partypoker US Network Online Series (Oct. 11-18)

Play is in Level 6 with blinds of 500/1,000 and an ante of 125 and 75 entries have now been recorded, meaning the field is three-quarters of the way to reaching its $20K guarantee. Sixty-four players are still in contention and "ScarletRaptor" finds themselves on top of the counts with Yong "IReadYrSoul" Kwon next to follow.

Player	Chips	Progress
ScarletRaptor	113,828
Yong "IReadYrSoul" Kwon	107,554 46,095	46,095
illtiltyou	105,801 13,600	13,600
Dirty_Harry6	102,940 30,010	30,010
SLHalper13	96,563 46,563	46,563
TheTerminator1	91,205
xxx6395200xxx	90,902
Smiley005	84,289 26,134	26,134
chopsuey	84,250 -11,600	-11,600
dibik8826	80,800 13,000	13,000
RiverMan	80,535 -15,390	-15,390
upayformypennys	78,410
Edsebo	74,198 -4,378	-4,378
Lanfeust	73,895 23,895	23,895
overendwatts	73,410
KevinDurant	71,040
raynj99	67,939 1,104	1,104
HodorHodorHodor	67,615
Ted "roystalin" Ely	64,110 5,945	5,945
Angel "chromeking" Lopez	63,827

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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In Level 8 with blinds of 700/1,400 and an ante of 350, action folded to Yong "IReadYrSoul" Kwon on the button, who opened to 2,800. Both "Wyeth" in the small blind and Alex "JinYang" Butcher in the big blind called and all three players proceeded to check a flop of .

The turn was and "Wyeth" checked again. Butcher bet 6,400 and got a fold from Kwon to put action back onto "Wyeth", who called. The river fell and "Wyeth" checked to Butcher once more. Butcher shoved for his last 21,500, just under the size of the pot, and sent "Wyeth" deep into thought.

After activating their time bank and thinking for a few moments, "Wyeth" finally decided to fold and Butcher took down the pot sans showdown.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yong "IReadYrSoul" Kwon	202,793 95,239	95,239
Wyeth	71,387 23,937	23,937
Alex "JinYang" Butcher	44,323 44,323	44,323

The tournament has just resumed from its second break of the night and Level 9 is underway with blinds of 800/1,600 and an ante of 200. "Lisaj416" is now on top with over 238,000, with Yong "IReadYrSoul" Kwon also having a stack above 200,000. Ninety entries have now been logged and 64 players remain. The top 20 stacks have been updated below.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lisaj416	238,414 151,362	151,362
Yong "IReadYrSoul" Kwon	202,793
illtiltyou	182,250 76,449	76,449
pay4medsch00l	156,400 106,400	106,400
Lanfeust	152,094 78,199	78,199
chopsuey	143,693 59,443	59,443
upayformypennys	141,185 62,775	62,775
NoRecourse	113,709 47,404	47,404
Smiley005	102,664 18,375	18,375
dibik8826	96,625 15,825	15,825
ScarletRaptor	96,572 -17,256	-17,256
SLHalper13	92,618 -3,945	-3,945
Mike "MistaMenza" Menzer	91,114 41,114	41,114
youngkoi	90,412 90,412	90,412
Brian "TopCreature" Sherrier	89,274 18,652	18,652
TheTerminator1	88,622 -2,583	-2,583
Dex_Osama	88,434 88,434	88,434
Goofy	88,141 34,372	34,372
Ryan "Whosyourdoddy" Dodd	84,465 84,465	84,465
Craig9222	83,315 38,595	38,595

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In Level 10 with blinds of 900/1,800 and an ante of 225, "TheTerminator1" opened to 3,900 in middle position and "A.Jackson1767" three-bet jammed for 28,200 in the hijack. Action folded back to "TheTerminator1" and they called, sending the two off to the races.

"A.Jackson1767":
"TheTerminator1":

The runout came , giving "TheTerminator" top two pair on the flop and further improving them to a full house on the turn, leaving their opponent drawing dead before the pot of 60,000 was sent their way. With the pot, "TheTerminator1" now has a stack of 175,000 while "A.Jackson1767" immediately re-entered and received a fresh stack of 50,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
TheTerminator1	175,098 86,476	86,476
A.Jackson1767	50,000 50,000	50,000

In Level 12 with blinds of 1,200/2,400 and an ante of 300, Don "dhimp20" Himeple opened the action with a raise to 4,800 in middle position and "Lisaj416" three-bet ripped in their stack of 92,00 in the hijack. Action folded back to Himeple and he quickly called.

"Lisaj416":
Don "dhimp20" Himeple:

The flop came to put "Lisaj416" in front with eights up and the runout left the situation unchanged to earn them the double.

Meanwhile, Eric "alwaysliquid" Vanauken has seen his stack balloon up to 285,000 and he is one of the top stacks in the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eric "alwaysliquid" Vanauken	285,901 237,251	237,251
Lisaj416	190,690 -47,724	-47,724
Don "dhimp20" Himpele	177,467 177,467	177,467

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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!

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“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.”

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