$1,650 No-Limit Hold’em Purple Chip Bounty (Re-Entry) Level 17: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 ante Players Remaining 13 of 129 Average Stack: 119,000 (39 bb)
Dmitry Savelyev raised to 7,000 from early position, Jack Duong called from the hijack, Gilbert Diaz called from the cutoff, and Griffin Abel three-bet shoved from the small blind for about 83,000. Savelyev isolated the pot with a reshove of his own and showed , racing with Abel’s .
The board came down , no help to Abel, ending his tournament in 14th place.
Dmitry Savelyev – 225,000 (75 bb) Griffin Abel – Eliminated in 14th Place ($2,371)
$1,650 No-Limit Hold’em Purple Chip Bounty (Re-Entry) Level 17: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 ante Players Remaining 15 of 129 Average Stack: 103,000 (34 bb)
The big Purple Chip Bounty tournament drew an even 150 entries and exactly ten percent of the field survived the full 16 levels on Day 1. They made the money late on the first day with 18 getting paid before they paused for an overnight break with 15 players remaining.
WSOP bracelet winner Joey Weissman holds a huge lead at the restart while SHRP regular Richard Rice is the shortest of the 15 remaining players and Seminole Hard Rock Poker team member Stewart Newman is in the middle of the pack.
Cards go back in the air at 2pm and we’ll continue to follow the action.
Table 7 Seat 1: Joseph Zelnick – 138,500 (46 bb) Seat 2: Larry Baxter – 121,000 (40 bb) Seat 3: –empty– Seat 4: Stanley Lee – 91,000 (30 bb) Seat 5: Mike Comisso – 52,500 (17 bb) Seat 6: Stewart Newman – 124,500 (41 bb) Seat 7: –empty– Seat 8: Jeff Manders – 91,500 (30 bb) Seat 9: Richard Rice – 31,000 (10 bb)
$1,650 No-Limit Hold’em Purple Chip Bounty (Re-Entry) Upcoming Level 17: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 ante Players Remaining 15 of 129 Average Stack: 103,000 (34 bb)
Table 7 Seat 1: Joseph Zelnick – 138,500 (46 bb) Seat 2: Larry Baxter – 121,000 (40 bb) Seat 3: –empty– Seat 4: Stanley Lee – 91,000 (30 bb) Seat 5: Mike Comisso – 52,500 (17 bb) Seat 6: Stewart Newman – 124,500 (41 bb) Seat 7: –empty– Seat 8: Jeff Manders – 91,500 (30 bb) Seat 9: Richard Rice – 31,000 (10 bb)
$1,650 No-Limit Hold’em Purple Chip Bounty (Re-Entry) Upcoming Level 17: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 ante Players Remaining 15 of 129 Average Stack: 103,000 (34 bb)
$1,650 No-Limit Hold’em Purple Chip Bounty (Re-Entry) Level 15: 1,000/2,000 with a 300 ante Players Remaining 18 of 129
There was just a short break in the action of the $1,650 No-Limit Hold’em purple chip bounty as they re-drew for seats at the final two tables.
With 18 players left, they are all in the money and guaranteed a cash of at least $2,033.
Joey Weissman holds the chip lead with the final table approaching. He sits with 210,000. Seminole Hard Rock Poker Team Member Stewart Newman is still alive, as well as Jack Duong, and Erik Christensen.
There is about 35 minutes remaining in level 15 and they are scheduled to bag and tag chips at the end of level 16.
$1,650 No-Limit Hold’em Purple Chip Bounty Level 11: 400/800 with a 100 ante Total Entries: 129
Players are back from a one-hour dinner break and cards are back in the air with blinds of 400/800 and a 100 ante. With level 11 underway, late registration and re-entry is closed for the day and the event officially has 129 entries in the field.
The field generated a prizepool of $129,000 plus the bounties up for grabs. When the cage finishes its calculations, the complete payouts will be released.
Play is scheduled to wrap up for the day at the conclusion of level 16.