Event #8: Sunday $40K GTD NLH | partypoker US Network Players Choice Series (Dec.13-20)

12-20-2020 19:28 UTC-4

Aces For "PrincessZaida"

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Blinds: 600/1,200

"SlickRick23" raised to 5,400, and a few seats over, "PrincessZaida" reraised to 16,200. It folded back to "SlickRick23", he called, and the flop came down . "SlickRick23" checked to "PrincessZaida" , who bet out 9,600. "SlickRick23" shoved all in, and "PrincessZaida" beat him into the pot with . He was dominating the pocket jacks of "SlickRick23", and the aces held on the turn, and the unneeded river.

"PrincessZaida" scores a near double up to over 160,000, scoring a knockout in the process.

Player	Chips	Progress
PrincessZaida	160,340 160,340	160,340
SlickRick23	Busted

12-20-2020 19:43 UTC-4

Level 9 Chip Count Updates

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Player	Chips	Progress
Brian “TopCreature” Sherrier	311,478
onoreally	254,356 254,356	254,356
Eric “alwaysliquid” Vanauken	228,289 228,289	228,289
Yong “IReadYrSoul” Kwon	217,904 65,025	65,025
ZenRead	198,210 198,210	198,210
Karibou	187,793 187,793	187,793
Ozzy_Rocks111	178,178 12,953	12,953
dhimp20	177,525 21,655	21,655
youngkoi	177,120 177,120	177,120
PayneKilla	174,377 74,501	74,501

12-20-2020 19:55 UTC-4

Double Up for Ryan "Whosyourdoddy" Dodd

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Blinds: 1,000/2,000

In a button vs. big blind battle, "Karibou" and Ryan "Whosyourdoddy" Dodd got into a raising war that saw of Dodd's chips get into the middle. He was ahead with , but "Karibou" was live with . The board came down , and Dodd scored a nice double up to over 130,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan "Whosyourdoddy" Dodd	131,750 131,750	131,750
Karibou	126,393 -61,400	-61,400

12-20-2020 20:08 UTC-4

Get to Know BorgataPoker.com Sponsored Pro Michael "Gags30" Gagliano

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BorgataPoker.com has a trio of sponsored pros — Katie Stone, Daniel Buzgon, and Michael "Gags30" Gagliano — all of whom have been active this year in the partypoker US Network Online events.

In regards to the man known as "Gags," he has been playing poker professionally for a decade and has amassed more than $2 million in live tournament cashes. That includes a career-best $448,463 for winning the 2016 World Series of Poker Event #25: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em, good for his first bracelet. He also finished third in the 2017 WSOP Event #27: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em - 6 Handed for $210,139.

He also has more than $4 million in online scores. Of that, $338,315 has come on BorgataPoker.com.

According to his website, "before poker he worked in an elementary school, which has given him a great background to become a premier poker instructor. Coaching for more than seven years he has helped more than 50 students from all over the world improve their game. These students have gone on to win multiple championships including the WSOP Main Event. Michael has also worked as a consultant for several major casinos and online poker sites to help them improve their product and better serve their customers."

Gagliano is one of the chip leaders right now, with a stack of over 275,000.

For more on Gagliano, be sure to follow him on Twitter at @Gags30poker.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael “Gags30” Gagliano	277,340

12-20-2020 20:18 UTC-4

Big Slick Holds for a Double

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Blinds: 1,400/2,800

"KingofNJ" kicked off the action with a raise to 7,000 from under the gun, and two seats over, "SLHalper13" moved all in for his final 36,000. Action folded back to "KingofNJ", and he called with . He was behind but live against the , and the ace high was good through the runout of .

Player	Chips	Progress
KingofNJ	162,970 162,970	162,970
SLHalper13	75,114 75,114	75,114

12-20-2020 20:32 UTC-4

Tons of Big Names Near the Top in Level 12

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Player	Chips	Progress
Eric “alwaysliquid” Vanauken	560,739 332,450	332,450
Chips_Jammed	448,691
Yong “IReadYrSoul” Kwon	395,208 177,304	177,304
Ozzy_Rocks111	337,603 159,425	159,425
Michael “Gags30” Gagliano	306,235 28,895	28,895
Edsebo	292,055
Gohednpopoff	280,120
onoreally	279,448 25,092	25,092
Brian “TopCreature” Sherrier	265,168 -46,310	-46,310
joey1way	258,906

12-20-2020 20:44 UTC-4

"UberNoober" Gets Lucky For a Knockout

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Blinds: 1,600/3,200

"UberNoober" got his final 70,000 and change in the middle preflop holding , but he was well behind the of "mrnissan50." However, the script would flip after the flop came down . "mrnissan50" would need a one outer now, but that wouldn't come, and "UberNoober scooped a nice knockout

Player	Chips	Progress
UberNoober	160,450 160,450	160,450
mrnissan50	Busted

12-20-2020 20:55 UTC-4

Time For Another Break

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Three hours have passed in this $40,000 Guaranteed Main Event, and so far, 150 players have entered. That means the guarantee has officially been met, as there are $45,000 currently up for grabs.

Registation will be open for just under an hour, so you still have time to hop into the action!

12-20-2020 21:10 UTC-4

The River Saves "jordanofpkr"

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Blinds: 2,000/4,000

"jordanofpkr" got his final chips in the middle preflop holiding , and he was flipping against the of "KingofNJ." The flop of was safe for "KingofNJ", as was the turn, but the river changed everything.

"jordanofpkr" secured a double up to 150,610 with that pot, while "KingofNJ" is still doing just fine.

Player	Chips	Progress
KingofNJ	441,894 278,924	278,924
jordanofpkr	150,610 150,610	150,610

12-20-2020 21:20 UTC-4

Level 15 Chip Count Updates

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Player	Chips	Progress
Eric “alwaysliquid” Vanauken	562,304 1,565	1,565
treetrap	441,912
Brian “TopCreature” Sherrier	430,618 165,450	165,450
joey1way	410,404 151,498	151,498
Yong “IReadYrSoul” Kwon	406,996 11,788	11,788
ScarletRaptor	402,953
KingofNJ	399,394 -42,500	-42,500
FoxEcho	348,444
Chips_Jammed	313,348 -135,343	-135,343
Edsebo	309,506 17,451	17,451