Congratulations to "pure_reason", Winner of the $50,000 Guaranteed Opening Event!
The first event of the latest partypoker US Network Series is in the books after over eight hours of play, and after a late final table surge, "pure_reason" made a nice comeback, defeating Yong “ReadYrSoul” Kwon heads up. "pure_reason" took home $12,161.50 for his finish, giving him a nice bankroll boost before the rest of the series plays out this week.
Kwon started the final table with a nice chip lead, and he would not lose that marker until the second to last hand of the tournament. Kwon would sit back and relax for the first two eliminations, but after that, he would take the reins, scoring the next two knockouts.
The first KO for Kwon saw him knockout “upayformypennys” in sixth place, when Kwon’s pocket kings would best the sevens of “upayformypennys.” Just a few hands later, Kwon would knock out James “Bagels” Lillis. Kwon was aggressive the whole board, and Lillis would end up looking him up on the river with just one pair, but it was no good against the two pair of Kwon.
From there, it was "pure_reason" who would take over, scoring every upcoming elimination. First, he eliminated "stickybuns" when his Ace-Queen held against his opponent's King-Queen.
Then, "pure_reason" scored a wild knockout when he spiked a one outer on the turn against "Gohednpopoff." However, he was still well behind Kwon as the two got to heads up play.
"pure_reason" would close the gap, and then suddenly, the tournament was over in back-to-back hands. First, he would double up with pocket aces against the sevens of Kwon, and then on the next hand, he would win a massive coin flip to secure the title.
partypoker-1 Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ”pure_reason” | $12,161.50 |
| 2 | Yong “IReadYrSoul” Kwon | $8,398 |
| 3 | Gohednpopoff | $5,980 |
| 4 | ”stickybuns” | $4,940 |
| 5 | James ‘Bagels’ Lillis | $4,225 |
| 6 | ”upayformypennys” | $3,575 |
| 7 | Michael “IIIIIIIIIIIII” Haberman | $2,925 |
| 8 | Ted “roystalin” Ely, | $2,275 |
This is just the first of nine events coming up in this series this week, and you can see all of the events in the table below.
| Day | Date | Time (EST) | Tournament | Buy-In |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monday | 1/18/21 | 8:00 PM | Event #2: $20k GTD PKO Bounty 6-Max | $320 |
| Tuesday | 1/19/21 | 8:00 PM | Event #3: $15k GTD 40-Stack 8-Max NLH | $215 |
| Wednesday | 1/20/21 | 8:00 PM | Event #4: $15k 6-Max Turbo | $215 |
| Thursday | 1/21/21 | 8:00 PM | Event #5: $30K GTD PKO Bounty 6-Max | $320 |
| Friday | 1/22/21 | 8:00 PM | Event #7 $25K 6-Max NLH | $215 |
| Saturday | 1/23/21 | 8:00 PM | Event #8: $25K 8-Max NLH | $215 |
| Sunday | 1/24/21 | 5:00 PM | Event #9: SUNDAY $100K GTD PKO Bounty 8-Max | $525 |
Anybody within the state of New Jersey may get in on the action across any of the three platforms of partypoker US, Borgata Poker and BetMGM Poker.