$1,650 Purple Chip County No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guarantee | Structure
Returning to Level 17: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 12 of 105

The $1,650 no limit hold’em purple chip bounty made the money in the last level of the day and then lost two players before completing the scheduled 16 levels of play and bagged up for the night.

The 105-entry field was trimmed down to 12 by the night’s end and Derek Bowers bagged a massive chip lead on the verge of the final table.

He’s the only player above the 300,000-chip mark and has over 100,000 more than Alexandre Caperonis, who will start Day 2 second in chips with 204,500.

Top pro Phil Laak is also still in the hunt for a bounty title. Arguably the most accomplished player in the field sits right in the middle of the pack with 85,500. Anton Wigg, who won the WSOP Circuit high roller event here last month brings up the bottom of the chip counts.

The cards get back in air for this event on Monday at 2 p.m. Everybody is guaranteed $2,783 and the winner, who will be crowned Monday evening, will take home $31,497.

Table 73
Seat 1: — Empty —
Seat 2: Alexandre Caperonis – 204,500 (68 bb)
Seat 3: Nick Pupillo – 27,000 (9 bb)
Seat 4: — Empty —
Seat 5: — Empty —
Seat 6: Matthew Shafman – 69,000 (23 bb)
Seat 7: Derek Bowers – 305,000 (102 bb)
Seat 8: Arkadiy Tsinis – 58,000 (19 bb)
Seat 9: Brandon Caputo – 100,000 (33 bb)

Table 74
Seat 1: Phil Laak – 85,500 (29 bb)
Seat 2: — Empty —
Seat 3: Ken Ray – 167,500 (56 bb)
Seat 4: Yvonne McQuillan – 33,000 (11 bb)
Seat 5: Johanssy Joseph – 111,500 (37 bb)
Seat 6: David Eller – 79,000 (26 bb)
Seat 7: — Empty —
Seat 8: Anton Wigg – 20,000 (7 bb)
Seat 9: — Empty —

Complete Chip Counts:

Derek Bowers – 305,000
Alexandre Caperonis – 204,500
Ken Ray – 167,500
Johanssy Joseph – 111,500
Brandon Caputo – 100,000
Phil Laak – 85,500
David Eller – 79,000
Matthew Shafman – 69,000
Arkadiy Tsinis – 58,000
Yvonne McQuillan – 33,000
NickPupillo – 27,000
Anton Wigg – 20,000