$1,100 Purple Chip Bounty NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 18: 4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining: 13 of 229 2i62x
Alexandru Moraru
Alexandru Moraru got it all in under the gun for about 130,000 with , and he needed it to hold to stay alive against the of Scott Carragher in the hijack.
The board came , and Carragher paired his ace on the flop to win the pot and eliminate Moraru in 14th place.
Scott Carragher – 735,000 (92 bb)
Alexandru Moraru – Eliminated in 14th Place ($1,920)
With 13 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 350,000 (44 big blinds), and the remaining players are guaranteed at least $1,920 each.
$1,100 Purple Chip Bounty NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 16: 3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 21 of 229
Evan Lash was eliminated in 23rd place a short while ago.
Evan Lash – Eliminated in 23rd Place ($1,320)
With the final board showing and more than 60K already in the pot, Gaston Miculitzki checked the big blind, Michael Wang bet 38,000 from the hijack, and Miculitzki moved all in.
Wang had about 95,000 behind, and he tanked for a very long time before somebody called for a clock. When the countdown reached zero, Wang’s hand was declared dead and he released it.
Miculitzki showed one card — the — as he took the pot.
Gaston Miculitzki – 515,000 (103 bb)
Michael Wang – 95,000 (19 bb)
A short while later, Wang got it all in under the gun with , and he needed it to hold to stay alive against the of Pablo Ortiz in the big blind.
The board came , and Ortiz flopped a club flush draw, turned a gutshot straight draw, and paired his king on the river to win the pot and eliminate Wang in 22nd place.
Pablo Ortiz – 275,000 (55 bb)
Michael Wang – Eliminated in 22nd Place ($1,320)
With 21 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 220,000 (44 big blinds), and the remaining players are guaranteed at least $1,450 each.
$1,100 Purple Chip Bounty NLH (Single Re-Entry) $100,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 16: 3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 23 of 229
Matthew Lambrecht leads the Day 2 return for the Purple Chip Bounty
Showdown Event 20 drew 229 entries to the $1,100 Purple Chip Bounty tournament to more than double the $100,000 guarantee. The tournament played into the money and return for Day 2 with 23 remaining and $24K awaiting the champ.
Matthew Lambrecht returns with the chip lead but there are a lot of really good players trying to chase him down.
They return with blinds at 3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante and the average stack is about 200,000 (40 bb).
$1,100 Purple Chip Bounty NLH (Single Re-Entry) $100,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Return to Level 16: 3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 23 of 229
Aggression can pay off big in Event 20 with some big bounties on the line. It is a $1,100 Purple Chip Bounty tournament at 4 pm with a $100,000 guarantee and $500 bounties on every player.
They’ll start with 20,000 deep stacks and the first 12 levels will last 30 minutes, increasing to 40 minutes from Level 13 until the final table. Late registration and a single re-entry option is available until the start of Level 9 at 9 pm following the 45-minute dinner break.
This is a two-day tournament and players with chips after Level 15 will bag them for a Day 2 return on Monday at 2 pm to play it out.
$100,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
Players begin with 20,000 in chips
Levels 1-12 last 30 minutes; Levels 13+ last 40 minutes