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

Young Delivers a Cooler on the Bubble

"yolegacy"
"yolegacy"

In Level 23 with blinds of 5,000/10,000 and an ante of 1,250, action folded to "yolegacy" in the cutoff and they opened to 18,800 after finding a recent spin up to nearly 200,000. Orson "Borgatcha" Young three-bet to 52,000 in the small blind and "yolegacy" called, taking action heads up to the streets.

The flop came [{7-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds} and Young checked over to "yolegacy", who bet 59,500. Young check-jammed for 144,000 effective and "yolegacy" called off their remaining chips, only to see the bad news.

"yolegacy": {k-Hearts}{k-Spades}
Orson "Borgatcha" Young: {a-Diamonds}{a-Clubs}

There were no other cowboys in sight as the turn {2-Spades} and river {a-Spades} completed the runout, adding insult to injury as Young earned the knockout with his set of aces to bring the field down to 21.

Player Chips Progress
Orson "borgatcha" Young us
Orson "borgatcha" Young
455,479
yolegacy us
yolegacy
Busted

The Bubble Continues Into The Break

Daniel Sewnig
Daniel Sewnig

The tournament is on a five-minute break.

In Level 24 with blinds of 6,000/12,000 and an ante of 1,250, two all-in preflop scenarios ensued on the last hand before the break on adjacent tables.

The first hand saw "kevmo15" get all in with pocket tens and hold against the ace-nine of Kevin "sofcknsick" Campbell after "kevmo15" folded down to just two big blinds.

Moments later, David "TheKing411" Coleman three-bet jammed over an early-position open and Dan "mj23style" Sewnig called all in for slightly less, putting him at risk of becoming the bubble boy.

Dan "mj23style" Sewnig: {a-}{k-}
David "TheKing411" Coleman: {k-}{k-}

Luckily for Sewnig, an ace came on the flop to put him in a position where he only needed to fade a one outer. He did just that, ultimately ending up with trip aces to score the double.

Twenty-one still remain on break, and short stacks on the bubble have been provided below.

Player Chips Progress
Kevin "sofcknsick" Campbell
Kevin "sofcknsick" Campbell
335,697
59,664
59,664
Dan "mj23style" Sewnig
Dan "mj23style" Sewnig
308,996
121,748
121,748
Matthew "gailums" Gailums us
Matthew "gailums" Gailums
177,135
-50,600
-50,600
John Allan "treetrap" Hinds us
John Allan "treetrap" Hinds
158,717
-28,750
-28,750
Eric "alwaysliquid" Vanauken
Eric "alwaysliquid" Vanauken
128,460
-140,127
-140,127
Ryan "TheSims" Hohner
Ryan "TheSims" Hohner
119,675
-39,250
-39,250
chen718 us
chen718
118,399
-58,130
-58,130
EmeraldForest32 us
EmeraldForest32
97,704
-24,000
-24,000
kevmo15 us
kevmo15
65,612
4,556
4,556
David "TheKing411" Coleman us
David "TheKing411" Coleman
27,439
-178,498
-178,498

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
Matthew "gailums" Gailums us
Matthew "gailums" Gailums
298,839
121,704
121,704
EmeraldForest32 us
EmeraldForest32
Busted

Eric “alwaysliquid” Vanauken Looking for More partypoker US Success

Eric Vanauken
Eric Vanauken

Eric “alwaysliquid” Vanauken is a name you should know as he's become one of the most accomplished players on the partypoker US Network.

Last year, Vanauken accomplished the incredible feat of capturing back-to-back titles not once, but twice.

In the July 6-12 series, he topped a 134-entry field to win Event #4: $15,000 GTD NLH for nearly $7,500, and then the next night bested 144 runners to win Event #5: $,7500 GTD Green Chip Bounty for $3,145. Then, at the end of July, he won the $320 buy-in Event #3: $15,000 GTD PKO Bounty for $6,393 and a day later emerged victorious in the $215 buy-in Event #4: $12,000 GTD PKO Bounty Boost for $5.691.

PokerNews recently had the chance to chat with Vanauken about his recent successes.

Money Never Sleeps

For the 43-year-old Vanauken, who is married with three kids ages 7, 10, and 19, he’s never really had a nine-to-five job. Instead, he fancies himself a real estate broker engaging in flips and investments while playing poker on the side of course.

