Daniel “centrfieldr23” Lupo Dominates Final Table in Event #9
The latest partypoker US Network Online Series event is in the books, and it is another notable who finds their way into the winner's circle, as Daniel “centrfieldr23” Lupo took down the 92 person event, earning $8,142 for his efforts. Lupo started the final table second in chips, and he scored an early huge double up when he cracked his opponent's pocket aces. From that point on, Lupo never looked back, going wire-to-wire with the chip lead.
First, he won a coin flip to eliminate "Volstragg" in eighth place. However, Lupo would then take one of his only hits at the final table, when eventual runner-up "E.J.D" scored a double up of his own.
Lupo would bounce back not long after, where oddly enough he won another coin flip with two over cards against pocket threes, this time held by "KevinDurant." . Lupo would continue to run well in big flips, when he flopped a full house with pocket sevens to eliminate "youngkoi" in fifth place.
Arguably the biggest hand of the final table occured when Lupo eliminated one of his most persistent foes throughout the final table, "njpainter." Lupo put max pressure on with a shove after he turned a world of outs in this hand, and he made a flush on the river to bust "njpainter"'s top pair.
From there, it would take less than 10 minutes for Lupo to close the event out. First, he busted a short stacked "RUfan" in third, and won the event in style, ater rivering the nuts in the final hand against "E.J.D"
partypoker-9 Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daniel “centrfieldr23” Lupo | $8,142 |
| 2 | ”E.J.D” | $4,802.40 |
| 3 | "RUfan" | $3,450 |
| 4 | "njpainter" | $2,594.40 |
| 5 | ”youngkoi” | $2,001 |
| 6 | ”KevinDurant” | $1,490.40 |
| 7 | "MarsRover" | $1,131.60 |
| 8 | "Volstragg" | $869.40 |
Lupo was featured in an interview earlier in the coverage, and you can view that feature by clicking here! Congratulations again to Daniel Lupo on yet another title in these partypoker US Network Online Series events, and surely Lupo will be playing in the $75,000 Guaranteed Main Event tomorrow, which kicks off at 5 PM ET.
Pokernews.com will have wall-to-wall coverage of that event, so be sure to come on back here tomorrow for that!
. "E.J.D" bet out 261,234, but Daniel “centrfieldr23” Lupo wanted to play for more, as he moved all in. "E.J.D" called with 
for two pair, but it was no good, as Lupo had rivered a straight with 
. 
, after Lupo had shoved with 
. A chopped pot seemed likely, but the seven kicker would ultimately play, as the board ran down 
.
. Lupo led for 36,930, and called a raise of 132,340 from "njpainter." The 
hit the turn, and Lupo led out enough to set "njpainter" all in, about 525,000. "njpainter" quickly called with 
for top pair, while Lupo showed 
river, and after that pot, Lupo has over 80% of the chips in play.
, and he was flipping against the 
gave Lupo a flopped full house. "youngkoi" would catch a glimmer of hope with a queen on the turn, but a third queen would not appear on the river, sending him to the virtual rail in fifth place.
gave Lupo top pair. His hand would only improve from there, as the 
. A third ace came on the turn to strengthen the lead for "Efeneyeguy", but out of nowhere, the