Event #6: $215 Six-Max PLO PKO $20K GTD | partypoker US Network Online Series (Oct. 11-18)

10-14-2020 20:28 UTC-4

Chip Update

HillKerby

Play is in Level 6 with blinds of 500/1,000 and an ante of 125 and the number of entries has climbed to 38. Twenty-four players remain across four full tables, with "Pokerstudd09" still atop the counts. Here's a look at the first page of the leader board as well as those who have busted and not re-entered as of yet.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pokerstudd09	161,873 7,335	7,335
Chris “rumpthumper” White	150,281 100,281	100,281
EmeraldForest32	149,577 31,938	31,938
bertdoggy	132,256 61,152	61,152
Edsebo	126,956 76,206	76,206
E.J.D	112,930 -14,872	-14,872
Ryan "Whosyourdoddy" Dodd	110,958 40,555	40,555
ELITEMALESSO	98,732 6,825	6,825
thekid32	72,172 22,172	22,172
Stanton "Stonniepokes" Tentnowski	68,806 56,493	56,493
Yong ‘IReadYrSoul’ Kwon	67,673 -12,595	-12,595
DaNuts2013	66,415 -71,191	-71,191
Yellow_Chip	61,064 23,989	23,989
overendwatts	57,530 -2,055	-2,055
James ‘Bagels’ Lillis	54,850 54,850	54,850
Kevin “sofcknsick” Campbell	50,954 -34,321	-34,321
spinach_kale	50,000 50,000	50,000
chopsuey	42,320 -3,540	-3,540
Michael “UFOLDIWIN” St. John	41,750 -8,250	-8,250
TEREX	39,782 -10,188	-10,188
DeLaSmokeYa1	Busted
RL4U2	Busted
Brownlove1	Busted
NoRecourse	Busted

10-14-2020 20:34 UTC-4

Get to Know BorgataPoker.com Sponsored Pro Katie Stone

HillKerby

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.”

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10-14-2020 20:40 UTC-4

Kwon Runs Into a Monster

HillKerby

In Level 7 with blinds of 600/1,200 and an ante of 150, Yong ‘IReadYrSoul’ Kwon pumped it up to 4,200 in the hijack and received a call from "Pokerstudd09" in the cutoff. Action was then on "thekid32" on the button, who also called to put Matt “MattEMenz” Mendez on the clock. Mendez quickly called and a fold ensued behind.

With four players in, the flop fell and Mendez checked over to Kwon, who made a pot-sized continuation-bet of 18,900. Only "thekid32" called on the button and action went heads up to the turn , where Kwon jammed his remaining 3,900 and "thekid32" quickly called.

Yong ‘IReadYrSoul’ Kwon:
"thekid32":

Kwon saw his overpair and nut flush draw run into a full house, leaving him with just two outs to a bigger boat to double. The river left him short and the pot was shipped to "thekid32" as Kwon was left dry on chips for just a moment as he quickly re-entered to get back in on the action.

Player	Chips	Progress
thekid32	160,286 88,114	88,114
Pokerstudd09	157,023 -4,850	-4,850
Matt “MattEMenz” Mendez	55,225 55,225	55,225
Yong ‘IReadYrSoul’ Kwon	50,000 -17,673	-17,673

10-14-2020 20:46 UTC-4

Bounty Update

HillKerby

Forty-seven runners have been logged as the final seconds tick off the clock in Level 7 (600/1,200/150). Of those 47, there are currently 26 players remaining. An updated list of bounty earners has been listed below as the tournament nears the halfway point in the late-registration period.

Player	Bounties
E.J.D	$225
EmeraldForest32	$212
DaNuts2013	$150
Chris “rumpthumper” White	$125
thekid32	$50
Ryan "Whosyourdoddy" Dodd	$50
bertdoggy	$50
Pokerstudd09	$50
Edsebo	$50
chopsuey	$50
Kevin “sofcknsick” Campbell	$50
Yong ‘IReadYrSoul’ Kwon	$50

10-14-2020 20:52 UTC-4

Mendez Cedes a Dub

HillKerby

In Level 8 with blinds of 800/1,600 and an ante of 200, a blind-on-blind battle saw Matt “MattEMenz” Mendez commit all of his chips in the small blind and receive a call from "Jinxy" in the big blind, who was all in for less, totaling around 40,000.

