$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty (Single Re-Entry)
Level 18: 2,000/4,000 with a 500 Ante
Players Remaining: 8 of 126

Brian Hastings opened the button to 10,000, and Raffaello Locatelli three-bet to 24,000 in the big blind. Hastings called.

The flop was . Locatelli stacked up 30,000 chips, put his hand behind the bet, then paused and checked. Hastings bet 17,000.

“You’re opening a restaurant?” Locatelli asked as he considered.

“A tea shop,” Hastings corrected him. With that, Locatelli called.

The turn was the , and Locatelli led for 40,000. Hastings called. The river was the , putting two pair on board. Locatelli checked, and Hastings moved all in for about 105,000. Locatelli had about 110,000 chips left in front of him, so the decision essentially represented his tournament life. He folded after just  few seconds, and Hastings tabled as the dealer pushed him the pot.

A conversation followed, during which Locatelli dodged disclosing the contents of his hand and Hastings tried to explain where it went wrong for his opponent. “I got a Christmas gift idea for you,” Hastings said at one point. “Mike Caro’s Book of Tells. There’s another one by Joe Navarro too.”

Brian Hastings – 273,000 (68 bb)
Raffaello Locatelli – 110,000 (28 bb)

$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty (Single Re-Entry)
Level 17: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 Ante
Players Remaining: 8 of 126

Aaron Massey raised to 7,000 and Patrick Eskandar, who started off Day 2 with a double through Brian Hastings, called from middle position. Raffaello Locatelli was in the small blind and came along. The trio saw a flop of . Locatelli checked and Massey bet 12,000. Eskandar called while Locatellit got out of the way.

Massey and Eskandar were heads up to the turn. Massey cut down his stack revealing 40,100 chips. He promptly announced “Forty thousand five hundred,” leaving himself a lone 500 chip behind. Eskandar called.

The dealer burned and Massey casually plopped his final 500 in the pot before the was turned. Eskandar called.

“Let’s go,” Massey said flipping over for sixes-full. Eskandar turned over for a better fullhouse and took the pot. Massey was eliminated in 9th place good for a score of $3,024.

Patrick Eskandar – 286,000 (95 bb)
Aaron Massey – Eliminated in 9th place ($3,024)

$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty (Single Re-Entry)
Level 17: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 Ante
Players Remaining: 9 of 126

Event 11 was a nice rebound tournament for players falling short in the Championship and the $1,650 Purple Chip Bounty event drew a nice group of top players.

That is evident by the talent represented at a final table led by top pro Stephen Chidwick. Adam Geyer is only one 500 denom chip behind him as the two hold a big lead over the other seven. Three-time WSOP bracelet winner Brian Hastings, WSOP Circuit winner James Dorrance, and former HPT Player of the Year Aaron Massey are also in the mix at the final table.

Seat 1: Patrick Eskandar – 96,000
Seat 2: Adam Geyer – 314,000
Seat 3: Brian Hastings – 172,500
Seat 4: Stephen Chidwick – 314,500
Seat 5: Raffaello Locatelli – 140,500
Seat 6: James Dorrance – 95,500
Seat 7: Tom Nguyen – 101,000
Seat 8: Aaron Massey – 113,000
Seat 9: Derek Bowers – 164,500

Purple Chip Bounty Payouts

Action will get back underway at 2pm and we’ll split our coverage today between the two big events in the room.

If you would like to concentrate your updates to this tournament or the Championship, you can find specific live updates on the Tournament Series tab at the top of our page.

