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

In Level 6 with blinds of 500/1,000 and an ante of 125, action was heads up with 11,250 already in the center with heads-up action between "SadBigCheese" in the small blind and "zalenj", who was under the gun. The board read

"SadBigCheese" checked to "zalenj", who bet 5,625. "SadBigCheese" check-raised to 17,500, nearly half their remaining stack, and "zalenj" called.

The river came and "SadBigCheese" went all in for their last 21,000. "zalenj" folded and "SadBigCheese" took out the pot without needing to see showdown.

Player	Chips	Progress
zalenj	113,235 113,235	113,235
SadBigCheese	67,375 67,375	67,375

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In Level 8 with blinds of 800/1,600 and an ante of 200, "dorilou22" remains atop the leader board with the late registration period having surpassed its halfway point. The field is now up to 136 and 83 players still remain.

Player	Chips	Progress
dorilou22	330,159
GrindUrGearz	318,898
Maxabg	239,263
leoliondog	216,922
r87996541	197,679
chen718	177,233
CharlieLucky	160,826
jtdelnot	152,015
Aitm1	149,260
JERZEEMANNN	145,444
skip-973	142,759
richyrich	141,224
Kevin "sofcknsick" Campbell	140,475
Don "dhimp20" Himpele	130,629
ChippingggUP88	129,671
Chris "rumpthumper" White	124,696
Stanton "Stonniepokes" Tentnowski	121,366
maniacalmonk	112,400
sKarogna	106,849
La_Flama_Blanca	106,283

In Level 9 with blinds of 1,000/2,000 and an ante of 300, Stanton "Stonniepokes" Tentnowski raised to 4,000 under the gun and was three-bet jammed by "jacksplyn" in the hijack for 8,475. Action folded back to Tentnowski and he made the call.

"jacksplyn":
Stanton "Stonniepokes" Tentnowski:

"jacksplyn" got it in good but a runout of came completely in Tentnowski's favor and earned him the pot and knockout as a result.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stanton "Stonniepokes" Tentnowski	114,991 -6,375	-6,375
jacksplyn	Busted

In Level 10 with blinds of 1,200/2,400 and an ante of 300, a board of brought about a three-way all-in scenario between "Bigtexas" in the small blind, "Maxabg" in the cutoff, and "joeyjoe", who was on the button and the shortest stack of the three.

"joeyjoe":
"Maxabg":
"Bigtexas":

When all was said and done, "joeyjoe" saw their flopped top set of nines become second best to both of their opponent's turned straight and they were eliminated from the tournament as a result while "Bigtexas" and "Maxabg" chopped their stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bigtexas	161,579
Maxabg	139,676 -99,587	-99,587
joeyjoe	Busted

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Play is now in Level 12 with blinds of 1,600/3,200 and an ante of 400. Just over half an hour remains in the late registration period as the field has climbed to 155 with 47 players remaining.

Player	Chips	Progress
GrindUrGearz	646,052 327,154	327,154
leoliondog	397,709 180,787	180,787
Maxabg	333,699 194,023	194,023
Chris "rumpthumper" White	326,791 202,095	202,095
ChippingggUP88	321,589 191,918	191,918
JERZEEMANNN	319,350 173,906	173,906
Kevin "sofcknsick" Campbell	311,414 170,939	170,939
r87996541	307,332 109,653	109,653
Don "dhimp20" Himpele	267,960 137,331	137,331
skip-973	247,689 104,930	104,930
onoreally	225,942 175,942	175,942
ChickenTendies	209,485 159,485	159,485
Michael "UFOLDIWIN" St. John	195,287 145,287	145,287
bertdoggy	171,190 79,640	79,640
Mhampton19	166,820
richyrich	157,354 16,130	16,130
MakiNuReload	140,224
Anthony "Flawlissbinkage" Maio	138,390
l3illal30nG	137,605