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In Level 6 with blinds of 500/1,000 and an ante of 1,250, "onoreally" has ballooned up to almost 250,000 and is now the chip leader with 72 entries and 67 players remaining. Only eight more entries/re-buys are needed for the tournament to reach its guaranteed prize pool of $10,000.

Sponsored pro Michael "gags30" Gagliano has also recently entered the event and finds himself on the first page of the leader board.

Player	Chips	Progress
onoreally	244,307 191,042	191,042
Dan "mj23style" Sewnig	208,298 208,298	208,298
Bond18	163,390 163,390	163,390
rumpthumper	128,900 128,900	128,900
metzfan86	121,090 69,550	69,550
GiantGenius	120,395 2,243	2,243
pay4medsch00l	106,805 106,805	106,805
layitdown08	104,041 104,041	104,041
TheTerminator1	99,875 99,875	99,875
Premium123	99,375 99,375	99,375
Mike “IIIIIIIIIIII” Haberman	97,290 97,290	97,290
RobertJordan	95,375 95,375	95,375
Michael "Gags30" Gagliano	91,390 91,390	91,390
Dmanwon	90,668 90,668	90,668
Ryan "Whosyourdoddy" Dodd	89,180 -6,280	-6,280
IvanBlock	88,855 -13,935	-13,935
IReadYrSoul	87,225 37,225	37,225
deerpathdave	87,028 7,262	7,262
HellHound	84,595 23,680	23,680
Jonathan "jetsfan411" Borenstein	80,902 80,902	80,902
chaposticks	Busted
JayOnRiver	Busted
Doboy	Busted
Lanfeust	Busted

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In Level 8 with blinds of 700/1,400 and an ante of 175, there was 7,700 in the middle from preflop action after "Bond18" opened in the cutoff and "Chil57" defended their big blind. Action went heads up to a flop of and "Chil57" checked. "Bond18" made a continuation-bet for half of the pot and "Chil57" called.

The turn came and "Chil57" checked again. "Bond18" made a pot-sized bet of 15,400 and "Chil57" called all in for less, totaling 12,800.

"Chil57":
"Bond18":

"Chil57" needed an ace or nine for the double or a ten to chop and stay alive. Unfortunately for them, the river fell and the pot was shipped to their opponent. They chose not to rebuy and were eliminated from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bond18	202,193 38,803	38,803
Chil57	Busted

The second break of the night has just concluded and Level 9 has begun with blinds now reaching 800/1,600 and an ante of 200. There is now 11,000 in the total prize pool from 83 entries and 27 rebuys, and 71 players currently remain.

Player	Chips	Progress
onoreally	214,732
Dan "mj23style" Sewnig	210,203
Bond18	202,018
Mike “IIIIIIIIIIII” Haberman	201,963
deerpathdave	138,861
Michael "Gags30" Gagliano	132,033
noodles73	125,490
Premium123	120,480
KingKong24	119,709
dhimp20	118,600
GiantGenius	116,520
metzfan86	115,461
TheTerminator1	114,275
rumpthumper	113,396
IReadYrSoul	104,280
layitdown08	101,051
Dmanwon	99,825
Stoops211	99,143
PhilipNAllen	96,798
Theapanico	96,261
artyd99	Busted

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

A couple of months ago, 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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In Level 11 with blinds of 1,000/2,000 and an ante of 250, "NoRecourse" got all in for 35,300 preflop on the button against "mia1223," who was under the gun.

"NoRecourse":
"mia1223":

The two players were in a coin flip but "NoRecourse" pulled ahead on the flop , hitting a set of sevens. They were not out of the woods as the turn gave "mia1223" the nut flush draw along with a gutshot straight draw to go with it. They hit the backdoor nut flush on the river , but it wound up being no good as it also gave "NoRecourse" a full house to earn them the double.

Player	Chips	Progress
NoRecourse	35,304
mia1223	9,421

Level 12 has just begun with blinds of 1,200/2,400 and an ante of 300. Eighty-five entries have now been recorded with 64 players remaining. The following players have been eliminated over the last couple of levels.

Player	Chips	Progress
mia1223	Busted
Theapanico	Busted
Dmanwon	Busted
pure_reason	Busted
Tran84	Busted
Stone454	Busted
lilyluxury	Busted
Rock1980	Busted
Speedypete99	Busted

In Level 12 with blinds of 1,200/2,400 and an ante of 300, Michael "miw210x" Wang opened to 5,200 in the hijack and received a call from "upayformypennys" in the small blind. The two players saw a flop of and both players checked.

The turn was and "upayformypennys" checked again. Wang bet 5,700 and "upayformypennys" check-raised to 18,000. Wang thought for a few moments and then called.

The river fell and "upayformypennys" fired, betting 44,400. Wang folded without much deliberation and "upayformypennys" took down the pot, bringing their stack over 100,000 in the process. Despite conceding the pot, Wang has also chipped up and finds himself with 205,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael "miw210x" Wang	205,162 149,562	149,562
upayformypennys	133,457