"Jinxy":
Matt “MattEMenz” Mendez:

"Jinxy" was ahead with the aces and watched a safe runout of come to leave the situation unchanged, doubling to earn the pot of 82,900 at Mendez's expense.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jinxy	82,900
Matt “MattEMenz” Mendez	16,025 -39,200	-39,200

10-14-2020 20:57 UTC-4

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10-14-2020 21:02 UTC-4

Level 9 Chip Counts

HillKerby

The tournament has just resumed from its second break of the night and Level 9 has now begun with blinds of 1,000/2,000 and an ante of 250. Twenty-six players are still in contention, exactly half of the 52 entries that have been recorded. Registration will remain open until approximately 10:15 p.m. ET.

"EmeraldForest32" is currently atop the counts, with "Edsebo" and Ryan "Whosyourdoddy" Dodd rounding out the top three.

Player	Chips	Progress
EmeraldForest32	317,642 168,065	168,065
Edsebo	253,343 126,387	126,387
Ryan "Whosyourdoddy" Dodd	206,159 95,201	95,201
thekid32	180,646 20,360	20,360
Chris “rumpthumper” White	176,083 25,802	25,802
bertdoggy	148,194 15,938	15,938
ELITEMALESSO	138,294 39,562	39,562
Pokerstudd09	116,248 -40,775	-40,775
HodorHodorHodor	112,076
Daniel "centrfieldr23" Lupo	100,850
Matt “MattEMenz” Mendez	98,120 82,095	82,095
Jinxy	78,300 -4,600	-4,600
spinach_kale	76,650 26,650	26,650
Stevehung	75,050
James ‘Bagels’ Lillis	74,182 19,332	19,332
Anthony “Flawlessbinkage” Maio	70,401
mjykv	50,000
StellaParks	50,000
pay4medsch00l	48,861 21,937	21,937
goods21	39,926 28,888	28,888
Kevin “sofcknsick” Campbell	38,500 -12,454	-12,454
Stanton "Stonniepokes" Tentnowski	34,407 -34,399	-34,399
E.J.D	34,000 -78,930	-78,930
DaNuts2013	33,848 -32,567	-32,567
Yong ‘IReadYrSoul’ Kwon	28,240 -21,760	-21,760

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10-14-2020 21:09 UTC-4

Eric “alwaysliquid” Vanauken Looking for More partypoker US Success

HillKerby

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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10-14-2020 21:17 UTC-4

Campbell Gets a Good Runout

HillKerby

In Level 10 with blinds of 1,200/2,400 and an ante of 300, four players each committed 10,800 preflop and proceeded to watch a flop of appear. Kevin “sofcknsick” Campbell was first to act in the small blind and shoved for 19,000, just under half the size of the pot. Two folds ensued to put action onto Yong ‘IReadYrSoul’ Kwon, who was in the cutoff and thought for about five seconds before calling to have a shot at a bounty.

Kevin “sofcknsick” Campbell:
Yong ‘IReadYrSoul’ Kwon:

Kwon was ahead with top pair but the turn gave Campbell a wheel. All of a sudden, Kwon was behind with nothing more than a nut flush draw and gutshot wheel draw to chop. Everything missed on the river and Campbell secured the double.

Player	Chips	Progress
bertdoggy	118,294 -29,900	-29,900
Kevin “sofcknsick” Campbell	82,700 44,200	44,200
Pokerstudd09	78,098 -38,150	-38,150
Yong ‘IReadYrSoul’ Kwon	16,840 -11,400	-11,400

10-14-2020 21:26 UTC-4

Dodd Ships a Bounty

HillKerby

In Level 11 with blinds of 1,400/2,800 and an ante of 350, Ryan "Whosyourdoddy" Dodd opened to 9,800 under the gun and action folded around to "goods21" in the big blind, who defended. The flop came and "goods21" check-called off their remaining 9,100 after Dodd made a continuation-bet to put them all in.

"goods21":
Ryan "Whosyourdoddy" Dodd:

Dodd had flopped two pair and needed to fade only a six or a running five-three in order to eliminate "goods21". The runout complied and the pot and bounty were both acquired by Dodd.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan "Whosyourdoddy" Dodd	274,256 68,097	68,097
goods21	Busted