Championship: Stout Arrives Late; Takes the Lead

$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 17: 1,500/3,000/500 Ante

Matt Stout to the top of the counts
Matt Stout to the top of the counts

Matt Stout wasted no time making his presence known on Day 3, knocking out a player and taking the lead before he finished unbagging his chips.

He arrived at the table in time to get involved in a hand against Nigel Murray while pulling chips from his bag. Things got crazy fast on the 8d6h4h flop and all the chips ended up in the middle. A tough hand for Murray when he saw his set of Fours were crushed by Stout’s 8h8s.

The board completed Qh3s for a brutal end to Murray’s day, gone after they put Stout’s stack in order and counted it down. Stout takes the lead over Shawn Nguyen and the second player over 1 million.

Nigel Murray – Eliminated in 44th
Matt Stout – 1,515,000