Event #20: $1,560 Purple Chip Bounty | 2019 Borgata Fall Poker Open

11-19-2019 21:32 UTC-5

Play Resumes, Altman Lead

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

The Event #20 $1,060+$500 Purple Chip Bounty players have returned from dinner break and just 11 players remain.

We are just two eliminations away from the money and it's Brian Altman leading the way with 250,000.

With the semi-turbo structure the money bubble should be bursting at any moment. The final nine players will all make the money and be guaranteed a minimum of $1,717.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Altman	250,000

Arian Stolt	140,000
Mike Marder	125,000
Tom Gottlieb	105,000
Michael Wang	85,000

Level: 16

Blinds: 2,500/5,000

Ante: 5,000

11-19-2019 21:00 UTC-5

Place	Payout
1	$20,029
2	$10,874
3	$6,868
4	$5,151
5	$4,006
6	$3,434
7	$2,862
8	$2,289
9	$1,717

Registration Closed for Purple Chip Bounty

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Kaelaine Minton

The unofficial entry count for the Purple Chip Bounty is 59. The final eight should get paid and we'll post the prize pool and payout information when available.

11-19-2019 17:21 UTC-5

Player	Chips	Progress
John Lytle	39,000

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Kaelaine Minton

PokerNews has activated the MyStack App for this event, allowing you to directly adjust your chip counts in our live reporting blog using your iPhone or Android phone.

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11-19-2019 14:45 UTC-5

Welcome to the 2019 BFPO Event #20: $1,560 Purple Chip Bounty Semi-Turbo 8-Max NLH

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Kaelaine Minton

The third post-lim trophy event has been modified since 2018's BFPO. Last year, this was a Double Black Chip Bounty. This year, that $200 bounty has been kicked up to $500 (Purple Chip). It is played eight-handed, giving players some room to spread out.

Players get 25,000 tournament chips to start and all levels are 20 minutes long (Semi-Turbo). Late registration and unlimited re-entries are possible until the start of level 11 (at least 6:50pm). This 17th trophy event of the 2019 BFPO gets underway at 3 p.m. It's a one-day event, so they’ll play until a winner is determined.

Although slightly different than last year, it's close enough that we'll call Brock Wilson our defending champion. He won Event #18: $1,260 Double Black Chip Bounty Semi-Turbo 8-Max NLH last year, besting a field of 71 entrants to collect $24,105 and the Borgata Fall Poker Open trophy.

Here's a look at the structure:

Level	Big Blind Ante	Blinds
1	-	100-100
2	100	100-100
3	200	100-200
4	300	200-300
5	400	200-400
6	500	300-500
7	600	300-600
8	800	400-800
9	1,000	500-1,000
10	1,200	600-1,200
11	1,500	800-1,500
12	2,000	1,000-2,000
13	2,500	1,500-2,500
14	3,000	1,500-3,000
15	4,000	2,000-4,000
16	5,000	3,000-5,000
17	6,000	3,000-6,000
18	8,000	4,000-8,000
19	10,000	5,000-10,000
20	12,000	6,000-12,000
21	15,000	8,000-15,000