In Level 11 (10,000/20,000/2,500), action folded to "Believer111" who raised all in for 161,400 from the cutoff, "jbg82" called from the button and Adam "jchimpo56" Karten came over the top for 200,000 from the small blind.
Action folded back around to "jbg82" who called.
"jbg82":
"Believer111":
Adam "jchimpo56" Karten:
"jbg82" held the best hand until the flop appeared giving "Believer111" the nut flush and parining Karten's queen.
The turn gave "jbg82" a broadway draw but the completed the board on the river securing "Believer111's" triple up.
In Level 10 (8,000/16,000/2,000), "Mkyz419" from late position and was called by "Wyeth" from the cutoff before Sridhar “sri100k” Sangannagari three-bet to 111,600 from the button.
Action folded back to "Mkyz419" who jammed for 260,452 and "Wyeth" folded while Sangannagari called.
"Mkyz419":
Sridhar “sri100k” Sangannagari:
"Mkyz419" had Sangannagari dominated until a nine appeared in the window on the flop.
The turn was no help to "Mkyz419" nor was the river and their tournament came to an end.
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In Level 8 (5,000/10,000/1,250), action on the table folded around to "Giggolo" who raised all in for 63,614 from the button and "borecz11199" isolated from the small blind.
"Giggolo":
"borecz11199":
"Giggolo" was behind holding live cards but didn't connect with the flop.
The turn paired "borecz11199" leaving "Giggolo" drawing dead and the river sent them to the rail.
In Level 7 (4,000/8,000/1,000), Daniel "leinad" Buzgon raised to 20,000 from under the gun and "EVERiS7" defended their big blind to see a flop.
"EVERiS7" check-called the 37,440 continuation bet from Buzgon and the dropped on the turn. "EVERiS7" checked their option once again only to fold after Buzgon tossed out 104,000.
One player who has been doing quite well on the network is bracelet winner Daniel “centrfieldr23” Lupo, 37, of West Milford, New Jersey. You might recall that last summer, Lupo topped a 1,767-entry field to win the WSOP.com Online $500 NLH Turbo Deepstack for $145,274 and a gold bracelet. Earlier this year, he added a ring to his résumé by taking down the WSOP.com Online Circuit Event #3: $320 NLH 6-Max for $32,595 and a month later won the WSOP.com $100,000 GTD Sunday for $50,715.
PokerNews caught up with Lupo, who went to NJIT for Architecture and baseball, to ask him about poker, which he squeezes in between working for an Architecture firm in Bridgewater specializing in single-family residential and smaller commercial projects and his family, which includes three kids ages 2-5 and his supportive wife Laura.
Q&A with Daniel “centrfieldr23” Lupo
PokerNews: When and how did you learn to play poker?
Lupo: I started playing/learning in college during the Rounders and Moneymaker boom with a bunch of the baseball guys. Within a year I found myself hosting games at college, at home on breaks and basically anywhere I could find or make a game. I didn’t play much online early on, regrettably.
What sort of poker do you play these days?
Mostly online MTTs playing like three sessions per week on average with buy-ins typically from $50 to $1k with the occasional $2-$3k buy in for a big event. I average around 500-600 MTTs a month despite not playing full time, I tend to put in a lot of volume when I’m on. The games are mostly NLH and some PLO MTTs, but love when StarsNJ runs a series as they run a fun 8-Game MTT with a bunch of other mixed variants.
What’s it like to play poker while raising young children?
It’s been a constant evolution. I could probably write a book about all the highs and lows and life adjustments I’ve had or chose to make. It gives me a lot of inspiration to succeed while also adding some weight to my losses as it's like 'not only was I way from my kids for all of Sunday afternoon but I lost (insert obnoxious Sunday schedule cost here)'.
Daniel Lupo and his family
What are some of your poker goals?
Try and win everything I play. Actually, my biggest current goal is trying to optimize my MTT game selection. Since quarantine began the schedules have been exploding site to site and while it's been great, with lots of new players and lots of live players playing online it has also drastically increased my average buy-ins and session costs as well as the field size which further increases variance.
I'm trying to optimize the balance of table quantity and expected value vs individual session costs and the variance that comes with it. Having an average buy-in of $250 adds up pretty quickly when it's spread across 60+ entries on a Sunday. My biggest ongoing and long-term goal is to win enough to help my family live comfortably.
How did it feel to take down the partypoker US Network Phased Main Event last month?
I was pretty stoked about the partypoker US win. I love their structure and it was a very tough field when we were deep; I was fortunate to run pretty well and the be able to leverage my chip stack at the final table. I had made a bunch of top 18 runs in their series Main Events but couldn't crack a solid finish lately so this felt a little extra special.
In Level 5 (2,500/5,000/600), Katie "KatieStone" Stone raised to 12,500 from under the gun and then called "Badbeat1512's" 60,416 three-bet jam from the big blind.
"Badbeat1512":
Katie "KatieStone" Stone:
Stone had her opponent crushed and nothing nothing changed after the runout.
flop appeared giving "Believer111" the nut flush and parining Karten's queen. 
turn gave "jbg82" a broadway draw but the 
completed the board on the river securing "Believer111's" triple up.
flop.
turn was no help to "Mkyz419" nor was the 
river and their tournament came to an end.
flop. 
river sent them to the rail.
