partypoker US Network Series (Jan. 17-24)

Event #3: $15K GTD 40-Stack 8-Max NLH
Day: 1
Event Info

partypoker US Network Series (Jan. 17-24)

Final Results
Winner
Prize
$5,483
Event Info
Buy-in
$215
Prize Pool
$25,400
Entries
129

"kgkg510" Wins partypoker US Network Online Series Event #3: Forty-Stack NLH for $5,483

Event #3 Results
Event #3 Results

A new format for the partypoker US Network Online Series in the $215 buy-in Event #3: $15K GTD 40-Stack NLH turned out to be a hit, as 127 entries generated a total prize pool of $25,400, surpassing the guaranteed prize pool by more than 69%.

When all was said and done, "kgkg510" was the one to call themselves the victor, earning $5,483 after negotiating a heads-up chop with second-place finisher Jason "Riverman" Lawhun, whose second runner-up finish in as many nights earned him $4,447.

Event #3 Final Table Results

PlacePlayerPrize
1kgkg510$5,483*
2Jason "Riverman" Lawhun$4,447*
3Michael "UFOLDIWIN" St. John$2,941
4Chris "rumpthumper" White$2,260
5Kevin "sofcknsick" Campbell$1,752
6Daniel "centfieldr23" Lupo$1,295
7Angel "chromeking" Lopez$1,016
8l23weeeeeeeee$787

*Denotes heads-up deal.

The pair of players outlasted a stacked final table that included the likes of Michael "UFOLDIWIN" St. John, Chris "rumpthumper" White, Kevin "sofcknsick" Campbell, Daniel "centrfieldr23" Lupo, Angel "chromeking" Lopez, and Event #2 fourth-place finisher "l23weeeeeeeee".

In total, 20 places paid on the night. Others to make it into the money and fall short of the final table included Event #2 Champion Eric "alwaysliquid" Vanauken (14th place), Dan "mj23style" Sewnig (16th place), David "TheKing411" Coleman (17th) Place, and Ryan "TheSims" Hohner (19th place).

The trio of BorgataPoker.com Sponsored Pros in Katie "KatieStone" Stone, Michael "Gags30" Gagliano, and Daniel "Leinad" Buzgon all played as well, though none of them made it into the money.

Next on the docket is the $215 buy-in Event #4: $15K GTD Turbo NLH on Wednesday at 8 p.m. PokerNews will be back at it for what is sure to be a sprint from start to finish. We'll see you then.

DayDateTime (EST)TournamentBuy-In
Wednesday1/20/218:00 PMEvent #4: $15k 6-Max Turbo$215
Thursday1/21/218:00 PMEvent #5: $30K GTD PKO Bounty 6-Max$320
Friday1/22/218:00 PMEvent #7 $25K 6-Max NLH$215
Saturday1/23/218:00 PMEvent #8: $25K 8-Max NLH$215
Sunday1/24/215:00 PMEvent #9: SUNDAY $100K GTD PKO Bounty 8-Max$525

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Players Agree To a Chop: Jason "Riverman" Lawhun Finishes in 2nd Place ($4,447); "kgkg510" Wins Event #3 for $5,483

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The heads-up match between Jason "Riverman" Lawhun and "kgkg510" lasted for only a couple of minutes before talks of a chop surfaced and were quickly agreed upon via chip values. When all was said and done, "RiverMan" earns $4,447 and "kgkg510" earns $5,483 for their efforts.

A recap of the tournament will be provided shortly.

Michael "UFOLDIWIN" St. John Eliminated in 3rd Place ($2,941)

Michael St. John
Michael St. John

In Level 33 with blinds of 25,000/50,000 and an ante of 6,250, Michael "UFOLDIWIN" St. John shoved for 435,000 in the small blind and "RiverMan" called in the big blind for over 80% of his stack.

Michael "UFOLDIWIN" St. John: {9-Spades}{8-Hearts}
"RiverMan": {k-Hearts}{5-Spades}

"RiverMan" had found their call to be the correct one as they were ahead of St. John. Things stayed that way as the runout came {10-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}{a-Diamonds}{2-Hearts}{j-Diamonds} and St. John was eliminated in third place, earning $2,941 for his performance on the evening.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of kgkg510 us
kgkg510
4,098,272
181,250
181,250
Profile photo of RiverMan us
RiverMan
981,728
380,030
380,030
Profile photo of Michael "UFOLDIWIN" St. John
Michael "UFOLDIWIN" St. John
Busted

Kevin "sofcknsick" Campbell Eliminated in 5th Place ($1,752); Chris "rumpthumper" White Eliminated in 4th Place ($2,260)

Kevin Campbell
Kevin Campbell

In Level 33 with blinds of 25,000/50,000 and an ante of 6,250, Kevin "sofcknsick" Campbell open-jammed for 303,000 in the cutoff and "kgkg510" three-bet to 556,000 on the button. Chris "rumpthumper" White was in the big blind and cold four-bet jammed for 1.644 million, sending action back to "kgkg510" who called to bring a total of more than 3.6 million into the middle.

