partypoker US Network Online Series

Event #5: $2,000 GTD Red Chip Bounty
Day: 1
Event Info

partypoker US Network Online Series

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kj
Prize
$883
Event Info
Buy-in
$20
Prize Pool
$5,202
Entries
289

Welcome To the partypoker US Network Online Series Event #5: $2,000 GTD Red Chip Bounty

PartyPoker US Network Online Series
PartyPoker US Network Online Series

The third day of the partypoker US Network Online Series features a pair of bounty tournaments, with PokerNews providing coverage of Event #5: $2,000 GTD Red Chip Bounty.

This event features a $20 buy-in, with $5 of that going to each player’s bounty. With over three hours of late registration and unlimited re-entries, action is sure to be exciting all evening long. Players receive 30,000 in chips to start and levels will last 10 minutes all tournament long. The late registration period will remain open through the end of Level 18.

Play will get underway at 6:30 p.m, and all within the state of New Jersey may compete at the virtual felt via the partypoker NJ network, which includes Borgata, partypoker NJ, and playMGM. If you do not have the client already, click here to download it now.

Betting Structure

LevelBlindsLevelBlindsLevelBlinds
1150/30040152,500/5,000550
2200/40060163,000/6,000750
3250/50060173,500/7,000875
4300/60075184,000/8,0001,000
5400/800100195,000/10,0001,250
6500/1,000125206,000/12,0001,500
7600/1,200150217,000/14,0001,750
8800/1,600200228,000/16,0002,000
91,000/2,0002502310,000/20,0002,500
101,200/2,4003002412,000/24,0003,000
111,400/2,8003502514,000/28,0003,500
121,600/3,2004002620,000/40,0005,000
131,800/3,6004502718,000/36,0004,500
142,00/4,0005002820,000/40,0005,000

PartyPoker US Network Online Series Schedule

This event is one of four running for the day, with the $10 Event #2 ($1,000 GTD PLO Hi) beginning at 6:30 p.m. followed the $10 Event #3 ($2,500 GTD NLH) beginning at 7:00 p.m. and Day 1b of the $109 Event #1 (Phased $100,000 GTD) closes out the night at 8 p.m. local time.

The bolded tournaments will be live reported here on PokerNews, while we will incorporate mini-recaps of each event in both the live blog and daily on the front page of PokerNews.com.

DayDateTime (ET)TournamentBuy-In
Tuesday5/12/20206:30 p.m.Event #5 - $2,000 GTD Red Chip Bounty NLH ($5 bounties)$20.00
Tuesday5/12/20207:30 p.m.Event #6 - $7,500 GTD Green Chip Bounty NLH ($25 bounties)$109.00
Tuesday5/12/20208:00 p.m.Event #1 PHASED DAY 1C - $100,000 GTD NLH$109.00
Wednesday5/13/20206:30 p.m.Event #7 - $1,500 GTD NLH$5.00
Wednesday5/13/20207:30 p.m.Event #8 - $20,000 GTD NLH$215.00
Wednesday5/13/20208:00 p.m.Event #1 PHASED DAY 1D - $100,000 GTD NLH$109.00
Thursday5/14/20206:30 p.m.Event #9 - $1,000 GTD Stud8$10.00
Thursday5/14/20206:30 p.m.Event #10 - $1,000 GTD PLO8$10.00
Thursday5/14/20207:30 p.m.Event #11 - $2,500 GTD R/A NLH$10.00
Thursday5/14/20207:30 p.m.Event #12 - $10,000 GTD PLO8$215.00
Thursday5/14/20208:00 p.m.Event PHASED DAY 1E - $100,000 GTD NLH$109.00
Friday5/15/20206:30 p.m.Event #13 - $2,000 GTD NLH$5.00
Friday5/15/20207:30 p.m.Event #14 - $20,000 GTD NLH$215.00
Friday5/15/20208:00 p.m.Event #1 PHASED DAY 1F - $100,000 GTD NLH$109.00
Saturday5/16/20206:30 p.m.Event #15 - $2,500 GTD 6-Max Rebuy$5.00
Saturday5/16/20207:00 p.m.Event #16 - $2,500 GTD R/A NLH$10.00
Saturday5/16/20207:30 p.m.Event #17 - $15,000 GTD Black Chip Bounty NLH ($100 bounties)$320.00
Saturday5/16/20207:30 p.m.Event #18 - $15,000 GTD 6-Max Rebuy$109.00
Saturday5/16/20208:00 p.m.Event #1 PHASED DAY 1G - $100,000 GTD NLH$109.00
Sunday5/17/20205:00 p.m.Event #19 - $20,000 GTD Low Main Event NLH$55.00
Sunday5/17/20205:00 p.m.Event #20 - $100,000 GTD Main Event NLH$400.00
Sunday5/17/20206:00 p.m.Event #1 PHASED DAY 1H Turbo Last Chance$109.00
Sunday5/17/20206:30 p.m.Event #21 - $2,000 GTD Red Chip Bounty NLH ($5 bounties)$20.00
Sunday5/17/20208:00 p.m.Event #1 PHASED DAY 2 Finale$215

"RGorgs2018" Gets a Knockout

"RGorgs2018"
"RGorgs2018"

In Level 2 with blinds of 200/400 and an ante of 60, the cards were in the process of being run in an all-in situation between "colombia1982" in the cutoff and "RGorgs2018," who was on the button.

