$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)
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Level 17: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 7 of 122

Jacob Snider opened with a raise in middle position, Novica Miskovic called on the button, and Manny Tarich defended his big blind to see a three-way flop.

It came , and it checked to the raiser. Snider continued for what looked like 15,000, Miskovic moved all in for 65,500, and Tarich folded. Snider spent a couple minutes in the tank, considering the decision for about half his remaining stack. Eventually, he folded, and Miskovic won the pot with no showdown.

Novica Miskovic – 110,000 (37 bb)
Jacob Snider – 110,000 (37 bb)

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Level 31: 50,000/100,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 10 of 1,366

Scott Baumstein was in the small blind and open-shoved into Mukul Pahuja’s big. Pahuja, who claimed about 1,100,000 chips, called off and the hands were put face up.

Pahuja:
Baumstein:

The flop fell improving Baumstein to a pair and earning him the lead in the hand. The turn and river were no help to Pahuja. He exited 11th sending the event down to the final 10 players.

Scott Baumstein – 4,450,000 (44 bb)
Mukul Pahuja – Eliminated in 11th place ($16,697)

$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)
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Level 17: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 8 of 122

Keith Morrow opened to 6,500 in middle position, and Gavin O’Rourke three-bet shoved for 48,500 on the button. Morrow eventually called to put O’Rourke at risk.

Morrow:
O’Rourke:

“Nice hand,” Morrow commended, but he was not going to lose this pot. The flop came , giving him quads right out of the gate. The turn left the at-risk player drawing dead to the river.

O’Rourke was eliminated in eighth place, while Morrow padded his start-of-day stack.

Keith Morrow – 365,000 (122 bb)
Gavin O’Rourke – Eliminated

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Level 30: 40,000/80,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 11 of 1,366

Scott Baumstein opened to 160,000 from the cutoff and Steven Touitou moved all in from the button for 1,800,000. Mukul Pahjua moved all in over the top for 2,500,000 from the small blind and A.J. Kelsall called all in from big blind for his last 1,670,000.

Baumstein folded.

Pahuja:
Kelsall:
Touitou:

Kelsall was in great position to triple up and faded the flop. He has the shortest of the three stacks and moved over 5,000,000. Pahuja picked up a bit of a rebate and was stuck with a bit under 1 million.

A.J. Kelsall – 5,070,000 (63 bb)
Mukul Pahuja – 950,000 (12 bb)
Steven Touitou – Eliminated in 12th place ($16,697)

$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 17: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 10 of 122

Michael Tureniec came into Day 2 with one of the shortest stacks at the final table, and he was the first to fall. Tureniec finished in 10th place.

Right behind him, Doyle Scott Elliott was eliminated in ninth place.

Doyle Scott Elliott – Eliminated
Michael Tureniec – Eliminated

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Level 30: 40,000/80,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 12 of 1,366

Mukul Pahuja was under the gun and kicked it off raising to 175,000. It folded to Josh Beckley on the button and he shoved for 1,010,000. Next up was Scott Baumstein in the small blind and he jammed for more. Pahuja quickly got out of the way and Beckley was at risk versus Baumstein.

Baumstein:
Beckley:

Runout:

The board improved Baumstein to a fullhouse while Beckley just played a pair of fours. Beckley was eliminated in 13th place earning $12,943.

Scott Baumstein – 3,955,000 (49 bb)
Josh Beckley – Eliminated in 13th place ($12,943)

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Level 30: 40,000/80,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 13 of 1,366

It was three-way action between A.J. Kelsall on the button, Paul Balzano in the small blind, and Matthew Zarcadoolas in the big. The blinds checked the flop and Kelsall bet out 340,000. Paul Balzano called and Zarcadoolas check/raised to 1,200,000.

Kelsall took his time to work it out and the clock was called after a few minutes. He released his hand, saying later that he mucked (confirmed by Mukul Pahuja), and Balzano moved all in for approximately 700,000. Zarcadoolas called to put the former SHRP champ at risk.

Zarcadoolas:
Balzano:

Balzano had the nut flush draw versus Zarcadoolas’ made flush. The turn was no help and Balzano was eliminated after the river.

Matthew Zarcadoolas – 4,420,000 (55 bb)
Paul Balzano – Eliminated in 14th place ($12,943)

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Level 30: 40,000/80,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 14 of 1,366

The board was dealt through the turn — . Lumni Zhuta was in the big blind while Jessy Alech was in the hijack. The pair got the last of Alech’s roughly 775,000 chips in the middle and Alech saw the bad news.

Zhuta: for a flopped straight
Alech: for a flopped set

River:

Zhuta’s straight held and Alech was eliminated in 15th place earning $12,943.

Lumni Zhuta – 7,800,000 (97 bb)
Jessy Alech – Eliminated in 15th place ($12,943)

$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Returning to Level 17: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 10 of 122

The Purple Chip Bounty event had a huge turnout and it easily surpassed its $100,000 guarantee early in the day. They pushed the combined prize pool over $180,000 between the regular and bounty prize pool for some nice payouts.

There were 122 entries in the tournament and they made it down to the final table ten before they paused action at the end of Day 1. Those ten players return today to play it down to a champion.

The stacks are deep and the structure is slow, players will have plenty of room to make moves. Keith Morrow returns with a big chip lead with Manny Tarich, his closest competitor, sitting 90,000 behind. Gavin O’Rourke is the shortest stack but he still has 19 big blinds to push around.

They’ll come back at 2pm and play out the final table in the front of the ballroom.

It could be a long day and the Purple Chip Bounty champ will have to work hard to take home the trophy.

Seat 1: Gavin O’Rourke – 57,000 (19 bb)
Seat 2: Lukas Pribyl – 180,500 (60 bb)
Seat 3: Michael Tureniec – 77,000 (26 bb)
Seat 4: Novica Miskovic – 62,500 (21 bb)
Seat 5: Harjinder Chawla – 86,500 (29 bb)
Seat 6: Manny Tarich – 251,000 (84 bb)
Seat 7: Doyle Scott Elliott – 121,500 (41 bb)
Seat 8: Keith Morrow – 341,500 (114 bb)
Seat 9: Jacob Snider – 113,000 (38 bb)
Seat 10: Veerab Zakarian – 179,500 (60 bb)

Chip counts:

1. Keith Morrow – 341,500 (114 bb)
2. Manny Tarich – 251,000 (84 bb)
3. Lukas Pribyl – 180,500 (60 bb)
4. Veerab Zakarian – 179,500 (60 bb)
5. Doyle Scott Elliott – 121,500 (41 bb)
6. Jacob Snider – 113,000 (38 bb)
7. Harjinder Chawla – 86,500 (29 bb)
8. Michael Tureniec – 77,000 (26 bb)
9. Novica Miskovic – 62,500 (21 bb)
10. Gavin O’Rourke – 57,000 (19 bb)

Remaining payouts:

1st: $35,378 + Trophy
2nd: $21,960
3rd: $13,115
4th: $8,235
5th: $6,100
6th: $5,246
7th: $4,545
8th: $4,026
9th: $3,538
10th: $3,111