$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty NLH (Single Re-Entry)
Level 22: 5,000/10,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 3 of 139

Josias Santos opened the button to 30,000, and Phong Nguyen three-bet shoved for 262,000 in the small blind. Santos asked for the count, then called to put Nguyen at risk.

Santos:
Nguyen:

The board ran out , and Nguyen doubled up with nines up.

Phong Nguyen – 537,000 (54 bb)
Josias Santos – 625,000 (63 bb)

$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty NLH (Single Re-Entry)
Level 22: 5,000/10,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 3 of 139

Phong Nguyen opened the button to 25,000, and Josias Santos defended his big blind.

Both players checked through the flop, and the turn was the . Santos led for 35,000, and Nguyen called. The river was the , and Nguyen called another bet from Santos — 57,000 this time.

Santos showed down , winning the pot with trip nines.

Josias Santos – 755,000 (76 bb)
Phong Nguyen – 280,000 (28 bb)

$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty NLH (Single Re-Entry)
Level 22: 5,000/10,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 3 of 139

Jordan Meltzer limped the button, Josias Santos completed in the small blind, and Phong Nguyen checked his option in the big.

All three players checked through the flop. The turn was the , and it checked to Meltzer, who bet 16,000. Santos folded, but Nguyen check-raised to 42,000, and Meltzer called. The river was the , and Meltzer called a final bet of 75,000 from Nguyen.

At showdown, Nguyen’s was best, and he won the pot with tens up.

Phong Nguyen – 335,000 (34 bb)
Jordan Meltzer – 585,000 (59 bb)

$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty NLH (Single Re-Entry)
Level 21: 4,000/8,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 4 of 139

Marc Schiller opened to 25,000 under the gun, and Jordan Meltzer three-bet to 75,000 in the big blind. Schiller four-bet shoved for about 225,000, and Meltzer called to put him at risk.

Schiller:
Meltzer:

Schiller managed to flop a set on the flop, but unfortunately for him, Meltzer did too. Drawing dead to one out, Schiller could not catch up as the turn and river completed the board. He was eliminated in fourth place, giving his chips and his bounty to Meltzer.

Jordan Meltzer – 730,000 (91 bb)
Marc Schiller – Eliminated in 4th place ($8,757)

$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty NLH (Single Re-Entry)
Level 21: 4,000/8,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 5 of 139

Hyon Kim opened the button to 18,000, and Josias Santos called in the small blind.

The flop was . Santos checked, Kim continued for 22,000, and Santos check-raised to 50,000. Kim called the remainder, and they both checked through the turn. The river was the , and Santos moved all in for about 130,000 effective. Kim called all in for that amount, putting himself at risk.

Santos showed for queens up with an ace, and Kim’s reaction made it clear that he couldn’t beat it. The latter tabled his inferior as he headed to the payout desk in fifth place.

After earning Kim’s bounty, Santos is now the chip leader for the first time at this final table.

Josias Santos – 735,000 (92 bb)
Hyon Kim – Eliminated in 5th place ($6,811)

$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty NLH (Single Re-Entry)
Level 21: 4,000/8,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 5 of 139

Jordan Meltzer opened the cutoff to 16,000, Marc Schiller called on the button, and Josias Santos defended his big blind to create three-way action.

All three players checked through the flop. The turn was the , and Santos checked again. Meltzer bet 38,000, Schiller folded, and Santos check-raised to 110,000. Meltzer gave it a look but eventually surrendered his cards into the muck.

Santos won the pot with no showdown, drawing nearly even with Meltzer atop the chip counts.

Josias Santos – 525,000 (66 bb)
Jordan Meltzer – 530,000 (66 bb)

$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty NLH (Single Re-Entry)
Level 20: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 5 of 139

Phong Nguyen completed from the small blind, Jordan Meltzer raised to 21,000 in the big, and Nguyen called the remainder to see a flop.

It came . Nguyen checked, Meltzer continued for 10,000, and Nguyen check-raised to 30,000. Meltzer re-raised to 63,000, though, and Nguyen pondered for a minute or two before folding.

The two shared a couple quiet comments while Meltzer held his cards. “You probably don’t want to see it,” he said at one point. “But if you want to…” Nguyen did want to see it, so Meltzer obliged and tabled his as the dealer pushed him the pot.

Jordan Meltzer – 510,000 (85 bb)
Phong Nguyen – 375,000 (63 bb)

$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty NLH (Single Re-Entry)
Level 20: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 6 of 139

For the second consecutive hand, Christian Harder open-shoved, this time for 59,000 in middle position. The first shove got through uncalled, but Marc Schiller called from the big blind this time, putting Harder at risk.

Harder:
Schiller:

The board ran out , and Schiller rivered a pair of tens to win the pot and the bounty. Harder was eliminated in sixth place.

Marc Schiller – 360,000 (60 bb)
Christian Harder – Eliminated in 6th place ($5,699)

$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty NLH (Single Re-Entry)
Level 20: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 6 of 139

Josias Santos opened the button to 12,000, and Jordan Meltzer three-bet to 42,000 in the big blind. Santos called.

The flop was , and both players checked. The turn was the . Meltzer bet 45,000, and Santos called. The river was the , and Meltzer checked. Santos quickly bet 50,000, sending Meltzer deep into the tank. He had 106,000 chips left in front of him, so the bet represented close to half his remaining stack.

“I was kinda planning on calling,” Meltzer said at one point during his soak. “But you bet so small.” After several minutes, he did indeed call. He was right; Santos showed for a miss, and Meltzer’s was good enough to win him the pot with his king kicker.

Jordan Meltzer – 338,000 (56 bb)
Josias Santos – 175,000 (29 bb)

$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty NLH (Single Re-Entry)
Level 19: 2,500/5,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 7 of 139

Josias Santos opened to 10,000 under the gun, and Marc Schiller called in the cutoff. From the button, TK Miles three-bet to 33,000, and Santos folded out of the way. Schiller moved all in for about 170,000 effective, though, and Miles called all in to put himself at risk for that amount.

Schiller:
Miles:

The flop was bad news for Miles, and he could not catch back up. The turn and river completed the board, giving Schiller the pot and the bounty with a set of nines. Miles was eliminated in seventh place.

Marc Schiller – 355,000 (71 bb)
TK Miles – Eliminated in 7th place ($4,635)