Event #17: $1,060 Purple Chip Bounty
Day 1 Started
2019 Borgata Poker Open
Event #17: $1,060 Purple Chip Bounty
Day: 1
Event #17: $1,060 Purple Chip Bounty Has Begun!
The final preliminary event of the 2019 Borgata Poker Open is underway! This Purple Chip Bounty event puts a $500 price tag on every player’s head. Everyone has a purple chip on the table and they must surrender that bounty to the player who collects their last tournament chip.
Everyone starts with 20,000 tournament chips and levels 1-15 are 30 minutes long. Starting with level 16, they go to 40 minutes long. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of level 9 (at least 8:30pm).
Here's 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 | 600 | 300-600 |
| 7 | 800 | 400-800 |
| 8 | 1,000 | 500-1,000 |
| 9 | 1,200 | 600-1,200 |
| 10 | 1,500 | 800-1,500 |
| 11 | 2,000 | 1,000-2,000 |
| 12 | 2,500 | 1,500-2,500 |
| 13 | 3,000 | 1,500-3,000 |
| 14 | 4,000 | 2,000-4,000 |
| 15 | 5,000 | 2,500-5,000 |
| 16 | 6,000 | 3,000-6,000 |
| 17 | 8,000 | 4,000-8,000 |
| 18 | 10,000 | 5,000-10,000 |
| 19 | 12,000 | 6,000-12,000 |
| 20 | 15,000 | 8,000-15,000 |
| 21 | 20,000 | 10,000-20,000 |
| 22 | 25,000 | 15,000-25,000 |
This is a one-day event, so they’ll play until a winner is determined. This event was not on last September's BPO schedule.
Padda Leading Early in Purple Chip Bounty
Level 3: Blinds 100/200/200 BB Ante
The early chip leader appears to be Harpreet Padda, playing about 60,000, which is triple the starting stack.
Aubrey Williams is up to ~50,000 in early bounty action.
One interesting table in the field includes Scott Efron, Hamid Izadi, Will "the Thrill" Failla, and Mike Dentale. This one should be good for some fireworks. Efron cracked pocket kings with his 
all-in, catching an ace on the flop to double up.
Registration will remain open for a looooong time, so the entry count will continue to climb.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
60,000 | 60,000 |
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
Long Break or Short Dinner for Bounty Hunters
The Purple Chip Bounty players are done with eight levels and getting a 30-minute break. Call it a shortened dinner break or long regular break.
Either way, when they return at about 8:50pm, registration will close.
Santo In Charge as Purple Chip Winds Down
Event #17: $1,060 Purple Chip Bounty is now down to roughly 64 players and it is Nicholas Santo on top of the leader board with 197,500 in chips.
Bounty Hunters
Lemus Collects Zollo's Bounty
Dennis Zollo got his stack of about 37,000 all in pre-flop holding 
against the 
of Edgar Lemus.
The dealer fanned the 
flop and Lemus maintained the lead with his pocket jacks.
The 
hit the turn and Zollo paired his queen to take control of the hand. Lemus was down to just two outs and he found one of them when the 
hit the river.
The table erupted as Lemus spiked a set on the river and collected Zollo's $500 purple bounty chip.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
90,000 | |
|
Busted |
Prize Pool and Payouts
Event #17 of the Borgata Poker Open is the $560+$500 Purple Chip Bounty NLH. There were 232 entries creating a prize pool of $112,250.
The final 27 players will all make the money and be guaranteed a minimum of $1,013 for their efforts.
The winner will be taking home $31,502 and the Borgata Poker Open trophy. You can check out the full Event 17 payouts by clicking on the prize pool and payouts.
Break
The Event 17 players are now on a 15-minute color up break. We will pick back up on all of the live tournament action when play resumes.
Matos Battles Back
Carlos Matos found himself short stacked with just a single 5,000 chip at the 800/1,600 blind level. He found a double up and never looked backed.
"I was short but not anymore" joked Matos who is now sitting behind a healthy stack of nearly 200,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
190,000 |