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In Level 27 with blinds of 14,000/28,000 and an ante of 3,500, a blind-on-blind battle saw "Gohednpopoff" raise to 70,000 in the small blind and "ghoul" three-bet jam in the big blind for 553,000. "Gohednpopoff" called.

"ghoul":
"Gohednpopoff":

"ghoul" was able to fade the two overcards as a ten-high runout of left their pair of sevens best, earning them a pot of more than 1.1 million along the way.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gohednpopoff	2,126,683	-621,895
ghoul	1,128,886	482,443

On the last hand of Level 25 (10,000/20,000/2,500), a three-way all-in ensued between "Unsure" in the small blind, Brian "TopCreature" Sherrier on the button, and David "TheKing411" Coleman in the big blind. Sherrier had a shot at a triple, while Coleman covered both "Unsure" and Sherrier.

Brian “TopCreature” Sherrier:
"Unsure":
David "TheKing411" Coleman:

Coleman's shot at a double knockout was spoiled on the turn as the runout came to give "Unsure" a full house and score them both pots, eliminating Sherrier in 16th place along the way.

Meanwhile, "steveeee" doubled through "jbodey5288" on the adjacent table simultaneously, winning a coin flip with ace-jack to pocket eights to bring both players to nearly even stacks of around 360,000.

Moments later as Level 26 Began with blinds of 12,000/24,000 and an ante of 3,000, "jbodey5288" got all in preflop again with ace-king to the pocket jacks of Michael “IIIIIIIIIIIII” Haberman and was unable to hit, resulting in their elimination from the tournament in 15th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Unsure	903,556	548,522
Michael “IIIIIIIIIIIII” Haberman	866,061	178,360
steveeee	362,244	138,372
David "TheKing411" Coleman	277,197	-379,034
jbodey5288	35,360	-352,872
Brian “TopCreature” Sherrier	Busted

In Level 25 with blinds of 10,000/20,000 and an ante of 2,500, "Doni34" got their last 136,000 into the middle under the gun and received action from "Ghoul," who was in the big blind.

"Doni34":
"ghoul":

"Doni34" was unable to hit a three outer as the board ran out and they were eliminated from the tournament in 17th place.

Two full tables now remain, and updated counts have been provided for all remaining players, with "Gohednpopoff" being the newest player to have shot up the leader board with a stack of over 2.7 million.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gohednpopoff	2,748,578	2,084,160
joey1way	1,258,875	995,128
Stonniepokes	947,045	68,472
xxx6395200xxx	815,309	-1,120,722
Michael “IIIIIIIIIIIII” Haberman	687,701	178,075
David "TheKing411" Coleman	656,231	220,992
ghoul	646,443	63,336
kgkg510	554,152	-23,000
dhimp20	493,819	-4,500
jbodey5288	388,232	160,596
Unsure	355,034	78,525
Ryan "Whosyourdoddy" Dodd	302,096	-335,472
Brian “TopCreature” Sherrier	272,788	85,500
BwanaNJ	233,089	-145,000
steveeee	223,872	-5,250
KingKong24	212,736	-503,517
Doni34	Busted

On the last hand of Level 24 (8,000/16,000/2,000), "Doni34" and "kgkg510" wound up all in preflop in the cutoff and on the button, respectively for an overall pot of 577,000. "kgkg510" was at risk.

"kgkg510":
"Doni34":

"kgkg510" was in trouble and their situation got worse on the flop . Faced with nothing but running outs, they found Broadway as the turn and river completed the runout to keep them alive. "Doni34" was left with 137,000 after the hand and blinds went up, leaving them with around seven big blinds for the beginning of the next hand.

Earlier in the level, "ELITEMALESSO," "ndirish50," and "Glive" were not as fortunate. The trio of eliminations brings the field down to 17, just one away from reaching the final two tables.

