partypoker US Network Series (Jan. 17-24)

Blinds: 200/400

"Jonney" and "TonyBluffingJr" went heads up to a flop of . "Jonney" checked to "TonyBluffingJr", who bet 3,000. "Jonney" check raised to 9,500, "TonyBluffingJr" called, and the hit the turn. This time, "Jonney" fired 19,850, "TonyBluffingJr" called again, and the river brought the .

"Jonney" thought for a bit before firing 26,500, half his stack, but "TonyBluffingJr" wanted to play for more, moving all in for 56,000 and change. "Jonney" called with for the second nuts, but "TonyBluffingJr" flipped over for the nut flush to take down a massive early double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
TonyBluffingJr	193,140 193,140	193,140
Jonney	1,770 1,770	1,770

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Daniel “centrfieldr23” Lupo kicked off the action with a raise to 4,000, and in the small blind. "Zdvol632" reraised to 12,000. Lupo called, and the flop came down . "Zdvol632" continued for 10,000, Lupo called, and the hit the turn.

This time, "Zdvol632" fired 19,500, but Lupo wanted to play for more, setting "Zdvol632" call in. He quickly called with pocket aces, but he was drawing dead to the of Lupo, who had turned a straight.

With that pot, Lupo soared into the chip lead, as he is the only player over 400,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel “centrfieldr23” Lupo	456,430 62,855	62,855
Zdvol632	Busted

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Chris “rumpthumper” White moved all in from early position holding Ace-Jack, but he was dominated by the of "jerseyman99." The board ran down , and the jacks held up to send a nice pot over to "jerseyman99."

Player	Chips	Progress
jerseyman99	2,012,000 833,383	833,383
Chris “rumpthumper” White	Busted

Blinds 14,000/28,000

We are now directly on the money bubble, after Ryan “TheSims” Hohner was just eliminated in 47th place. The hand that did most of the damage saw Hohner move all in from under the gun holding Ace-Jack. Unfortunately for him, "ImSooNutz" woke up with a few seats over, and called all in for just a few thousand less.

The flop came Hohner a good amount of hope, as he caught a pair and straight draw for a possible chop, but he would catch no further help. Hohner would be eliminated on the next hand, leaving us with just 46 players.

Player	Chips	Progress
ImSooNutz	756,080 636,087	636,087
Ryan “TheSims” Hohner	Busted

Blinds: 20,000/40,000

Action started with "Jermz" raising under the gun to 100,000, and it folded all the way around to "FRIELnGood" in the big blind. He would move all in, having "Jermz" covered, and he would call it off with two black nines. Unfortunately for him, "FRIELnGood" held a dominating , and the ladies would hold true on the runout of .

With that, just 20 players remain. Stay tuned for a full list of chip counts to be posted shortly.

Player	Chips	Progress
FRIELnGood	2,469,322 1,429,598	1,429,598
Jermz	Busted

Just eight players remain now, and the big chip leader is Yong ‘IReadYrSoul’ Kwon, with nearly 10 million in chips. There has already been an elimination at the final table, so stay tuned to find out who busted out!

Player	Chips	Progress
Yong ‘IReadYrSoul’ Kwon	9,998,554 4,538,970	4,538,970
pure_reason	7,573,198 1,791,592	1,791,592
James ‘Bagels’ Lillis	3,926,124 1,762,418	1,762,418
upayformypennys	3,671,336 931,204	931,204
stickybuns	2,790,184 1,831,388	1,831,388
Ted “roystalin” Ely	1,757,696 -1,033,750	-1,033,750
Gohednpopoff	1,455,737 -558,763	-558,763
Michael “IIIIIIIIIIIII” Haberman	874,671 -968,750	-968,750

Blinds: 60,000/120,000

Ted “roystalin” Ely and James ‘Bagels’ Lillis went heads up to a flop of . Ely checked to Lillis, and after he continued, Ely moved all in with . Lillis would call him with a dominating , and the turn meant that only another queen on the river would save Ely. The came instead, and Lillis scored the first knockout fo the final table.

Player	Chips	Progress
James ‘Bagels’ Lillis	6,143,050 2,216,926	2,216,926
Ted “roystalin” Ely	Busted

Blinds: 60,000/120,000

Michael “IIIIIIIIIIIII” Haberman was down to just a few big blinds when he shoved all in with . He was dominated by the pocket eights of "Gohednpopoff", but an ace on the flop, and another one on the turn scored a double up for Haberman.

His success was short lived however, as he would bust just two hands later, with "Gohednpopoff" getting revenge, and scoring the knockout of his short stacked opponent.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gohednpopoff	2,143,840 688,103	688,103
Michael “IIIIIIIIIIIII” Haberman	Busted

Blinds: 60,000/120,000

”upayformypennys” raised to 300,000, and next to act, big stack Yong "IReadYrSoul" Kwon rereaised to 900,000. It folded back to ”upayformypennys”, and he moved all in for his final 3.7 million. Kwon snap called with , and he was crushing the two red sevens of ”upayformypennys."

The board came down , and the kings held to strengthen Kwon's already lengthy chip lead.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yong "IReadYrSoul" Kwon	14,213,045
upayformypennys	Busted

Blinds: 70,000/140,000

Catching up with the action on the turn of a board reading , chip leader Yong "IReadYrSoul" Kwon bet out 1,050,023. James ‘Bagels’ Lillis called, and the completed the board. With about 3.7 million already in the middle, Kwon bet enough, 2.2 million and change, to put Lillis all in. He would call with , but it was no good, as Kwon showed for a winning two pair.

This leaves just four players, with Kwon still holding a big lead.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yong “IReadYrSoul” Kwon	18,034,210 18,034,210	18,034,210
James ‘Bagels’ Lillis	Busted