Chris “rumpthumper” White Wins partypoker US Network Online Series Event #5 for $5,625
Chris "rumpthumper" White has just outlasted a field of 57 in the partypoker US Network Online Series Event #5: $15,000 GTD, earning the top prize of $5,625 for his performance. White's victory took just under four-and-a-half hours, culminating with a come-from-behind victory heads-up against "Standoff23".
Earlier this week, White took second place in Event #2, and was able to avenge that for what became his second score of more than $5,000 in a partypoker US Network Online Poker Series Event (his first one came in June's series).
Event #4 Final Table Results
| Position | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chris “rumpthumper” White | $5,625 |
| 2 | Standoff23 | $2,962 |
| 3 | marysgotqueens | $2,062 |
| 4 | Michael "miw210x" Wang | $1,537 |
| 5 | Ozzy_Rocks111 | $1,170 |
| 6 | Hanadog9 | $930 |
| 7 | Ryan “simlSgg” Hagerty | $712 |
Ryan "Whosyourdoddy" Dodd, Alex "JinYang" Butcher, Michael “UFOLDIWIN” St. John, Angel "chromeking" Lopez, and Brian “TopCreature” Sherrier were among those that fell around the time that the registration period ended, and just 14 players remained some 15 minutes later.
Mike "MistaMenza" Menzer, Michael “IIIIIIIIIIIII” Haberman, and Eric "alwaysliquid" Vanauken" were among the next wave of eliminations and brought about the final table. "Doni34" was eliminated in eighth place some 40 minutes later to reach the money, and that number quickly became five after White scored a double knockout with pocket queens to two ace-kings.
Eliminations then occurred steadily, with "Ozzy_Rocks111" busting to eventual third-place finisher "marysgotqueens." White got the next knockout, eliminating Michael "miw210x" Wang in fourth place before "marysgotqueens" lost a coin flilp to "Standoff23" to bow out in third.
"Standoff23" entered heads-up play with around 60% of the chips in play, but quickly saw that lead dissipate as White clawed his way back to even and eventually pulled away. The final hand saw him hold all-in preflop with pocket fives to ace-ten, and all the chips were shipped his way along with a score of more than $5,600.
PokerNews will resume coverage on Thursday at 7:30 p.m. ET with Event #6: $5,000 GTD NLH Freezeout, which features a $215 buy-in and will allow players a maximum of one entry for the event.