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In Level 12 with blinds of 1,800/3,600, there are 22 players remaining from 67 entries with a handful of players recently departing the tournament. On the other side of things, "HodorHodorHodor" and "thekid32" have jumped to the top of the counts with stacks north of 450,000. They've also each amassed more than their buy-in's worth of bounties in the process.
| Player | Bounties |
|---|---|
| HodorHodorHodor | $475 |
| Edsebo | $300 |
| thekid32 | $250 |
| Anthony “Flawlessbinkage” Maio | $212 |
| Ryan "Whosyourdoddy" Dodd | $150 |
| James ‘Bagels’ Lillis | $100 |
| Kevin “sofcknsick” Campbell | $100 |
| bertdoggy | $50 |
| pay4medsch00l | $50 |
| Pokerstudd09 | $50 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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470,727
358,651
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358,651 |
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461,771
281,125
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281,125 |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted |
In Level 11 with blinds of 1,400/2,800 and an ante of 350, Ryan "Whosyourdoddy" Dodd opened to 9,800 under the gun and action folded around to "goods21" in the big blind, who defended. The flop came 
and "goods21" check-called off their remaining 9,100 after Dodd made a continuation-bet to put them all in.
"goods21": 
Ryan "Whosyourdoddy" Dodd: 
Dodd had flopped two pair and needed to fade only a six or a running five-three in order to eliminate "goods21". The runout 
complied and the pot and bounty were both acquired by Dodd.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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274,256
68,097
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68,097 |
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Busted |
In Level 10 with blinds of 1,200/2,400 and an ante of 300, four players each committed 10,800 preflop and proceeded to watch a flop of 
appear. Kevin “sofcknsick” Campbell was first to act in the small blind and shoved for 19,000, just under half the size of the pot. Two folds ensued to put action onto Yong ‘IReadYrSoul’ Kwon, who was in the cutoff and thought for about five seconds before calling to have a shot at a bounty.
Kevin “sofcknsick” Campbell: 
Yong ‘IReadYrSoul’ Kwon: 
Kwon was ahead with top pair but the turn 
gave Campbell a wheel. All of a sudden, Kwon was behind with nothing more than a nut flush draw and gutshot wheel draw to chop. Everything missed on the river 
and Campbell secured the double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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118,294
-29,900
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-29,900 |
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82,700
44,200
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44,200 |
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78,098
-38,150
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-38,150 |
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16,840
-11,400
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-11,400 |
Eric “alwaysliquid” Vanauken is a name you should know as he's become on of the most accomplished players on the partypoker US Network.
A couple of months ago, Vanauken accomplished the incredible feat of capturing back-to-back titles not once, but twice.
In the July 6-12 series, he topped a 134-entry field to win Event #4: $15,000 GTD NLH for nearly $7,500, and then the next night bested 144 runners to win Event #5: $,7500 GTD Green Chip Bounty for $3,145. Then, at the end of July, he won the $320 buy-in Event #3: $15,000 GTD PKO Bounty for $6,393 and a day later emerged victorious in the $215 buy-in Event #4: $12,000 GTD PKO Bounty Boost for $5.691.
PokerNews recently had the chance to chat with Vanauken about his recent successes.
For the 43-year-old Vanauken, who is married with three kids ages 7, 10, and 19, he’s never really had a nine-to-five job. Instead, he fancies himself a real estate broker engaging in flips and investments while playing poker on the side of course.
“I first learned playing $4/$8 limit at Foxwoods in early 2000 and now play now $20/$40 and $30/$60 when I can find a game, or settle on $1/$2 or $2/$5 NLH," he said. "I have played the WSOP Main Event two times with no luck busting on Day 2 both times.”
Additionally, Vanauken grinds a decent amount on the virtual tables under the screen name “alwaysliquid,” which stems from the movie Wall Street when Gordon Gekko tells Bud Fox about how money never sleeps and you need to always be liquid.
“Since New Jersey went legal I play on Borgata and WSOP. I used to play PokerStars but had an issue with them over a year ago and have since boycotted them. I do very well on Borgata. I even shipped the Mega Thursday [not long ago] on my phone from an Applebee’s parking lot as I had no WiFi at home due to power outage.”
As for his recent successes on partypoker US, Vanauken was pleased but wanted to remain humble.
“I am humbled to be able to compete with all of the great players in New Jersey,” he said. “I’m proud that all of my studying and grinding has been producing favorable results in the past few years, taking me from an average breakeven player to a profitable one. At the same time, I try to maintain being humble with this great game and what it has provided for me and my family.”