Kevin "sofcknsick" Campbell: {5-Clubs}{5-Hearts}
Chris "rumpthumper" White: {a-Spades}{k-Diamonds}
"kgkg510": {q-Diamonds}{q-Spades}

Campbell picked up a gutshot straight draw on the flop {8-Clubs}{7-Spades}{4-Diamonds}, but that was the closest either player would get to a double as the turn {3-Clubs} and river {4-Spades} left the pocket queens of "kgkg510" on top to eliminate both players on the same hand in fifth- and fourth places, respectively.

"kgkg510"
"kgkg510"
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of kgkg510 us
kgkg510
3,917,022
2,022,753
2,022,753
Profile photo of Chris "rumpthumper" White
Chris "rumpthumper" White
Busted
Profile photo of Kevin "sofcknsick" Campbell
Kevin "sofcknsick" Campbell
Busted

Daniel "centfieldr23" Lupo Eliminated in 6th Place ($1,295)

Daniel Lupo
Daniel Lupo

In Level 32 with blinds of 16,000/32,000 and an ante of 4,000, Daniel "centrfieldr23" Lupo jammed for 306,000 in the cutoff and received a call from Chris "rumpthumper" White in the small blind. "RiverMan" folded in the big blind and the two players' hands were shown.

Daniel "centfieldr23" Lupo: {a-Clubs}{2-Hearts}
Chris "rumpthumper" White: {a-Spades}{a-Diamonds}

Lupo was up against a pair of bullets and found himself shot down after the board ran out {j-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}{6-Diamonds}{q-Hearts}{7-Clubs}, finishing the tournament in sixth place and earning $1,295 for his efforts.

"centrfieldr23"
"centrfieldr23"
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of kgkg510 us
kgkg510
1,894,269
514,500
514,500
Profile photo of Chris "rumpthumper" White
Chris "rumpthumper" White
1,581,980
326,664
326,664
Profile photo of Michael "UFOLDIWIN" St. John
Michael "UFOLDIWIN" St. John
701,280
192,000
192,000
Profile photo of RiverMan us
RiverMan
601,698
-570,832
-570,832
Profile photo of Kevin "sofcknsick" Campbell
Kevin "sofcknsick" Campbell
300,773
-108,500
-108,500
Profile photo of Daniel "centrfieldr23" Lupo
Daniel "centrfieldr23" Lupo
Busted

Angel "chromeking" Lopez Eliminated in 7th Place ($1,016)

Angel Lopez
Angel Lopez

In Level 32 with blinds of 20,000/40,000 and an ante of 5,000, Angel "chromeking" Lopez jammed for 320,000 in the hijack and action folded around to Chris "rumpthumper" White in the big blind, who called.

Angel "chromeking" Lopez: {a-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}
Chris "rumpthumper" White: {a-Hearts}{10-Hearts}

The flop {q-Clubs}{9-Hearts}{4-Diamonds} was of no help to Lopez, but he found a little bit of extra hope on the turn {q-Spades} with a shot at a chop. Instead, the river landed {8-Spades} and he was eliminated in seventh place for a payday of $1,016.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Chris "rumpthumper" White
Chris "rumpthumper" White
1,255,316
364,184
364,184
Profile photo of Angel "chromeking" Lopez
Angel "chromeking" Lopez
Busted

"l23weeeeeeeee" Eliminated in 8th Place ($787)

"l23weeeeeeeee"
"l23weeeeeeeee"

In Level 30 with blinds of 16,000/32,000 and an ante of 4,000, "l23weeeeeeeee" open-jammed for 10 big blinds on the button and received action from "kgkg510" in the small blind.

"l23weeeeeeeee": {k-Diamonds}{q-Clubs}
"kgkg510": {6-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}

"l23weeeeeeeee" needed to win the coin flip to stay alive and the flop {7-Diamonds}{q-Hearts}{k-Hearts} was extremely promising, giving them top two pair. Unfortunately for them, the turn {3-Hearts} gave "kgkg510" a backdoor flush draw that would fill up on the river {j-Hearts} to regain the best hand and eliminate "l23weeeeeeeee" in eighth place.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of kgkg510 us
kgkg510
1,712,558
88,000
88,000
Profile photo of l23weeeeeeeee us
l23weeeeeeeee
Busted

Gailums Eliminated on the Final Table Bubble

"gailums"
"gailums"

In Level 30 with blinds of 16,000/32,000 and an ante of 4,000, Chris "rumpthumper" White jammed for 233,000 in the hijack and Matthew "gailums" Gailums re-jammed for 312,000 in the small blind, prompting a fold behind.

