"Borgatcha" Wins partypoker US Network Online Series Event #4 for $6,758
Event #4 of the partypoker US Network Online Series drew 70 entries at $320 apiece, generating a prize pool of an even $21,000 that was split 50-50 between payouts and bounties in its Progressive Knockout format. The tournament took nearly six hours to play to its completion, with "Borgatcha" winning and earning over 30% of the overall prize pool in $6,758 ($2,521 in prizes + $4,237 in bounties).
The win for "Borgatcha" capped off a heads-up match with "pay4medsch00l" that lasted for three full 12-minute levels after "Borgatcha" began the match with a sizeable chip lead that they quickly relinquished. Back-and-forth blows followed by numerous small pots saw stacks ultimately remain nearly even, but a full house gave "Borgatcha" over 80% of the chips in play and they wound up with the rest not much after, winning a coin flip in an all-in preflop situation to make the tournament results official.
partypoker US Network Online Series Event #4 Results
| Place | Player | Prize | Bounty | Total Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Borgatcha" | $2,521 | $4,237 | $6,758 |
| 2 | "pay4medsch00l" | $2,519 | $506 | $3,025 |
| 3 | "SnashuaJ" | $1,601 | $412 | $2,013 |
| 4 | "Gohednpopoff" | $1,102 | $1,050 | $2,152 |
| 5 | "BoozeHound" | $787 | $394 | $1,181 |
| 6 | "deerpathdave" | $588 | $487 | $1,075 |
| 7 | "Karibou" | $441 | $150 | $591 |
| 8 | Daniel "centrfieldr23" Lupo | $341 | $225 | $566 |
"Borgatcha" was among those to join the tournament within the opening levels of play before the evening's first break. They had an above-average stack nearing the end of the 15-level late registration period, and had grown their stack to be fifth in chips when registration closed and a burst of eliminations left just 16 in contention.
Five more dropped quickly and 11 remained as the tournament reached the bubble. "Borgatcha" had overtaken the chip lead, and grew it from there as they eliminated "Cara2Cacra" to burst the bubble. Moments later, two eliminations occurred and they took over 1/3 of the chips in play into the final table of eight.
Of the six eliminations at the final table needed to reach heads-up play, "Borgatcha" earned four of them. As such, they had a bounty atop their head that was three-times the amount of their opponent, "pay4medsch00l". Even when chip stacks were even, no talk of a deal ever came to be. Eventually, "Borgatcha" claimed all the remaining chips and even more valuable, all remaining bounty money to come out on top.
Remaining partypoker US Network Online Series Events
| Date | Time (EST) | Tournament | Buy-In |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tuesday, 12/1 | 7:30 p.m. | Event #5: $20K GTD 8-Max NLH | $320 |
| Wednesday, 12/2 | 7:30 p.m. | Event #6: $15K GTD 8-Max NLH | $215 |
| Thursday, 12/3 | 7:30 p.m. | Event #7: $25K GTD 6-Max PKO | $535 |
| Friday, 12/4 | 7:30 p.m. | Event #8: $15K GTD 6-Max NLH | $215 |
| Saturday, 12/5 | 7:30 p.m. | Event #9: $20K GTD 8-Max NLH | $320 |
| Sunday, 12/6 | 5:00 p.m. | Event #10: Sunday $50K GTD Main Event | $215 |
| Sunday, 12/6 | 8:00 p.m. | Event #11: $10K GTD NLH Turbo | $109 |
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