Level 17 has begun with blinds of 3,500/7,000 and an ante of 875. Sixteen players now remain, and updated chip counts have been provided for all remaining players.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lanfeust	432,221 155,436	155,436
BelblixteredOG	364,068 43,125	43,125
overendwatts	293,828 92,678	92,678
CoachD	282,786 203,120	203,120
Badbeat1512	280,272 170,867	170,867
Jonuzi	229,042 59,592	59,592
cenation	223,085 73,665	73,665
phillychzsteak1	218,951 -25,250	-25,250
triplewham42	204,387 77,937	77,937
bertdoggy	204,335 -51,750	-51,750
SauceWon234	186,750 46,100	46,100
MoZZyNJ	181,601 87,825	87,825
Daniel "centrfieldr23" Lupo	177,400 -19,425	-19,425
Kelvingoku	125,797 -3,123	-3,123
Clayton “claytonfletcher” Fletcher	115,692 -37,500	-37,500
Jinxy	109,785 22,747	22,747
KingsWin	Busted
Ryan "TheSims" Hohner	Busted

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In Level 16 with blinds of 3,000/6,000 and an ante of 750, "Jinxy" opened to 15,000 in early position and "KingsWin" called in the cutoff. Action went heads up to a flop of and "Jinxy" bet 34,000. "KingsWin" called all in for less, totaling 22,000.

"KingsWin":
"Jinxy":

"KingsWin" was out in front and stayed there as the turn and river finished the runout, leaving their two pair best to earn them the double.

Player	Chips	Progress
KingsWin	89,880 -127,430	-127,430
Jinxy	87,038 10,738	10,738

In Level 14 with blinds of 2,000/4,000 and an ante of 500, Eric "alwaysliquid" Vanauken got all in preflop for just under 20 big blinds on the button against "phillychzsteak1," who was under the gun.

Eric "alwaysliquid" Vanauken:
"phillychzsteak1":

Vanauken found himself in a cooler situation and the flop left him with nothing but backdoor outs. The turn gave him two immediate outs to double on the river, but neither came as the final card fell to complete the runout and result in his elimination from the tournament.

Others to drop recently include Ross “Thehebrewhammer” Gottleib, Michael “UFOLDIWIN” St. John, "IReadYrSoul," and "eddie11" to bring the number of players left in the field down to 20.

Player	Chips	Progress
phillychzsteak1	244,201 66,981	66,981
Eric “alwaysliquid” Vanauken	Busted
eddie11	Busted
IReadYrSoul	Busted
Ross “Thehebrewhammer” Gottleib	Busted
Michael “UFOLDIWIN” St. John	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.

The tournament has reached its third break of the night in Level 14 with blinds of 2,500/500 and an ante of 625. Twenty-five players remain, with "BelblixteredOG" having recently entered and quickly blazing their way to the top of the leader board. Chip counts from all 25 remaining players have been provided below.

Player	Chips	Progress
BelblixteredOG	380,274 380,274	380,274
Lanfeust	276,785 38,150	38,150
bertdoggy	256,085 187,925	187,925
KingsWin	217,310 172,685	172,685
overendwatts	201,150 109,643	109,643
Daniel "centrfieldr23" Lupo	196,825 196,825	196,825
phillychzsteak1	177,220 94,903	94,903
Jonuzi	169,450 92,500	92,500
Clayton “claytonfletcher” Fletcher	153,192 123,192	123,192
David “TheKing411” Coleman	150,262 91,322	91,322
cenation	149,420 3,690	3,690
SauceWon234	140,650 1,350	1,350
varsity51	130,262 87,040	87,040
Kelvingoku	128,920 -71,530	-71,530
Ryan "TheSims" Hohner	128,332 -39,820	-39,820
triplewham42	126,450 51,305	51,305
Badbeat1512	109,405 35,983	35,983
MoZZyNJ	93,776 -56,339	-56,339
Eric “alwaysliquid” Vanauken	81,606 -7,311	-7,311
CoachD	79,666 17,374	17,374
Jinxy	76,300 76,300	76,300
eddie11	74,300 -18,985	-18,985
Michael “UFOLDIWIN” St. John	56,388 -65,611	-65,611
IReadYrSoul	40,987 -91,062	-91,062
Ross “Thehebrewhammer” Gottleib	34,985 -68,275	-68,275

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In Level 13 with blinds of 1,800/3,600 and an ante of 450, preflop action saw all of the chips go into the middle between "Trademart" in the cutoff and "SauceWon234," who was in the small blind.

"SauceWon234":
"Trademart":

The two players found themselves in a classic coin flip situation with "Trademart" having an opportunity at a knockout. Instead, the board ran out to leave them with the second-best hand as "SauceWon234" hit a set of tens on the river to secure the double. "Trademart" was left on fumes and was eliminated a couple of hands later.

Player	Chips	Progress
SauceWon234	139,300 62,060	62,060
Trademart	Busted