partypoker US Network Players Choice Series (Dec.13-20)

The partypoker US Network Players Choice Series resumes Wednesday with Event #4: $215 PLO 6-Max. This four-card frenzy follows on the heels of Tuesday night's massive Event #3, which drew an unheard-of 883 total entries for a prize pool of $176,600.

Nearly 100 are already registered with more than an hour until play begins at 8 p.m. ET, and more are expected to join through the two-and-a-half-hour late registration period. Unlimited re-entries are also available during that time, which will only further grow that tally.

All within the state of New Jersey may get in on the action across one of the three platforms of partypoker US, Borgata Poker and BetMGM Poker.

Players start with 50,000 and will experience 10-minute levels through the first 23 levels of play. From there, they will increase to 12 minutes apiece until a winner has been declared.

PokerNews has you covered on updates as the action unfolds, so be sure to stick around.

In Level 2 with blinds of 200/400 and an ante of 60, heads-up action between Michael "miw210x" Wang and "JERZEEMANNN" had 7,160 in the middle on a board of and Wang bet 6,000 in the cutoff. "JERZEEMANN" called on the button and action went to the river .

Wang made a pot-sized bet of 19,560, sending his opponent into thought for a bit before making the call. Wang showed , completing his wrap draw on the river to make the nuts and earn an early increase to his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael "miw210x" Wang	89,850 39,850	39,850
JERZEEMANN	19,404 19,404	19,404

In Level 7 with blinds of 600/1,200 and an ante of 150, "Aitm1" opened the action with a raise to 3,000 and received calls from "KarnKal" in the cutoff and a player in the blinds.

After one check on a flop of , "Aitm1" made a continuation-bet of 4,000 and "KarnKal" came over the top, jamming for 8,900. A fold ensued and the "Aitm1" called.

"KarnKal":
"Aitm1":

"KarnKal" had flopped top pair, top kicker but had run it into top set and needed to hit a jack to stay alive. The turn gave them a set of queens but was the case queen, meaning they still only had four outs to Broadway to stay alive. No help came as the river completed the runout and they were eliminated from the tournament at the expense of "Aitm1".

Player	Chips	Progress
Aitm1	171,720 171,720	171,720
KarnKal	Busted

In Level 11 with blinds of 1,400/2,800 and an ante of 350, Michael "miw210x" Wang opened to 8,400 under the gun and action folded around to Ryan "TheSims" Hohner in the big blind, who three-bet to 26,600. Wang four-bet shoved for 42,790 and Hohner called.

Michael "miw210x" Wang:
Ryan "TheSims" Hohner:

Wang found a little bit of help on the flop as he picked up a gutshot to Broadway, but it failed to fill up as the turn and river completed the runout to earn Hohner the pot and leave Wang dry on chips.

Wang wasted no time re-entering after his elimination and received a fresh stack of 50,000 as a result.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan "TheSims" Hohner	136,169 136,169	136,169
Michael "miw210x" Wang	50,000 -39,850	-39,850

Level 16 has begun with blinds now reaching 3,000/6,000 and an ante of 750. Accompanying the beginning of the level is the closure of the late registration period, meaning prize pool information has become official.

In total, 165 entries generated an overall prize pool of 33,000. The top 18 places will make it into the money and the eventual winner will earn $8,580. Complete prize information can be found in the Payouts Tab.

In Level 23 with blinds of 10,000/20,000 and an ante of 2,500, four-way preflop action between "l3illal30ng" in the small blind, "Jinxy" in the big blind, "Bigtexas" in the cutoff, and "CharlieLucky", who was on the button saw 172,000 go into the middle.

"l3illal30ng" bet 20,000 on a flop of and then "Jinxy" raised to 110,000, almost all in. "Bigtexas" shoved over the top for 183,000 and "CharlieLucky" did the same for 713,000. "l3illal30ng" went deep into the tank and then found a fold, sending action back to "Jinxy" to call off what was left.

