partypoker US Network Online Series (July 6-12)

"alwaysliquid" took down Event #4 of the partypoker US Network Online Series Wednesday night in dramatic fashion, putting an exclamation mark onto their victory by way of a straight flush-versus-nut flush situation en route to the first-place prize of $7,463.

The $215 buyin featured a guaranteed prize pool of $15,000, and 134 runners ensured that number would be blown away. A total prize pool of $26,800 was paid out across the top 15 places, with "alwaysliquid" among the shortest stacks when play made it into the money. Their ascent then began, eventually entering the final table with the chip lead after eliminating "rumpthumper" in 10th place.

Event #4 Final Table Results

The Final Table

Ryan "TheSims" Hohner entered the final table as the shortest stack. He quickly found a double, but lost a bit back before losing a coin flip to take ninth place. Recent WPT Online Main Event champion David "TheKing411" Coleman was the next to bow out. Coleman doubled eventual runner-up BoozeHound to be left with under three big blinds, which he lost a couple of hands later.

Moments later, "pay4medsch00l" was eliminated in seventh before "BoozeHound" doubled once more, this time leaving Brian "TopCreature" Sherrier" with two big blinds. Sherrier and "RickRahim" then went out on the same hand by way of a double elimination at the expense of "alwaysliquid."

"spinach_kale" then went out in fourth after their pocket kings saw the pocket nines of "MyCousinVinny5" flop a set to bring about three-handed play, where chips exchanged hands through two doubles before "MyCousinVinny5" was eliminated by "alwaysliquid" in third place.

Heads-up play then began and went back and forth for a bit before reaching the zenith for "alwaysliquid". A single-raised pot saw a ten-seven-six flop hit the board, with all three cards being clubs. The ace- and jack of clubs finished the runout and all of the chips made it into the middle via an overbet shove and a call. When hands were shown, "BoozeHound" had called with the king of clubs for the nut flush, but it proved to be no good as "alwaysliquid" had flopped a straight flush to wrap up the five-and-a-half-hour event in a truly unique and memorable fashion.

In Level 30 with blinds of 30,000/60,000 and an ante of 7,500, "BoozeHound" raised to 150,000 on the button and "alwaysliquid" defended their big blind.

The flop dropped and "alwaysliquid" checked. "BoozeHound" made a continuation-bet of 120,000 and "alwaysliquid" called.

Both players checked the turn and the river fell to bring a flush on board. "alwaysliquid" overbet-jammed for over 1 million and "BoozeHound" quickly called.

"BoozeHound":
"alwaysliquid":

The result was the improbable: nut flush versus straight flush. "BoozeHound" called all off all of their remaining chips with the nut flush on an unpaired board, only to see the pot sent to "alwaysliquid" for their flopped straight flush to bring about the end of the tournament.

"BoozeHound" receives a payday of $4,917 for their runner-up finish, while "alwaysliquid" earns the top prize of $7,463. A full recap of the event will be provided shortly.

Player	Chips	Progress
alwaysliquid	6,700,000 2,118,468	2,118,468
BoozeHound	Busted

In Level 30 with blinds of 30,000/60,000 and an ante of 7,500, preflop action resulted in 262,000 in the pot on a with heads-up action between "alwaysliquid" in the small blind and "MyCousinVinny5" in the big blind.

The flop saw "alwaysliquid" check-raise a bet from "MyCousinVinny5" to put over 1 million into the pot before the rest of the chips got in on the turn .

"alwaysliquid":
"MyCousinVinny5":

"MyCousinVinny5" was one card away from a double with their two pair, but the river counterfeited it to give "alwaysliquid" queens up, resulting in "MyCousinVinny5" taking third place in the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
alwaysliquid	4,581,532 1,631,850	1,631,850
BoozeHound	2,118,468 -423,300	-423,300
MyCousinVinny	Busted

In Level 30 with blinds of 30,000/60,000 and an ante of 7,500, "spinach_kale" limped on the button and "MyCousinVinny5" jammed for 2.6 million in the small blind. "spinach_kale" called all in for 660,000.

"spinach_kale":
"MyCousinVinny5":

Although "spinach_kale" got it in good, their luck ran out as the flop came . The turn and river completed the runout and they were eliminated from the tournament in fourth place.

Player	Chips	Progress
MyCousinVinny5	3,361,958 928,095	928,095
spinach_kale	Busted

In Level 29 with blinds of 25,000/50,000 and an ante of 6,250, Brian “TopCreature” Sherrier shoved for 89,000 under the gun and "RickRahim" re-shoved for 594,000 in the cutoff. "alwaysliquid" called on the button and both players in the blinds folded.

Brian “TopCreature” Sherrier:
"RickRahim":
"alwaysliquid":

An ace on the flop all but sealed the deal, and the turn and river made the runout official, giving "alwaysliquid" a pair of aces to score them the double knockout and eliminate both Sherrier in sixth and "RickRahim" in fifth place.

Player	Chips	Progress
MyCousinVinny5	2,433,863 1,311,250	1,311,250
alwaysliquid	1,893,408 343,516	343,516
BoozeHound	1,290,884 -257,500	-257,500
spinach_kale	1,119,345 -462,500	-462,500
RickRahim	Busted
Brian “TopCreature” Sherrier	Busted

In Level 28 with blinds of 20,000/40,000 and an ante of 5,000, "MyCousinVinny5" opened to 88,000 on the button and "pay4medsch00l" three-bet jammed for 384,000 in the small blind. "MyCousinVinny5" called.

"pay4medsch00l":
"MyCousinVinny5":

"pay4medsch00l" looked poised for the double until the first card of the runout changed everything. They were unable to recover and finished in seventh place as a result.

Player	Chips	Progress
MyCousinVinny5	1,122,613 515,938	515,938
pay4medsch00l	Busted