Event #1: $2,000 GTD PKO Bounty
Day 1 Completed
partypoker US Network Online Series (August 16-23)
Event #1: $2,000 GTD PKO Bounty
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Players Info - Day 1
partypoker US Network Online Series (August 16-23)
Buy-in
$20
Prize Pool
$2,718
Entries
151
Entries
151
Players Left
1
Opening night of the August version of the partypoker US Network Online Series began with a $20 buy-in Event #1: $2,000 GTD PKO Bounty, and saw 151 entries generate a total prize pool of $2,718 to exceed the guarantee by over 35%. When all was said and done, "Barrettwins" was the last one standing, earning a total of $558 in winnings ($294 in prizes + $264 in bounties) for their efforts, and doing so by way of six consecutive eliminations en route to victory.
"Barrettwins" found themselves dry on chips early in the night, but quickly reversed their fortunes and was seen near the top of the leader board well before the closure of the registration period. They fell to the middle of the pack as play moved towards, and into the money before again building a large stack as the tournament reached the final table bubble. However, they entered the final table as the shortest stack in the tournament after doubling eventual eighth-place finisher "Big_Daddy" before ten could become nine.
| Place | Player | Prize | KO | Total Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barrettwins | $294 | $264 | $558 |
| 2 | RGAx732x | $294 | $36 | $330 |
| 3 | high-card | $218 | $43 | $261 |
| 4 | whatever | $186 | $8 | $194 |
| 5 | gorillagolf | $157 | $10 | $167 |
| 6 | Anonymous5413 | $132 | $29 | $161 |
| 7 | POKERDORMS | $110 | $46 | $156 |
| 8 | Big_Daddy | $90 | $3 | $93 |
| 9 | fnasty97 | $69 | $4 | $73 |
Eventual runner-up RGAx732x took the early chip lead as they eliminated "fnasty97" in ninth place when their top pair held up against an overcard and three different draws. Shortly after, they held with sixes to the ace-king suited of "Big_Daddy" to pull further ahead and bring the field down to seven.
"Barrettwins" then eliminated "POKERDORMS" in seventh place when their jacks held against ace-jack with stacks going in preflop, and they knocked out "Anonymous5413" a couple of minutes later to pull nearly even with "RGAx732x" as five remained.
Five-handed play went on for half an hour as "gorillagolf" found themselves short, and got all in wtih ace-five to the ace-eight of "Barrettwins," who scored their third straight knockout on the final table. A couple of hands later, "Barrettwins" got their fourth elimination of the final table as they eliminated "whatever" with kings to ace-queen in another all-in preflop situation.
A full level of three-handed play then went by with chip stacks going up and down before "Barrettwins" got yet another knockout, eliminating "high-card" in third place with ace-jack to ace-trey after stacks got in on an ace-high flop. Heads-up play then began with "Barrettwins" holding nearly two-thirds of the chips in play, and they took about five minutes to halve their opponent's stack. The win then came via another all-in preflop scenario, where their ace-jack suited held versus ace-six offsuit to take the win in style, earning six consecutive knockouts to claim the title.
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In Level 28 with blinds of 20,000/40,000 and an ante of 5,000, "Barrettwins" won a series of small pots to increase their stack to over 3 million, and then eventually over 3.7 million as they amassed over 80% of the chips in play.
"RGAx732x" limped in on the button and "Barrettwins" shoved in the big blind, quickly receiving a call from "RGAx732x."
"RGAx732x": 
"Barrettwins": 
Just a six was between "Barrettwins" and victory, and the flop 
was safe. Any chance of a backdoor was squashed on the turn 
, which also took away one of the three remaining outs that "RGAx732x" had. The final card fell 
and "Barrettwins" shipped the pot with their jack kicker, winning the tournament to go along with it.
"RGAx732x" earned $294 for their second-place finish, and amassed $36 in bounties to go along with it. Meanwhile, "Barrettwins" earned $294 in prize money as well, and added $264 in bounties to bring their total earnings for the tournament up to $558.