“I first learned playing $4/$8 limit at Foxwoods in early 2000 and now play now $20/$40 and $30/$60 when I can find a game, or settle on $1/$2 or $2/$5 NLH," he said. "I have played the WSOP Main Event two times with no luck busting on Day 2 both times.”

Additionally, Vanauken grinds a decent amount on the virtual tables under the screen name “alwaysliquid,” which stems from the movie Wall Street when Gordon Gekko tells Bud Fox about how money never sleeps and you need to always be liquid.

“Since New Jersey went legal I play on Borgata and WSOP. I used to play PokerStars but had an issue with them over a year ago and have since boycotted them. I do very well on Borgata. I even shipped the Mega Thursday [not long ago] on my phone from an Applebee’s parking lot as I had no WiFi at home due to power outage.”

As for his recent successes on partypoker US, Vanauken was pleased but wanted to remain humble.

“I am humbled to be able to compete with all of the great players in New Jersey,” he said. “I’m proud that all of my studying and grinding has been producing favorable results in the past few years, taking me from an average breakeven player to a profitable one. At the same time, I try to maintain being humble with this great game and what it has provided for me and my family.”

Proudest Poker Accomplishments

For Vanauken, the scores rank up there among his proudest poker accomplishments, which includes beating a poker legend.

“In 2013, I beat Joe McKeehen for the Borgata Limit Championship,” Vanauken said. “I think that was the last limit event held at Borgata.”

Other highlights on his poker résumé include finishing sixth in the 2018 WSOP Circuit at Canada’s Playground Poker Club and finishing runner-up in a pair of WSOP Circuit online events back in March.

“So close to a ring but the two cashes of $35k and $20k within a few days definitely eased the quarantine pain,” Vanauken said.

With the latest partypoker US Network Online Series happening now, only time will tell if Vanauken can keep his streak of winning back-to-back events alive.

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Player Chips Progress
Eric “alwaysliquid” Vanauken
Eric “alwaysliquid” Vanauken
207,420

Hohner and Hinds Bow Out

Ryan Hohner
Ryan Hohner

In Level 25 with blinds of 7,000/14,000 and an ante of 1,750, the short-stacked "kevmo15" was the first to bust after the bubble, taking 20th place for $363. Moments later, a pair of all-in scenarios happened simultaneously across two tables.

Hand #1: Ryan "TheSims" Hohner open-jammed for his last handful of big blinds under the gun and received action from "chen718" in the cutoff.

Ryan "TheSims" Hohner: {j-Spades}{j-Hearts}
"chen718": {a-Diamonds}{k-Clubs}

Hohner was unable to hold as an ace came on the flop {3-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}{a-Clubs} and no jack came behind it on the turn {4-Spades} and river {2-Diamonds} to result in him taking 19th place.

Hand #2: Just seconds later, action had folded to John Allan "treetrap" Hinds in the small blind and he jammed for his last handful of big blinds. Orson "Borgatcha" Young called in the big blind.

John Allan "treetrap" Hinds: {a-Clubs}{4-Clubs}
Orson "Borgatcha" Young: {k-Diamonds}{j-Hearts}

The flop {2-Spades}{2-Hearts}{6-Diamonds} was safe, but the rest was all Young. The turn {k-Hearts} and river {j-Diamonds} completed the runout to give him top two pair and eliminate Hinds in 18th just a few moments after Hohner was knocked out.

Player Chips Progress
Orson "Borgtacha" Young
Orson "Borgtacha" Young
528,551
chen718 us
chen718
278,124
159,725
159,725
Ryan "TheSims" Hohner
Ryan "TheSims" Hohner
Busted
kevmo15 us
kevmo15
Busted
John Allan "treetrap" Hinds us
John Allan "treetrap" Hinds
Busted

Coleman Cooked; Two Tables Remain

David Coleman
David Coleman

In Level 26 with blinds of 8,000/16,000 and an ante of 2,000, "l23weeeeeeeee" raised to 40,000 in the hijack and David "TheKing411" Coleman re-shoved for 55,000 total. Action made its way back to "l23weeeeeeeee" and they called.

David "TheKing411" Coleman: {5-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}
"l23weeeeeeeee": {k-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}

Coleman found himself on the wrong end of the flop {4-Clubs}{k-Clubs}{6-Diamonds} and was left with just two outs. Those two outs became three on the turn {8-Diamonds}, but the river {5-Spades} came instead to give him a no-good set to his opponent's eight-high straight, resulting in his elimination from the tournament in 17th place.

