$1,650 No Limit Hold’em Purple Chip Bounty
Level 20: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 ante
Remaining Players: 7 of 139
Average Stack: 238,000 (40 big blinds)

Jean Gaspard opened to 15,000 under the gun, and Erik Christensen  three-bet shoved for 100,000. Gaspard tanked, then called to put him at risk, committing most of his own stack in the process.

Gaspard:
Christensen:

The board ran out , and Christensen doubled up with his high-card kickers.

Erik Christensen – 216,000 (36 bb)
Jean Gaspard – 37,000 (6 bb)

$570 No Limit Hold’em Deep Stack Re-Entry
Level 35: 150,000/300,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining: 6 of 2,923
Average Stack: 9,750,000 (24 big blinds)

Joel Dickerson open-raised to 2.5 million, leaving a single 100K chip sitting on top of his cards. Action folded to Ruslan Dykshteyn and he called the bet then tossed in a 100K chip in the dark.

Dickerson called with to race against , but he fell way behind on the flop. He picked up a gutshot on the turn and called for a ten. Dickerson didn’t get his wish and the river sent him to the payout desk.

Joel Dickerson – Eliminated in 6th place ($60,625)
Ruslan Dykshteyn – 16,500,000 (41 bb)

$570 No Limit Hold’em Deep Stack Re-Entry
Level 35: 150,000/300,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining: 6 of 2,923
Average Stack: 9,750,000 (24 big blinds)

The final table leveled up with six players remaining and Robert Mizrachi holding the lead followed by Safiya Umerova.

Seat 1: Joel Dickerson – 4,000,000 (10 bb)
Seat 3: Casey Kaplan – 9,500,000 (24 bb)
Seat 5: Darren Rabinowtiz – 8,700,000 (22 bb)
Seat 6: Safiya Umerova – 11,250,000 (28 bb)
Seat 8: Ruslan Dykshteyn – 8,100,000 (20 bb)
Seat 9: Robert Mizrachi – 16,900,000 (42 bb)

$1,650 No Limit Hold’em Purple Chip Bounty
Level 19: 2,500/5,000 with a 500 ante
Remaining Players: 7 of 139
Average Stack: 238,000 (48 big blinds)

First in from middle position, Ian O’Hara moved all in for 81,000, and action folded to Jean Gaspard. He stood up from his chair, interrupting his massage and revealing his shirt that reads, “Rise up against the odds.” Gaspard spent a minute talking through the predicament, verbally admonishing himself to fold. Eventually, though, he called to put his opponent at risk.

O’Hara:
Gaspard:

Gaspard walked around the table and began giving the dealer a massage in preparation for the run-out.

The appeared right in the window, and Gaspard squealed with delight as the dealer spread . The turn kept O’Hara alive, though, and the river improved him to the winning aces full. He doubled up through a stunned Gaspard.

Ian O’Hara – 173,000 (35 bb)
Jean Gaspard – 157,000 (31 bb)

$570 No Limit Hold’em Deep Stack Re-Entry
Level 35: 150,000/300,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining: 7 of 2,923
Average Stack: 8,350,000 (28 big blinds)

Jose Beznos tournament came to an end in two quick hands after the break. The first came when he had Casey Kaplan all-in and at risk with against Kaplan’s . The board ran dry to give Caplan the double and knock Beznos under five big blinds.

He moved all-in on the next hand and Ruslan Dykshteyn called in the big blind without looking. Beznos was ahead with against until Dykshteyn hist the flop. The turn and were no help and Beznos was gone in 7th place.

Jose Beznos – Eliminated in 7th place ($45,307)
Casey Kaplan – 6,200,000 (21 bb)
Ruslan Dykshteyn – 7,500,000 (25 bb)

$570 No Limit Hold’em Deep Stack Re-Entry
Level 35: 150,000/300,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining: 7 of 2,923
Average Stack: 8,350,000 (28 big blinds)

Robert Mizrachi came back from break and went on a little tear. He’s nearing 20 million without a showdown. Some from Darren Rabinowitz and the last chunk from Joel Dickerson with an uncalled 1.5 million bet with the board reading .

Robert Mizrachi – 19,250,000 (64 bb)

$1,650 No Limit Hold’em Purple Chip Bounty
Level 19: 2,500/5,000 with a 500 ante
Remaining Players: 7 of 139
Average Stack: 238,000 (48 big blinds)

Jean Gaspard is having a rough level despite the knockout of James Hughes, and his once-towering stack has been cut in half since the break.

In the most recent pot, Ian O’Hara opened the button to 11,000, and Gaspard defended his big blind. The flop came . Gaspard checked, O’Hara continued for 9,000, and O’Hara check-raised to 25,000. O’Hara moved all in for 133,500, and Gaspard called to put him at risk.

O’Hara:
Gaspard:

The turn was the and the river the , and O’Hara’s kicker played to earn him the double-up.

Ian O’Hara – 295,000 (59 bb)
Jean Gaspard – 310,000 (62 bb)

$570 No Limit Hold’em Deep Stack Re-Entry
Level 35: 150,000/300,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining: 7 of 2,923
Average Stack: 8,350,000 (28 big blinds)

Players took a quick 15-minute break and are now back in action. Darren Rabinowitz leads the way with Robert Mizrachi not far behind. He has Team Mizrachi sitting on the rail while Chance Kornuth is here supporting Rabinowitz.

Seat 1: Joel Dickerson – 6,375,000 (21 bb)
Seat 2: Jose Beznos – 5,700,000 (19 bb)
Seat 3: Casey Kaplan – 7,300,000 (24 bb)
Seat 4: Empty
Seat 5: Darren Rabinowitz – 11,000,000 (37 bb)
Seat 6: Safiya Umerova – 9,000,000 (30 bb)
Seat 7: Empty
Seat 8: Ruslan Dykshteyn – 8,650,000 (29 bb)
Seat 9: Rob Mizrachi – 10,725,000 (36 bb)

$1,650 No Limit Hold’em Purple Chip Bounty
Level 19: 2,500/5,000 with a 500 ante
Remaining Players: 8 of 139
Average Stack: 209,000 (42 big blinds)

James Hughes moved all in for 46,500 in early position, and Jean Gaspard called on the button to put him at risk.

Hughes:
Gaspard:

“Oh, I have an over,” Gaspard seemed pleased. “All you need is one over.” He was right. the board ran out , and Gaspard won the pot and the bounty with kings up. Hughes was eliminated in eighth place.

Jean Gaspard – 590,000 (118 bb)
James Hughes – Eliminated

$1,650 No Limit Hold’em Purple Chip Bounty
Start of Level 19: 2,500/5,000 with a 500 ante
Remaining Players: 8 of 139
Average Stack: 209,000 (42 big blinds)

The eight remaining players have just gone on a 15-minute break at the close of Level 18. Here’s how they stack up heading to 2,500/5,000 with a 500 ante:

Jean Gaspard – 616,000 (123 bb)
Joshua Beckley – 300,500 (60 bb)
Joseph Cappello – 220,000 (44 bb)
Mohammad Arani – 205,000 (41 bb)
Andre Crooks – 104,000 (21 bb)
Erik Christensen – 95,500 (19 bb)
Ian O’Hara – 74,000 (15 bb)
James Hughes – 48,000 (10 bb)