The partypoker US Network Online Series kicked off Monday evening with Event #1: $2,000 GTD NLH Red Chip Bounty. The kickoff event featured a buy-in of $20 with $5 bounties and drew a total of 231 entries, more than doubling its guaranteed prize pool as $4,158 was paid out to the field ($3,003 to the Main Prize Pool and $1,155 in Bounties).

"rumpthumper" was the one to take gold, earning $750 and amassing 10 knockouts as well as their own bounty to bring their total earnings in the tournament to $805. This was not the first bounty event that "rumpthumper" has won in a partypoker US Network Online Series, as they defeated Ryan "Whosyourdoddy" Dodd in a Black Chip Bounty Event one month ago for $6,097.

Dodd was also seen in Event #1, but his luck ran dry shortly before the three-hour registration period closed. When that time came, just four tables remained and it took less than 10 minutes for that number to plummet to 25 and bring about hand-for-hand play as the top 24 finishers were set to make it in the money. The bubble burst shortly thereafter, and it took less than an hour from there for the tournament to reach the final table of nine.

Event #1 Final Table Results

Final Table Action

"rumpthumper" entered the final table bubble in the middle of the pack, but won two consecutive all-ins to double through "Str8crazY" and then eliminate them and take the chip lead into the final table. Three eliminations came quickly, with "cenation", "Retsnom1", and "theMossberg" all earning $127 through some combination of prizes and bounties.

Two levels later, four remained and eventual runner-up "SenorAlto" had taken the chip lead. "SenorAlto" further extended their lead after eliminating "HellHound" in fourth place.

From that point on, however, it was all "rumpthumper." They eliminated "poflatland" in third place and entered heads-up play with a four-to-three deficit. Moments later, that deficit was a lead as "rumpthumper" found themselves with 60% of the chips in play. That number continued to climb until they had all the chips, doing so by way of an all-in preflop situation where their pocket eights held versus ace-seven offsuit.

The tournament took just shy of six hours to play to its completion.

partypoker US Network Online Series Schedule

The partypoker US Network Online Series continues Tuesday with a pair of events on the schedule. It will run through Sunday, July 12th. Once again PokerNews will be offering daily live updates. Below is a look at the schedule with the bolded tournaments being those we'll be covering.

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