partypoker US Network Series (Jan. 17-24)

Event #2: $20K GTD PKO Bounty 6-Max
Day: 1
Event Info

partypoker US Network Series (Jan. 17-24)

Final Results
Winner
Eric "alwaysliquid" Vanauken
Winning Hand
a2
Prize
$8,880
Event Info
Buy-in
$320
Entries
76

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Alex "JinYang" Butcher Eliminated in 6th Place ($649 + $188 in Bounties)

"JinYang"
"JinYang"

In Level 20 with blinds of 6,000/12,000 and an ante of 1,500, Eric "alwaysliquid" Vanauken opened to 66,000 under the gun and Alex "JinYang" Butcher three-bet shoved in the hijack for 331,000. Action folded back to Vanauken and he immediately called.

Alex "JinYang" Butcher: {a-Hearts}{10-Hearts}
Eric "alwaysliquid" Vanauken: {k-Spades}{q-Spades}

Just moments after ceding a double, it looked as if Vanauken was about to give up another one to Butcher as the flop came {6-Spades}{2-Hearts}{5-Hearts} to cut his number of outs down to four. The turn {8-Clubs} left Butcher with just one card between him and a double, but the river {k-Clubs} gave Vanauken just what he needed to make the best hand and eliminate Butcher in sixth place.

Player Chips Progress
Eric "alwaysliquid" Vanauken
Eric "alwaysliquid" Vanauken
1,910,842 414,085
Alex "JinYang" Butcher us
Alex "JinYang" Butcher
Busted

"l23weeeeeeeee" Doubles Through the Chip Leader

"l23weeeeeeeee"
"l23weeeeeeeee"

In Level 20 with blinds of 6,000/12,000 and an ante of 1,500, "l23weeeeeeeee" raised to 36,000 under the gun and was called by Eric "alwaysliquid" Vanauken, who was on the button. Action went heads up to the flop {5-Clubs}{q-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}, where "l23weeeeeeeee" checked to Vanauken, who bet 74,000. "l23weeeeeeeee" check-jammed for 357,000. Vanauken quickly called.

"l23weeeeeeeee": {j-Spades}{10-Spades}
Eric "alwaysliquid" Vanauken: {k-Clubs}{9-Clubs}

Vanauken had an overcard, flush draw, and two additional gutshot straight outs, but they all missed as the board ran out {5-Diamonds}{9-Hearts} and "l23weeeeeeeee" earned the dub.

Player Chips Progress
Eric "alwaysliquid" Vanauken
Eric "alwaysliquid" Vanauken
1,496,757 -138,127
l23weeeeeeeee us
l23weeeeeeeee
813,004 227,002

"Cholie" Eliminated in Seventh, Tournament Reaches the Final Table

"Cholie"
"Cholie"

In Level 19 with blinds of 5,000/10,000 and an ante of 1,250, "Cholie" open-jammed for about 350,000 in the small blind and "l23weeeeeeeee" immediately called all in for barely less in the big blind.

"l23weeeeeeeee": {a-Spades}{k-Hearts}
"Cholie": {a-Hearts}{10-Spades}

No ten came as the board ran out {9-Clubs}{q-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}{9-Spades}{7-Clubs}, failing to double-pair along the way, and "l23weeeeeeeee" earned the double. "Cholie" was left with crumbs that were dusted off the table a couple of hands later to result in their elimination in seventh place, and all six remaining players have now reached the final table.

Player Chips Progress
Eric "alwaysliquid" Vanauken
Eric "alwaysliquid" Vanauken
1,634,884 154,849
l23weeeeeeeee us
l23weeeeeeeee
586,002 133,436
RiverMan us
RiverMan
507,980 101,555
dadadada us
dadadada
487,164 89,420
Alex "JinYang" Butcher us
Alex "JinYang" Butcher
408,460 -6,100
Angel "chromeking" Lopez us
Angel "chromeking" Lopez
146,010 360
Cholie us
Cholie
Busted

Hagerty Busts To Reach the Final Table Bubble

Ryan Hagerty
Ryan Hagerty

In Level 18 with blinds of 4,000/8,000 and an ante of 1,000, Ryan "simlSgg" Hagerty was down to his last 99,000 and three-bet jammed it over a raise to 17,600 from "dadadada", who was on the button and called.

Ryan "simlSgg" Hagerty: {q-Spades}{j-Hearts}
"dadadada": {a-Hearts}{10-Spades}

Nothing changed as the board ran out {4-Hearts}{4-Spades}{7-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}{3-Clubs} and Hagerty finished in eighth place as a result, with his elimination bringing about the final table bubble and the resumption of hand-for-hand play until another elimination occurs.

That elimination almost occurred immediately after Hagerty's elimination, as Alex "JinYang" Butcher got all in with {7-}{7-} against the {a-}{8-} of Eric "alwaysliquid" Vanauken. Vanauken hit an eight on the flop, but a seven on the river saved Butcher to ensure no immediate end to the final table bubble.

