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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	101,749
NoRverNoFish	Busted
chaposticks	Busted

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	329,284
Chasethiz26	59,964 -173,912	-173,912

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.

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	360,626
Doni34	137,424 -138,761	-138,761
ELITEMALESSO	Busted
ndirish50	Busted
Glive	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	2,084,160
joey1way	1,258,875 995,128	995,128
Stonniepokes	947,045 68,472	68,472
xxx6395200xxx	815,309 -1,120,722	-1,120,722
Michael “IIIIIIIIIIIII” Haberman	687,701 178,075	178,075
David "TheKing411" Coleman	656,231 220,992	220,992
ghoul	646,443 63,336	63,336
kgkg510	554,152 -23,000	-23,000
dhimp20	493,819 -4,500	-4,500
jbodey5288	388,232 160,596	160,596
Unsure	355,034 78,525	78,525
Ryan "Whosyourdoddy" Dodd	302,096 -335,472	-335,472
Brian “TopCreature” Sherrier	272,788 85,500	85,500
BwanaNJ	233,089 -145,000	-145,000
steveeee	223,872 -5,250	-5,250
KingKong24	212,736 -503,517	-503,517
Doni34	Busted

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

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	-621,895
ghoul	1,128,886 482,443	482,443

On the last hand before a five-minute break in Level 27 with blinds of 14,000/28,000 and an ante of 3,500, "dhimp20" shoved for 200,000 under the gun and "Gohednpopoff" called in the hijack. All remaining players folded.

"dhimp20":
"Gohednpopoff":

"dhimp20" shoved into a dominating hand and quickly found elimination as the board came , giving "Gohednpopoff" aces up en route to the knockout.

Updated counts from the 11 remaining players on break have been provided below.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gohednpopoff	2,303,002 176,319	176,319
joey1way	1,409,430 -239,809	-239,809
xxx6395200xxx	1,102,409 287,100	287,100
ghoul	1,041,386 -87,500	-87,500
Unsure	1,033,612 198,756	198,756
Stonniepokes	914,823 -65,300	-65,300
kgkg510	879,804 325,652	325,652
Ryan "Whosyourdoddy" Dodd	740,691 379,595	379,595
KingKong24	616,994 278,297	278,297
steveeee	556,244 194,000	194,000
Michael “IIIIIIIIIIIII” Haberman	201,605 -664,456	-664,456
dhimp20	Busted