Event 15: Mikhail Chykiliov – 4th Place ($18,400)

$1,700 Purple Chip Bounty No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $227,500 |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 24:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 227

Mikhail Chykiliov
Mikhail Chykiliov

Mikhail Chykiliov raised all in for about 315,000 in the small blind and Gabe Fuller called in the big blind with TcTd, leading Chykiliov’s Kh9c.

The board ran out 9d5c2dTs4h, giving Fuller a set of tens to eliminate Chykiliov in fourth place.

Gabe Fuller  –  1,920,000  (64 bb)
Mikhail Chykiliov  –  Eliminated in 4th Place  ($18,400)

With three players remaining from a field of 227, the average chip stack is around 1,890,000 (63 big blinds), and the remaining players are guaranteed at least $24,600 each.

Event 15: Mike Chiappetta – 5th Place ($13,900)

$1,700 Purple Chip Bounty No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $227,500 |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 24:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 227

Mike Chiappetta
Mike Chiappetta

Mike Chiappetta was all in from the big blind for about 150,000 with 2s2c, and he needed to improve to stay alive against the 8d8c of David Moses on the button.

The board came Kd5s5h7c10d, and the pocket eights held up for Moses to win the pot and eliminate Chiappetta in fifth place, earning yet another $500 bounty in the process.

David Moses  –  3,350,000  (112 bb)
Mike Chiappetta  –  Eliminated in 5th Place  ($13,900)

With four players remaining from a field of 227, the average chip stack is around 1,420,000 (47 big blinds), and the remaining players are guaranteed at least $18,400 each.

Event 15: Andrew Boujaoude – 6th Place ($10,600)

$1,700 Purple Chip Bounty No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $227,500 |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 24:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 227

Andrew Boujaoude
Andrew Boujaoude

Andrew Boujaoude was all in from the small blind for 75,000 with Ah10h, and he needed it to hold to stay alive against the Kh10d of David Moses in the hijack.

The board came Kd8d5c2h7s, and Moses paired his king on the flop to win the pot and eliminate Boujaoude in sixth place, earning another $500 bounty.

David Moses  –  2,995,000  (100 bb)
Andrew Boujaoude  –  Eliminated in 6th Place  ($10,600)

With five players remaining from a field of 227, the average chip stack is around 1,135,000 (38 big blinds), and the remaining players are guaranteed at least $13,900 each.

Event 15: Gabe Fuller Doubles Thru David Moses

$1,700 Purple Chip Bounty No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $227,500 |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 24:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 227

Gabe Fuller
Gabe Fuller

With the board showing Jc4s3c5d on the turn, Gabe Fuller checked from the big blind, David Moses bet 75,000 from under the gun, and Fuller called.

The river card was the 10s, Fuller checked, Moses moved all in, and Fuller quickly called. Moses showed AsJd for top pair of jacks, but Fuller turned over Jh10h for two pair, jacks and tens, to win the pot and double up in chips.

Gabe Fuller  –  1,090,000  (36 bb)
David Moses  –  2,590,000  (86 bb)

With six players remaining from a field of 227, the average chip stack is around 945,000 (32 big blinds), and the remaining players are guaranteed at least $10,600 each.

Event 15: Mikhail Chykiliov Doubles Thru Mike Chiappetta

$1,700 Purple Chip Bounty No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $227,500 |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 24:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 227

Mikhail Chykiliov
Mikhail Chykiliov

Mikhail Chykiliov moved all in from the hijack for 340,000, and Mike Chiappetta called from the big blind with AdKd.

Chykiliov turned over 8h8d, and needed it to hold to stay alive.

The board came Jd8c3dJs9d, and Chykiliov flopped a set of eights and turned a full house to win the pot and double up in chips.

Mikhail Chykiliov  –  725,000  (24 bb)
Mike Chiappetta  –  285,000  (10 bb)

With six players remaining from a field of 227, the average chip stack is around 945,000 (32 big blinds), and the remaining players are guaranteed at least $10,600 each.

Event 15: David Moses Increases His Chip Lead

$1,700 Purple Chip Bounty No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $227,500 |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 24:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 227

David Moses
David Moses

The pots have been relatively small, but David Moses continues to run hot as he increases his chip lead. He’s using his chips to play nearly every pot, but as mentioned, the pots have been pretty small.

At one point during the last level, Moses raised from the button to 70,000, Mike Chiappetta reraised from the big blind to 205,000, and Moses moved all in. Chiappetta folded, and Moses flashed pocket aces. Chiappetta said he had an ace as well, but only one.

