$1,700 Purple Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)
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Level 19:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 177

Miguel Velasco moved all in for ~130,000 from under the gun and Chad Gillimore called in the big blind with a bigger stack.

Gillimore:
Velasco:

Velasco needed help then paired his jack on the flop. His lead was short-lived when Gillimore made Broadway on the turn. Velasco had three chop outs but missed the river to go out in 10th place.

Chad Gillimore – 370,000 (36 bb)
Miguel Velasco – Eliminated in 10th Place ($4,590)

$1,700 Purple Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)
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Level 18:  4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  10 of 177

Sam Sternfield was down to 61,000 and was all in from the big blind after Scott Baumstein raised his button.

Baumstein:
Sternfield:

Sternfield was ahead for a double and faded the flop. The board gave Baumstein a gutshot straight draw and it got there on the turn. Sternfield was drawing dead to the river and picked up 11th place money.

Scott Baumstein – 1,100,000 (138 bb)
Sam Sternfield – Eliminated in 11th Place ($3,895)

$1,700 Purple Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  11 of 177

Jeremy Becker was down near the felt and had his short stack in the middle against three other players.

With the board reading , George Ruby checked from the small blind, Artem Metalidi bet 95,000 and Igor Tretyakov folded. Ruby followed suit and the cards were tabled.

Metalidi:
Becker:

Becker needed one of the three remaining kings to double but the river sent him out in 12th place.

Artem Metalidi – 515,000 (64 bb)
Jeremy Becker – Eliminated in 12th Place ($$3,895)

$1,700 Purple Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  12 of 177

Peter Vitantonio was all in from the hijack with against the of Scott Baumstein, who was under the gun.

The final board was , and Baumstein won the pot with a queen-high flush to eliminate Vitantonio in 13th place.

Scott Baumstein  –  840,000  (105 bb)
Peter Vitantonio  –  Eliminated in 13th Place  ($3,275)

With 12 players remaining from a field of 177, the average chip stack is about 295,000 (37 big blinds). The remaining players are all guaranteed at least $3,895 each.

$1,700 Purple Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  13 of 177

Casey Hatmaker open-shipped for 78,000 from middle position and Elvis Toomas reshipped from the small blind to get a fold from Scott Baumstein in the big blind.

Hatmaker:
Toomas:

Hatmaker had live cards to double up but it was Toomas pairing his queen on the flop. He picked up an open-ended straight draw on the turn but blanked the river to exit in 14th place.

$1,700 Purple Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  14 of 177

Artem Metalidi raised UTG+1 to 13,000, Blake Napierala moved all in from the hijack for 110,000, and Metalidi thought for a bit before he called with .

Napierala turned over , and needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and the pocket eights held up for Metalidi to win the pot and eliminate Napierala in 15th place.

Artem Metalidi  –  380,000  (63 bb)
Blake Napierala  –  Eliminated in 15th Place  ($3,275)

$1,700 Purple Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)
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Level 16:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  15 of 177

Action folded to Ido Ashkenazi and he moved all in for 46,000. Elvis Toomas shipped in over the top next to act and the rest of the table folded.

Toomas:
Ashkenazi:

Ashkenazi had two live suited cards to double but Toomas improved to trip aces on the flop. Ashkenazi picked up a flush draw on the turn but blanked the river to exit in 16th place.

Elvis Toomas – 206,000 (41 bb)
Ido Ashkenazi – Eliminated in 16th Place ($2,745)

$1,700 Purple Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)
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Level 16:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  16 of 177

We’ve just lost two more players, with Mike Gipson eliminated in 18th place, and Bin Weng eliminated in 17th place.

Bin Weng  –  Eliminated in 17th Place  ($2,745)
Mike Gipson  –  Eliminated in 18th Place  ($2,745)

With 16 players remaining from a field of 177, the average chip stack is about 221,000 (44 big blinds). The remaining players are all guaranteed at least $2,745 each.

$1,700 Purple Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 16:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  18 of 177

Dennis Rodriguez moved all in from the button for about 60,000, and Josh Reichard moved all in over the top from the small blind with .

Rodriguez turned over , and needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and Reichard paired his jack on the flop to win the pot and eliminate Rodriguez in 19th place.

Josh Reichard  –  495,000  (99 bb)
Dennis Rodriguez  –  Eliminated in 19th Place  ($2,315)

With 18 players remaining from a field of 177, the average chip stack is about 197,000 (39 big blinds). The remaining players are all guaranteed at least $2,745 each.

$1,700 Purple Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 16:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining 19 of 177

Cards are back in the air to Day 2 of the Purple Chip Bounty with 19 players remaining and the winner set to pick up $44,925.