Event 23: Jaime Wiegrefe Triples Up; Brandon Eisen Makes a Bit; Anthony Zinno Drops to 6 Big Blinds

$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 16: 3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 14 of 115

Shortly after the Money Bubble burst, Tony Ruberto was knocked out in 15th place.

Tony Ruberto  –  Eliminated in 15th Place  ($2,588)

There was a three-way preflop all-in situation at Table 15, with Anthony Zinno in the cutoff with 90K, Jaime Wiegrefe on the button with 46K, and Brandon Eisen in the big blind with 105K.

These were their cards in descending order of chip counts:

Anthony Zinno:  AcKd
Brandon Eisen:  10d10c
Jaime Weigrefe:  AdJc

The board came 10h8d7cKsQh — Eisen flopped a set of tens, but Weigrefe caught a runner-runner ace-high straight to win the main pot and triple up to 146K.

Eisen won a smaller side pot against Zinno to finish the hand with 118K, a gain of 13K for him in the hand.

Jaime Weigrefe  –  146,000  (29 bb)
Brandon Eisen  –  118,000  (24 bb)
Anthony Zinno  –  31,000  (6 bb)

With 14 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 165,000 (33 big blinds).