$1,650 No Limit Hold’em Purple Chip Bounty (Re-Entry)
Level 17: 1,500/3,000/500 Ante
Players Remaining: 17
Average Stack: 116,000 (38 bbs)

The Purple Chip Bounty tournament had the second biggest buy-in the Lucky Hearts Poker Open schedule and it will take two days to find the champion.

The tournament drew 165 entrants and 17 of them survived the first day and return today to play down to a winner. They moved into the money shortly before they stopped play and everyone is guaranteed at least $2,513. Joey Couden leads the way while Justin Zaki and Edward Gilfillan need to pick up an early double.

They are still deep and will have to work to pick up every purple chip they can get. Players are unbagging their chips and cards will be in the air shortly.

Seat 1: Daren Stabinski – 119,000
Seat 2: Marcus Stein – 132,500
Seat 3: Joe Kuether – 127,000
Seat 4: Greg Baird – 76,500
Seat 5: Abbey Daniels – 33,000
Seat 6: Gaston Miculitzki – 223,500
Seat 7: Joey Couden – 272,500
Seat 8: Jason Wheeler – 132,000
Seat 9: Stephen Diamantas – 117,000

Seat 1: Tim Kegel – 36,500
Seat 2: — empty —
Seat 3: Michael Telker – 86,500
Seat 4: Raymond Roberty – 165,000
Seat 5: Michelle Shah – 127,500
Seat 6: Justin Zaki – 28,500
Seat 7: Ronald Sullivan – 151,000
Seat 8: Timothy Banks – 123,000
Seat 9: Edward Gilfillan – 29,000

Payouts:

1st – $48,574
2nd – $28,475
3rd – $16,750
4th – $13,400
5th – $10,050
6th – $8,375
7th – $6,700
8th – $5,025
9th – $3,769
10th-12th – $3,350
13th-15th – $2,931
17th-18th – $2,513