Player Chips Progress
Eric "alwaysliquid" Vanauken
Eric "alwaysliquid" Vanauken
1,480,035 -416,835
Alex "JinYang" Butcher us
Alex "JinYang" Butcher
414,560 135,030
dadadada us
dadadada
397,744 96,474
Ryan "simlSgg" Hagerty
Ryan "simlSgg" Hagerty
Busted

Winners From the December Series

To give you an idea of the kind of big money payouts players will be looking at in this series, we figured we would post the results from the last series in December. Just like this series, the events lasted for a full week, with a few notables earning titles, including Jake "FerociousPanda" Toole, Alex "JinYang" Butcher, Stanton "Stonniepokers" Tentnowski, and Ryan "TheSims" Hohner.

DateTournamentBuy-inEntriesPrize PoolWinnerPrize
Sunday, December 13Event #1: 1/2 Price NLH ($35K GTD)$109451$45,100Jake "FerociousPanda" Toole$8,036.82
Monday, December 14Event #2: $6,400 GTD Heads-Up$109$64$6,400"pay4medsch00l"$1,552
Tuesday, December 15Event #3: $12K GTD Mega Tuesday 6-Max 1/2 Prize$215883$176,600Alex "JinYang" Butcher$28,256.32
Wednesday, December 16Event #4: PLO 6-Max$215165$33,000Stanton "Stonniepokers" Tentnowski$8,580
Thursday, December 17Event #5: $7,500 GTD PKO Bounty$32059$17,700Ryan "TheSims" Hohner$4,802.97
Saturday, December 19Event #7: $20K GTD PKO 6-Max NLH$215408$81,600"kgkg510"$14,080.47
Sunday, December 20Event #8: $40K GTD Main Event$320189$56,700"upayformypennys"$11,340

Daniel Buzgon is the Bubble Boy

Dan Buzgon
Dan Buzgon

In Level 17 with blinds of 3,500/7,000 and an ante of 875, Sponsored Pro Daniel "leinad" Buzgon open-jammed for 97,100 in the hijack and received a call from Eric "alwaysliquid" Vanauken in the cutoff. All remaining players folded and the two were off to the races.

Daniel "leinad" Buzgon: {k-Spades}{a-Diamonds}
Eric "alwaysliquid" Vanauken: {3-Spades}{3-Diamonds}

A trey on the flop {2-Hearts}{3-Clubs}{8-Diamonds} all but sent Buzgon packing, and the turn {a-Spades} confirmed such a result as it ensured no running wheel cards could possibly keep him alive. The river {10-Diamonds} completed the runout and Buzgon was eliminated by Vanauken in ninth place, becoming the official bubble boy of Event #2.

All eight remaining players are now officially in the money, with Vanauken leading the field by a wide margin with a stack of more than 1.8 million.

Player Chips Progress
Eric "alwaysliquid" Vanauken
Eric "alwaysliquid" Vanauken
1,896,870 315,850
Daniel "leinad" Buzgon
Daniel "leinad" Buzgon
Busted

Hand-For-Hand Play Begins Just Before Break

The tournament is on a five-minute break with play having moved into Level 17 with blinds of 3,500/7,000 and an ante of 875. Moments after the elimination of "GiantGenius", "ScarletRaptor" was also eliminated to bring the number of players in the field down to nine.

With one elimination needed to reach the money, hand-for-hand play is now in effect across the two remaining tables. Updated counts have been provided below for the nine remaining players.

Player Chips Progress
Eric "alwaysliquid" Vanauken
Eric "alwaysliquid" Vanauken
1,581,020 555,111
l23weeeeeeeee us
l23weeeeeeeee
452,566 37,986
RiverMan us
RiverMan
406,425 2,175
Ryan "simlSgg" Hagerty
Ryan "simlSgg" Hagerty
317,309 132,530
dadadada us
dadadada
301,270 177,548
Alex "JinYang" Butcher us
Alex "JinYang" Butcher
279,530 110,173
Cholie us
Cholie
212,130 -134,718
Angel "chromeking" Lopez us
Angel "chromeking" Lopez
145,650 73,200
Daniel "leinad" Buzgon
Daniel "leinad" Buzgon
104,100 -32,612
ScarletRaptor us
ScarletRaptor
Busted

Two Tables Remain

In Level 16 with blinds of 3,000/6,000 and an ante of 750, "GiantGenius" got their last three big blinds all in preflop on the button against "RiverMan", who was in the cutoff.

"GiantGenius": {q-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds}
"RiverMan": {a-Diamonds}{q-Hearts}

The board ran out {8-Hearts}{q-Spades}{a-Clubs}{9-Spades}{8-Spades}, giving "GiantGenius" a backdoor gutshot straight draw on the turn that would fail to land and bring about their elimination, one among a flurry of eliminations on both sides of the new level that has brought the field down to 10. Just two tables now remain.

Player Chips Progress
RiverMan us
RiverMan
404,250 255,407
GiantGenius us
GiantGenius
Busted
Ryan "TheSims" Hohner
Ryan "TheSims" Hohner
Busted
kingtaut us
kingtaut
Busted
FitzroidPoo us
FitzroidPoo
Busted
xxx6395200 us
xxx6395200
Busted

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