$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty (Single Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 18: 4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining: 4 of 128
On a flop of 
, Myles German was all in for 150,000 with 
and needed to get lucky against Chris Gilkey’s 
.
German tells the dealer “Give me an eight!”
The turn is the 
, and the dealer obliges when the 
hits the river.
“Lucky river game man” German says as he rakes in the pot.
Myles German – 320,000 (40 bb)
Chris Gilkey – 255,000 (32 bb)
$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty (Single Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 18: 4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining: 4 of 128
Brian Altman opens from under the gun and gets two callers.
Kristopher Tate says “You’re just going to raise every hand?”
Altman responds “Only the good ones”
The flop comes 
, it checks to Altman who continuation bets to take down the pot.
Brian Altman – 1,600,000 (200 bb)
$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty (Single Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 18: 4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining: 4 of 128
The $1,650 Purple Chip Bounty drew enough players to easily surpass the $100,000 guaranteed prize pool and there are four players returning for Day 2 trying to take home the biggest piece.
Brian Altman returns with a big chip lead, more than twice that of Kristopher Tate in second, with Chris Gilkey in third and Myles German riding the shortest stack.
They will get back underway at 1 pm and continue until we have the Purple Chip Bounty champion.
Seat 1: Chris Gilkey – 418,000 (70 bb)
Seat 2: Kristopher Tate – 453,000 (76 bb)
Seat 3: Brian Atman – 1,466,000 (244 bb)
Seat 4: Myles German – 199,000 (33 bb)
Remaining payouts:
1st: $37,120
2nd: $23,040
3rd: $13,760
4th: $8,600
Primary Event Schedule
10AM: Event 15 – $360 Omaha 8/Stud 8 (Re-Entry)
12PM: Event 16 – $2,200 Eight-Handed NLH (Single Re-Entry)
1PM: Day 2 – $1,650 Purple Chip Bounty (Single Re-Entry)
Secondary and Satellite Schedule
11AM: Event 51 – $390 Showdown Championship Satellite (1-in-10)
3PM: Event 52 – $390 Showdown Championship Satellite (1-in-10)
7PM: Event 53 – $390 Showdown Championship Satellite (1-in-10)
10:30PM: Event 54 – $375 Championship Super Turbo Satellite (1-in-10)
$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty (Single Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
End of Level 17: 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining: 4 of 128
Play has commenced for Day 1 of the Purple Chip Bounty. The final four players will be returning for a 1:00 PM start time.
Here’s how they stack up:
Brian Atman – 1,466,000 (244 bb)
Kristopher Tate – 453,000 (76 bb)
Chris Gilkey – 418,000 (70 bb)
Myles German – 199,000 (33 bb)
$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty (Single Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 15: 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 10 of 128
Here’s a look at how the final ten stack up and what’s at stake:
Seat 1: Chris Gilkey – 341,000 (85 bb)
Seat 2: Eli Levy – 90,000 (23 bb)
Seat 3: Manny Tarich – 195,000 (49 bb)
Seat 4: Greg Baird – 89,000 (23 bb)
Seat 5: Kristopher Tak – 108,000 (27 bb)
Seat 6: Asher Conniff – 154,000 (39 bb)
Seat 7: Raffaelo Locatelli – 720,000 (180 bb)
Seat 8: Brian Altman – 636,000 (159 bb)
Seat 9: Erik Christensen – 112,000 (28 bb)
Seat 10: Myles Gorman – 117,000 (29 bb)
1st: $37,120
2nd: $23,040
3rd: $13,760
4th: 8,600
5th: $6,400
6th: $5,504
7th: $4,768
8th: $4,224
9th: $3,712
10th-12th: $3,264
$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty (Single Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 14: 1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining: 15 of 128
Keith Ferrara opened to 6,000 from late position and chip leader Brian Altman raised to 29,000 fro the small blind.
Ferrara re-raised to 60,000 and Altman shoved. Ferrara quickly called all in for around 200,000 and appeared to be in great shape to double with 
against Altman’s 
.
The flop came 
giving Altman a pair of fives. The turn brought another 
and the river 
made it official. Altman wound up with a full house to score Ferrara’s bounty and burst the money bubble.
Everyone left in now guaranteed a pay day of at least $2,496.
Brian Altman – 520,000 (173 bb)
Keith Ferrara – Eliminated
2019 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 13
$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty (Single Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed
Entries: 128
Prize Pool: $128,000
Bounty Prize Pool: $64,000
April 10-11, 2019
The numbers are in and the Purple Chip Bounty tournament officially drew 128 entries to easily surpass the $100,000 Guarantee. They created a combined prize pool of $128,000.
The last 16 players will share a piece of the regular prize pool with $2,496 for a min-cash and $37,120 for the next Showdown champion.
1st: $37,120
2nd: $23,040
3rd: $13,760
4th: 8,600
5th: $6,400
6th: $5,504
7th: $4,768
8th: $4,224
9th: $3,712
10th-12th: $3,264
13th-15th: $2,848
16th: $2,496
$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty (Single Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
End of Level 11: 1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Players Remaining: 22 of 128
The final twenty-two players are currently on dinner break. Here’s a look at some notable stacks
Asher Conniff – 200,000
Raffaello Localetti – 200,000
Eli Levy – 175,000
James Gilbert – 160,000
Myles Gorman – 155,000
Matt Affleck – 138,000
Kristopher Tate – 138,000
Cord Garcia – 105,000
Ivan Sergeyev – 98,000
Greg Rosen – 90,000
Aram Zobian – 61,000
Gregory Baird – 43,000
$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty (Single Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3: 100/200 with a 200 ante
Entries: 67
The Purple Chip Bounty tournaments generally have a big turnout at the start of the day and today is no exception. With a third of the prize money available at the start ($1,000 goes in the standard prize pool, $500 into bounties), it means players want to be here as early as possible for max value.
They came out in numbers and they surpassed the $100,000 Guarantee before the first hour was up. They’ll keep piling it up this afternoon until registration closes at 4:30pm.
