Event 18 (3 pm): $1,650 Purple Chip Bounty NLH
Blinds 400/800/100 ante
Players remaining: 25
Average Stack: 71K (89bbs)

On a board of , Kevin O’ Donnell bets out 20K. Alistair Melville thinks it over and makes the call.

O’Donnell
Melville

O’Donnell rivers the nut flush, but to his dismay is trumped by the rivered 7s full of Jacks of Melville. Melville exclaims “I didn’t want to raise in case you were playing pocket 9s”. Melville has 115K, while O’Donnell sits on 80K.

O’Donnell mentioned that he won this same event a year ago, and hopes to repeat this year.