Chris "rumpthumper" White: {a-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}
Matthew "Gailums" Gailums: {k-Diamonds}{q-Spades}

The board ran out {3-Clubs}{8-Clubs}{7-Clubs}{4-Hearts}{8-Spades} and White earned the easy double, leaving Gailums with just 88,000.

On the following hand, Gailums jammed on the button and received action from Michael "UFOLDIWIN" St. John in the small blind.

Matthew "Gailums" Gailums: {j-Hearts}{8-Spades}
Michael "UFOLDIWIN" St. John: {a-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}

Gailums picked up an open-ended straight draw on the flop {9-Hearts}{5-Spades}{10-Clubs} but lost one of his live outs in the process. It all proved to be for naught, however, as the turn {2-Clubs} and river {3-Hearts} completed the runout to result in his elimination from the tournament in ninth place.

"gailums"
"gailums"
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of RiverMan us
RiverMan
984,530
453,000
453,000
Profile photo of Chris "rumpthumper" White
Chris "rumpthumper" White
482,316
482,316
482,316
Profile photo of Michael "UFOLDIWIN" St. John
Michael "UFOLDIWIN" St. John
449,280
-206,122
-206,122
Profile photo of Angel "chromeking" Lopez
Angel "chromeking" Lopez
323,684
69,263
69,263
Profile photo of Matthew "gailums" Gailums us
Matthew "gailums" Gailums
Busted

Young Gets a Big Double, Then Busts; Hand-for-Hand Begins

Orson Young
Orson Young

In Level 29 with blinds of 14,000/28,000 and an ante of 3,500, "kgkg510" opened to 70,000 on the button and Orson "Borgatcha" Young three-bet shoved for 205,000 in the small blind. Daniel "centrfieldr23" Lupo came over the top, also jamming for 565,000 and "kgkg510" folded to send the two off to the races.

Orson "Borgatcha" Young: {9-Hearts}{9-Clubs}
Daniel "centrfieldr23" Lupo: {a-Diamonds}{q-Hearts}

Young wound up on the right end of the coin flip as the board ran out {8-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}{10-Spades}{10-Clubs}{k-Spades} for his pocket nines to remain best and secure the double at Lupo's expense.

However, Moments later, Young wound up in another huge pot with "kgkg510", where Young opened in the hijack and "kgkg510" defended their big blind. Bets went in as the board came {j-Hearts}{7-Spades}{6-Clubs}{a-Clubs}{9-Spades}, with Young ultimately jamming the river and getting a call.

Orson "Borgatcha" Young: {k-Clubs}{q-Spades}
"kgkg510": {a-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}

Young's bluff was caught by top pair and he was eliminated in 10th place as a result. With nine now remaining, hand-for-hand play is again in effect as the tournament has reached the final table bubble.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of kgkg510 us
kgkg510
1,624,558
534,740
534,740
Profile photo of Kevin "sofcknsick" Campbell
Kevin "sofcknsick" Campbell
561,273
-162,391
-162,391
Profile photo of Daniel "centrfieldr23" Lupo
Daniel "centrfieldr23" Lupo
422,332
-339,370
-339,370
Profile photo of l23weeeeeeeee us
l23weeeeeeeee
332,027
-359,152
-359,152
Profile photo of Orson "borgatcha" Young us
Orson "borgatcha" Young
Busted

Kings Cracked Again To Burst The Bubble

"EmeraldForest32"
"EmeraldForest32"

In Level 24 with blinds of 6,000/12,000 and an ante of 1,500, Matthew "Gailums" Gailums open-jammed for 175,000 in the hijack and "EmeraldForest32" called all in for 96,000 in the cutoff. All remaining players folded and hands were shown for the runout.

"EmeraldForest32": {k-Spades}{k-Diamonds}
Matthew "Gailums" Gailums: {a-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}

"EmeraldForest32" only found themselves in commanding shape for a quick second as the flop {7-Diamonds}{6-Spades}{6-Diamonds} came to nearly quadruple the number of outs they had to sweat. The turn {9-Hearts} was just fine, but the river {5-Diamonds} spelled doom as Gailums improved to the nut flush and eliminated "EmeraldForest32" on the direct bubble in 21st place.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Matthew "gailums" Gailums us
Matthew "gailums" Gailums
298,839
121,704
121,704
Profile photo of EmeraldForest32 us
EmeraldForest32
Busted