For Vanauken, the scores rank up there among his proudest poker accomplishments, which includes beating a poker legend.
“In 2013, I beat Joe McKeehen for the Borgata Limit Championship,” Vanauken said. “I think that was the last limit event held at Borgata.”
Other highlights on his poker résumé include finishing sixth in the 2018 WSOP Circuit at Canada’s Playground Poker Club and finishing runner-up in a pair of WSOP Circuit online events back in March.
“So close to a ring but the two cashes of $35k and $20k within a few days definitely eased the quarantine pain,” Vanauken said.
With the latest partypoker US Network Online Series happening now, only time will tell if Vanauken can keep his streak of winning back-to-back events alive.
The tournament has just resumed from its second break of the night and Level 9 has now begun with blinds of 1,000/2,000 and an ante of 250. Twenty-six players are still in contention, exactly half of the 52 entries that have been recorded. Registration will remain open until approximately 10:15 p.m. ET.
"EmeraldForest32" is currently atop the counts, with "Edsebo" and Ryan "Whosyourdoddy" Dodd rounding out the top three.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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317,642
168,065
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168,065 |
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253,343
126,387
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126,387 |
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206,159
95,201
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95,201 |
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180,646
20,360
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20,360 |
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176,083
25,802
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25,802 |
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148,194
15,938
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15,938 |
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138,294
39,562
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39,562 |
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116,248
-40,775
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-40,775 |
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112,076 | |
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100,850 | |
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98,120
82,095
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82,095 |
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78,300
-4,600
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-4,600 |
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76,650
26,650
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26,650 |
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75,050 | |
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74,182
19,332
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19,332 |
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70,401 | |
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50,000 | |
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50,000 | |
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48,861
21,937
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21,937 |
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39,926
28,888
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28,888 |
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38,500
-12,454
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-12,454 |
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34,407
-34,399
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-34,399 |
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34,000
-78,930
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-78,930 |
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33,848
-32,567
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-32,567 |
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28,240
-21,760
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-21,760 |
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In Level 8 with blinds of 800/1,600 and an ante of 200, a blind-on-blind battle saw Matt “MattEMenz” Mendez commit all of his chips in the small blind and receive a call from "Jinxy" in the big blind, who was all in for less, totaling around 40,000.
"Jinxy": 
Matt “MattEMenz” Mendez: 
"Jinxy" was ahead with the aces and watched a safe runout of 
come to leave the situation unchanged, doubling to earn the pot of 82,900 at Mendez's expense.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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82,900 | |
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16,025
-39,200
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-39,200 |
Forty-seven runners have been logged as the final seconds tick off the clock in Level 7 (600/1,200/150). Of those 47, there are currently 26 players remaining. An updated list of bounty earners has been listed below as the tournament nears the halfway point in the late-registration period.
| Player | Bounties |
|---|---|
| E.J.D | $225 |
| EmeraldForest32 | $212 |
| DaNuts2013 | $150 |
| Chris “rumpthumper” White | $125 |
| thekid32 | $50 |
| Ryan "Whosyourdoddy" Dodd | $50 |
| bertdoggy | $50 |
| Pokerstudd09 | $50 |
| Edsebo | $50 |
| chopsuey | $50 |
| Kevin “sofcknsick” Campbell | $50 |
| Yong ‘IReadYrSoul’ Kwon | $50 |
In Level 7 with blinds of 600/1,200 and an ante of 150, Yong ‘IReadYrSoul’ Kwon pumped it up to 4,200 in the hijack and received a call from "Pokerstudd09" in the cutoff. Action was then on "thekid32" on the button, who also called to put Matt “MattEMenz” Mendez on the clock. Mendez quickly called and a fold ensued behind.
With four players in, the flop fell 
and Mendez checked over to Kwon, who made a pot-sized continuation-bet of 18,900. Only "thekid32" called on the button and action went heads up to the turn , where Kwon jammed his remaining 3,900 and "thekid32" quickly called.
Yong ‘IReadYrSoul’ Kwon: 
"thekid32": 
Kwon saw his overpair and nut flush draw run into a full house, leaving him with just two outs to a bigger boat to double. The river left him short and the pot was shipped to "thekid32" as Kwon was left dry on chips for just a moment as he quickly re-entered to get back in on the action.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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160,286
88,114
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88,114 |
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157,023
-4,850
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-4,850 |
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55,225
55,225
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55,225 |
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50,000
-17,673
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-17,673 |