$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 18: 4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining: 8 of 153
Paula Alibrandi moved all in for 84,000 from early position and Daniel Pearlman called from the big blind.
Alibrandi tabled 
and was in great shape against Pearlman’s 
.
The board came 
and Alibrandi wound up with a pair of aces to avoid elimination.
Paula Alibrandi – 212,000 (27 bb)
Daniel Pearlman – 145,000 (18 bb)
$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 18: 4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining: 8 of 153
On a flop of 
, Aleksandr Gofman bet 120,000 from the big blind and Michael Stashin called from middle position.
The turn brought the 
, Gofman shoved and Stashin snap called all for 307,000 in with 
saying “Top set nuts baby hold!” It was a cooler situation as Gofman tabled 
.
The river was the 
and Stashin did indeed hold to take the chip lead.
Michael Stashin – 950,000 (119 bb)
Aleksandr Gofman – 170,000 (21 bb)
$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 18: 4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining: 8 of 153
In a three way all in preflop Peter Mancini had pocket kings against Mathieu Selides’s 
and David Levi’s .
The board ran out 
and Mancini’s kings held to knock out both of his opponents.
They had nearly identical stacks, 134,000 versus 133,000, with Levi covering Selides by a single 1,000 chip to get the pay jump.
Peter Mancini – 610,000 (76 bb)
David Levi – Eliminated in 9th place ($4,113)
Mathieu Selides – Eliminated in 10th place ($3,596)
$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 18: 4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining: 10 of 153
After Kurt Lichtman’s elimination in 11th place the ten remaining players redrew for the final table. After busting Frank Logodich, WSOP bracelet winner Pablo Mariz leads the pack.
Here’s how they stack up:
Seat 1: Peter Mancini – 260,000
Seat 2: Aleksandr Gofman – 662,000
Seat 3: Pablo Mariz – 740,000
Seat 4: Mathieu Selides – 133,000
Seat 5: David Levi – 134,000
Seat 6: Michael Stashin – 461,000
Seat 7: Brian Hastings – 107,000
Seat 8: Daniel Pearlman – 234,000
Seat 9: Myles German – 223,000
Seat 10: Paula Alibrandi – 101,000
$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 18: 4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining: 10 of 153
After doubling through Aleksandr Gofman in an earlier hand Kurt Lichtman moved all in for around 80,000 with and got called by 
.
The board ran out 
and Gofman spiked a jack on the turn to eliminate Lichtman .
Aleksandr Gofman – 662,000 (83 bb)
Kurt Lichtman – Eliminated in 11th Place ($3,596)
$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 18: 4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining: 11 of 153
On a final board reading 
with around 200,000 in the pot Pablo Mariz moved all in for 225,000 effective.
Action is on Frank Logodich who went into the tank for a few minutes. After a lengthy consideration Logodich called all in.
Mariz flipped over 
for the winning full house to eliminate Logodich in twelfth place.
Pablo Mariz – 740,000
Frank Logodich – Eliminated in 12th Place ($3,596)
$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 18: 4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining: 12 of 153
Aleksandr Gofman opened to 18,000 and Kurt Lichtman shoved from the small blind. Peter Mancini called all in and Gofman got out of the way.
Lichtman tabled and needed to get lucky against Mancini’s .
The board came 
and Mancini’s pocket aces held. The stacks were close to even, the dealer counted them down and Lichtman had Mancini’s 126,000 slightly covered.
Peter Mancini – 270,000
Kurt Lichtman – 30,000
$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 18: 4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining: 12 of 153
The popular Purple Chip Bounty tournament drew 153 entries to easily surpass the $100,000 Guarantee between the regular and bounty prize pools. Of those 153, only 12 were able to survive the day and return today at 2pm to play it out.
Aleksandr Gofman returns with a massive chip lead, his 627,000 well ahead of Michael Stashin’s 357,000. Four-time WSOP bracelet winner Brian Hastings, former SHRP champ David Levi, and local regular Daniel Pearlman are also in contention as the play for the $41,120 top prize.
Table 1
Seat 1: Mathieu Selides – 237,000
Seat 2: Brian Hastings – 101,000
Seat 3: Pablo Mariz – 348,000
Seat 4: Paula Alibrandi – 124,000
Seat 5: Daniel Pearlman – 201,000
Seat 6: Frank Logodich – 312,000
Table 2
Seat 1: Aleksandr Gofman – 627,000
Seat 2: Myles German – 331,000
Seat 3: Michael Stashin – 357,000
Seat 4: Kurt Lichtman – 135,000
Seat 5: Peter Mancini – 134,000
Seat 6: David Levi – 154,000
Remaining payouts:
1st: $41,120 + trophy
2nd: $26,676
3rd: $15,721
4th: $9,653
5th: $7,382
6th: $6,120
7th: $5,317
8th: $4,774
9th: $4,113
10th-12th: $3,596
Primary Event Schedule
11AM: Event 15 Day 1A – $150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
12PM: Day 3 – $3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
12PM: Event 16 – $5,000 Eight-Handed No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
2PM: Event 14 Day 1 – $1,650 Purple Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)
3PM: Event 15 Day 1B – $150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
6PM: Event 17 Day 1 – $2,200 Deep Stack Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
7PM: Event 15 Day 1C – $150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Secondary and Satellite Schedule
10AM: Event 59 – $530 Event 16 Super Turbo Satellite (1-in-10)
$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
End of Level 17: 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining: 12 of 153
After 17 levels of play, the 153-entry $1,650 no-limit hold’em purple chip bounty is down to its final 12 players and is led by Aleksandr Gofman, who finished the day with 627,000 in chips.
He holds a massive chip lead over the rest of the field with his closest competitors nearly 300,000 chips behind him. Michael Stashin (357,000), Pablo Mariz (348,000) and Myles German (331,000) are the only other players above the 300,000-chip mark.
Four-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner Brian Hastings comes into the second and final day as the short stack with 101,000, while Mathieu Selides is on the verge of his second final table of the series. He finished runner-up to Dragos Iosub in the $570 no-limit hold’em last Wednesday.
They burst the bubble late in the day and the top 20 spots earned at least $2,142. The final 12 players are all guaranteed a cash of at least $3,596 and $500 for every player they knockout, but the eventual winner will walk away $41,120 and one of the last Hard Rock trophies to be awarded this series.
Cards will get back in the air on Monday at 2 p.m. Here is a look at the seating arrangement of the final 12 players:
Table 1
Seat 1: Mathieu Selides – 237,000
Seat 2: Brian Hastings – 101,000
Seat 3: Pablo Mariz – 348,000
Seat 4: Paula Alibrandi – 124,000
Seat 5: Daniel Pearlman – 201,000
Seat 6: Frank Logodich – 312,000
Table 2
Seat 1: Aleksandr Gofman – 627,000
Seat 2: Myles German – 331,000
Seat 3: Michael Stashin – 357,000
Seat 4: Kurt Lichtman – 135,000
Seat 5: Peter Mancini – 134,000
Seat 6: David Levi – 154,000
Here are the payouts thus far:
13th: Randall Emmett – $3,098
14th: Jose Reyes – $3,098
15th: Kenneth Ray – $3,098
16th: Daria Feshchenko – $2,616
17th: Franklin LaCava – $2,616
18th: Lawrence L’Hommedieu – $2,616
19th: Jason Tedeschi – $2,142
20th: Julio Marines – $2,142