partypoker US Network Series (Jan. 17-24)

Blinds: 800/1,600

Yong “IReadYrSoul” Kwon looked to be in great shape to score a big knockout, as he held against the of "dadadada." The flop of kept Kwon in the lead, and the turn looked to lock the hand up for Kwon. However, it gave "dadadada" a flush draw, and the on the river gave the victory to "dadadada."

Player	Chips	Progress
dadadada	185,750 185,750	185,750
Yong “IReadYrSoul” Kwon	29,050 -178,011	-178,011

Blinds: 600/1,200

"ScarletRaptor" kicked off the action with a raise to 3,000, and in the small blind, Arian "angels" Stolt three bet to 12,000. In the big blind, Katie "KatieStone" Stone put in a four bet to 25,000. "ScarletRaptor" quickly folded, but Stolt wasn't going anywhere, moving all in for 75,000 and change. Stone released her hand, and Stolt took down a nice pot without a showdown.

Player	Chips	Progress
Katie "KatieStone" Stone	125,962 125,962	125,962
Arian "angels" Stolt	118,578 118,578	118,578

Blinds: 500/1,000

Catching up with the action on the turn of a board showing , "DaBuzzzz" checked to "chen718", who bet 23,000. "DaBuzzzz" made the call, and the completed the board. Another check saw "chen718" move all in, and "DaBuzzzz" called with . It was no good though, as "chen718" showed for trip queens.

Player	Chips	Progress
chen718	163,210 163,210	163,210
DaBuzzzz	Busted

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One hour into play today, and players are taking their first break of the day. So far, 128 players have entered, with 116 players still alive. Below you will see the big stacks at the moment.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel “centrfieldr23” Lupo	280,316
Poker_Player	230,400
jerseyman99	226,053
PartyPanic	219,167
Ozzy_Rocks111	211,658
roystalin	207,636
Yong “IReadYrSoul” Kwon	207,061
Michael “Gags30” Gagliano	189,807
Moose4Life	185,894
RiverMan	181,473 -21,695	-21,695

Blinds: 250/500

Ted “roystalin” Ely and David "TheKing411" Coleman got into a raising war after the flop came down . Eventually, the final 76,000 and change for Coleman went into the middle, as he had for an overpair. It was no good though, as Ely showed for bottom set.

No two outer would come for Coleman, as the board finished out and .

Player	Chips	Progress
Ted “roystalin” Ely	190,340 190,340	190,340
David "TheKing411" Coleman	Busted

To give you an idea of the kind of big money payouts players will be looking at in this series, we figured we would post the results from the last series in December. Just like this series, the events lasted for a full week, with a few notables earning titles, including Jake "FerociousPanda" Toole, Alex "JinYang" Butcher, Stanton "Stonniepokers" Tentnowski, and Ryan "TheSims" Hohner.