Player Chips Progress
l23weeeeeeeee us
l23weeeeeeeee
474,853
216,003
216,003
David "TheKing411" Coleman us
David "TheKing411" Coleman
Busted

Chip Update; Twelve Remain (full)

"pompii"
"pompii"

The tournament has moved into Level 27 with blinds of 10,000/20,000 and an ante of 2,500, and in the blink of an eye, a quarter of the field has been eliminated. Most recent of them was Derek "pompii" Sudell, who jammed all in with {k-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds} and was unable to get there against the {j-Diamonds}{j-Clubs} of "l23weeeeeeeee".

Others who were eliminated before Sudell were Eric "alwaysliquid" Vanauken, "kfbackflip", and Dan "mj23style" Sewnig.

Meanwhile, Daniel "centrfieldr23" Lupo now finds himself holding a narrow chip lead over both Kevin "sofcknsick" Campbell and "l23weeeeeeeee". A complete list of chip counts has been provided below.

Player Chips Progress
Daniel "centrfieldr23" Lupo
Daniel "centrfieldr23" Lupo
761,702
491,546
491,546
Kevin "sofcknsick" Campbell
Kevin "sofcknsick" Campbell
723,664
387,967
387,967
l23weeeeeeeee us
l23weeeeeeeee
691,179
216,326
216,326
Michael "UFOLDIWIN" St. John
Michael "UFOLDIWIN" St. John
655,402
423,260
423,260
RiverMan us
RiverMan
531,530
239,315
239,315
chen718 us
chen718
384,374
106,250
106,250
Matthew "gailums" Gailums us
Matthew "gailums" Gailums
302,476
3,637
3,637
Angel "chromeking" Lopez
Angel "chromeking" Lopez
254,421
27,500
27,500
Chris "rumpthumper" White
Chris "rumpthumper" White
208,329
-119,243
-119,243
Orson "borgatcha" Young us
Orson "borgatcha" Young
203,310
-252,169
-252,169
kgkg510 us
kgkg510
199,722
2,181
2,181
Jon "Jetsfan411" Borenstein us
Jon "Jetsfan411" Borenstein
162,891
-190,624
-190,624

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The Ladies Don't Love "chen818"

"chen718"
"chen718"

In Level 28 with blinds of 12,000/24,000 and an ante of 3,000, "chen818" opened to 72,000 in the cutoff and saw "kgkg510" three-bet shove for around 300,000 effective. "chen718" called all in for slightly less.

"chen718": {q-Diamonds}{q-Hearts}
"kgkg510": {a-Clubs}{6-Clubs}

"chen71" saw fairly harmless flop of {j-Clubs}{3-Spades}{9-Spades} appear but it was followed by the turn {a-Diamonds}. They failed to hit a queen on the river {10-Spades} and were eliminated from the tournament as a result.

Jon "Jetsfan411" Borenstein was also eliminated during the previous level in 12th place, and 10 players now remain. Meanwhile, "kgkg510" has now overtaken the chip lead and has also become the first player to reach 1 million in the tournament.

Player Chips Progress
kgkg510 us
kgkg510
1,089,818
890,096
890,096
Jon "Jetsfan411" Borenstein us
Jon "Jetsfan411" Borenstein
Busted
chen718 us
chen718
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
kgkg510 us
kgkg510
1,624,558
534,740
534,740
Kevin "sofcknsick" Campbell
Kevin "sofcknsick" Campbell
561,273
-162,391
-162,391
Daniel "centrfieldr23" Lupo
Daniel "centrfieldr23" Lupo
422,332
-339,370
-339,370
l23weeeeeeeee us
l23weeeeeeeee
332,027
-359,152
-359,152
Orson "borgatcha" Young us
Orson "borgatcha" Young
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
RiverMan us
RiverMan
984,530
453,000
453,000
Chris "rumpthumper" White
Chris "rumpthumper" White
482,316
482,316
482,316
Michael "UFOLDIWIN" St. John
Michael "UFOLDIWIN" St. John
449,280
-206,122
-206,122
Angel "chromeking" Lopez
Angel "chromeking" Lopez
323,684
69,263
69,263
Matthew "gailums" Gailums us
Matthew "gailums" Gailums
Busted