Event #5: $7,500 GTD PKO Bounty
Day 1 Completed
partypoker US Network Players Choice Series (Dec.13-20)
Event #5: $7,500 GTD PKO Bounty
Day: 1
The partypoker US Network Players Choice Series continued Wednesday night with the $320 buy-in Event #5: $7.5k GTD PKO Bounty. Less than five hours later, Ryan "TheSims" Hohner emerged victorious over a field of 59, earning the top prize of $2,257 and adding another $2,545 in bounties to go along with it for a sum of $4,802. His winnings totaled more than 25% of the overall $17,700 prize pool, a number that more than doubled the guarantee after meeting it early in Level 4.
Hohner found his own bounty claimed once during the two-and-a-half-hour late registration period and despite there being unlimited re-entries, he only needed one more shot to make a run to the final table of eight, all of which made it into the money.
Event #5 Results
| Place | Player | Prize | Bounties | Total Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ryan "TheSims" Hohner | $2,257 | $2,545 | $4,802 |
| 2 | Got_Milk | $2,255 | $1,008 | $3,263 |
| 3 | Don "dhimp20" Himpele | $1,531 | $1,340 | $2,871 |
| 4 | ScarletRaptor | $951 | $225 | $1,176 |
| 5 | juansolo10 | $690 | $75 | $765 |
| 6 | ChickenTendies | $504 | $562 | $1,066 |
| 7 | Yong "IReadYrSoul" Kwon | $371 | $188 | $559 |
| 8 | John "Slapshot1085" Forlenza | $287 | $469 | $756 |
Final Table Results
Hohner entered the final table in the middle of the pack but wound up doubling eventual runner up "Got_Milk" to leave himself short when seven remained. He was able to hang around as Yong "IReadYrSoul" Kwon was eliminated in seventh, and continued to stay alive as the field was halved from six to three over the next 15 minutes.
He then went on his tear, doubling through "Got_Milk" and then taking a big pot off of Don "dhimp20" Himpele who had entered the final table and remained there to that point. After the won pot, Hohner took the chip lead and never relinquished it continuing to increase his stack before Himpele was eliminated by "Got_Milk" in third place.
Hohner went into heads-up play with just over 60% of the chips in play and both players fairly deep stacked, but those stacks got in relatively quickly after "Got_Milk" flopped a set of tens and called an all-in reraise from Hohner, who had flopped a straight that held to earn him the W.
PokerNews coverage of the partypoker US Network Players Choice Series will continue on Friday with Event #6: $55 R+A at 8 p.m. ET, so be sure to come back then.
In Level 26 with blinds of 16,000/32,000 and an ante of 4,000, there was 380,000 in the middle on a board of 
and Ryan "TheSims" Hohner checked in the big blind. "Got_Milk" was on the button and overbet for 487,000, and Hohner check-raised to put "Got_Milk" all in. A call was made and hands were shown.
"Got_Milk": 
Ryan "TheSims" Hohner: 
"Got_Milk" had a flopped set with a flush draw but found themselves having run it into Hohner's flopped second-nut straight. Even still, they had eight flush outs plus another 10 to improve to a full house or quads, but they all missed on the river 
and they finished in second place as a result.
Meanwhile, Hohner has officially won Event #5, earning $2,257 in prizes plus another $2,545 in bounties for his performance. A recap of the tournament will be provided shortly.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
4,425,000
1,640,572
|
1,640,572 |
|
Busted |
In Level 25 with blinds of 14,000/28,000 and an ante of 3,500, "Got_Milk" raised to 70,000 on the button and received a call from Don "dhimp20" Himpele, who defended his big blind.
The flop fell 
and Himpele led out with a bet of 126,000. "Got_Milk" raised all in, effectively putting Himpele to a decision for his remaining chips, and Himpele made the call.
Don "dhimp20" Himpele: 
"Got_Milk": 
Himpele got it in with a gutshot straight flush draw and two live cards. The turn 
added three more outs as his straight draw became double gutted, but it all bricked when the board paired 
on the river to result in his elimination from the tournament in third place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,784,428
882,955
|
882,955 |
|
|
1,640,572
333,384
|
333,384 |
|
Busted |
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In Level 25 with blinds of 14,000/28,000 and an ante of 3,500, Ryan "TheSims" Hohner opened the action with a raise to 56,000 on the button and was three-bet to 165,000 by Don "dhimp20" Himpele in the small blind. Hohner called.
The flop came 
and Himpele checked. Hohner fired a bet of 95,000 and Himpele called to bring the turn 
. Himpele checked once again and then called Hohner's second barrel of 154,000.
The river fell and Himpele led out, betting 339,000. Hohner went into the tank, faced with a decision for almost half of his remaining stack. He eventually found a call.
Himpele showed 
for a bluff and Hohner tabled 
to take down the pot with tens up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,901,473
904,821
|
904,821 |
|
|
1,307,188
1,147,849
|
1,147,849 |
|
|
1,216,339
-992,270
|
-992,270 |
In Level 24 with blinds of 12,000/24,000 and an ante of 3,000, Ryan "TheSims" Hohner raised to 48,000 on the button and "Got_Milk" three-bet jammed in the big blind to put him all in. Hohner made the call.
Ryan "TheSims" Hohner:
"Got_Milk": 
Hohner found himself in excellent shape to double and needed to do nothing more than fade a double-paired board on a runout of 
to score the dub.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,593,391
167,526
|
167,526 |
|
|
996,652
206,126
|
206,126 |
In Level 24 with blinds of 12,000/24,000 and an ante of 3,000, Don "dhimp20" Himpele opened the action with a raise to 48,000 on the button and "ScarletRaptor" three-bet shoved for 615,000 in the small blind. "Got_Milk" re-jammed for 750,000 and Himpele folded to send the two off to the races.
"ScarletRaptor":
"Got_Milk":
"ScarletRaptor" needed to win a coin flip to stay alive but was unable to do so as the board ran out 
to leave their unpaired cards unimproved and bring about their elimination from the tournament in fourth place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,208,609
-54,000
|
-54,000 |
|
|
1,425,865
664,979
|
664,979 |
|
|
790,526
-44,907
|
-44,907 |
|
|
Busted |
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In Level 23 with blinds of 10,000/20,000 and an ante of 2,500, "juansolo10" got it all in preflop against Ryan "TheSims" Hohner with a shot at Hohner's bounty. Instead Hohner won with the best hand all along to score the double.
Moments later, the two got stacks in again with "juansolo10" at risk for their tournament life in the hijack and having received action from Hohner, who was in the small blind.
"juansolo10": 
Ryan "TheSims" Hohner: 
Three ladies came on a flop of to give "juansolo" one extra counterfeit out to quads, but a couple of bricks came on the turn and river 
to leave Hohner's hand best, eliminating "juansolo10" in fifth place as a result.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
835,433
602,602
|
602,602 |
|
|
Busted |