Event #9: $100K GTD PKO Bounty 8-Max
Day 1 Completed
partypoker US Network Series (Jan. 17-24)
Event #9: $100K GTD PKO Bounty 8-Max
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
partypoker US Network Series (Jan. 17-24)
Buy-in
$535
Entries
215
The partypoker US Network Online Series is in the books as the final tournament, Event #9 100k 8-Max Progressive Knockout Bounty completed after about 8 hours of action. 215 entries paid the $535 buy in amount to compete in a bounty event for the top prize.
The winner at the end of the day was “stevenmadara” who took home the grand prize of $10,750 and to really top it off, a whopping $13,643 in bounty winnings, which was by far and away the largest bounty haul for any player.
“stevenmadara” was spotted as one of the top chip counts with about 50 players left and had an impressive elimination run to boost his bounty count. He entered the final table as chip leader and went on to eliminate three of the final table’s seven other players.
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Prize Money | Bounty Winnings |
| 1 | "stevenmadara" | $10,750 | $13,643 |
| 2 | "Chips_Jammed" | $7,078 | $2,362 |
| 3 | "FRIELnGood" | $5,106 | $2,625 |
| 4 | Matt "Boozehound" Iles | $4,300 | $843 |
| 5 | "pure_reason" | $3,601 | $1,724 |
| 6 | "Samuel777" | $3,063 | $125 |
| 7 | "Fresh333" | $2,526 | $1,125 |
| 8 | "yellaboi856" | $1,988 | $1,812 |
The only player to really challenge the eventual winner was “Chips_Jammed” who finshed 2nd in bounty winnings with and who eliminated two of the final table participants. They would also get close in heads up play, reducing an 80/20 chip deficit to nearly even before eventually succumbing in a huge hand to end the day.
All withinin the state of New Jersey may get in on the fun across the three platforms of partypoker US, Borgata Poker and BetMGM Poker.
That wraps things up for the Pokernews coverage of this series. Here is a look back at all of the results.
| Day | Date | Time (EST) | Tournament | Buy-In | Entries | Prize Pool | Winner | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday, | January 17 | - | Event #1: $50K GTD Sunday Special | $215 | 325 | $65,000 | "pure_reason" | $12,161.50 |
| Monday | January 18 | - | Event #2: $20K GTD PKO Bounty 6-Max | $320 | 76 | $22,800 | Eric "alwaysliquid" Vanauken | $8,880 |
| Tuesday | January 19 | - | Event #3: $15K GTD 40-Stack 8-Max NLH | $215 | 129 | $25,400 | kgkg510 | $5,483 |
| Wednesday | January 20 | - | Event #4: $15K GTD 8-Max Turbo NLH | $215 | 85 | $17,000 | Ryan "simISgg" Hagerty | $4,154.80 |
| Thursday | January 21 | - | Event #5: $30K GTD PKO 6-Max | $320 | 89 | $30,000 | Ryan "simISgg" Hagerty | $9,223 |
| Thursday | January 21 | - | Event #6: $10K GTD 6-Max PLO | $109 | 96 | $10,000 | Michael “UFOLDIWIN” St. John | $3,400 |
| Friday | January 22 | - | Event #7 $25K 6-Max NLH | $215 | 154 | $30,800 | "Core4" | $8,008 |
| Saturday | January 23 | - | Event #8: $25K 8-Max NLH | $215 | 132 | $26,400 | Ryan "simISgg" Hagerty | $6.071 |
| Sunday | January 24 | - | Event #9: SUNDAY $100K GTD PKO Bounty 8-Max | $525 | 215 | $107,500 | "stevenmadara" | $10,750 |
Mark Your Calendar
The next partypoker US Network Online Series will take place February 21–28 and be chock full of Progressive Knock Out (PKO) events. The full schedule is expected to be released early next week and will feature buy-in ranges of $109 to $535.
"Chips_Jammed" had pulled pretty close to even in the chip counts after having been very low just a few minutes before. A large hand unfolded.
The flop was 
. "Chips_Jammed" bet and was called by "stevenmadara". The turn was the 
. "Chips_Jammed" bet again for about 1,700,000 and was called.
The river came the
. This time "stevenmadara" put the pressure on and bet enough to put "Chips_Jammed''s remaining stack of 4,847,00 at risk.
"Chips_jammed" thought about it for a long while, using a large portion of their time bank before calling.
"stevenmadara' turned over the 
for two-pair which was the winner over the 
and "Chips_Jammed" was eliminated in 2nd place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
21,500,000
6,581,772
|
6,581,772 |
|
|
Busted |
The very next hand the tournament was brought to heads-up play as "FRIELnGood" found themselves all in preflop and ahead with the 
against the 
of "stevenmadara".
However the board would give "stevenmadara" Broadway as it ran out 
and "FRIELnGood' was gone in third place,
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
14,918,228 | |
|
|
Busted |
Matt "Boozehound" Iles moved all in preflop and was called by the bigger stack of "stevenmadara".
Iles was at risk holding the 
against the 
. The lead would not last long as the flop came 
to hit the eight. The turn ws the to make matters worse and the on the end just rubbed salt in the would of Iles who was eliminated in 4th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
8,396,750
2,205,020
|
2,205,020 |
|
|
Busted |
"pure_reason" was the next player to be eliminated as they bowed out in 5th place when their could not track down the 
of "Chips_Jammed".
It was a preflop all in and the board ran out 
to bring the field down to four remaining.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
8,976,011
1,675,444
|
1,675,444 |
|
|
Busted |
The remaining five players are now on a five-minute break, potentially the final break of the night.
"Samuel777" and "Chips_Jammed" got into a preflop raising battle until all the chips ended up in the middle.
It was a coin flip as "Samuel777" was at risk holding the against the 
of "Chips_Jammed".
The board missed "Samuel777" as it came down 
and the first elimination in a while was confirmed.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
7,300,567
5,966,418
|
5,966,418 |
|
|
Busted |
"Fresh333" moved all in freflop and was called by "stevenmadara".
"Fresh333": 
"stevenmadara": 
The board ran out 
and "Fresh333" was taken out in 7th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
6,191,730 | |
|
|
Busted |
Action in Level 33 with blinds at 45,000/90,000
"yellaboi856" moved their short stack into the middle preflop with the 
against the of "FRIELnGood".
The 
board gave both players nice hands but the full boat of "FRIELnGood" reigned supreme to eliminate "yellaboi856" in 8th place, the first victim of the final table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,125,656
525,164
|
525,164 |
|
|
Busted |