$1,700 Purple Chip Bounty No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $227,500 |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 21:  8,000/16,000 with a 16,000 ante
Players Remaining:  10 of 227

We just lost Will “The Thrill” Failla in 11th place, and we are now one elimination away from the final table.

Here are the recent eliminations from the final two tables, along with their payouts:

11th:  Will Failla  –  $4,100
12th:  Dale Roesel  –  $4,100

13th:  Anibal Pabon  –  $3,500
14th:  Vincenzo Abate  –  $3,500
15th:  Carter McMahon  –  $3,500

16th:  Eric Firestone  –  $2,900

With 10 players remaining from a field of 227, the average chip stack is around 568,000 (36 big blinds), and the remaining players are guaranteed at least $4,980 each.

$1,700 Purple Chip Bounty No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $227,500 |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 21:  8,000/16,000 with a 16,000 ante
Players Remaining:  11 of 227

Gabe Fuller just doubled up from the small blind with against the of Vitalijs Zavorotnijs in the big blind.

The final board was , and Fuller won the pot with two pair, queens and sixes, while Zavorotnijs missed his flush draw.

Gabe Fuller  –  710,000  (44 bb)
Vitalijs Zavorotnijs  –  450,000  (28 bb)

With 11 players remaining from a field of 227, the average chip stack is around 516,000 (32 big blinds), and the remaining players are guaranteed at least $4,100 each.

$1,700 Purple Chip Bounty No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $227,500 |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 20:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  11 of 227

There was a four-way pot at Table 7, with two players all in preflop. Mikhail Chykiliov was all in under the gun for 91,000, Dale Roesel was all in from the cutoff for 124,000, and Maxwell Young (button) and Anthony Piacquadio (big blind) covered them both.

There was 382,000 in the main pot, and another 99,000 in the side pot. Any further betting would create another, separate side pot.

Piacquadio and Young checked all the way down on a board of , and all four players turned over their cards.

Anthony Piacquadio:    (ace high)
Maxwell Young:    (king high)
Dale Roesel:    (king high)
Mikhail Chykiliov:    (full house, fours full of sevens)

Chykiliov turned a full house, but even just a naked pair of fours would have been enough for him to win the main pot and quadruple up in chips.

Piacquadio won the side pot with ace high to win the side pot for a slight chip profit on the hand. But he also knocked out Roesel in 12th place, earning his $500 cash bounty.

Mikhail Chykiliov  –  382,000  (32 bb)
Anthony Piacquadio  –  950,000  (79 bb)
Maxwell Young  –  735,000  (61 bb)
Dale Roesel  –  Eliminated in 12th Place  ($4,100)

With 11 players remaining from a field of 227, the average chip stack is around 516,000 (43 big blinds), and the remaining players are guaranteed at least $4,100 each.

$1,700 Purple Chip Bounty No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $227,500 |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 20:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  12 of 227

Andrew Boujaoude was all in under the gun for 57,000 with , and he needed to improve to stay alive against the of Maxwell Young in the cutoff.

The board came , and Young paired his ace on the flop, but Boujaoude turned trip fours to win the pot and double up in chips.

Andrew Boujaoude  –  120,000  (10 bb)
Maxwell Young  –  900,000  (75 bb)

Two hands later, Boujaoude doubled up again through Dale Roesel.

Andrew Boujaoude  –  252,000  (21 bb)
Dale Roesel  –  150,000  (13 bb)

With 12 players remaining from a field of 227, the average chip stack is around 473,000 (39 big blinds), and the remaining players are guaranteed at least $4,100 each.

$1,700 Purple Chip Bounty No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $227,500 |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 20:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  12 of 227

With the final board showing with roughly 230K in the pot, Michael Wetcher bet 100,000 from the big blind, and Mike Chiappetta thought for a while before he moved all in for about 490,000.

Wetcher folded, and Chiappetta took the pot.

Mike Chiappetta  –  720,000  (60 bb)
Michael Wetcher  –  210,000  (18 bb)

With 12 players remaining from a field of 227, the average chip stack is around 473,000 (39 big blinds), and the remaining players are guaranteed at least $4,100 each.

$1,700 Purple Chip Bounty No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $227,500 |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 20:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  12 of 227

Andrew Boujaoude raised from the button to 30,000, Dale Roesel reraised from the small blind to 100,000, and Maxwell Young four-bet it from the big blind to 225,000.

Boujaoude thought for a while before he folded, and Roesel thought for a while before he called.

