partypoker US Network Series (Jan. 17-24)

In Level 19 with blinds of 5,000/10,000 and an ante of 1,250, action folded to Angel "chromeking" Lopez in the small blind and he jammed for his last 70,000. Ryan "simlSgg" Hagerty called in the big blind.

Angel "chromeking" Lopez:
Ryan "simlSgg" Hagerty:

Lopez was unable to improve as the board ran out and was thereby eliminated in the tournament while Hagerty's stack has continued to skyrocket, now hitting 1.24 million. Moments prior, "keefvanh0rn" was also eliminated by "joey1way", and the pair of eliminations has the field down to 12 across two full tables.

Three more eliminations are needed to reach the final nine and make it into the money.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan "simlSgg" Hagerty	1,246,780 382,486	382,486
Angel "chromeking" Lopez	Busted
keefvanh0rn	Busted

Level 16 has begun with blinds of 3,000/6,000 and 22 players remain from 89 entries as the registration period has officially closed. The top nine will make it into the money and lock up at least $516 plus any applicable bounties, while the eventual winner is seat to earn $4,039 plus all applicable bounties. A complete look at prize pool information can be found in the Payouts Tab.

In Level 14 with blinds of 2,000/4,000 and an ante of 500, all of the chips went into the middle with Eric "alwaysliquid" Vanauken having their 223,000 at risk in the hijack against Ryan "simlSgg" Hagerty, who was in the cutoff and covered by just 6,000.

Eric "alwaysliquid" Vanauken:
Ryan "simlSgg" Hagerty:

Hagerty's cowboys were out in front and stayed there as the board ran out to earn him the pot of more than 400,000, taking Vanauken's bounty and vaulting him to the top of the counts by a wide margin as a result. Meanwhile, Vanauken wasted no time re-entering after his elimination and was seated in the same exact spot as before.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan "simlSgg" Hagerty	461,909 222,181	222,181
Eric "alwaysliquid" Vanauken	50,000 -93,979	-93,979

Hand #1: In Level 10 with blinds of 1,200/2,400 and an ante of 300, Eric "alwaysliquid" Vanauken open-limped in the hijack and Anthony "flawlessbinkage" Maio jammed for 42,850 on the button. Action folded back to Vanauken and he called for almost all of his stack, giving him the chance at a bounty in addition to the pot.

Anthony "flawlessbinkage" Maio:
Eric "alwaysliquid" Vanauken:

A pair of treys was all that appeared on a runout of , leaving Vanauken's ace kicker best to earn him the pot and claim Maio's bounty.

Hand #2: Moments later on an adjacent table, Derek "pompii" Sudell got all in for just a bit under 20,000 preflop in the big blind, receiving action from "xxx6395200" in the cutoff.

Derek "pompii" Sudell:
"xxx6395200":

Sudell had run into the best possible hand and his situation only got worse as both he and his opponent flopped sets as the board began to run out . He was then saved as the river came , the only card in the deck that could further improve him to the best hand. As a result, Sudell's quads scored him the double and he now has new life with a stack of roughly 42,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jon "Jetsfan411" Borenstein	217,075 105,260	105,260
Ryan "simlSgg" Hagerty	153,178 33,900	33,900
upayformypennys	138,975 6,700	6,700
Eric "alwaysliquid" Vanauken	94,116 34,819	34,819
David "TheKing411" Coleman	71,100 71,100	71,100
Cholie	48,036 -7,559	-7,559
Jermz	44,143 -6,037	-6,037
Derek "pompii" Sudell	41,900 -8,100	-8,100
xxx6395200xxx	29,597 -44,423	-44,423
Core4	20,872 -214,965	-214,965
Anthony "flawlessbinkage" Maio	Busted

In Level 6 with blinds of 500/1,000 and an ante of 125, preflop action saw 8,600 go into the middle with three-way action between "chen718" in the big blind, James "Bagels" Lillis in the hijack, and "kevmo15", who was on the button.

"chen718" checked to put action on Lillis, who bet 3500. Both "kevmo15" and "chen718" called to bring the turn , and two checks put action onto "kevmo15", who bet 7,000. "kevmo15" and Lillis both called, and then action checked through the river to take the hand to showdown.

First to act, "chen718" showed for a missed king-high flush draw. Lillis tabled for a missed open-ended straight draw that rivered top pair, and "kevmo15" proceeded to muck thereafter to result in Lillis earning the pot of 40,000 with his rivered pair of eights.

Player	Chips	Progress
James "Bagels" Lillis	122,256 53,466	53,466
King_Icon	62,275 4,871	4,871
kevmo15	50,795 50,795	50,795
chen718	32,550 32,550	32,550

In Level 2 with blinds of 200/400 and an ante of 60, action folded to Ryan "Whosyourdoddy" Dodd in the small blind and he completed. Stanton "Stonniepokes" Tentnowski was in the big blind and raised his option to 1,600, prompting a limp-reraise from Dodd to 5,600. Tentnowski called.

The flop dropped and Dodd made a continuation-bet of 4,800. Tentnowski called, bringing the turn . Dodd thought for a few moments and then shoved for 17,000. Tentnowski went into the tank, dipping into his time bank for a few moments before eventually finding a fold to earn Dodd the pot with his turn shove.

Player	Chips	Progress
Don "dhimp20" Himpele	71,092 71,092	71,092
odo23	54,600 4,600	4,600
Katie "KatieStone" Stone	49,330 -670	-670
Stanton "Stonniepokes" Tentnowski	40,325 -9,675	-9,675
Ryan "Whosyourdoddy" Dodd	38,093 -11,907	-11,907

The stakes have been raised for Thursday night's partypoker US Network Online Series Event #5: $30K GTD PKO Bounty 6-Max, with a $320 buy-in that each player will have split 50/50 between the prize pool and a starting bounty atop their heads.

With the Progressive Knockout format, that starting bounty will be compounded every time a player earns a knockout, immediately receiving half of their opponent's bounty while having the other half added to their own total bounty value. The tournament will play six-handed, further adding to the potential action and ability to play for stacks.

All withinin the state of New Jersey may get in on the fun across the three platforms of partypoker US, Borgata Poker and BetMGM Poker.

Players receive 50,000 to start with blinds beginning at 150/300/40 and escalating every 10 minutes. Late registration with unilmited re-entries will remain open through Level 15 (2,500/5,000/625), closing at approximately 10:40 p.m. ET. Come Level 24 (12,000/24,000/3,000), levels will increase to 12 minutes apiece until a winner has been declared.

Monday's Event #2 was of similar stature, though with a smaller guarantee. In that event, Eric "alwaysliquid" Vanauken continued his partypoker US Network Online Series success, besting a field of 76 to earn $8,880 of the $22,800 overall prize pool.

Who will be the one to come out on top this time? Stay tuned to PokerNews to find out.