partypoker US Network Online Series (August 16-23)

In Level 25 with blinds of 14,000/28,000 and an ante of 3,500, "mooseman1710" opened to 61,000 in the hijack and "RobertJordan" three-bet shoved for 83,000. Action folded back to "mooseman1710" and they called without hesitation.

"RobertJordan":
"mooseman1710":

A ten-high runout of left "RobertJordan" no good as "mooseman1710" picked up a pair of sevens on the river en route to eliminating "RobertJordan" in 12th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
mooseman1710	1,526,789 91,369	91,369
RobertJordan	Busted

Players are on another five-minute break as the tournament has just passed the midway point in Level 24, with blinds of 12,000/24,000 and an ante of 3,000.

Just before the break, "JonnyG" doubled through "CharlieBrown" after calling all in from the big blind with ace-jack and holding against "CharlieBrown," who had shoved from the small-blind shove with king-four.

Seconds later, Chris "rumpthumper" White got all in with pocket queens against the ace-jack of "Malik256077" and held to score a double of his own on an adjacent table.

Thirteen still remain, and updated counts from the break have been provided below.

Player	Chips	Progress
mooseman1710	1,682,509 189,000	189,000
Dume27	1,605,566 338,000	338,000
Malik256077	885,371 92,243	92,243
borecz11199	791,932 181,113	181,113
TheRealJanJurik	702,053 30,420	30,420
Stonniepokes	654,994 -76,000	-76,000
Chris ��rumpthumper�� White	547,226 232,260	232,260
Bullsey8	511,577 -190,500	-190,500
JonnyG	448,078 31,039	31,039
Million27	423,538 -50,500	-50,500
CharlieBrown	356,742 -405,039	-405,039
ABeautifulDay	291,534 -181,000	-181,000
RobertJordan	188,880 -83,000	-83,000

In Level 23 with blinds of 10,000/20,000 and an ante of 2,500, "Dume27" opened to 50,000 in the hijack and "phillychzsteak1" three-bet jammed for 256,000 in the big blind. "Dume27" called.

"phillychzsteak1":
"Dume27":

The runout came , leaving "phillychzsteak1" unpaired as "Dume27" wound up with a pair of aces when all was said and done, eliminating "phillychzsteak1" from the tournament in 14th place.

With 13 players remaining, the tournament is on the official money bubble, and just one more elimination is needed for that bubble to burst. Meanwhile, "mooseman1710" has reclaimed the chip lead from "Stonniepokes" and has a stack of nearly 1.5 million.

Player	Chips	Progress
mooseman1710	1,493,509 600,830	600,830
Dume27	1,267,566 536,152	536,152
Stonniepokes	730,994 -389,830	-389,830
phillychzsteak1	Busted

"Djp120388" has been the latest to fall and 15 players now remain in the tournament with play in Level 22 (8,000/16,000/2,000). When one more player is eliminated, hand-for-hand play will begin, and two more bust outs will be needed from there before the tournament makes it into the money.

An updated list of chip counts has been provided, with "Stonniepokes" having taken the chip lead with a stack of 1.1 million.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stonniepokes	1,120,824 369,873	369,873
mooseman1710	892,679 -420,201	-420,201
Malik256077	793,128 249,941	249,941
CharlieBrown	761,781 79,000	79,000
PayneKilla	742,069 95,683	95,683
Dume27	731,414 520,789	520,789
Bullsey8	702,077 -22,000	-22,000
borecz11199	610,819 119,478	119,478
Million27	474,038 17,619	17,619
ABeautifulDay	472,534 -208,058	-208,058
TheRealJanJurik	465,600 8,500	8,500
JonnyG	417,039 -84,375	-84,375
phillychzsteak1	319,152 70,250	70,250
Chris ��rumpthumper�� White	314,966 169,508	169,508
RobertJordan	271,880 -263,200	-263,200
Djp120388	Busted

In Level 22 with blinds of 8,000/16,000 and an ante of 2,000, "Bullsey8" opened to 48,000 in the cutoff and "Gotem212" three-bet jammed for 287,000 on the button. Action folded back to "Bullsey8" and they quickly called.

"Gotem212":
"Bullsey8":

"Gotem212" saw the runout come to leave their hand second best, resulting in the pot being shipped to "Bullsey8" as they were left dry on chips.

Moments earlier, Eric "alwaysliquid" Vanauken was also eliminated from the tournament, leaving just 16 players in contention and four eliminations needed to reach the money.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bullsey8	724,077 556,285	556,285
Gotem212	Busted
Eric "alwaysliquid" Vanauken	Busted

In Level 21 with blinds of 7,000/14,000 and an ante of 1,750, "Djp120388" opened to 28,000 on the button and "TheRealJanJurik" three-bet jammed for 220,000 in the big blind. "Djp120388" called.

"TheRealJanJurik":
"Djp120388":

The two were off to the races and "TheRealJanJurik" needed help to double and stay alive. The flop was of no help, but the turn put them firmly out in front. They dodged the two remaining treys in the deck on the river and the pot of 457,000 was shipped their way.

Moments earlier, "Mikethebutcher" was eliminated in 19th place. Just three full tables of six remain, and six more eliminations are needed for the tournament to make it into the money.

Player	Chips	Progress
TheRealJanJurik	457,100 187,965	187,965
Djp120388	285,941 -213,970	-213,970
Mikethebutcher	Busted

In Level 20 with blinds of 6,000/12,000 and an ante of 1,500, "Lanfeust" jammed for 100,000 in the hijack and "RobertJordan" called in the cutoff. All remaining players folded.

"Lanfeust":
"RobertJordan":

The two found themselves in a coin flip situation with "Lanfeust" behind and at risk for their tournament life. The runout came , leaving their hand no good to "RobertJordan's" two pair, eights and sevens as they finished in 20th place.

One more elimination is needed for three tables to remain in the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
RobertJordan	535,080 147,484	147,484
Lanfeust	Busted