$1,700 Purple Chip Bounty Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 77

Level 17 came to an end, and the players took a 15-minute break. Here are the official chip counts from the table:

Seat 1.  Lewe Thiesen  –  491,000  (61 bb)
Seat 2.  Damjan Radanov  –  75,000  (9 bb)
Seat 3.  David Moreno  –  376,000  (47 bb)
Seat 4.  Cuba Levenberry  –  226,000  (28 bb)
Seat 5.  Milos Ivanovic  –  372,000  (47 bb)

And the payouts:

1st:  $26,020
2nd:  $15,015
3rd:  $9,395
4th:  $6,355
5th:  $4,815

6th:  Kharlin Sued  –  $3,850
7th:  Dylan Smith  –  $3,465
8th:  Robert Michener  –  $3,080
9th:  Russell Brooks  –  $2,695
10th:  Steve Yagudaev  –  $2,310

With five players remaining, the average chip stack is around 308,000 (39 big blinds).

$1,700 Purple Chip Bounty Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 77

After a flop of with 41K in the pot, Lewe Thiesen checked the big blind, and David Moreno checked behind from the cutoff.

The turn card was the , Thiesen checked, Moreno bet 20,000, and Thiesen check-pot-raised to 101,000. Moreno moved all in for 151,000, and Thiesen quickly called.

Lewe Thiesen:    (pair of queens, wrap draw)
David Moreno:    (pair of kings, heart flush draw, gutshot straight draw)

The river card was the , and Moreno won the pot with his pair of kings to double up in chips. It was the second double-up for Moreno in the span of 10 minutes.

David Moreno  –  500,000  (83 bb)
Lewe Thiesen  –  343,000  (57 bb)

With five players remaining, the average chip stack is around 308,000 (51 big blinds), and the next player to be eliminated will earn $4,815 for fifth place.

$1,700 Purple Chip Bounty Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 77

Milos Ivanovic raised under the gun 15,000, David Moreno pot-raised from the small blind to 55,000, and Ivanovic moved all in. Moreno called all in for 70,000, and they turned over their cards.

Milos Ivanovic:  
David Moreno:  

The board came , and Moreno rivered an eight-high straight to win the pot and double up in chips.

David Moreno  –  152,000  (25 bb)
Milos Ivanovic  –  330,000  (55 bb)

With five players remaining, the average chip stack is around 308,000 (51 big blinds), and the next player to be eliminated will earn $4,815 for fifth place.

$1,700 Purple Chip Bounty Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 77

Kharlin Sued (UTG) got it all in preflop for 125,000 against chipleader Lewe Thiesen in the small blind.

Lewe Thiesen:  
Kharlin Sued:  

The board came , and Thiesen paired his eight on the turn and his nine on the river to win the pot with two pair and eliminate Sued in sixth place. Thiesen also collected the $500 bounty on Sued.

Lewe Thiesen  –  620,000  (103 bb)
Kharlin Sued  –  Eliminated in 6th Place ($3,850)

With five players remaining, the average chip stack is around 308,000 (51 big blinds), and the next player to be eliminated will earn $4,815 for fifth place.

$1,700 Purple Chip Bounty Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 77

Damjan Radanov (UTG) and David Moreno (cutoff) put in 39,000 each to see a flop of , and they both check.

The turn card was the , Radanov bet 48,000, and Moreno called.

The river card was the , Radanov bet 65,000, and Moreno went into the tank. Eventually, Radanov called for a clock, and a floorperson came to the table to begin the 30-second countdown.

After 10-15 seconds, Moreno called.

Damjan Radanov:    (trip tens with an ace)
David Moreno:  mucked

Radanov turned over trip tens to win the pot, and Moreno mucked, dropping down to about 12 big blinds.

Damjan Radanov  –  424,000  (71 bb)
David Moreno  –  70,000  (12 bb)

With six players remaining, the average chip stack is around 257,000 (43 big blinds), and the next player to be eliminated will earn $3,850 for sixth place.

