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Players are resuming from a five-minute break with play still in Level 30 (16,000/32,000/4,000). Updated chip counts from the final seven have been provided below.

Player	Chips	Progress
kgkg510	1,760,585 48,027	48,027
RiverMan	1,172,530 188,000	188,000
Chris "rumpthumper" White	546,316 64,000	64,000
Michael "UFOLDIWIN" St. John	509,280 60,000	60,000
Kevin "sofcknsick" Campbell	409,273 -152,000	-152,000
Daniel "centrfieldr23" Lupo	346,332 -76,000	-76,000
Angel "chromeking" Lopez	335,684 12,000	12,000

In Level 28 with blinds of 12,000/24,000 and an ante of 3,000, "chen818" opened to 72,000 in the cutoff and saw "kgkg510" three-bet shove for around 300,000 effective. "chen718" called all in for slightly less.

"chen718":
"kgkg510":

"chen71" saw fairly harmless flop of appear but it was followed by the turn . They failed to hit a queen on the river and were eliminated from the tournament as a result.

Jon "Jetsfan411" Borenstein was also eliminated during the previous level in 12th place, and 10 players now remain. Meanwhile, "kgkg510" has now overtaken the chip lead and has also become the first player to reach 1 million in the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
kgkg510	1,089,818 890,096	890,096
Jon "Jetsfan411" Borenstein	Busted
chen718	Busted

The tournament has moved into Level 27 with blinds of 10,000/20,000 and an ante of 2,500, and in the blink of an eye, a quarter of the field has been eliminated. Most recent of them was Derek "pompii" Sudell, who jammed all in with and was unable to get there against the of "l23weeeeeeeee".

Others who were eliminated before Sudell were Eric "alwaysliquid" Vanauken, "kfbackflip", and Dan "mj23style" Sewnig.

Meanwhile, Daniel "centrfieldr23" Lupo now finds himself holding a narrow chip lead over both Kevin "sofcknsick" Campbell and "l23weeeeeeeee". A complete list of chip counts has been provided below.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel "centrfieldr23" Lupo	761,702 491,546	491,546
Kevin "sofcknsick" Campbell	723,664 387,967	387,967
l23weeeeeeeee	691,179 216,326	216,326
Michael "UFOLDIWIN" St. John	655,402 423,260	423,260
RiverMan	531,530 239,315	239,315
chen718	384,374 106,250	106,250
Matthew "gailums" Gailums	302,476 3,637	3,637
Angel "chromeking" Lopez	254,421 27,500	27,500
Chris "rumpthumper" White	208,329 -119,243	-119,243
Orson "borgatcha" Young	203,310 -252,169	-252,169
kgkg510	199,722 2,181	2,181
Jon "Jetsfan411" Borenstein	162,891 -190,624	-190,624

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In Level 26 with blinds of 8,000/16,000 and an ante of 2,000, "l23weeeeeeeee" raised to 40,000 in the hijack and David "TheKing411" Coleman re-shoved for 55,000 total. Action made its way back to "l23weeeeeeeee" and they called.

David "TheKing411" Coleman:
"l23weeeeeeeee":

Coleman found himself on the wrong end of the flop and was left with just two outs. Those two outs became three on the turn , but the river came instead to give him a no-good set to his opponent's eight-high straight, resulting in his elimination from the tournament in 17th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
l23weeeeeeeee	474,853 216,003	216,003
David "TheKing411" Coleman	Busted

In Level 25 with blinds of 7,000/14,000 and an ante of 1,750, the short-stacked "kevmo15" was the first to bust after the bubble, taking 20th place for $363. Moments later, a pair of all-in scenarios happened simultaneously across two tables.

Hand #1: Ryan "TheSims" Hohner open-jammed for his last handful of big blinds under the gun and received action from "chen718" in the cutoff.

Ryan "TheSims" Hohner:
"chen718":

Hohner was unable to hold as an ace came on the flop and no jack came behind it on the turn and river to result in him taking 19th place.

Hand #2: Just seconds later, action had folded to John Allan "treetrap" Hinds in the small blind and he jammed for his last handful of big blinds. Orson "Borgatcha" Young called in the big blind.

John Allan "treetrap" Hinds:
Orson "Borgatcha" Young:

The flop was safe, but the rest was all Young. The turn and river completed the runout to give him top two pair and eliminate Hinds in 18th just a few moments after Hohner was knocked out.

Player	Chips	Progress
Orson "Borgtacha" Young	528,551
chen718	278,124 159,725	159,725
Ryan "TheSims" Hohner	Busted
kevmo15	Busted
John Allan "treetrap" Hinds	Busted

Eric “alwaysliquid” Vanauken is a name you should know as he's become one of the most accomplished players on the partypoker US Network.

Last year, 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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Player	Chips	Progress
Eric “alwaysliquid” Vanauken	207,420