$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 24: Blinds 10k/20k/3k ante

Event 21 Winner: Derrick Simon

A short stacked Ian O’Hara shoves and Derrick Simon calls pre-flop:

O’Hara:
Simon:

Board rolls out and Simon pairs up his 6 on the river to best the pocket 4s of O’Hara to eliminate him from the tournament. O’Hara gets $20,708 for his finish as runner-up.

2nd place – Ian O’Hara

Congratulations Derrick Simon, champion of the 2014 SHRPO Event 21: $1,650 Purple Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em tournament! He gets $37,648, the brand new shiny SHRPO trophy, and the customized framed winner’s photo!

$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 23: Blinds 8k/16k/2k ante

A lot of checking, calling, raising and folding going on in this heads-up battle. One of the bigger hands that played out was when Derrick Simon led out for 50K from the button on a board showing . Ian O’Hara then raised for 80K on top. Simon tanks for a bit, then decides to muck his cards. Wow.

$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
End of Level 22: Blinds 6k/12k/2k ante

The 2 players have been shifting chips around heads-up, but are still battling it out. Here are updated chip counts as they go on their 15 minute break:

Ian O’ Hara – 830K
Derrick Simon – 667K

$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Level 21:  Blinds 5k/10k/1k ante

Victor Figueroa shoved his short-stack on the button and Derrick Simon called in the dark from the big blind.

Victor held and was ahead of Derrick’s , but the board fell giving Derrick a wheel and the pot.

Victor Figueroa busted out in 3rd place, earning $11,923, plus bounties.

Heads-up play began with Derrick Simon leading with 1 million chips to Ian O’Hara’s 500k (2:1).

$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty No-Limit Hold ‘Em (Re-Entry)

Level 20: Blinds 4k/8k/1k ante

Jason Wheeler put 34k in and forgot about the 1k chip on his cards, so he was not all-in.  Derrick Simon called from the small blind.

On the flop of Derrick tossed in 1k to cover Jason, who tossed his last chip in saying “you don’t get my bounty” as he rolled over for trips.

“I don’t?” said Derrick, as he rolled over for the flush draw.

The last two landed and Derrick made the flush to take the pot and Jason’s bounty.

Jason Wheeler took 4th place and $10,040, plus any bounties he collected along the way.

$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty No-Limit Hold ‘Em (Re-Entry)

Level 20: Blinds 4k/8k/1k ante

Steven Bennett got all-in from the big blind with pocket Kings against Victor Figueroa’s AK.

The board was not kind to Steven as it fell A T 4 9 8.  He busted out in 5th place, earning $7,530 (plus two bounties).

Victor chipped up to ~380k.

$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty No-Limit Hold ‘Em (Re-Entry)

Level 20: Blinds 4k/8k/1k ante

Corey Burbick was very short-stacked and made his stand with .  Derrick Simon looked him up with .

The board came and Derrick made a straight to take the pot.  He also collected his second $500 bounty.

Corey busted out in 6th place, earning $6,275.