The remaining bounty players are on a quick five-minute break.
partypoker US Network Online Series (Nov. 29 - Dec.6)
Event #7: $25K GTD 6-Max PKO Bounty
Day: 1
Event Info
In Level 13 with blinds of 1,800/3,600 and an ante of 450, Ryan “TheSims” Hohner raised to 7,200 from the cutoff, Angel "chromeking" Lopez called from the small blind and Derek "pompii" Sudell squeezed for 30,823 from the big blind.
Action was back on Hohner who isolated after he raised to 57,600 and the two players tabled their hands.
Derek "pompii" Sudell: 
Ryan “TheSims” Hohner: 
Sudell had Hohner in rough shape until the 
flop dropped to turn the tides as it gave Hohner trip fours.
The 
sealed the deal for Hohner on the turn and the meaningless 
completed the board on the river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
349,442
73,870
|
73,870 |
|
161,418 | |
|
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Busted | |
In Level 12 with blinds of 1,800/3,600, there are 34 players remaining from 73 entries with a handful of players recently departing the tournament.
"maniacalmonk" is still atop the leaderboard with more than double the amount of Ryan “TheSims” Hohner who sits in second.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
554,655
164,224
|
164,224 |
|
|
275,572
79,554
|
79,554 |
|
|
260,392
100,592
|
100,592 |
|
238,300
-2,750
|
-2,750 |
|
|
219,979
144,979
|
144,979 |
|
210,268
-101,612
|
-101,612 |
|
|
210,242
124,043
|
124,043 |
|
|
197,342 | |
|
|
196,040
-25,250
|
-25,250 |
|
189,750
168,887
|
168,887 |
|
|
177,497
16,123
|
16,123 |
|
|
176,447
84,332
|
84,332 |
|
166,322
1,317
|
1,317 |
|
|
150,360 |
On the last hand of Level 10 (1,200/2,400/300), there was three-way all in action on a 
board showing, Event #5 Champ Vinny “brownmagic” Pahuja had both his opponent's covered and all three players had their hands revealed.
"RiverMan": 
"xxx6395200xxx": 
Vinny “brownmagic” Pahuja: 
"xxx6395200xxx" was ahead with a pair of sixes until the 
appeared on the river giving Pahuja the nuts while scoring a the double elimination.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
241,050
107,683
|
107,683 |
|
|
75,000
-6,760
|
-6,760 |
|
|
Busted |
In Level 10 with blinds of 1,200/2,400 and an ante of 300, Dan “mj23style” Sewing open-jammed for 39,490 from under the gun, "Edsebo" came over the top for 89,550 from the button and Sridhar “sri100k” Sangannagari called from the big blind.
"Edsebo": 
Dan “mj23style” Sewing: 
Sridhar “sri100k” Sangannagari: 
"Edsebo" was ahead with their made hand and nothing changed after the 
flop appeared.
The was a safe card for "Edsebo" and the 
secured their double-up along with sewing's bounty.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
311,880
158,585
|
158,585 |
|
|
221,290 | |
|
|
75,000
-2,510
|
-2,510 |
The partypoker US Online Network – which is comprised of partypoker US, Borgata Poker and BetMGM Poker – has been gaining momentum in New Jersey.
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.
A couple months ago, Lupo’s success continued when he bested a 305-entry field to win the partypoker US Network Online Series $50K GTD NLH 6-Max Main Event for $14,792.
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)'.
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.
Play is midway through Level 9 with blinds of 1,000/2,000/250 and the guaranteed prize pool of $25,000 has already been surpassed as 62 entries have now been recorded with 42 players currently in contention.
The top stacks in the tournament have been provided below.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
390,431
103,443
|
103,443 |
|
|
220,304
101,480
|
101,480 |
|
|
209,496
83,153
|
83,153 |
|
|
196,018
87,585
|
87,585 |
|
|
165,005
90,005
|
90,005 |
|
|
164,923
79,508
|
79,508 |
|
|
161,374
71,459
|
71,459 |
|
|
159,800
84,800
|
84,800 |
|
|
159,199
-35,268
|
-35,268 |
|
|
153,295
33,070
|
33,070 |
|
|
133,367
37,050
|
37,050 |
|
|
131,354
45,155
|
45,155 |
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Bounty hunters are on a five-minute break.
In Level 8 with blinds of 800/1,600 and an ante of 200, Eric “alwaysliquid” Vanauken opened for 2,400 from the hijack and "redraider" three-bet jammed for 25,548.
Action folded around to Yong "IReadYrSoul" Kwon who isolated after coming over the top for 37,324 from the big blind.
"redraider": 
Yong "IReadYrSoul" Kwon:
"redraider" had Kwon dominated and didn't have a sweat as the board ran out a clean 
securing their double-up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
92,115
-8,386
|
-8,386 |
|
|
54,996
-20,004
|
-20,004 |
|
|
11,776
-63,224
|
-63,224 |