Mike Chiappetta  –  755,000  (30 bb)

A few hands later, Moses and the blinds limped to see a flop of 4h3s2d, and all three players checked. The turn card paired the board with the 4d, and Mikhail Chykiliov bet 25,000 from the small blind. Gabe Fuller folded the big blind, and Moses thought for a while before he called.

The river card was the Kh, Chykiliov checked, Moses bet 75,000, and Chykiliov thought for a while before he called with Qd6c, clearly trying to catch a bluff with queen high.

And Moses did turn over a bluff, but it was QsJc for queen high with a jack kicker. The jack did play on the board, so Moses won the pot with his bluff.

After the hand, Moses joked that a lot of players would claim that was an expertly crafted value bet, trying to get a lower queen to call, but for him, it was just a bluff, thinking Chykiliov had something like ace high.

David Moses  –  3,200,000  (107 bb)

With six players remaining from a field of 227, the average chip stack is around 945,000 (32 big blinds), and the remaining players are guaranteed at least $10,600 each.

Event 15: Anthony Piacquadio – 7th Place ($8,200)

$1,700 Purple Chip Bounty No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $227,500 |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 23:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 227

Anthony Piacquadio
Anthony Piacquadio

David Moses raised under the gun to 70,000, and Anthony Piacquadio called from UTG+1.

Moses checked in the dark before the flop came Qh7h5d. Piacquadio moved all in for about 325,000, and Moses quickly called with Qc9c for a pair of queens.

Piacquadio turned over QsJd for a pair of queens with a higher kicker, and he needed it to hold to stay alive.

The turn card was the 10c, the river card was the 9s, and Moses rivered two pair, queens and nines, to win the pot, eliminate Piacquadio in seventh place, and collect his $500 bounty.

David Moses  –  2,500,000  (100 bb)
Anthony Piacquadio  –  Eliminated in 7th Place  ($8,200)

With six players remaining from a field of 227, the average chip stack is around 945,000 (38 big blinds), and the remaining players are guaranteed at least $10,600 each.

Event 15: Vitalijs Zavorotnijs – 8th Place ($6,300)

$1,700 Purple Chip Bounty No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $227,500 |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 22:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 227

Vitalijs Zavorotnijs
Vitalijs Zavorotnijs

David Moses raised to 50,000, Vitalijs Zavorotnijs moved all in, and Moses called with KxKx. Zavorotnijs turned over AcKc, and needed to improve to stay alive.

The board bricked out for Zavorotnijs, and Moses won the pot with his pocket kings to eliminate Zavorotnijs in eighth place and collect his $500 bounty.

David Moses  –  2,000,000  (100 bb)
Vitalijs Zavorotnijs  –  Eliminated in 8th Place  ($6,300)

With seven players remaining from a field of 227, the average chip stack is around 810,000 (41 big blinds), and the remaining players are guaranteed at least $8,200 each.

Event 15: David Moses Doubles Thru Anthony Piacquadio

$1,700 Purple Chip Bounty No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $227,500 |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 22:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 227

David Moses
David Moses

With the final board showing Kc8h6cQs9c on the river and roughly 250K in the pot, David Moses got it all in for 555,000 against Anthony Piacquadio.

Piacquadio showed Qc10c for a queen-high flush, but Moses turned over AcJc to win the pot with an ace-high flush and double up in chips.

David Moses  –  1,360,000  (68 bb)
Anthony Piacquadio  –  400,000  (20 bb)

With eight players remaining from a field of 227, the average chip stack is around 710,000 (36 big blinds), and the remaining players are guaranteed at least $6,300 each.

Event 15: Maxwell Young – 9th Place ($4,980)

$1,700 Purple Chip Bounty No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $227,500 |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 22:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 227

Maxwell Young
Maxwell Young

Mike Chiappetta raised from the button to 45,000, Maxwell Young moved all in from the small blind for about 300,000, and Chiappetta quickly called with JhJc.

Young turned over As8c, and needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came Kd10s5hKh7s, and the pocket jacks held up for Chiappetta to win the pot and eliminate Young in ninth place.

Mike Chiappetta  –  1,025,000  (51 bb)
Maxwell Young  –  Eliminated in 9th Place  ($4,980)

With eight players remaining from a field of 227, the average chip stack is around 710,000 (36 big blinds), and the remaining players are guaranteed at least $6,300 each.