The flop came , Roesel checked, Young bet 100,000, and Roesel folded, showing . Young showed one card — the — as he took the pot.

Maxwell Young  –  840,000  (70 bb)
Dale Roesel  –  360,000  (30 bb)

With 12 players remaining from a field of 227, the average chip stack is around 473,000 (39 big blinds), and the remaining players are guaranteed at least $4,100 each.

$1,700 Purple Chip Bounty No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $227,500 |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 19:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  12 of 227

Anibal Pabon was all in under the gun for 66,000 with , and he needed it to hold to stay alive against the of Dale Roesel in the small blind.

The board came , and Pabon paired his ace on the flop, only to see Roesel flop a flush draw, pair his king on the turn, and river trips to win the pot. Pabon was eliminated in 13th place.

Dale Roesel  –  520,000  (52 bb)
Anibal Pabon  –  Eliminated in 13th Place  ($3,500)

With 12 players remaining from a field of 227, the average chip stack is around 473,000 (47 big blinds), and the remaining players are guaranteed at least $4,100 each.

$1,700 Purple Chip Bounty No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $227,500 |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 19:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  13 of 227

David Moses raised from the cutoff to 31,000, Michael Wetcher joined the pot from the button, and Mike Chiappetta moved all in from the big blind for 176,000.

Moses folded, and Wetcher called with . Chiappetta turned over , and needed it to hold to stay alive.

The board came — Wetcher paired his jack on the flop, but Chiappetta rivered an ace-high straight to win the pot and double up in chips.

Mike Chiappetta  –  398,000  (40 bb)
Michael Wetcher  –  385,000  (39 bb)

With 13 players remaining from a field of 227, the average chip stack is around 437,000 (44 big blinds), and the remaining players are guaranteed at least $3,500 each.

$1,700 Purple Chip Bounty No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $227,500 |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 19:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  13 of 227

The players return from break to begin Level 19, with increased blinds of 5,000-10,000 and a big blind ante of 10,000.

With 13 players remaining from a field of 227, the average chip stack is around 437,000 (44 big blinds). Here are the official chip counts from the break:

TABLE 7
Seat 1.  Anibal Pabon  –  140,000  (14 bb)
Seat 2.  Shane Santacroce  –  732,000  (73 bb)
Seat 3.  
Seat 4.  Anthony Piacquadio  –  559,000  (56 bb)
Seat 5.  Mikhail Chykiliov  –  245,000  (25 bb)
Seat 6.  Andrew Boujaoude  –  277,000  (28 bb)
Seat 7.  Dale Roesel  –  302,000  (30 bb)
Seat 8.  Maxwell Young  –  819,000  (82 bb)

TABLE 8
Seat 1.  David Moses  –  440,000  (44 bb)
Seat 2.  Michael Wetcher  –  514,000  (51 bb)
Seat 3.  Will Failla  –  430,000  (43 bb)
Seat 4.  
Seat 5.  Mike Chiappetta  –  191,000  (19 bb)
Seat 6.  Gabe Fuller  –  447,000  (45 bb)
Seat 7.  Vitalijs Zavorotnijs  –  579,000  (58 bb)
Seat 8.  

And here are the remaining payouts at stake, followed by recent eliminations:

1st:  $48,640 + Showdown Trophy
2nd:  $33,000
3rd:  $24,600
4th:  $18,400
5th:  $13,900
6th:  $10,600
7th:  $8,200
8th:  $6,300
9th-10th:  $4,980
11th-12th:  $4,100
13th:  $3,500

14th:  Vincenzo Abate  –  $3,500
15th:  Carter McMahon  –  $3,500

16th:  Eric Firestone  –  $2,900

$1,700 Purple Chip Bounty No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $227,500 |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 18:  4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  14 of 227

Carter McMahon raised from the hijack to 18,000, Vitalijs Zavorotnijs called from the cutoff, and Michael Wetcher reraised from the small blind to 90,000. McMahon moved all in for roughly 200,000, and Zavorotnijs quickly folded.

Wetcher quickly called with , and McMahon turned over . McMahon needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and McMahon turned a gutshot straight draw, but improved no further. Wetcher won the pot with his pocket queens to eliminate McMahon in 15th place.

Michael Wetcher  –  580,000  (73 bb)
Carter McMahon  –  Eliminated in 15th Place  ($3,500)

With 14 players remaining from a field of 227, the average chip stack is around 405,000 (51 big blinds), and the remaining players are guaranteed at least $3,500 each.