Event 12: Erik Christensen Doubles Through Jean Gaspard

$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: Qs3s
Christensen: AhKh

The board ran out 7c6h2cTd2s, and Christensen doubled up with his high-card kickers.

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

Event 12: Ian O’Hara Doubles Through Jean Gaspard Again

$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: AcQs
Gaspard: 3s3d

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

The 3h appeared right in the window, and Gaspard squealed with delight as the dealer spread Ah3h2s. The turn As kept O’Hara alive, though, and the river Qd 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)

Event 12: Ian O’Hara Doubles Through Jean Gaspard

$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 Jd4d2s. 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: Jh9s
Gaspard: Jc3c

The turn was the Qd and the river the 7d, 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)

Event 12: James Hughes – 8th Place ($4,170)

$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
James Hughes

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

Hughes: JsJd
Gaspard: KdTs

“Oh, I have an over,” Gaspard seemed pleased. “All you need is one over.” He was right. the board ran out Kc7s6d6s8s, 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

Event 12: Field Update

$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)

Event 12: Gustavo Moscon – 9th Place ($3,128)

$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)

Gustavo Moscon
Gustavo Moscon

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: 6s6h
Moscon: Ad3c

The board ran out Jh8d7sKs8h, 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

Event 12: Brett Bader – 10th Place ($2,780)

$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
Brett Bader

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

Bader: AsQs
Beckley: AdAh

Bader turned a sweat, but the Kc5d2dJs9d 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

Event 12: Gustavo Moscon on the Move

$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 Jh9h into James Hughes’ As4s. The board ran out Jd5d2sTh8c, 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: TsTd
Moscon: AsTh

The board ran out Qd8d5cAdJs, and Moscon doubled up with a pair of aces.

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

Event 12: Final Table Set

$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)