Mike “MistaMenza” Menzer Wins partypoker US Network PKO Event #6 for $3,100
Mike “MistaMenza” Menzer can call himself the most recent champion of the partypoker US Network Online PKO Series, outlasting a field of 72 in Event #7: $10,000 GTD PKO Bounty Boost for an overall prize of $3,100 ($2,608 in Prizes + $492 in Bounties).
Menzer was seen in his virtual seat during the first level of the tournament, but found his first bullet in the event run dry shortly before the two-hour registration period ended. He wasted no time getting back in on the action, and his second shot proved to be worthwhile.
When registration closed, Menzer had run 30,000 up to over 120,000 with 22 players remaining and found himself in the top 10 in chips. Thirty minutes later, nine remained, all of whom had made the money, and Menzer found himself second-to-last in chips with a stack of 73,000, less than 30% of an average stack at the time the bubble burst.
| Place | Player | Prize | KO | Total Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mike “MistaMenza” Menzer | $2,608 | $492 | $3,100 |
| 2 | Lanfeust | $1,516 | $261 | $1,777 |
| 3 | Luckydonk | $1,091 | $332 | $1,423 |
| 4 | goods21 | $802 | $0 | $802 |
| 5 | jaxksonjoe | $609 | $0 | $609 |
| 6 | spinach_kale | $489 | $364 | $853 |
| 7 | pay4medsch00l | $373 | $10 | $383 |
| 8 | Djp120388 | $284 | $56 | $340 |
| 9 | phillychzsteak1 | $248 | $76 | $324 |
"spinach_kale" was the one to take a huge chip lead into the final table, entering with over 1.1 million. "Luckyduck" was next in the counts, bringing 362,000 to the final table as the only other player with an above-average stack. They knocked out "phillychzsteak1" in ninth place to surpass 500,000, and moments later "Djp120388" was eliminated in eighth by still-chip leader "spinach_kale" to bring the tournament down to seven.
Eventual runner-up "Lanfeust" then found two doubles on consecutive hands, the first of which left seventh-place finisher "pay4medschool" on fumes. The next double came through "spinach_kale," who on the following hand also doubled eventual third-place finisher "Luckyduck" to relinquish the chip lead.
"spinach_kale" then found their day come to an end in sixth after running pocket queens into "Luckyduck's" pocket aces, and two short stacks in "jaxksonjoe" and "goods21" fell shortly thereafter, leaving Menzer as the short stack with three remaining.
Despite being short, it was all Menzer from there. He found a double through "Luckyduck," and proceeded to bring stacks within even after a couple of minutes. He never looked back from there, winning several small pots to amass over 80% of the chips in play. "Luckyduck" was then eliminated by "Lanfeust" in third place, bringing about a heads-up match that would last for less than five minutes before Menzer claimed victory.