$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 18: 4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 6 of 121
Jose Parra moved all in for his last 62,000 from under the gun. It folded around to Joshua Hood in the big blind who made the call.
Parra tabled 
and needed to get lucky against Hood’s 
.
The board came 
and Hood’s queen kicker held to eliminate Parra in seventh place.
Joshua Hood – 342,000 (43 bb)
Jose Parra – Eliminated in 7th place ($4,507)
$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 18: 4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 7 of 121
Greg Barba moved all in from under the gun for 88,000, he starts clapping as Martin Kozlov makes his decision. Barba said “If no-one else was in the hand I would call your hand”.
Kozlov reshoved and the rest of the table folded. Barba tabled 
and needed to get lucky against Kozlov’s 
.
The board came 
and Kozlov’s pocket queens held to eliminate Barba in eighth place.
Barba said “Thats all you had? I thought you had pocket sevens by the way” as he made his way to the payout desk.
Martin Kozlov – 376,000 (47 bb)
Greg Barba – Eliminated in 8th Place ($3,993)
$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 18: 4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 8 of 121
The big buy-in bounty tournament drew 121 entries and only eight players remain for the restart today. The $1,650 Purple Chip Bounty tournament easily surpassed the $100,000 guaranteed prize pool and they played down into the money late last night.
The final eight bagged up their chips and are ready to get back to the business of crowning a winner.
Chris Bolek is the overwhelming chip leader with 622,000 for more than double his next closest opponent Florida poker pro Phil Hui. Hui (270,000) came runner up to Peter Walsworth in Event 2 of this series making this his second final table appearance thus far.
Martin Kozlov, who currently sits in third place with 268,000 is the returning champion of the 2017 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Championship Event where he earned $754,083.
Stay tuned for the coverage as cards go back in the air at 2:00 PM local time.
Here is a look at the seat draw for the final eight players:
Seat 1: Daniel Neilson – 139,000
Seat 2: Chris Bolek – 622,000
Seat 3: Phil Hui – 270,000
Seat 4: Greg Barba – 92,000
Seat 5: Joshua Hood – 233,000
Seat 6: Jose Parra – 92,000
Seat 7: Martin Kozlov – 268,000
Seat 8: Barry Pevner – 98,000
Here’s what they are playing for:
1st: $35,088 + Trophy
2nd: $21,780
3rd: $13,008
4th: $8,168
5th: $6,050
6th: $5,203
7th: $4,507
8th: $3,993
9th: $3,509
10th-12th: $3,086
13th-15th: $2,692
16th: $2,360
$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship
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Level 38: 300,000/600,000 with 100,000 ante
Scott Margereson moved all in from the button and Faraz Jaka called all in for 12,375,000.
Jaka turned over 
and needed to hold against Margereson’s 
.
The flop came 
and Margereson flopped two-pair to take the lead.
The turn was the 
which was no help to Jaka. The river was the and Margereson’s two-pair held to eliminate Jaka in second place ($454,496).
Scott Margereson – WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Champion ($696,740)
Faraz Jaka – Eliminated
$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship
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Level 33: 300,000/600,000 with 100,000 ante
Players Remaining: 2 of 1,309
Faraz Jaka limped the small blind and Scott Margereson checked his option in the big blind.
The flop came 
, Margereson checked and Jaka bet 600,000. Margereson raised to 1,800,000. Jaka called.
The turn brought the 
, and both players checked.
The river was the , Margereson bet 3,200,000 and Jaka folded. Margereson scooped the pot.
$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts | Live Stream
Level 33: 300,000/600,000 with 100,000 ante
Players Remaining: 2 of 1,309
Faraz Jaka limped from the small blind and Scott Margereson checked his option in the big blind.
The flop came 
, Jaka bet 800,000 winning himself the pot.
$3,500 WPT Showdown Championship
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Level 33: 300,000/600,000 with 100,000 ante
Players Remaining: 2 of 1,309
Scott Margereson completed the small blind and Faraz Jaka checked his option in the big blind.
The flop came 
, and both players checked. The turn was the , Jaka bet 900,000 winning himself the pot.
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Level 37: 250,000/500,000 with 50,000 ante
Players Remaining: 2 of 1,309
It was limped to the 
flop, Margereson checked and Jaka bet 600,000. Margereson called.
The turn brought the 
, Margereson checked and Jaka bet 1,600,000. Margereson called.
The river was the 
, Margereson checked and Jaka bet 3,200,000. Margereson called. Faraz tabled 
for two pair and Margereson mucked.
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Level 37: 250,000/500,000 with 50,000 ante
Players Remaining: 2 of 1,309
Scott Margereson raised to 1,000,000 and Faraz Jaka called. The flop came and both players checked.
The turn brought the , Jaka checked and Margereson bet 1,325,000 winning himself the pot.
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Level 36: 200,000/400,000 with 50,000 ante
Players Remaining: 2 of 1,309
Faraz Jaka limped for 400,000, and Scott Margereson checked his option in the big blind.
Both players check to the turn on a board of 
, Margereson bet 650,000, and Jaka called.
The river brought the and Margereson bet 3,000,000. Jaka used one of his time chips before calling with for the winning pair of sevens. Margereson showed 
for ten high.