A full recap of the tournament will be posted shortly. Stay tuned.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
4,530,000
1,664,676
|
1,664,676 |
|
|
Busted |
In Level 28 with blinds of 20,000/40,000 and an ante of 5,000, "high-card" limped on the button and "RGAx732x" completed their small blind. "Barrettwins" pumped it up to 160,000 in the big blind and received a call from only "high-card" to take action heads up to a flop of 
.
"Barrettwins" then checked to send action over to "high-card," who jammed for 688,000. "Barrettwins" quickly called.
"high-card": 
"Barrettwins": 
Both players had flopped top pair, but "Barrettwins" was way out in front with their jack kicker. "high-card" needed to hit a trey or running wheel cards to double, and also had outs to a deuce or a running paired board to chop. Instead, the turn 
and river 
left their hand second best and they were eliminated from the tournament in third place.
Meanwhile, "Barrettwins" now takes nearly a two-to-one chip advantage into an already-begun heads-up match.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,865,324
1,037,016
|
1,037,016 |
|
|
1,664,676
-191,500
|
-191,500 |
|
|
Busted |
In Level 27 with blinds of 18,000/36,000 and an ante of 4,500, "Barrettwins" limped on the button and "high-card" raised to 72,000 in the small blind. "RGAx732x" three-bet to 144,000 in the big blind and both players called, taking action three ways to the streets.
The flop fell 
and "high-card" checked. "RGAx732x" overbet-shoved for 705,000 and "Barrettwins" quickly called, getting an immediate fold from "high-card" right afterward.
"RGAx732x": 
"Barrettwins": 
"Barrettwins" found themselves having called with just seven outs, and none came as the turn 
and river 
completed the runout for "RGAx732x" to earn the double with their pair of eights.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,856,176
1,752,793
|
1,752,793 |
|
|
1,828,308
-565,838
|
-565,838 |
|
|
845,516
-256,500
|
-256,500 |
In Level 27 with blinds of 18,000/36,000 and an ante of 4,500, a blind-on-blind battle saw a series of raises get stacks in preflop with "whatever" at risk in the big blind for 905,000 against "Barretwins," who was in the small blind.
"whatever": 
"Barrettwins": 
"whatever" found themselves in a cooler situation for their tournament life. The flop gave them two ore outs to Broadway, but a running 
proved to be no help and they were eliminated from the tournament in fourth place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,443,646
986,605
|
986,605 |
|
|
Busted |
In Level 26 with blinds of 16,000/32,000 and an ante of 4,000, "gorillagolf" jammed for 244,000 in the cutoff and action folded around to "Barrettwins," who called in the big blind.
"gorillagolf":
"Barrettwins": 
A jack-high runout of 
left "Barrettwins" with their eight kicker playing to knock "goillagolf" out of the tournament in fifth place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,457,041
377,800
|
377,800 |
|
|
Busted |
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Level 26 has begun with blinds now at 16,000/32,000 and an ante of 4,000. A handful of pots without showdown have seen chips exchange hands, and "whatever" is now the chip leader, while "gorillagolf" has found themselves as the short stack with five still remaining.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,328,774
193,250
|
193,250 |
|
|
1,079,241
-247,875
|
-247,875 |
|
|
1,020,016
449,250
|
449,250 |
|
|
753,169
-271,775
|
-271,775 |
|
|
348,800
-122,850
|
-122,850 |
In Level 25 with blinds of 14,000/28,000 and an ante of 3,500, "RGAx732x" opened to 84,000 on the button and "Barrettwins" three-bet to 280,000 in the small blind. "RGAx732x" came over the top, four-bet jamming for 489,000, and "Barrettwins" called.
"RGAx732x":
"Barrettwins":
"RGAx732x" hit a set on the flop 
. The turn left "Barrettwins" drawing dead, and the river further improved them trips, which was still no good as the pot was shipped to "RGAx732x" for the dub.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,327,116
-328,722
|
-328,722 |
|
|
1,135,524
61,250
|
61,250 |
|
|
1,024,944
288,472
|
288,472 |
|
|
570,766
52,500
|
52,500 |
|
|
471,650
-73,500
|
-73,500 |