"colombia1982": {9-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}
"RGorgs2018": {a-Clubs}{q-Hearts}

When the runout finished, the board read {2-Clubs}{q-Diamonds}{4-Spades}{6-Diamonds}{j-Clubs} and "RGorgs2018" took down the pot with top pair, top kicker, earning their first $5 bounty of the tournament to go along with it.

Player Chips Progress
RGorgs2018
RGorgs2018
32,338
colombia1982
colombia1982
Busted

"Henry30" Sends "Zdvol632" To Re-Enter

"Henry30"
"Henry30"

In Level 5 with blinds of 400/800 and an ante of 100, "Henry30" opened the action with a raise to 2,800 in early position and "Zdvol632" three-bet to 7,200 in middle position. Action folded back to "Henry30," who four-bet shoved for just shy of 25,000 effectively. "Zdvol632" called.

"Zdvol632": {q-Clubs}{q-Diamonds}
"Henry30": {k-Clubs}{k-Hearts}

No sweat came for "Henry30" on the runout {4-Clubs}{j-Hearts}{4-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}{2-Clubs} and they earned a bounty for eliminating "Zdvol632" along with the accommodating pot. "Zdvol632" re-entered moments later, taking advantage of the unlimited re-entries that are offered in this event.

Player Chips Progress
Henry30
Henry30
97,183
Zdvol632 us
Zdvol632
30,000

Sponsored Pro Gets a Double

Katie Stone
Katie Stone

In Level 7 with blinds of 600/1,200 and an ante of 150, BorgataPoker.com Sponsored Pro Katie Stone had gotten the last of her chips into the middle from early position and the runout was in the process of finishing. "IveySister99" had her at risk in the cutoff.

Katie Stone: {a-Spades}{3-Spades}
"IveySister99": {q-Spades}{10-Spades}

"KatieStone"
"KatieStone"

Stone saw the pot sent her way after making a pair of aces on a board that read {5-Hearts}{a-Hearts}{q-Clubs}{j-Clubs}{4-Hearts}, besting "IveySister99's" pair of queens to earn her the double.

Player Chips Progress
KatieStone
KatieStone
39,160
IveySister99
IveySister99
22,145

"Lanfeust" Saved on the River

"Lanfeust"
"Lanfeust"

In Level 11 with blinds of 1,400/2,800 and an ante of 350, "Lanfeust" was under the gun and in the process of jamming for 74,700 over a raise from "bmweiser," who was on their direct left. "bmweiser" went called and had their eyes set on the possible bounty.

"Lanfeust": {k-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}
"bmweiser": {a-Spades}{8-Diamonds}

"Lanfeust" was ahead by a wide margin and poised to win the pot of more than 150,000. However, the flop came {j-Clubs}{a-Clubs}{7-Diamonds} to give "bmweiser" a pair of aces and put them out in front as the new favorite for both the pot and the knockout. The turn {3-Hearts} changed nothing, but the river {k-Clubs} came to the rescue for "Lanfeust" and gave them a set of kings, earning them the pot and the double as a result.

Player Chips Progress
Lanfeust us
Lanfeust
153,304
bmweiser
bmweiser
119,839

Get to Know BorgataPoker.com Sponsored Pro Daniel Buzgon

Daniel Buzgon
Daniel Buzgon

In early 2019, Daniel Buzgon signed on as a BorgataPoker.com Sponsored Pro – one of three alongside Michael “Gags” Gagliano and Katie Stone.

“It took a little bit of time to get all the paperwork and stuff like that,” Buzgon previously told PokerNews of becoming sponsored. “It was in December when it started but wasn’t official until just before the Borgata Winter series. Duties include mainly playing a lot online, promoting the site, and trying to get new players on the site.”

According to HendonMob, Buzgon has more than $2.3 million in lifetime live tournament earnings since 2007. He’s a four-time World Series of Poker Circuit ring winner has played for big money before. In 2001, he finished third in the WPT Borgata Poker Open for $335,433, and last year he finished fifth in the WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open Main Event for $202,942. He also finished fourth in the 2012 WPT bestbet Jacksonville for $94,624.

