$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guarantee | Structure | Payouts
Level 19: 2,500/5,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 7 of 105

Ken Ray raised from middle position, and Alexandre Caperonis called from the big blind.

The flop was , and Caperonis check-called 16,000 from Ray. The turn was the , and both players checked. The river completed the board, Caperonis checked, Ray bet 15,000, and Caperonis called.

Ray showed for a king-high straight, Caperonis mucked, and Ray won the pot to take the chip lead.

Ken Ray – 265,000 (53 bb)
Alexandre Caperonis – 200,000 (40 bb)

$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guarantee | Structure | Payouts
Upcoming Level 19: 2,500/5,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 7 of 105

Seat 1: Johanssy Joseph – 86,000 (17 bb)
Seat 2: Ken Ray – 209,000 (42 bb)
Seat 3: Matt Shafman – 131,500 (26 bb)
Seat 4: Derek Bowers – 288,000 (58 bb)
Seat 5: Brandon Caputo – 189,500 (38 bb)
Seat 7: David Eller – 144,000 (29 bb)
Seat 10: Alexandre Caperonis – 212,000 (42 bb)

1st: $31,497 + Trophy
2nd: $19,425
3rd: $11,655
4th: $7,613
5th: $5,880
6th: $4,830
7th: $4,095
8th: Yvonne McQuillan – $3,570
9th: Phil Laak – $3,150
10th: Nick Pupillo – $2,783
11th: Anton Wigg – $2,783
12th: Arkadiy Tsinis $2,783
13th: Gerald Aiello – $2,468
14th: Bruce Kramer – $2,468

$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guarantee | Structure | Payouts
Level 18: 2,000/4,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 7 of 105

Alexandre Caperonis raised to 9,000 from the button, and Ken Ray defended his big blind.

The flop came down , and Ray check-called called 10,000 from Caperonis. The turn was the , and both players checked. The river completed the board, Ray bet 20,000, and Caperonis called.

Ray showed for kings full of sixes, Caperonis flashed the as he mucked, and Ray collected the pot.

Ken Ray – 210,000 (53 bb)
Alexandre Caperonis – 213,000 (54 bb)

$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guarantee | Structure | Payouts
Level 18: 2,000/4,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 7 of 105

Matt Shafman limped from the small blind, Derek Bowers raised to 11,000 from the big blind, and Shafman called.

They checked to the turn of an board where Shafman bet 14,000. Bowers called, the river completed the board, and Shafman bet 40,000. After a few moments, Bowers called.

Shafman tabled for eights full of nines, Bowers showed a as he mucked, and Shafman collected the pot.

Matt Shafman – 195,000 (49 bb)
Derek Bowers – 264,000 (66 bb)

$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guarantee | Structure | Payouts
Level 18: 2,000/4,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 7 of 105

Brandon Caputo was all in for 97,000 from the small blind with , leading chip leader Derek Bowers’ on the button.

The board came down , safe for Caputo to double up.

Brandon Caputo – 210,000 (53 bb)
Derek Bowers – 335,000 (84 bb)

$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guarantee | Structure | Payouts
Level 18: 2,000/4,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 7 of 105

Seat 1: Johanssy Joseph – 70,000 (18 bb)
Seat 2: Ken Ray – 210,000 (52 bb)
Seat 3: Matt Shafman – 115,000 (29 bb)
Seat 4: Derek Bowers – 415,000 (104 bb)
Seat 5: Brandon Caputo – 97,500 (23 bb)
Seat 7: David Eller – 104,500 (26 bb)
Seat 10: Alexandre Caperonis – 248,000 (62 bb)

1st: $31,497 + Trophy
2nd: $19,425
3rd: $11,655
4th: $7,613
5th: $5,880
6th: $4,830
7th: $4,095
8th: Yvonne McQuillan – $3,570
9th: Phil Laak – $3,150
10th: Nick Pupillo – $2,783
11th: Anton Wigg – $2,783
12th: Arkadiy Tsinis $2,783
13th: Gerald Aiello – $2,468
14th: Bruce Kramer – $2,468

$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guarantee | Structure | Payouts
Level 17: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 7 of 105

Yvonne McQuillan raised all in from the cutoff for 20,500, and Ken Ray called from the big blind.

McQuillan:
Ray:

The board came down , giving Ray a set of deuces to eliminate McQuillan in eighth place.

Ken Ray – 220,000 (73 bb)
Yvonne McQuillan – Eliminated in 8th Place ($3,570)

$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guarantee | Structure | Payouts
Level 17: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 8 of 105

Phil Laak raised to 6,000 from middle position, Alexandre Caperonis three-bet to 16,000 from the next seat over, and Laak four-bet shoved for 75,000. Caperonis mulled it over for about 90 seconds before he called.

Laak:
Caperonis:

The board came down , giving Caperonis quad nines to eliminate Laak in ninth place.

Alexandre Caperonis – 305,000 (102 bb)
Phil Laak – Eliminated in 9th Place ($3,150)

$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guarantee | Structure | Payouts
Level 17: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 9 of 105

Nick Pupillo (who just arrived) looked at his first hand of the day and raised all in for 20,000  from the hijack. David Eller called from the cutoff, and Alexandre Caperonis called from the big blind.

Caperonis and Eller proceeded to check down a board of .

Eller tabled for aces and queens, Caperonis mucked, while Pupillo showed a defeated .

Pupillo was eliminated in 10th place.

David Eller – 135,000 (45 bb)
Nick Pupillo – Eliminated in 10th Place ($2,783)

$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guarantee | Structure | Payouts
Level 17: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 10 of 105

Seat 1: Johanssy Joseph – 96,500 (32 bb)
Seat 2: Ken Ray – 197,500 (66 bb)
Seat 3: Matt Shafman – 86,000 (29 bb)
Seat 4: Derek Bowers – 368,500 (123 bb)
Seat 5: Brandon Caputo – 104,500 (35 bb)
Seat 6: Nick Pupillo (has not yet arrived) – 21,000 (7 bb)
Seat 7: David Eller – 82,500 (28 bb)
Seat 8: Yvonne McQuillan – 35,000 (12 bb)
Seat 9: Phil Laak – 86,000 (29 bb)
Seat 10: Alexandre Caperonis – 180,000 (60 bb)