$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8: 400/800 with a 800 Ante
Entries: 119

The Purple Chip Bounty event is in the last level with registration open with 119 entries here so far. The tournament already surpassed its $100,000 guaranteed prize pool as well as the entry count from this event last year.

We have plenty of talent mixing it up including Will “The Thrill” Failla, Chris Bolek, Michelle Shah, Phil Hui, Brett Bader, Richard Rice, Brett Apter, Mike Beasley, and Adam Levy.

They will finish out this level, take a 15-minute break, and registration and registration will close when they return.

$570 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 22: 10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining: 117 of 3,064

We missed the series of bets to get all the chips in the middle but the end result was Jeffrey Trudeau all in for 690,000 against the small blind player.

Trudeau:
Small blind:

Trudeau was in great shape, had a tiny sweat after the flop, faded the turn, and made an overkill set on the river to move up to 1,410,000.

$570 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 21: 8,000/16,000 with a 16,000 ante
Players Remaining: 141 of 3,064

There is no slowing the field and the only way to stop the fast action will be the dinner break. Which will hit at the next break for 40 minutes.

The long list of results continued to build with Sean Shah, Carey Pickus, Jonathan Marks, Dan Heimiller, Scott Baumstein, Abbey Daniels, and Jake Schwartz among those sent to the payout desk.

Click the link below to expand the post and see the results from 142nd place through 230th.

Continue reading Event 1: Results from 142nd Through 230th →

$570 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 20: 6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining: 150 of 3,064

Jay Romano is on a heater this afternoon. According to his tablemates, he is catching aces like it is his job.

The most recent big hand came when Dan Heimiller was all in for his last 200,000 with and Romano was dominant again with .

The board ran to give Heimiller a turned open-ended straight draw that never got there. Romano is the clear big stack heading to the second break with 1,640,000.

$570 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 20: 6,000/12,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining: 171 of 3,064

Brian Gelrod began his day near the bottom of the counts, returning to only 32,500 after starting the tournament with a 20,000 stack. But now he’s deep into the money and getting more chips.

He open-shoved for 101,000 from the cutoff and found a call in the small blind. Gelrod’s was in good shape against and stayed that way on the run out.

In other stack news, the lead switched one more time and it looks like Jay Romano is now on top with 1,460,000 followed by Tom Nguyen’s 1,335,000. Raman Afanasenka continues to climb and sits with 1,200,000.

$570 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 18: 4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining: 230 of 3,064

Catching up on the fast-moving payout action, we are down to 230 players (or less depending on the current timing of typing) with some notables making a trip to the payout desk. Loni Harwood, Ian Casey, Ryan Welsh, Marc Sachelli, Joshua Wasserman, and Nancy Birnbaum were a few of those cashing but falling short of the big money up top.

Click the link below to expand the text and see the results from 231st through 300th.

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$570 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 18: 4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining: 230 of 3,064

Raman Afanasenka was the big stack in the room for only a few minutes. SHR Tampa regular Tom Nguyen took a big leap forward when he sent Matthew Kuba and Michael Lipman out on the same hand.

Nguyen jumped over a million and now sits with 1,241,000 as the chip leader.

$570 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 18: 4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining: 250 of 3,064

The blue 100K chips are now in play, making the stacks more manageable and big stacks are much easier to spot.

The biggest at the break belonged to Raman Afanasenka who began the day with 184,000 but now sits with 860,000 after two hours. That is good enough for the chip lead with Jay Romano’s 725,000 putting him in second place. Frederic Norman is also sitting nicely with 701,000 as post-money play continues.

$570 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 18: 4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining: 250 of 3,064

The first break is complete after tournament staff pulled the purple 500 denom out of play. We are tracking down our leaders and will see how’s in a good position to go deep.

$570 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 17: 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining: 270 of 3,064

Shortly before the first break, Dan Heimiller was in a battle of the blinds against David Pain for a pot worth approximately 500,000. The money was in preflop and Heimiller was dominated.

Pain:
Heimiller:

Heimiller ran into a monster but quickly turned it around when he flopped the nut flush on the board. The turn and river finished the hand, Pain was eliminated, and Heimiller built a huge castle.

Dan Heimiller – 546,000
David Pain – Eliminated