In Level 2 with blinds of 2,000/4,000 with a 500 ante, "DOZER22" opened to 9,199 under the gun and "bbmkbb1" called from the cutoff along with "jerry319" in the big blind.
On a flop reading , "jerry319" bet 4,000. "DOZER22" raised to 18,552 and "bbmkbb1" folded but "jerry319" called.
The turn was the and "jerry319" fired another bet of 4,000. "DOZER22" raised to 38,000 and "jerry319" added the remainder to call once more.
The filled up the river and "jerry319" checked. "DOZER22" threw in a bet of 99,467 and "jerry319" let it go.
In Level 1 with blinds of 1,500/3,000 and a 400 ante, "WILLYSMOM" limped from the hijack and "chopsuey" raised to 9,000 from the cutoff. "maniacalmonk" three-bet to 42,000 from the small blind and "PokerKarma" called. "WILLYSMOM" let it go but "chopsuey" added the remainder to call as well.
The flop fell and "maniacalmonk" bet 39,780. "PokerKarma" raised it up to 88,500 and action folded back to "maniacalmonk" who stuck around with a call.
The turn brought the and "maniacalmonk" check-called a bet of 147,000 from "PokerKarma".
The river completed the board and both players checked. "maniacalmonk" showed for kings and fives and "PokerKarma" mucked.
The following players all managed to thrive in the Phased satellites held on Tuesday and Thursday. Everyone else will be starting the tournament with a 1 million starting stack.
The $400 WPT Online Poker Open Main Event of the partypoker US Network Online Series gets Underway at 5 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.
This event boasts a $300,000 guarantee in the prize pool and players start with 1 million in chips. Levels will be of 12 minutes throughout the duration of the tournament and late registration will be available until the end of Level 21.
This tournament featured two Phased flights, which allowed players not only the chance to qualify for the tournament, but to carry over more than the 1 million starting stack. BorgataPoker.com Sponsored Pro Michael "Gags30" Gagliano (2,535,888), "spinach_kale" (1,742,341), "PokerKarma" (1,632,582), "jqbpk772" (1,517,662), "sansara52" (1,444,068), cenation (1,350,308), "nigock" (1,060,028) also survived the Phase flight to enter the day with more than a million.
The plan is to play down to a winner and the winner of this tournament will receive a WPT Championship Trophy and in addition to prize winnings, 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), plus $600 in cash towards travel expenses.