$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

End of Level 12:  Blinds 600/1,200/200 ante

Joseph DiPascale busted out in 16th place, then just before the end of the level, Pfizer Jordan doubled up with pocket Aces against Blake Barousse’s QJ offsuit.

The final 15 are on a break and when they return, they’ll be three spots away from the money.

$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Level 12:  Blinds 600/1,200/200 ante

Dan DiZenzo and Aleksandr Gorelik busted out and with their departures, the final 18 players drew for seats at the final two tables.

Soon after arriving at their new tables, Steven Bennet was all-in holding pocket Tens against James Calderaro’s AK.  A King hit the board and Steven hit the rail in 18th place.

After Kevin McColgan opened for 2,500 (utg), Aaron Massey raised to 6,900.  Ray Ruszkowski jammed and after Kevin folded, Aaron called.

Ray’s AQ offsuit was dominated by Aaron’s AK offsuit.  The board came J J 5 4 8 and changed nothing.  Ray exited the tournament in 17th place.

Only 12 get paid, so five more will leave empty-handed.

$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Level 11:  Blinds 500/1,000/100 ante

They finally busted the first player of Day 2.  Josias Santos hit the rail in 21st place.

20 players remain with an average stack of 65,400 (65 big blinds!) so this could take a while.

Eight more must go to reach the money.

$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Level 11:  Blinds 500/1,000/100 ante

Out of 109 entrants, 21 survived the first ten levels of play and have returned for Day 2.  Average stack is 62k.  Only the final 12 will get paid.

Here’s what they’re playing for (in addition to the $500 Purple Chip Bounties):

1st – $34,351
2nd – $19,466
3rd – $12,908
4th – $9,264
5th – $6,766
6th – $5,205
7th – $4,060
8th – $3,019
9th – $2,498
10th-12th – $2,186

$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 10:  Blinds 400/800/100 ante

$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 10:  Blinds 400/800/100 ante

Play has wrapped up for the night here in Event 18.  After 109 entries, only 21 players remain trying to take down the title.

Leading the way is a man going for a double-dip here in this Seminole Hard Rock “Rock N’ Roll” Poker Open.  Bradley Young has already won Event 10 and will come back tomorrow leading the way trying for a second title in this series. Young bagged up 219,000 chips which is more than double the second place stack of Ryan Van Sanford.

Here are your top chip counts for Event 18 as they head into Day 2:

Bradley Young – 219,000
Ryan Van Sanford – 108,900
Blake Barousse – 96,800
James Calderaro – 74,000
Aaron Massey – 71,500

Best of luck to everyone coming back tomorrow!

$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 10:  Blinds 400/800/100 ante

And here’s why bounty tournaments can be so frustrating.

Each bounty in this tournament is worth $500 and Sterling Savill looked like his turned pair of queens was going to pick an opponent off for the chips and the cash.  In fact, the player he beat was headed out the door.

But then the count was done and after the 23,225 all-in was double-checked, his opponent was left with 50 chips.  Two measly little green chips separated Savill from the $500 payoff.  Ouch.

Savill couldn’t believe it and then had to watch the 50 chips and the bounty go to another player on the next hand after he’d done the dirty work.

With the elimination, 22 players remain in Event 18.

$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 10:  Blinds 400/800/100 ante

With three tables in play and Aaron Massey calling for cocktails, Event 18 has reached its final level of the night.  Play will wrap up in about 45 minutes before the bags come out and the ballroom will go quiet for the night.