$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty NLH (Single Re-Entry)
Level 18: 2,000/4,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 9 of 139

Phong Nguyen opened the cutoff to 10,000, and Victor Merkel three-bet shoved for close to 100,000 in the big blind. Nguyen instantly called to put him at risk.

Nguyen:
Merkel:

The board ran out , and Nguyen’s queens held to earn him the bounty with two pair. Merkel was eliminated as the first casualty of this final table.

Phong Nguyen – 450,000 (113 bb)
Victor Merkel – Eliminated in 9th place ($3,885)