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

In Level 13 with blinds of 1,800/3,600 and an ante of 450, "richyrich" pumped it up to 12,600 in the hijack and received a call from both "Jerz0fficial" in the cutoff. Sridhar "sri100k" Sangannagari was in the big blind and three-bet shoved for 17,700 and both remaining players in the hand called.

The flop dropped and "richyrich" went all in for their last 43,200. "Jerz0fficial" called and all three hands were shown.

Sridhar "sri100k" Sangannagari:
"richyrich":
"Jerz0fficial":

"richyrich" was ahead with their pocket aces and remained there as the turn and river completed the runout to earn them both pots and the knockout.

Player	Chips	Progress
richyrich	143,809 -13,545	-13,545
Sridhar "sri100k" Sangannagari	50,000 50,000	50,000
Jerz0fficial	36,911 -59,988	-59,988

In September, the World Poker Tour Online Borgata Series powered by partypoker US Network wrapped up its 10-event series with the conclusion of the $1,060 Main Event, a tournament that drew 440 entries and offered up a $432,700 prize pool.

The final table of eight battled it out for a $77,349 top prize, plus a Hublot Big Bang E Titanium watch valued at $5,200, and after 3.5 hours of play, it was Tony "ToNiSiNzz" Sinishtaj coming out on top to claim his second WPT-related title. Sinishtaj previously won the WPT Seminole Rock Poker Showdown in Season XVI for $661,283.

Sinishtaj sat down with PokerNews' Chad Holloway to talk about the win.

In Level 14 with blinds of 2,000/4,000 and an ante of 500, a series of raises got stacks in on a board of between "leoliondog" in the big blind and "NICKSTER1953" in the cutoff, with the latter of the two at risk for their tournament life in a pot of 188,000.

"NICKSTER1953":
"leoliondog":

"NICKSTER1953" was unable to hit any of their wrap outs to chop or improve to Broadway and "leoliondog" earned the pot and the knockout as a result.

Player	Chips	Progress
leoliondog	489,696 91,987	91,987
NICKSTER1953	Busted

Level 15 has begun with blinds of 2,500/5,000 and an ante of 625. This 10-minute level is the last chance to enter. Registration will close at 10:42 p.m. ET.

In Level 15 with blinds of 2,500/5,000 and an ante of 6,250, three-way preflop action brought 33,000 into the middle before a flop of appeared.

Action checked to "onoreally" in the cutoff and they bet 16,800, receiving a call only from "GrindUrGearz" in the big blind.

"GrindUrGearz" then led out with a bet of 37,500 on the turn and "onoreally" called, bringing the river where "GrindUrGearz" fired out another 77,500.

"onoreally" thought for a little bit and then opted to fold, earning "GrindUrGearz" the pot without showdown. With the pot, "GrindUrGearz" has become the first player in the tournament to reach a seven-figure stack, increasing their chip lead and finding themselves with 1.05 million after the hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
GrindUrGearz	1,058,297 412,245	412,245
onoreally	163,747 -62,195	-62,195

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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.

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Play has reached Level 17 with blinds of 4,000/8,000 and an ante of 1,000 and just 27 players remain. Those players are on a five-minute break and will look to make a push towards becoming one of the 18 to make it into the money upon play resuming.

Complete chip counts from all who remain have been provided below, with "GrindUrGearz" still as the only player to have more than 1 million and having further increased their chip lead to 1.38 million.

Player	Chips	Progress
GrindUrGearz	1,385,466 327,169	327,169
Kevin "sofcknsick" Campbell	976,813 665,399	665,399
MakiNuReload	823,665 683,441	683,441
Stanton "Stonniepokes" Tentnowski	629,795 514,804	514,804
CharlieLucky	448,490 287,664	287,664
leoliondog	386,421 -103,275	-103,275
Ryan "TheSims" Hohner	360,153 223,984	223,984
ChippingggUP88	305,078 -16,511	-16,511
Michael "UFOLDIWIN" St. John	298,409 103,122	103,122
Jinxy	288,964
r87996541	288,637 -18,695	-18,695
HodorHodorHodor	263,433 213,433	213,433
l3illal30nG	222,535 84,930	84,930
Chris "rumpthumper" White	182,286 -144,505	-144,505
bertdoggy	173,340 2,150	2,150
SadBigCheese	171,300 103,925	103,925
skip-973	144,541 -103,148	-103,148
jitney0999	134,014 8,544	8,544
Mhampton19	128,595 -38,225	-38,225
Bigtexas	101,158 -60,421	-60,421
Don "dhimp20" Himpele	100,645 -167,315	-167,315
jtdelnot	99,170 -52,845	-52,845
La_Flama_Blanca	94,583 -11,700	-11,700
Shipit2488	69,450
starx	65,675

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In Level 17 with blinds of 3,500/7,000 and an ante of 875, the board read with 107,000 already in the middle. Action was heads up between Stanton "Stonniepokes" Tentnowski, who was under the gun, and "l3illal30nG" in the cutoff.

Tentnowski fired 64,500 and "l3illal30nG" went into the tank, utilizing some of their time bank before finding a call, and the river fell . Tentnowski thought for a few moments and checked, and then "l3illal30nG" immediately jammed for 212,000.

With action back on Tentnowski, he folded and "l3illal30nG" took down the pot to bring their stack to just shy of 450,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stanton "Stonniepokes" Tentnowski	472,626 -157,169	-157,169
l3illal30nG	449,267 226,732	226,732

In Level 18 with blinds of 4,000/8,000 and an ante of 1,000, all of the chips got into the middle preflop with "jtdelnot" at risk for their tournament life in the small blind against Stanton "Stonniepokes" Tentnowski, who was under the gun.

"jtdelnot":
Stanton "Stonniepokes" Tentnowski:

"jtdelnot" was ahead with two jacks going to the flop , which further improved them to a pair of aces with a better kicker than that of Tentnowski. The turn kept them ahead, but the river spelled disaster, giving Tentnowski the nut boat to result in their elimination from the tournament.

The elimination of "jtdelnot" was the fourth since returning from the break, also being joined by "ChippingggUP88", "Mhampton19", and "starx", and 23 now remain.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stanton "Stonniepokes" Tentnowski	574,296 101,670	101,670
jtdelnot	Busted
ChippingggUP88	Busted
Mhampton19	Busted
starx	Busted