Event #2: $6,400 GTD Heads-Up (64 Max)
Day 1 Completed
partypoker US Network Players Choice Series (Dec.13-20)
Event #2: $6,400 GTD Heads-Up (64 Max)
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
partypoker US Network Players Choice Series (Dec.13-20)
Buy-in
$109
Entries
64
The partypoker US Network Players Choice Series Event #2: $109 Heads-Up (64 Max) was as big of a success as it could have been Monday evening, filling to its capacity of 64 entries more than two hours prior to start of the tournament.
With a heads-up format, play started with 32 matches among 64 players, a number that would be halved six times before declaring a winner. Five hours after the tournament began, that winner was declared in "pay4medsch00l".
"pay4medsch00l" won their final heads-up match over "madroc" in 15 minutes of play, doing so after being the second of the two to win their semifinal match against "MegaWinner" in a back-and-forth battle that lasted for nearly 40 minutes.
Event #2 Results
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | pay4medsch00l | $1,552 |
| 2 | madroc | $784 |
| 3 | MegaWinner | $528 |
| 4 | BigDickRick | $528 |
| 5 | Dan "mj23style" Sewnig | $336 |
| 6 | upayformypennys | $336 |
| 7 | maniacalmonk | $336 |
| 8 | a_stormy_knight | $336 |
Tournament Action
Mike "MistaMenza" Menzer was the first of 64 to find the rail after losing his first-round match to "UAUTCU", who won their second-round match against "Selurznug" before losing their third match to finish in 11th place ($208). "Selurznug" also had a first-round match of note, eliminating Borgata Ambassador Katie "KatieStone" Stone.
The second round began with 16 new matches, all of whose winners would make it into the money. However, players such as Vinny "brownmagic" Pahuja and Angel "chromeking" Lopez were among those to fall short. Eric "alwaysliquid" Vanauken also fell short after he was unable to beat "BigDickRick" to end the round, finishing the tournament in 17th place.
The 16 players that made it into the money quickly became eight, and that number even more quickly became four as Dan "mj23style" Sewnig fought his way into the final quarterfinal match, only to fall to to "BigDickRick" just like Vanauken two rounds earlier.
With the semifinals set, both matches took parallel routes that saw chips go back and forth. Eventually, "madroc" took a lead they would never relinquish over "BigDickRick" and quickly made it into the finals. "pay4medsch00l" also took a lead over "MegaWinner" that they would momentarily give up before regaining form and taking all the chips in the match, and 15 minutes later had done the same against "madroc" to make the results of both the match and the tournament official.
Blinds:300/600
"pay4medsch00l" pumped it up to 1,500 on the button and saw "madroc" three-bet to 4,200 in the big blind. "pay4medsch00l" called to bring a flop of 
on board. "madroc" checked to "pay4medsch00l", who bet 2,100, and then "madroc" check-raised to 6,000. "pay4medsch00l" called.
The turn came 
and "madroc" went all in for 24,000, just over the size of the pot. "pay4medsch00l" wasted no time calling.
"madroc": 
"pay4medsch00l": 
"madroc" saw the bad news after being called; they had one shot left at the three remaining kings in the deck and none fell as the river 
completed the runout to result in the pot being sent to "pay4medsch00l", who found themselves having accumulated all of the chips in their heads-up match for the sixth and final time of the tournament.
"madroc" fell just one win shy of "pay4medsch00l" and finished in second place as a result, earning $784 for their performance while "pay4medsch00l" has become the champion of Event #2 for $1,552. A full recap of the action will be provided shortly.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
100,000
44,687
|
44,687 |
|
|
Busted |
Blinds: 300/600
"pay4medsch00l" raised to 1,500 on the button and received a call from "madroc", who defended their big blind.
"madroc" led out on a flop of 
, betting 1,500 and receiving a call from "pay4medsch00l". Similar actions ensued on the following streets, with a bet and a call of 4,700 on the turn 
and another bet of 8,000 which was called on the river 
.
Upon being called on the river, "madroc" showed 
for second pair, and it was no good to the top pair 
of "pay4medsch00l", who earned the pot and took the chip lead as a result.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
55,313
18,295
|
18,295 |
|
|
44,687
-18,295
|
-18,295 |
Blinds: 250/500
"madroc" completed on the button and "pay4medsch00l" checked their option in the big blind to bring about a flop of 
. "pay4medsch00l" checked and then raised to 1,725 over a bet of 575 from "madroc".
A call was made and the turn came 
. "pay4medsch00l" slowed down, checking over to "madroc", who bet 3,400. "pay4medsch00l" called.
The river fell and "pay4medsch00l" checked. "madroc" thought for about 10 seconds and checked behind, taking the hand to showdown.
"pay4medsch00l" showed 
for a flopped top pair that became sixes up on the river. "madroc" then tabled 
for a turned straight to earn the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
62,982
12,982
|
12,982 |
|
|
37,018
-12,982
|
-12,982 |
In September, the World Poker Tour Online Borgata Series powered by partypoker US Network wrapped up its 10-event series with the conclusion of the $1,060 Main Event, a tournament that drew 440 entries and offered up a $432,700 prize pool.
The final table of eight battled it out for a $77,349 top prize, plus a Hublot Big Bang E Titanium watch valued at $5,200, and after 3.5 hours of play, it was Tony "ToNiSiNzz" Sinishtaj coming out on top to claim his second WPT-related title. Sinishtaj previously won the WPT Seminole Rock Poker Showdown in Season XVI for $661,283.
Sinishtaj sat down with PokerNews' Chad Holloway to talk about the win.
Blinds: 250/500
Blinds have reset at 250/500 one last time for the final match between "madroc" and "pay4medsch00l" with stacks resetting to 50,000 to go along with the rest of the blinds.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
50,000
-50,000
|
-50,000 |
|
|
50,000
-21,548
|
-21,548 |
Blinds: 600/1,200
"pay4medsch00l" was on the button and completed to put action onto "MegaWinner" in the big blind, who raised to 4,200. "pay4medsch00l" called.
The flop fell and "MegaWinner" made a continuation-bet of 6,500. "pay4medsch00l" raised enough to put "MegaWinner" all in and they called.
"MegaWinner":
"pay4medsch00l": 
Despite having the better hand at the moment, "MegaWinner" needed to fade diamonds and nines, and the turn 
did not do that. The river 
did re-improve them to a pair of kings, but it also gave "pay4medsch00l" a flush and made the result of the match official with "MegaWinner" taking third place in the tournament as a result.
Blinds: 500/1,000
"MegaWinner" completed their option on the button and saw action raised to 3,500 by "pay4medsch00l" in the big blind. "Megawinner" reraised to 10,000 and "pay4medsch00l" called. The remainder of the chips went in on a flop of .
"pay4medsch00l": 
"MegaWinner": 
"pay4medsch00l" held through the turn and river and secured the double to take back the chip lead with more than 70% of the chips in play.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
71,548
28,614
|
28,614 |
|
|
28,452
-28,614
|
-28,614 |
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