partypoker US Network Series (Jan. 17-24)

In Level 28 with blinds of 20,000/40,000 and an ante of 5,000, Daniel "centrfieldr23" Lupo opened to 80,000 on the button and Ryan "simlSgg" Hagerty called in the small blind. "dadadada" three-bet shoved for 1 million in the big blind and Lupo folded back to Hagerty, who called.

"dadadada":
Ryan "simlSgg" Hagerty:

"dadadada" wound up on the right end of the coin flip as the board ran out to earn them the double and pot of 2.1 million, leaving Hagerty with less than a quarter-million in his stack in the process. However, he has since doubled and chipped back up over 800,000 while "dadadada" has dipped down to 1.6 million

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel "centrfieldr23" Lupo	1,920,484 -277,682	-277,682
dadadada	1,609,588 828,801	828,801
Ryan "simlSgg" Hagerty	889,928 -581,119	-581,119

In Level 28 with blinds of 20,000/40,000 and an ante of 5,000, Daniel "centrfieldr23" Lupo has taken the last three pots and has now overtaken the chip lead nearing the midway point in the level.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel "centrfieldr23" Lupo	2,198,166 1,089,591	1,089,591
Ryan "simlSgg" Hagerty	1,471,047 -939,618	-939,618
dadadada	780,787 -6,037	-6,037

In Level 27 with blinds of 18,000/36,000 and an ante of 4,500, action folded to Don "dhimp20" Himpele in the small blind and he jammed for 384,000 effective to "dadadada" to a decision for their remaining chips. A call was made.

"dadadada":
Don "dhimp20" Himpele:

A safe runout of led to an easy double for "dadadadada", who is now third in chips while Himpele has become the new shortest stack in the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
dadadada	786,824 135,362	135,362
Don "dhimp20" Himpele	433,232 -429,412	-429,412

Four-handed play has continued into Level 27 with blinds of 18,000/36,000 and an ante of 4,500 and the tournament has reached another five-minute break. Updated chip counts have been provided.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan "simlSgg" Hagerty	1,827,319 133,467	133,467
Daniel "centrfieldr23" Lupo	1,108,575 97,161	97,161
Don "dhimp20" Himpele	862,644 157,500	157,500
dadadada	651,462 -848,700	-848,700

In Level 26 with blinds of 16,000/32,000 and an ante of 4,000; Daniel "centrfieldr23" Lupo opened in the cutoff and Don "dhimp20" Himpele three-bet shoved for 328,000 in the small blind. Lupo called.

Don "dhimp20" Himpele:
Daniel "centrfieldr23" Lupo:

Himpele spiked a jack on the flop , but was not out of the woods as Lupo still had three outs to a higher pair plus eight more to a double gutshot. Instead, the board double paired as the turn and river completed the runout and Himpele's jacks up scored him the double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Don "dhimp20" Himpele	705,144 388,572	388,572
Daniel "centrfieldr23" Lupo	654,842 -356,572	-356,572

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In Level 25 with blinds of 14,000/28,000 and an ante of 3,5000, "dadadada" was down to 256,000 and shoved on the button. Ryan "simlSgg" Hagerty called in the big blind.

"dadadada":
Ryan "simlSgg" Hagerty:

"dadadada" was able to win the coin flip, staving off extra outs on a paired flop as the runout ultimately came to earn them another double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan "simlSgg" Hagerty	1,196,452 -192,720	-192,720
Daniel "centrfieldr23" Lupo	1,021,150 238,600	238,600
Michael "UFOLDIWIN" St. John	892,404 -66,500	-66,500
dadadada	547,740 90,620	90,620
Don "dhimp20" Himpele	451,572 -3,500	-3,500
ndirish50	340,682 -66,446	-66,446