"Jinxy":
"Bigtexas":
"CharlieLucky":

"CharlieLucky" proved to have too much to miss as the turn gave them a straight. They held on the river and scored the double knockout as a result.

"leoliondog", "ashylarry" and "Shipit2488" were also eliminated once the bubble burst, and "jitney0999" finally fell shortly after the double knockout. In total, that brings six eliminations, and two tables now remain as a result.

Player	Chips	Progress
CharlieLucky	1,207,060 371,295	371,295
l3illal30nG	191,007 13,500	13,500
skip-973	103,990 53,202	53,202
Bigtexas	Busted
Jinxy	Busted
leoliondog	Busted
ashylarry	Busted
Shipit2488	Busted
jitney0999	Busted

In Level 26 with blinds of 16,000/32,000 and an ante of 4,000, "skip-973" had gotten all in on the button against "CharlieLucky" in the big blind and the runout was in the process of coming .

"skip-973":
"CharlieLucky":

"skip-973" was unable to fade their opponent's overcards as the runout left "CharlieLucky" with a higher two pair to result in them being eliminated in seventh place.

Six now remain, and updated counts from the final table will be provided momentarily.

In Level 28 with blinds of 20,000/40,000 and an ante of 5,000, a blind-on-blind battle saw Kevin "sofcknsick" Campbell check-call all the way to the river on a board of , where he once again checked and faced a final bet of 494,000 from "GrindUrGearz" in the big blind.

Campbell called and "GrindUrGearz" tabled for the seven-high straight. Campbell mucked and "GrindUrGearz" took down the pot, taking the chip lead to go along with it.

Player	Chips	Progress
GrindUrGearz	3,131,887 966,176	966,176
Kevin "sofcknsick" Campbell	1,808,839 -949,967	-949,967

In Level 30 with blinds of 30,000/60,000 and an ante of 7,500, "CharlieLucky" raised to 130,000 in the hijack and Ryan "TheSims" Hohner called. All remaining players folded and "CharlieLucky" bet enough to put Hohner all in for his last 43,000 on the flop . Hohner called.

"CharlieLucky":
Ryan "TheSims" Hohner:

Hohner had a lower pair, open-ended straight draw, and backdoor flush draw with two cards remaining. The turn gave both players two pair, changing nothing to the river , which again left the situation unchanged as his hand remained second best and he finished in fifth place as a result.

Player	Chips	Progress
CharlieLucky	2,031,454 -234,318	-234,318
Ryan "TheSims" Hohner	Busted

In Level 32 with blinds of 40,000/80,000 and an ante of 10,000:

Hand #1: "GrindUrGearz" opened the action with a raise to 240,000 in the cutoff and "CharlieLucky" called in the small blind. Kevin "sofcknsick" Campbell three-bet to 960,000 and "GrindUrGearz" went all in over the top, forcing "CharlieLucky" out of the hand before Campbell called off his last crumbs.

Kevin "sofcknsick" Campbell:
"GrindUrGearz":

The board ran out to give Campbell trip fives on the river and keep him alive.

Hand #2: On the very next hand, "CharlieLucky" raised to 160,000 on the button and Campbell called in the small blind. "GrindUrGearz" three-bet to 640,000 in the big blind and both players called.

The three saw a flop of and Campbell checked. "GrindUrGearz" shoved all in for 1 million and "CharlieLucky" folded back to Campbell, who called.

"GrindUrGearz":
Kevin "sofcknsick" Campbell:

"GrindUrGearz" had gotten their aces in against a flopped set of kings and failed to pick up anything more than a backdoor Broadway draw on the turn . The river completed nothing and they were eliminated from the tournament as a result.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kevin "sofcknsick" Campbell	4,643,587 3,906,334	3,906,334
CharlieLucky	1,897,765 -902,253	-902,253
Stanton "Stonniepokes" Tentnowski	1,698,648 683,074	683,074
GrindUrGearz	Busted