgg" Hagerty in the small blind and "angies13" in the hijack. The remainder of the chips proceeded to quickly be committed on both sides on the turn {4-Hearts}.

"angies13": {q-Spades}{q-Clubs}
Ryan "simlSgg" Hagerty: {3-Spades}{3-Diamonds}

Hagerty flopped a set and got it in good against the overpair of "angies13", who was unable to hit the two outer on the river {10-Clubs} and was eliminated as a result. Hagerty earned the knockout in addition to the pot, which was his second since returning from the break to earn nearly half of his buyin back before the end of Level 4.

Player Chips Progress
Ryan "simlSgg" Hagerty
Ryan "simlSgg" Hagerty
241,549 166,549
angies13 us
angies13
Busted

Tags: simlSgg

Field Up To 23 at First Break

The tournament has reached its first break of the night midway through Level 3 with blinds of 250/500 and an ante of 60. Twenty-three entries have now been recorded with 22 players currently in contention after "EDESS" knocked out "ScarletRaptor", who is back in action with a top-three stack on their second bullet.

"EDESS" is the chip leader through the first two-and-a-half levels of play. Plenty more familiar faces have now entered as well, including Alex "JinYang" Butcher, Stanton "Stonniepokes" Tentnowski", Michael "miw210x" Wang", Ryan "simlSgg" Hagerty, and Chris "rumpthumper" White.

Complete chip counts have been provided below.

Player Chips Progress
EDESS us
EDESS
128,177
THENEXTPHIL us
THENEXTPHIL
99,618
ScarletRaptor us
ScarletRaptor
87,154
kingtaut us
kingtaut
86,503
Edsebo us
Edsebo
84,760
Smitty15 us
Smitty15
84,591
Alex "JinYang" Butcher us
Alex "JinYang" Butcher
82,550
Stanton "Stonniepokes" Tentnowski
Stanton "Stonniepokes" Tentnowski
77,800
jaehoez24 us
jaehoez24
77,680
maniacalmonk us
maniacalmonk
77,499
Brian "TopCreature" Sherrier us
Brian "TopCreature" Sherrier
76,807
Ryan "simlSgg" Hagerty
Ryan "simlSgg" Hagerty
75,000
Chris "rumpthumper" White us
Chris "rumpthumper" White
75,000
Borgatcha us
Borgatcha
75,000
Michael "miw210x" Wang us
Michael "miw210x" Wang
WSOP 2X Winner
73,950
dadadada us
dadadada
73,503
shaggydo us
shaggydo
73,340
pay4medsch00l us
pay4medsch00l
69,895
onoreally us
onoreally
68,380
Ramon "hoodrathings" Liriano Jr us
Ramon "hoodrathings" Liriano Jr
68,045
xxx6395200xxx us
xxx6395200xxx
65,733
njpokeraa us
njpokeraa
65,160
Jaime "mooseman1710" Reyes us
Jaime "mooseman1710" Reyes
53,855

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"THENEXTPHIL" Chips Up Early

"THENEXTPHIL"
"THENEXTPHIL"

In Level 2 with blinds of 200/400 and an ante of 60, "EDESS" opened to 1,200 under the gun and received calls from "pay4medsch00l" in the cutoff and "jaehoez24", who was on the button. "THENEXTPHIL" three-bet to 7,200 in the big blind and all three players called.

The flop came {k-Hearts}{q-Diamonds}{10-Clubs} and "THENEXTPHIL" made a continuation-bet of 10,000. All three players in the hand folded without much deliberation and "THENEXTPHIL" took down the pot, bringing their stack above 90,000 in the first 15 minutes of the tournament.

Player Chips Progress
THENEXTPHIL us
THENEXTPHIL
93,183 18,183
jaehoez24 us
jaehoez24
78,910 3,910
pay4medsch00l us
pay4medsch00l
68,800 -6,200
EDESS us
EDESS
66,880