Additionally, Buzgon is a beast online where he’s amassed more than $3.1 million in earnings, of which $435,457 has come on BorgataPoker.com where he plays under the screen name “leinad.”

Keep an eye out for Buzgon throughout the 2020 Borgata Spring Poker Open Online Series.

Registration Closes, Prize Pool Information Finalized

PartyPoker US Network Online Series
PartyPoker US Network Online Series

The three-plus hour late registration period has officially come and gone, and the numbers for Event #5 have been finalized. A total of 289 players generated a prize pool of $5,202 (Main Prize Pool: $3,757; Bounty Prize Pool: $1,445). Forty-two players remain and 30 will make it into the money.

A first-level payout is good for $24.42 and prizes will escalate from there until the eventual winner earns $883.02 plus bounties. Complete prize pool information can be found in the Payouts Tab.

Play Is In the Money: "Mikethebutcher" and "plumberboy699" Eliminated To Bring Field To 30

"Mikethebutcher"
"Mikethebutcher"

Hand #1: In Level 20 with blinds of 6,000/12,000 and an ante of 1,500, action got in on a flop of {q-Clubs}{j-Hearts}{10-Diamonds} between "Mikethebutcher" who was under the gun and "bigrick73" who was on the button.

"Mikethebutcher": {k-Hearts}{9-Hearts}
"bigrick73": {a-Diamonds}{k-Diamonds}

"Mikethebutcher" found their flopped second nuts had run into the nuts and they were unable to find an ace to chop, resulting in their elimination in 32rd place. Just one more elimination is needed for play to reach the money.

Hand #2: Moments later on another table, "plumberboy699" was eliminated by "Modaddy41"

"plumberboy699": {a-Diamonds}{j-Hearts}
"Modaddy41": {a-Spades}{q-Hearts}

"plumberboy699" Bubbles Event #5
"plumberboy699" Bubbles Event #5

When all was said and done, "plumberboy699's" ace-jack wound up with a pair of jacks, no good to "Modaddy41's" pair of queens on the runout {2-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}{q-Spades}{4-Hearts}{9-Spades}. They were eliminated in 31st place and burst the bubble, bringing the field to 30 and ensuring all remaining players are in the money.

Player Chips Progress
Modaddy41
Modaddy41
725,381
127,890
127,890
bigrick73
bigrick73
535,006
185,316
185,316
Mikethebutcher us
Mikethebutcher
Busted
plumberboy699 us
plumberboy699
Busted

"BrigBeast06" Eliminated in 8th Place ($103.31 + $40 in Bounties); "Passias27" Eliminated in 7th Place ($142.76 + $25 in Bounties)

"BrigBeast06"
"BrigBeast06"

In Level 25 with blinds of 14,000/28,000 and an ante of 3,500...

Hand #1: "BrigBeast06" saw action folded to them in the small blind and jammed. "Fastrayjr19" called in the big blind.

"BrigBeast06": {q-Hearts}{6-Hearts}
"Fastrayjr19": {a-Clubs}{4-Hearts}

An ace came on the flop {9-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}{a-Diamonds} and the turn {9-Clubs} leaft "BrigBeast06" drawing dead for the river {j-Spades} to result in their elimination in 8th place.

Hand #2: On the following hand, theMossberg" shoved in the hijack and "Passias27" called all in for less on the button.

"Passias27": {a-Clubs}{10-Hearts}
"theMossberg": {k-Diamonds}{j-Spades}

A king came on the flop {9-Diamonds}{k-Spades}{4-Clubs} and "Passias27" was unable to improve further as the turn {7-Diamonds} and river {8-Diamonds} completed the runout, resulting in them taking seventh place in the tournament.

"Passias27"
"Passias27"
Player Chips Progress
Fastrayjr19
Fastrayjr19
2,390,706
407,390
407,390
theMossberg
theMossberg
711,127
195,014
195,014
Passias27
Passias27
Busted
BrigBeast06 us
BrigBeast06
Busted

"Stonniepokes" Eliminated in 6th Place ($184.09 + $50 in Bounties)

"Stonniepokes"
"Stonniepokes"

In Level 25 with blinds of 14,000/28,000 and an ante of 3,500, "Stonniepokes" got all in preflop in the big blind and received action from "Modaddy41" in the hijack.

"Stonniepokes": {a-Spades}{q-Diamonds}
"Modaddy41": {7-Clubs}{7-Hearts}

"Stonniepokes" found the flop {q-Hearts}{k-Spades}{a-Hearts} in their favor, but the turn {7-Diamonds} spelled disaster. The river {2-Hearts} was of no help and their two pair fell to the set of sevens that "Modaddy41" and they were eliminated in sixth place.

Player Chips Progress
Modaddy41
Modaddy41
2,165,673
383,601
383,601
Stonniepokes us
Stonniepokes
Busted