Main Event Schedule

11AM: Event 12 Day 1A – $150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

• $100,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 10,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 7
• Day 1 will end after Level 14 or Tournament Director discretion
• Event 12 Structure Sheet

12PM: $3,500 RRPO Championship Day 3

• Championship Day 3 Chip Counts
• Championship Day 3 Table/Seat Assignments
• Championship Payouts

12PM: Event 13 – $1,100 Turbo NL Hold’em (Re-Entry)

• Players begin with 12,000 in chips and 15-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 13
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 13 Structure Sheet

2PM: Event 11 – $1,650 Purple Chip Bounty (Single Re-Entry)

• Event 11 Day 2 Chip Counts and Seat Assignments
• Event 11 Payouts

3PM: Event 12 Day 1B – $150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

• $100,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 10,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 7
• Day 1 will end after Level 14 or Tournament Director discretion
• Event 12 Structure Sheet

7PM: Event 12 Day 1C – $150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

• $100,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 10,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 7
• Day 1 will end after Level 14 or Tournament Director discretion
• Event 12 Structure Sheet

$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty (Single Re-Entry)
End of Level 16: 1,200/2,400 with a 400 Ante
Players Remaining: 9 of 126

Sixteen levels are complete, and the final nine players have bagged up their chips for the night, with Stephen Chidwick and Adam Geyer way out in front of the pack and neck-and-neck for the chip lead. Here’s the remaining lineup:

Seat 1: Patrick Eskandar – 96,000
Seat 2: Adam Geyer – 314,000
Seat 3: Brian Hastings – 172,500
Seat 4: Stephen Chidwick – 314,500
Seat 5: Raffaello Locatelli – 140,500
Seat 6: James Dorrance – 95,500
Seat 7: Tom Nguyen – 101,000
Seat 8: Aaron Massey – 113,000
Seat 9: Derek Bowers – 164,500

Everyone left is guaranteed to earn at least $3,024 tomorrow, with a top prize of $41,850 and a trophy reserved for the champion. Play resumes at 2:00 PM and will continue until a winner is crowned.

$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty (Single Re-Entry)
Level 11: 400/800 with a 100 Ante
Entries: 126

Registration is closed for this purple chip bounty, and the numbers are in. this $1,650-buy-in event drew 126 entries, putting $126,000 in prize money up for grabs, in addition to the $500 bounty on each player’s head. The final 12 players will earn shares of the prizepool.

Here’s the breakdown of the payouts:

1st: $41,580 + trophy
2nd: $23,562
3rd: $15,624
4th: $11,214
5th: $8,190
6th: $6,300
7th: $4,914
8th: $3,654
9th: $3,024
10th-12th: $2,646

$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty (Single Re-Entry)
Level 1: 25/50

The next big event on the 2016 RRPO schedule is about to get underway in the ballroom with a healthy $100,000 guaranteed prize pool. It is also one of the bigger buy-in tournament with $1,650 price and nice money possible from the very start.

The Purple Chip Bounty Event 11 puts a $500 bounty on every player’s head to make it possible to profit long before hitting the payout portion of the tournament.

Each entrant will start with a 12,000 stack and the tournament will play 30-minute levels at the start. Late registration is open until the start of Level 11 at 9pm and players are limited to a single re-entry option if they bust. Levels will extend to 40 minutes after registration closes and Day 1 will end after Level 16.

Those with chips will return tomorrow to play down to a champion.

• $100,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 12,000 in chips
• Levels 1-10 last 30 minutes; Level 11+ last 40 minutes
• Late registration/single re-entry available until start of Level 11
• Day 1 will end after Level 16 or Tournament Director discretion
• Event 11 Structure Sheet

Main Event Schedule

12PM: $3,500 RRPO Championship Day 2

• Championship Day 2 Chip Counts
• Championship Day 2 Table/Seat Assignments
• Championship Payouts

12PM: Event 10 – $360 Big Stack NL Hold’em (Re-Entry)

• $30,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 15,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 10 Structure Sheet

3PM: Event 11 – $1,650 Purple Chip Bounty (Single Re-Entry)

• $100,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 12,000 in chips
• Levels 1-10 last 30 minutes; Level 11+ last 40 minutes
• Late registration/single re-entry available until start of Level 11
• Day 1 will end after Level 16 or Tournament Director discretion
• Event 11 Structure Sheet

Secondary and Satellite Schedule

7PM: Event 50 – $150 Survivor NL Hold’em (Re-Entry)

• One (1) in ten (10) players will win $1,200 in cash
• Players begin with 10,000 in chips and 15-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 50 Structure Sheet