$1,650 No Limit Hold’em Purple Chip Bounty
Level 16: 1,200/2,400 with a 400 ante
Players Registered: 139
Players Remaining: 11

At the completion of 16 levels of play, Day 1 of the $1,650 has come to a close and it is 2015 WSOP Main Event runner-up Josh Beckley that leads the final 11 players.

The remaining players return at 2 p.m. to play down to a winner. Everybody remaining is guaranteed a cash of at least $2,780, but the winner will take home $40,308. For each bounty collected, a player will earn an extra $500 in cash.

Here are a look at the chip counts for the tournament’s final day:

Josh Beckley – 365,500
Jean Gaspard – 237,000
Ian O’Hara – 177,000
Andre Crooks – 168,000
Erik Christensen – 161,500
James Hughes – 143,500
Joseph Cappello – 133,500
Gustavo Moscon – 109,000
Jerry Wong – 61,500
Mohammad Arami – 60,000
Brett Bader – 51,500

$570 No Limit Hold’em Deep Stack Re-Entry
Level 30: 50,000/100,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining: 23 of 2,923
Average Stack: 2,540,000 (25 big blinds)

Chris Blik raised under-the-gun and action folded around to Zoltan Czinkota in the small blind. Czinkota moved all in for 790,000 and Blik got an exact count from the dealer before calling.

Czinkota showed and was in the lead against Blik’s . The board ran out and Czinkota’s big slick holds up to find a well-timed double.

Zoltan Czinkota – 1,770,000
Chris Blik – 3,700,000

$570 No Limit Hold’em Deep Stack Re-Entry
Level 29: 40,000/80,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 23 of 2,923
Average Stack: 2,540,000 (31 big blinds)

Ryan Van Sanford moved all in under-the-gun and Tomas Petru called from middle position. Van Sanford showed and was flipping with Petru’s .

The flop was and Petru paired his queen to leave Van Sanford drawing slim. The turn was the and the river was the and Van Sanford was eliminated in 24th place.

Tomas Petru – 2,750,000
Ryan Van Sanford – Eliminated

$570 No Limit Hold’em Deep Stack Re-Entry
Level 29: 40,000/80,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 25 of 2,923
Average Stack: 2,450,000 (30 big blinds)

Joel Dickerson raised from under-the-gun and Harold Evans moved all in from middle position. Dickerson called and the cards were tabled. Dickerson showed and it was a classic race situation against Evans’ .

The board ran out and Dickerson turned an ace to eliminate Evans in 26th place. Evans took home $6,138 for his efforts and Dickerson continued to chip up and is second in chips, behind Asher Conniff.

Joel Dickerson – 5,200,000
Harold Evans – Eliminated

$570 No Limit Hold’em Deep Stack Re-Entry
Level 29: 40,000/80,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 28 of 2,923
Average Stack: 2,080,000 (26 big blinds)

Chris Mull moved all in for about 300,000 from under-the-gun and Matthew Wantman called out of the big blind. Wantman showed and was dominated by Mull’s .

The board ran out and Wantman rivered a queen to eliminate Mull in 29th place. Mull earned $5,188 and Wantman chipped up.

Matthew Wantman – 3,000,000
Chris Mull – Eliminated

$570 No Limit Hold’em Deep Stack Re-Entry
Level 28: 30,000/60,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 32/2,923
Average Stack: 1,825,000 (30 big blinds)

Asher Conniff opened to 130,000 under the gun, and Bundhit Intachai three-bet to 330,000. Conniff called.

The flop came . Intachai continued for 450,000, and Conniff check-raised to 975,000. Intachai moved all in for about 2,200,000 total, and Conniff called to put the largest pot of the tournament up for grabs.

Conniff: (set of sevens)
Intachai: (pair of aces)

Intachai was drawing dead to runner-runner, and the turn and river bricked off to eliminate him in 32nd place. Stacking that pot, Conniff moved into a huge chip lead with well over 100 big blinds.

Asher Conniff – 7,400,000 (123 bb)

$570 No Limit Hold’em Deep Stack Re-Entry
Level 28: 30,000/60,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 32/2,923
Average Stack: 1,825,000 (30 big blinds)

Derek Encenarro moved all in from early position and Chris Blik called from the big blind. Encenarro showed , but was in bad shape against Blik’s .

The dealer quickly ran out a board of and Encenarro rivered a straight to crack Blik’s kings and double up. Blik loses the pot, but is still fairly healthy on chips.

Derek Encenarro – 1,660,000
Chris Blik – 1,950,000

$570 No Limit Hold’em Deep Stack Re-Entry
Level 28: 30,000/60,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 32 of 2,923
Average Stack: 1,825,000 (30 big blinds)

Ryan Van Sanford moved all in for 580,000, and Casey Kaplan called to put him at risk. “Good luck,” Kaplan said.

Van Sanford:
Kaplan:

The board ran out , and Van Sanford rivered a queen-high straight to double up.

Ryan Van Sanford – 1,330,000 (19 bb)
Casey Kaplan – 3,435,000 (57 bb)

$570 No Limit Hold’em Deep Stack Re-Entry
Level 28: 30,000/60,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 33 of 2,923
Average Stack: 1,770,000 (30 big blinds)

The board showed on the turn of a heads-up hand between Ryan Van Sanford and Casey Kaplan. Van Sanford bet 300,000 into a pot of about a million, and Kaplan called. The river was the , and Van Sanford moved all in for 1,170,000 effective. Kaplan snap-called, flicking a single chip into the pot to put himself at risk.

Van Sanford tabled for a miss. Kaplan showed , winning the big pot and doubling up with a pair of tens.

Casey Kaplan – 3,875,000 (65 bb)
Ryan Van Sanford – 450,000 (8 bb)

$570 No Limit Hold’em Deep Stack Re-Entry
Level 28: 30,000/60,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 34 of 2,923
Average Stack: 1,750,000 (29 big blinds)

A player under-the-gun raises to 125,000 and Ruslan Dykshteyn calls from the small blind. Derek Encenarro moves all in for 330,000 and under-the-gun moves all in for just shy of 1 million.

Dykshteyn folds and the cards are tabled. Encenarro shows and is in the lead against under-the-gun’s .

The board runs out and Encenarro doubles up with a pair of sevens.

Derek Encenarro – 875,000