Player	Chips	Progress
kgkg510	577,152	360,626
Doni34	137,424	-138,761
ELITEMALESSO	Busted
ndirish50	Busted
Glive	Busted

At the beginning of July, the partypoker US Network in New Jersey reached a sizzling conclusion when the WPT Online Poker Open, which combined fields from partypoker US, Borgata Poker and BetMGM Poker crowned a winner. The Main Event drew a field of 868 entries, generating a lofty $317,540 prize pool which surpassed its $300k guarantee. It marked the largest ever event for the New Jersey online poker network surpassing the $302,100 prize pool for the $320 buy-in partypoker US Network $250K GTD back on March 29.

In the end, it was David "TheKing411" Coleman who emerged victorious for a payday of $56,586. In addition to the first-place prize, he also earned a WPT Championship Trophy and an $11,000 prize package which includes entry into the next WPT in-person live event, the WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic, which will take place at Bellagio in Las Vegas ($10,400 buy-in), as well as $600 in cash towards travel expenses.

David Coleman spoke to PokerNews about the win.

In Level 23 with blinds of 7,000/14,000 and an ante of 1,750, Ryan "Whosyourdoddy" Dodd three-bet jammed on the button for 300,000 over an open from "Chasethiz26," who was in the hijack. "Chasethiz26": called.

"Chasethiz26":
Ryan "Whosyourdoddy" Dodd:

Dodd went from a coin flip to having his opponent drawing slim as the flop appeared. The turn gave him a flush and left "Chasethiz26" drawing dead to the river , leaving "Chasethiz26" with only a few big blinds as the pot of more than 600,000 was sent Dodd's way.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan "Whosyourdoddy" Dodd	637,568	329,284
Chasethiz26	59,964	-173,912

In Level 23 with blinds of 7,000/14,000 and an ante of 1,750, "NoRverNoFish" found themselves all in on the button for their last handful of big blinds and were up against "ghoul," who was under the gun.

"NoRverNoFish":
"ghoul":

Despite no ace coming on the runout , "NoRverNoFish" was unable to fade their opponent's turned trip sevens and were eliminated from the tournament in 26th place.

Moments later, "chaposticks" was eliminated in 25th place to bring about the end of the first round of payouts. Twenty-four players now remain across three full tables of eight.

Player	Chips	Progress
ghoul	583,107	101,749
NoRverNoFish	Busted
chaposticks	Busted

Players are on a five-minute break and Level 23 has begun with blinds of 7,000/14,000 and an ante of 1,750. Twenty-six players now remain after "Lanfeust" and "angels" were both eliminated over the last two minutes of play, and just two more eliminations are needed to cement the first level of payouts, good for $336. Here's an updated look at chip counts for the 26 remaining players, with "xxx6395200xxx" having experienced a heater of late to amass a whopping stack of 1.9 million, well over double that of the next-closest "Stonniepokes".

Player	Chips	Progress
xxx6395200xxx	1,936,031	1,491,984
Stonniepokes	878,573	566,718
POKERD0RMS	744,286	744,286
KingKong24	716,253	141,425
Gohednpopoff	664,418	-14,572
Michael “IIIIIIIIIIIII” Haberman	509,626	-138,592
ghoul	481,358	15,000
dhimp20	480,605	17,750
David "TheKing411" Coleman	435,239	-16,900
BwanaNJ	378,089	-354,555
joeyh1935	321,878	149,663
Ryan "Whosyourdoddy" Dodd	308,284	237,213
Unsure	276,509	-173,000
Doni34	276,185	-44,567
joey1way	263,747	-37,005
ndirish50	256,822	-141,650
Chasethiz26	233,876	107,688
steveeee	229,122	23,000
jbodey5288	227,636	153,443
kgkg510	216,526	-199,971
Daniel “leinad” Buzgon	207,872	-46,374
chaposticks	197,898	-83,750
ELITEMALESSO	190,648	64,074
Brian “TopCreature” Sherrier	187,288	-116,750
Glive	96,982	-42,250

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