$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-out)
Level 16: 1,500/3,000/500 Ante

This may turn out to be Kazu Oshima’s night to shine.

Oshima now stands at 595,000 chips with four players remaining.  At this point, he has the rest of the table covered with Pete Malkoun, Alon Yehudi and Oktay Altinbas fighting to get back into it.

Play rolls on here with about 20 minutes to go here in Level 16.

$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-out)
Level 16: 1,500/3,000/500 Ante

Travell Thomas hit top pair but unfortunately it wasn’t enough.

On a flop, Thomas made his move and was called down by the big stack in the tournament – Kazu Oshima.  Oshima held looking to knock out Thomas with the two overcards and the flush draw.

Oshima has been on a roll and it didn’t stop as the peeled off on the turn.  Thomas got no help from a on the river and was dismissed from the table.

Thomas finishes in 5th place picking up $5,950.

$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-out)
Level 15: 1,200/2,400/400 Ante

Oktay Altinbas must have been watching the hit TV show “Game of Thrones” last night because he was inspired to bring some extra firepower to today’s final table – a dragon.

It’s been good to him so far as he managed to crack Kazu Oshima’s set of fives rivering a six for a set of his own to double up and stay alive.  With his chips under extreme protection, we’ll see if anyone can slay the dragon and take Altinbas’s chips and his bounty.

$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-out)
Level 15: 1,200/2,400/400 Ante

John Brody managed to get one double up but the poker gods had other ideas on his try to do it again.

Brody went in with and was called by Kazu Oshima holding .  A seemingly harmless flop of turned into a disaster as the board ran out giving Oshima the nut flush and Brody’s bounty.

John Brody finishes in 6th place for $4,675.

$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-out)
Level 14: 1,000/2,000/300 Ante

After the two quick eliminations, the action has slowed down again as we still stand at six players remaining at what has been the most entertaining final table of the series so far.  Travell Thomas and Oktay Altinbas have been carrying the load of the table chatter and keeping things lively with not a dull moment in sight.

As for the poker, Kazu Oshima and Alon Yehudi are taking control of the tournament and are leading the way for the top prize of $29,750.

Play will resume on Level 15 at 1,200/2.400/400 ante.

1,650 Purple Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-out)
Level 12: 600/1,200/200 Ante

Eight players will be back tomorrow at 3 PM to try and settle business in Event 8.  It should be an exciting finish with a top prize of $29,750 on the line.

Here are the chip counts for the remaining players as they head into the restart tomorrow with Pete Malkoun  leading the way:

Seat 1: Travell Thomas – 210,000
Seat 2: Peter Malkoun – 304,600
Seat 3: Alon Yehudai – 177,500
Seat 4: Jon Brody – 29,900
Seat 5: Lawrence Paden – 54,800
Seat 6: Joseph Elia – 64,700
Seat 7: Kazu Oshima – 129,600
Seat 8: Oktay Altinbas – 48,000

Pete Malkoun – 304,600
Travell Thomas – 210,000
Alon Yehudi – 177,500
Kazu Oshima – 129,600
Joseph Elia – 64,700
Lawrence Paden – 54,800
Oktay Altinbas – 48,000
John Brody – 29,900

Pete Malkoun – 304,600
Travell Thomas – 210,000
Alon Yehudi – 177,500
Kazu Oshima – 129,600
Joseph Elia – 64,700
Lawrence Paden – 54,800
Oktay Altinbas – 48,000
John Brody – 29,900

1,650 Purple Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-out)
Level 12: 600/1,200/200 Ante

It wasn’t aces vs. aces but it was close enough.

Brett Bader has his facing off against Joseph Elia’s .  Elia managed to hit a huge flop and finished it off with the board running out to close out Bader’s tournament.

Bader finishes in 9th place for $2,125.

1,650 Purple Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-out)
Level 11: 500/1,000/100 Ante

Brian Hastings is the unfortunate victim of the bubble here in Event 8.

Hastings went all-in with and was called by Pete Malkoun holding .  The flop of got Hastings out of his seat and with the board running out , Malkoun took the hand and the bounty from Hastings.

The final nine are just about close out Level 11 with one more to go before play ends tonight.

1,650 Purple Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-out)
Level 11: 500/1,000/100 Ante

Event 8 is now down to ten players after the eliminations of Angel Vu in 13th, Jerry Wong in 12th and Randi Raji in 11th.  With the tournament going down to one table, we are also on the money bubble.  Here is the new draw for the final table:

Seat 1 – Travell Thomas
Seat 2 – Pete Malkoun
Seat 3 – Alon Yehudi
Seat 4 – John Brody
Seat 5 – Lawrence Paden
Seat 6 – Joseph Elia
Seat 7 – Kazu Oshima
Seat 8 – Brian Hastings
Seat 9 – Brett Bader
Seat 10 – Oktay Altinbas