$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)

$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)

$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)

$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)

$1,650 No Limit Hold’em Purple Chip Bounty
Level 18: 2,000/4,000 with a 500 ante
Remaining Players: 9 of 139
Average Stack: 185,000 (46 big blinds)

Joseph Cappello opened to 9,000 in early position, and Gustavo Moscon three-bet shoved for about 70,000 in the big blind. “Wow, you hate me, don’t you?” Cappello asked. “I mean, I got a pair,” he said. After eying up Moscon’s stack, Cappello called to put him at risk.

Cappello:
Moscon:

The board ran out , and Cappello’s sixes held to earn him the knockout. Moscon was eliminated in ninth place.

Joseph Cappello – 190,000 (48 bb)
Gustavo Moscon – Eliminated

$1,650 No Limit Hold’em Purple Chip Bounty
Level 18: 2,000/4,000 with a 500 ante
Remaining Players: 10 of 139
Average Stack: 167,000 (42 big blinds)

Brett Bader was all in for about 50,000 preflop, and he was in bad shape against Joshua Beckley.

Bader:
Beckley:

Bader turned a sweat, but the board failed to get him over the hump. Beckley’s aces held, eliminating Bader in tenth place.

Joshua Beckley – 380,000 (95 bb)
Brett Bader – Eliminated

$1,650 No Limit Hold’em Purple Chip Bounty
Level 18: 2,000/4,000 with a 500 ante
Remaining Players: 10 of 139
Average Stack: 167,000 (42 big blinds)

Gustavo Moscon doubled up in a recent hand after four-bet shoving for 30,000 with into James Hughes’ . The board ran out , and Moscon’s pair of jacks kept him alive.

Moments later, Joseph Cappello opened to 9,000 under the gun, and Moscon three-bet shoved for 75,000 in the small blind. Cappello called to put him at risk.

Cappello:
Moscon:

The board ran out , and Moscon doubled up with a pair of aces.

Gustavo Moscon –  159,000 (40 bb)
Joseph Cappello – 65,000 (16 bb)

$1,650 No Limit Hold’em Purple Chip Bounty
Level 17: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 ante
Remaining Players: 10 of 139
Average Stack: 167,000 (56 big blinds)

Jerry Wong was eliminated in 11th place, setting the final table for Event 12. Here’s how they’re laid out:

Seat 1: Joshua Beckley – 359,500 (120 bb)
Seat 2: James Hughes – 142,000 (47 bb)
Seat 3: Mohammad Arani – 150,000 (50 bb)
Seat 4: Brett Bader – 53,500 (18 bb)
Seat 5: Ian O’Hara – 177,000 (59 bb)
Seat 6: Andre Crooks – 168,000 (56 bb)
Seat 7: Gustavo Moscon – 95,000 (32 bb)
Seat 8: Jean Gaspard – 243,000 (81 bb)
Seat 9: Joseph Cappello – 133,000 (44 bb)
Seat 10: Erik Christensen – 158,500 (53 bb)

$1,650 No Limit Hold’em Purple Chip Bounty
Level 17: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 ante
Remaining Players: 11 of 139
Average Stack: 142,000 (47 big blinds)

Eight of the final 11 players are back in their chairs, and the run the the trophy has begun. Everyone left is guaranteed to earn at least $2,780, with a trophy and a top prize of more than $40,000 awaiting the winner.