$1,700 Purple Chip Bounty Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 16:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 77

David Moreno completed the small blind to 5,000, and Cuba Levenberry checked his option in the big blind.

The flop came , Moreno bet 5,000, and Levenberry called.

The turn card was the , Moreno bet 18,000, and Levenberry tanked for a while before he called.

The river card paired the board with the , Moreno bet 15,000, and Levenberry went into the tank with just 58K left in his stack.

Levenberry eventually called, and Moreno said, “Good call.

David Moreno:    (two pair, kings and sixes)
Cuba Levenberry:    (two pair, aces and kings)

Levenberry won the pot with his higher two pair to bounce back up to 134,000 in chips.

Cuba Levenberry  –  134,000  (27 bb)
David Moreno  –  202,000  (40 bb)

With six players remaining, the average chip stack is around 257,000 (51 big blinds), and the next player to be eliminated will earn $3,850 for sixth place.

$1,700 Purple Chip Bounty Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 16:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 77

Dylan Smith got it all in preflop from the cutoff for 29,000 against David Moreno in the big blind.

David Moreno:  
Dylan Smith:  

The board came , and the pocket aces held up for Moreno to win the pot and eliminate Smith in seventh place. Moreno also collected the $500 bounty on Smith.

David Moreno  –  230,000  (46 bb)
Dylan Smith  –  Eliminated in 7th Place  ($3,465)

With six players remaining, the average chip stack is around 257,000 (51 big blinds), and the next player to be eliminated will earn $3,850 for sixth place.

$1,700 Purple Chip Bounty Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 16:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 77

A couple of minutes after chipleader Lewe Thiesen arrived, Robert Michener raised UTG+1 to about 13,000, and Thiesen called from the button.

The flop came , Michener bet 21,000, and Thiesen called.

The turn card was the , and Michener thought for a while before he checked. Thiesen checked behind.

The river card was the , Michener moved all in for about 42,000, and Thiesen snap-called.

Lewe Thiesen:    (kings full of jacks)
Robert Michener:    (jacks full of kings)

Thiesen won the pot with a larger full house, kings full of jacks, to eliminate Michener in eighth place and collect the $500 bounty.

Lewe Thiesen  –  570,000  (114 bb)
Robert Michener – Eliminated in 8th Place  ($3,080)

With seven players remaining, the average chip stack is around 220,000 (44 big blinds), and the next player to be eliminated will earn $3,465 for seventh place.

$1,700 Purple Chip Bounty Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 16:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 77

The cards got in the air for the final eight players at 2:01 pm, but chipleader Lewe Thiesen didn’t show up until 2:13 pm. But now all eight players are in their seats, and they will playing down to a winner today.

With eight players remaining, the average chip stack is around 193,000 (39 big blinds), and the next player to be eliminated will earn $3,080 for eighth place.

$1,700 Purple Chip Bounty Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 16:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 77

The $1,700 Purple Chip Bounty Pot Limit Omaha tournament drew 77 entries to the two-day tournament and eight players return this afternoon at 2 pm. They are in the money and locked up $3,080 with $26,020 sitting up top for the Event 21 champ.

Cards go back in the air at the top of the hour with 60-minute levels and Lewe Thiesen leading.

Seat 1:  Lewe Thiesen  –  494,000  (99 bb)
Seat 2:  Dylan Smith  –  49,000  (10 bb)
Seat 3:  Damjan Radanov  –  121,000  (24 bb)
Seat 4:  Kharlin Sued  –  166,000  (33 bb)
Seat 5:  Robert Michener  –  77,000  (15 bb)
Seat 6:  David Moreno  –  179,000  (36 bb)
Seat 7:  Cuba Levenberry  –  108,000  (22 bb)
Seat 8:  Milos Ivanovic  –  346,000  (69 bb)

Remaining payouts:

1st:  $26,020
2nd:  $15,015
3rd:  $9,395
4th:  $6,355
5th:  $4,815
6th:  $3,850
7th:  $3,465
8th:  $3,080