$1,100 Purple Chip Bounty NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 16:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  21 of 229

Evan Lash was eliminated in 23rd place a short while ago.

Evan Lash  –  Eliminated in 23rd Place  ($1,320)

With the final board showing and more than 60K already in the pot, Gaston Miculitzki checked the big blind, Michael Wang bet 38,000 from the hijack, and Miculitzki moved all in.

Wang had about 95,000 behind, and he tanked for a very long time before somebody called for a clock. When the countdown reached zero, Wang’s hand was declared dead and he released it.

Miculitzki showed one card — the — as he took the pot.

Gaston Miculitzki  –  515,000  (103 bb)
Michael Wang  –  95,000  (19 bb)

A short while later, Wang got it all in under the gun with , and he needed it to hold to stay alive against the of Pablo Ortiz in the big blind.

The board came , and Ortiz flopped a club flush draw, turned a gutshot straight draw, and paired his king on the river to win the pot and eliminate Wang in 22nd place.

Pablo Ortiz  –  275,000  (55 bb)
Michael Wang  –  Eliminated in 22nd Place  ($1,320)

With 21 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 220,000 (44 big blinds), and the remaining players are guaranteed at least $1,450 each.