$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty (Single Re-Entry)
Level 20: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 7 of 126

Adam Geyer moved all in for 43,500 in early position, and Brian Hastings called next to act. From the small blind, Tom Nguyen re-shoved for just over 150,000, and Hastings folded, claiming pocket fours.

Geyer:
Nguyen:

The board ran out , and Nguyen won the knockout pot with a pair of jacks. Geyer was eliminated in seventh place.

Tom Nguyen – 250,000 (42 bb)
Adam Geyer – Eliminated in 7th place ($4,914)

$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty (Single Re-Entry)
Level 20: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 7 of 126

Brian Hastings moved all in for 109,000 under the gun, and Raffaello Locatelli re-shoved in middle position, isolating himself against Hastings and flipping for his bounty.

Hastings:
Locatelli:

The board ran out , and Hastings won the race to double up with a flush.

Brian Hastings – 234,000 (39 bb)
Raffaello Locatelli – 340,000 (57 bb)

$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty (Single Re-Entry)
Level 19: 2,500/5,000 with a 500 Ante
Players Remaining: 7 of 126

Tom Nguyen opened the cutoff to 12,500, and Adam Geyer three-bet shoved for 44,500 in the big blind. Nguyen called to put him at risk.

Nguyen:
Geyer:

The board ran out , and Geyer doubled up with aces up.

Adam Geyer – 95,000 (19 bb)
Tom Nguyen – 130,000 (26 bb)

$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty (Single Re-Entry)
Level 19: 2,500/5,000 with a 500 Ante
Players Remaining: 7 of 126

Tom Nguyen opened to 13,000 in middle position, and Derek Bowers three-bet shoved for 81,000 in the cutoff. From the big blind, Brian Hastings re-shoved for about 180,000, and Nguyen open-folded pocket fours. Bowers was heads-up and at risk as the cards were shown down, and he’d found himself in a good spot.

Bowers:
Hastings:

The board ran out , and Bowers’ kicker played to earn him a double-up.

Derek Bowers – 181,000 (36 bb)
Brian Hastings – 95,000 (19 bb)

$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty (Single Re-Entry)
Level 19: 2,500/5,000 with a 500 Ante
Players Remaining: 7 of 126

Adam Geyer opened with a raise, and Raffaello Locatelli called in position.

The flop was , and Geyer continued with a bet. Locatelli raised, Geyer shoved, and Locatelli called all in for 199,500 to put himself at risk.

Geyer: (pair of jacks)
Locatelli: (nines up)

Locatelli had out-flopped Geyer, and his lead held as the turn and river completed the board with blanks. Locatelli doubled up into the chip lead, leaving Geyer as the shortest stack at the table.

Raffaello Locatelli – 425,000 (85 bb)
Adam Geyer – 40,000 (8 bb)

$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty (Single Re-Entry)
Level 19: 2,500/5,000 with a 500 Ante
Players Remaining: 7 of 126

Derek Bowers opened to 12,000 under the gun, Patrick Eskandar called next to act, Raffaello Locatelli called in the small blind, and Tom Nguyen defended his big blind to create four-way action.

The flop was , and all three players checked. The turn was the . Locatelli led for 20,500, and Nguyen raised all in for 79,000 total. It folded back to Locatelli, and he called to put Nguyen at risk.

Locatelli: (nines and threes)
Nguyen: (nines and fives)

The river was the , and Nguyen doubled up with the better two pair.

Tom Nguyen – 209,500 (42 bb)
Raffaello Locatelli – 210,000 (42 bb)

$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty (Single Re-Entry)
Level 19: 2,500/5,000 with a 500 Ante
Players Remaining: 8 of 126

James Dorrance refused to relinquish his bounty quietly, but he’s finally been relieved of his last few chips.

His final hand began with Stephen Chidwick opening to 12,000 and Dorrance moving all in for 14,000 in the cutoff. Tom Nguyen (button) and Patrick Eskandar (big blind) both called, as well, creating three-way action on the side.

The three live players checked it down as the board ran out , and all four hands were tabled:

Chidwick:
Dorrance:
Locatelli:
Eskandar:

Eskandar rivered the winner with a pair of treys, claiming the pot and the bounty. Dorrance was eliminated in eighth place.

Patrick Eskandar – 285,000 (57 bb)
James Dorrance – Eliminated in 8th place ($3,654)

$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty (Single Re-Entry)
End of Level 18: 2,000/4,000 with a 500 Ante
Players Remaining: 8 of 126

Level 18 is complete, and the eight remaining players are on a 15-minute break. Here’s how they’ll stack up when they return to the 5,000-big-blind level:

Seat 1: Patrick Eskandar – 236,000 (47 bb)
Seat 2: Adam Geyer – 183,000 (37 bb)
Seat 3: Brian Hastings – 196,500 (39 bb)
Seat 4: Stephen Chidwick – 262,500 (53 bb)
Seat 5: Raffaello Locatelli – 311,500 (62 bb)
Seat 6: James Dorrance – 15,000 (3 bb)
Seat 7: Tom Nguyen – 166,000 (33 bb)
Seat 8: –empty–
Seat 9: Derek Bowers – 141,000 (28 bb)

$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty (Single Re-Entry)
Level 18: 2,000/4,000 with a 500 Ante
Players Remaining: 8 of 126

Adam Geyer limped the button, and Brian Hastings raised to 16,000 in the small blind. Geyer called.

The flop was . Hastings continued for 14,000, and Geyer moved all in with his big stack. Hastings had 69,500 chips left in front of him, and he deliberated for a couple minutes before calling to put himself at risk.

Geyer: (straight draw)
Hastings: (pair of queens)

Hastings’ call was correct, and he was rewarded with a double-up as the turn and river completed the board safely.

Brian Hastings – 207,000 (52 bb)
Adam Geyer – 190,000 (48 bb)

$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty (Single Re-Entry)
Level 18: 2,000/4,000 with a 500 Ante
Players Remaining: 8 of 126

Tom Nguyen moved all in for 50,500 under the gun, and James Dorrance called from the big blind, having Nguyen slightly covered.

Nguyen:
Dorrance:

The board ran out , giving Nguyen sevens full and a come-from-behind double-up.

Dorrance was left with just 5,000 chips, but a full orbit later, he’s still nursing his super-short stack.

Tom Nguyen – 107,000 (27 bb)
James Dorrance – 5,000 (1 bb)