partypoker US Network Players Choice Series (Dec.13-20)

In Level 6 with blinds of 500/1,000 and an ante of 125, the last hand before break saw three-handed action to a board of with 24,400 in the middle.

"Ptkceaser" checked under the gun to put action on Ryan "Whosyourdoddy" Dodd in middle position, who made a pot-sized bet of 24,400. "BrigBeast06" was on the button and jammed for 81,200, and "Ptkceaser" called all in for 72,700. Dodd covered both players and called as well, giving him a shot at two knockouts in one hand.

"Ptkceaser":
"BrigBeast06":
Ryan "Whosyourdoddy" Dodd:

"Ptkceaser" was looking at a triple with their nine-high straight provided they could fade both flush draws their two opponents held. The river was safe and the triple was sent their way.

However, "Ptkceaser" was the shortest stack of the three, meaning Dodd won the small side pot of 17,000 and earned the bounty of "BrigBeast06" to go along with it.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ptkeaser	242,750 242,750	242,750
Ryan "Whosyourdoddy" Dodd	27,353 -61,083	-61,083
BrigBeast06	Busted

In Level 5 with blinds of 400/800 and an ante of 100, "ChickenTendies" opened in the cutoff and was three-bet to 8,000 by "pay4medsch00l" in the small blind. "ChickenTendies" four-bet to 27,700 and "pay4medsch00l" five-bet jammed for 77,000, receiving an all-in call for slightly less after a few moments of thought.

"ChickenTendies":
"pay4medsch00l":

"ChickenTendies" was dominated but the flop brought one of the three cards in the deck that could put them out in front. They remained there through the turn and river and earned the double as a result, leaving "pay4medsch00l" with just over 4,000 remaining after doing so.

Player	Chips	Progress
ChickenTendies	73,161 -7,785	-7,785
pay4medsch00l	4,199

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.

Money Never Sleeps

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.”

Proudest Poker Accomplishments

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.

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In Level 3 with blinds of 250/500 and an ante of 60, Stanton "Stonniepokes" Tentnowski raised in middle position and was three-bet to 3,100 by Yong "IReadYrSoul" Kwon in the cutoff. All remaining players folded and action went heads up to a flop of . Both players checked.

Action again checked through both the turn and river to take the hand to showdown, and Tentnowski showed . The higher of his two cards was outpipped by Kwon's , which earned him the small pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stanton "Stonniepokes" Tentnowski	71,090 71,090	71,090
Yong "IReadYrSoul" Kwon	56,582 -18,418	-18,418

In Level 2 with blinds of 200/400 and an ante of 60, "Chips_Jammed" opened the action with a raise to 1,000 under the gun. Jon "jetsfan411" Borenstein called in the cutoff, as did "Cholie", who defended their big blind.

The three players saw a flop of and "Cholie" checked. "Chips_Jammed" made a continuation-bet of 2,000 and Borenstein called. Action was then back on "Cholie" and they check-raised to 10,000. "Chips_Jammed" called to send action over to Borenstein, who folded.

Action was then heads up to the turn and "Cholie" continued with a pot-sized bet of 26,220, nearly half their remaining stack. "Chips_Jammed" decided it was not worth it to commit any further chips to the pot and clicked the fold button to earn "Cholie" the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jon "Jetsfan411" Borenstein	118,280 43,280	43,280
Cholie	81,176 6,176	6,176
Chips_Jammed	65,175 65,175	65,175

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The field has grown from eight to 12 in the opening minutes of Level 1 (150/300/40). Here's a look at the early runners for the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
UberNoober	75,000
Yong "IReadYrSoul" Kwon	75,000
Josh "layitdown08" Rothberg	75,000
Ozzy_Rocks111	75,000
TraderSteve	75,000
John "Slapshot1085" Forlenza	75,000
Jaime "mooseman1710" Reyes	75,000
Eric "alwaysliquid" Vanauken	75,000
Ross "Thehebrewhammer" Gottlieb	75,000
Jon "Jetsfan411" Borenstein	75,000
Ptkceaser	75,000
Cholie	75,000

Play has begun in Level 1 with blinds of 150/300 and an ante of 40. Registration will remain open for two-and-a-half hours.