$1,650 No-Limit Hold’em Purple Chip Bounty (Re-Entry) 
Level 17: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining 13 of 129
Average Stack: 119,000 (39 bb)

Dmitry Savelyev raised to 7,000 from early position, Jack Duong called from the hijack, Gilbert Diaz called from the cutoff, and Griffin Abel three-bet shoved from the small blind for about 83,000. Savelyev isolated the pot with a reshove of his own and showed , racing with Abel’s .

The board came down , no help to Abel, ending his tournament in 14th place.

Dmitry Savelyev – 225,000 (75 bb)
Griffin Abel – Eliminated in 14th Place ($2,371)

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Main Event
Heading to Level 35: 200,000/400,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining: 6 of 1,509

Seat 1: Charlemagne Benjamin – 5,425,000 (13 bb)
Seat 2: Marc Levy – 2,975,000 (7 bb)
Seat 3: TK Miles – Eliminated in 7th place ($47,766)
Seat 4: Aaron Massey – Eliminated in 9th Place ($25,563)
Seat 5: Dantonio Brown – 6,225,000 (15 bb)
Seat 6: Michael Graffeo – 10,600,000 (26 bb)
Seat 7: Luis Torres – Eliminated in 8th place ($34,473)
Seat 8: Loni Harwood – 10,100,000 (25 bb)
Seat 9: Timothy Banks – 2,400,000 (6 bb)

1st: $290,687
2nd: $178,209
3rd: $110,431
4th: $93,049
5th: $77,127
6th: $62,081

$1,650 No-Limit Hold’em Purple Chip Bounty (Re-Entry) 
Level 17: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining 14 of 129
Average Stack: 110,500 (36 bb)

Richard Rice raised all in for 28,500 from under the gun and Jeff Manders called from the big blind with , leading Rice’s .

The board came down , giving Manders a set of kings to eliminate Rice in 15th place.

Jeff Manders – 125,000 (41 bb)
Richard Rice – Eliminated in 15th Place ($2,371)

$1,650 No-Limit Hold’em Purple Chip Bounty (Re-Entry) 
Level 17: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining 15 of 129
Average Stack: 103,000 (34 bb)

The big Purple Chip Bounty tournament drew an even 150 entries and exactly ten percent of the field survived the full 16 levels on Day 1. They made the money late on the first day with 18 getting paid before they paused for an overnight break with 15 players remaining.

WSOP bracelet winner Joey Weissman holds a huge lead at the restart while SHRP regular Richard Rice is the shortest of the 15 remaining players and Seminole Hard Rock Poker team member Stewart Newman is in the middle of the pack.

Cards go back in the air at 2pm and we’ll continue to follow the action.

Table 7
Seat 1: Joseph Zelnick – 138,500 (46 bb)
Seat 2: Larry Baxter – 121,000 (40 bb)
Seat 3: –empty–
Seat 4: Stanley Lee – 91,000 (30 bb)
Seat 5: Mike Comisso – 52,500 (17 bb)
Seat 6: Stewart Newman – 124,500 (41 bb)
Seat 7: –empty–
Seat 8: Jeff Manders – 91,500 (30 bb)
Seat 9: Richard Rice – 31,000 (10 bb)

Table 8
Seat 1: Gilbert Diaz – 59,000 (19 bb)
Seat 2: Joey Weissman – 273,000 (91 bb)
Seat 3: Griffin Abel – 102,000 (34 bb)
Seat 4: Igor Merda – 122,000 (40 bb)
Seat 5: Dmitry Savelyev – 141,000 (47 bb)
Seat 6: Erik Christensen – 71,000 (23 bb)
Seat 7: Frank Silverstein – 42,500 (14 bb)
Seat 8: –empty–
Seat 9: Jack Duong – 77,500 (25 bb)

1st: $39,294
2nd: $23,035
3rd: $13,550
4th: $10,840
5th: $8,130
6th: $6,775
7th: $5,420
8th: $4,065
9th: $3,049
10th-12th: $2,710
13th-15th: $2,371
16th: Craig Feldman – $2,033
17th: Barry Pevner – $2,033
18th: Joshua Cranfill – $2,033

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Main Event
Level 33: 100,000/200,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining: 6 of 1,509

Timothy “TK” Miles got his last 2,775,000 in the pot preflop. It was on Seminole Hard Rock Poker team member Loni Harwood and she asked for a count. The dealer broke down the bet and Harwood called putting Miles at risk.

Harwood:
Miles:

The flop didn’t improve either player falling . The turn left Miles drawing to one of the three remaining jacks. It wasn’t in the cards as the dealer completed the runout with the . Miles was eliminated in seventh place earning $47,766.

This marks another deep Seminole Hard Rock Poker run for Miles who finished second in last year’s Player of the Year race.

Loni Harwood – 7,500,000 (37 bb)
Timothy “TK” Miles – Eliminated in 7th place ($47,766)

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Main Event
Level 33: 100,000/200,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining: 7 of 1,509

Luis Torres open-shoved 1,725,000 and Charlemagne Benjamin moved all-in for more. The remaining players folded. Torres was behind and at risk with against the of Benjamin.

Runout:

Benjamin’s tens were best and Torres was eliminated in eighth place.

Charlemagne Benjamin – 5,700,000 (28 bb)
Luis Torres – Eliminated in 8th place ($34,473)

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Main Event
Level 33: 100,000/200,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining: 8 of 1,509

Marc Levy got 1,425,000 in preflop versus Luis Torres. Levy owned and was ahead of the of Torres but was the at-risk player.

The runout came and Levy doubled through Torres.

Marc Levy – 3,350,000 (16 bb)
Luis Torres – 1,725,000 (8 bb)

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Main Event
Level 33: 100,000/200,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining: 8 of 1,509

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$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Main Event
Level 33: 100,000/200,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining: 8 of 1,509

Luis Torres opened the action and Charlemagne Benjamin three-bet all-in for 1,800,000. It folded back to Torres and he called putting Charlemagne at risk.

Benjamin:
Torres:

Benjamin stood as the flop fell . The turn was the taking outs away from Torres as Benjamin could improve to a flush. The river paired Torres, but Benjamin’s king-high flush was best. He doubled through Torres.

Charlemagne Benjamin – 4,100,000 (20 bb)
Luis Torres – 3,650,000 (18 bb)

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Main Event
Level 33: 100,000/200,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining: 8 of 1,509

Luis Torres raised the button to 425,000 and Timothy Banks called from the big blind.

Flop:

Banks checked. Torres bet 325,000 and Banks promptly raised to 900,000. Torres called and the pair saw the turn.

Turn:

Banks open-shoved for 1,650,000. Torres went into the tank. After some time, TK Miles called the clock and tournament director Tony Burns began the countdown. Torres’ clock hit zero and he open-folded for two pair. Banks won the hand.

Timothy Banks – 4,800,000 (24 bb)
Luis Torres – 5,600,000 (28 bb)