partypoker US Network Series (Jan. 17-24)

In Level 13 with blinds of 1,800/3,600 and an ante of 450, "BigBang" open-jammed for 44,800 on the button and saw "joey1way" re-jam for 95,000 in the small blind, forcing out Daniel "leinad" Buzgon, who was the only one left to act in the big blind.

"BigBang":
"joey1way"

"BigBang" found two of the three other nines in the deck on a runout of , but they were still drawing dead by the turn as "joey1way" hit the nut flush to earn the bounty and the pot and leave "BigBang" with no chips remaining.

Player	Chips	Progress
joey1way	145,314 7,826	7,826
BigBang	Busted

In Level 14 with blinds of 2,000/4,000 and an ante of 500, the field has been culled down to 18 and just three full tables remain in play. Eric "alwaysliquid" Vanauken is atop the counts, and a complete and updated list of everybody's stack who remains has been provided below.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eric "alwaysliquid" Vanauken	525,974 245,483	245,483
l23weeeeeeeee	414,580 260,878	260,878
ScarletRaptor	387,390 73,430	73,430
Cholie	346,848 346,848	346,848
GiantGenius	264,714 189,023	189,023
Ryan "simlSgg" Hagerty	184,779 184,779	184,779
redraider	180,678 63,534	63,534
Alex "JinYang" Butcher	169,357 50,211	50,211
Ryan "TheSims" Hohner	151,705 25,573	25,573
RiverMan	148,843 -11,199	-11,199
xxx6395200	148,204 80,480	80,480
Daniel "leinad" Buzgon	136,712 47,525	47,525
dadadada	123,722 50,168	50,168
joey1way	112,519 -32,795	-32,795
EmeraldForest32	106,175 -109,521	-109,521
Angel "chromeking" Lopez	72,450 72,450	72,450
FitzroidPoo	69,500 69,500	69,500
kingtaut	55,850 55,850	55,850

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Level 15 has begun with blinds of 2,500/5,000 and an ante of 625, marking the final 10-minute level of the late registration period. Anyone who wishes to enter may do so until registration closes at 10:42 p.m. ET, at which point the prize pool will become official.

Sixteen players currently remain out of 72 total entries.

Player	Chips	Progress
joey1way	Busted
EmeraldForest32	Busted

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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":
"RiverMan":

The board ran out , 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	404,250 255,407	255,407
GiantGenius	Busted
Ryan "TheSims" Hohner	Busted
kingtaut	Busted
FitzroidPoo	Busted
xxx6395200	Busted

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

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.