Pure Poker Tour Series #6 – Event #11: $560 NLH Big Bounty

The final four players cut a deal tonight. Dan Martel had the most chips and took $6,400 while the other three chopped the rest evenly for $5,466 each. They played one all-in hand for the trophy once the deal was struck, and Mal Hagan took the official win for the trophy while Deven Lane took second, Ron Lauzon took third, and Dan Martel got fourth, but the most money.

Ron Lauzon raised to 70k from the button, and Dan Martel called before big blind Mal Hagan shoved the big stack. Lauzon snap-called with less and Martel got out of the way.

Lauzon had jacks against ace-king for Hagan, and it looked like Lauzon would be heading home in fourth on the flop with the board of 9♥4♥A♦9♠J♠ but Lauzon boated up on the river for a huge double to over a million. Hagan is down to about 500k now.

Chips from Break

Wilfred McNeely was short after the previous hand, and he got it in against Deven Lane when they both flopped two pair on a board of Q♣2♣7♠3♥6♥. McNeely was on queen-deuce, but Lane was on queen-seven.

Wilfred McNelly raised to 50k from the button and Dan Martel called to see 6♠2♠5♦ on the flop. Martel fired 30k on the flop and McNeely called to the 8♦ turn.

Martek bet another 30k and got the call, then fired 40k on the 8♥ and got another call. Martel’s ace0deuce was good for the win.

Mal Hagan opened the button to 30k and Wilfred McNeely called from the big blind. The flop was Q♥8♠4♥ and McNeely check-called for 22k.

He check-called again for 36k on the A♣ turn but switched to a check-fold line when Hagan shoved a covering stack om the 3♠ river.

Level 19 is nearly complete and the players will be moving to poker when it finishes.

Steve Chung limped from the middle, then called when Dan Martel raised to 40k from the cutoff. The flop came 10♥3♦A♥ and Chung check-shoved the smaller stack. Martel called him off with ace-ten for two pair against ace-seven for Chung. Martel held and Chung was done in 6th place.

Because of an issue with the clock in the Pearl room, the remaining players will be moving to poker at the end of this level.

They are down to 6 now after Ian Alvarado hit the cage for 7th place money tonight.

Deven Lane raised under the gun to 24k, then called when Wilfred McNeely, to his left, three-bet to 60k. They both checked the J♠A♥3♥ flop, but when Lane led the 2♦ turn for 50k, McNeely shoved and Lane quickly mucked.

While a couple of these pictures have already been posted on the bustouts for 9th and 8th places, here is a look at the nine players who made the final table tonight.

They are quickly down to 7 players left on the final table after Jason Law hit the cage for 8th place. I missed the action as it happened immediately after the 9th place bust.

Daniel O’Leary ran into on the first hand at the final table. He shoved from the big blind after an early open and a call from the small blind Wilfred McNeely. The original opener folded but McNeely snapped it off with aces into kings for O’Leary. The board missed O’Leary and McNeely rivered an ace for the set.

Zhi Jiang was the bubble to the final table tonight to bring them down to 9 remaining. The final 9 are now moving to the feature table on the stage to finish it out.

They are down to 10 after Ed Zurawell hit the rail shortly after Level 17 began. After the next elimination, they’ll break down to the final table and move to the feature table on the stage.

They are down to 11 left at the break following Level 16. Benny Sarnelli was the first player out in the money tonight for $670 and there is one more payout at that amount for 11th place. Deven Lane is the chip leader at the moment with 560k while Dean Martel is a distant second with 430k.

Stacks for the Final 11

Keith Sarnoski was the bubble tonight. He shoved fumes against Deven Lane, and had the best of it with eights over fours, but Lane spiked a four for a set and the win. The remaining players are all guaranteed at least $670.

It was a huge hand that saw three players all in. Karim Koval was the short stack with ace-jack off, Deven Lane was the second stack with pocket jacks, and Haven Taylor was the big stack with pocket fives. The jacks held and Lane took the bounty from Koval and grabbed a double from Taylor.

That left Taylor short and she was out the following hand to bring the field down to 13. The clock is now paused for hand-for-hand play with 2 minutes coming off the clock manually for each hand played.

They are down to 18 left in the Big Bounty now with Level 16 just underway. That puts them 6 eliminations off the money, and five away from hand-for-hand bubble play. It looks like Steve Chung is the leader right now with more than 410k, but Mal Hagan looks to be close to 400k on the other table as well.

Final 18 Players in Bounty

The entries are all counted and official at 120. That puts 12 paid spots at the end of the night with 37 players still competing for one of those prizes.

Big Bounty Payouts

The field is up to 120 entries now with a bit more than 10 minutes remaining in the dinner break. They’ll return to action in Level 9 with blinds at 600/1200/1200 and right now it looks like 12 players will get paid later tonight, but there’s still time for a few more entries before it all shuts down for the day.

There are about 10 minutes to play in Level 7 with entries open for another full level plus the break to follow Level 8. That puts the end of entries for this one about an hour away, but the field is already the biggest single-day field of the series with 112 on the board.

The Big Bounty field is getting big with 89 entries on the board early in Level 5. That puts the combined prizes at more than $42k with a bit more than two hours left to enter this one. This looks like it could be one of the biggest single-day fields of the series so far.

They are up to 54 entries in the Big Bounty now at the start of Level 3. Among the players in the mix so far are Ali Razzaq, Mo Alamelhuda, Stefan Maloney, DJ Sharma, Ron Lauzon, Haven Taylor, Thomas Taylor, Zhi Jiang, Deven Lane, Preston Stevenson, Benny Sarnelli, Evan Thomas, Michael St. Pierre-Porter, Justin Pennell, Juno Lau, Ryan Comely, Garry Sandhu, Suru Patel, Andy Wong, Pav Braich, Ian Alvarado, Ed Zurawell, Steve Chung, Daniel O’Leary, and Graham Lupton.

Level 1 is nearly complete with 39 entries on the board. That puts the combined prizes over $18k with about 4 hours left to get into the game.

The side game on Wednesday is the NLH Big Bounty. The action starts at 3 PM with $200 on every player’s head and $300 going to the prizes later in the day.

Late entry runs for the first 8 levels and closes after the dinner break when they sit down for Level 9. That should put the final entry at about 7:45 PM.

The opening stack is 25k and levels will be 30 minutes long throughout the game. This is a straight bounty game with no progressive component, so every bustout earns the winner another $200.

I likely won’ be over on this game until later in the play as Day 2 of the High Roller will be running alongside this one, but I expect I’ll make it over to cover the end of this on at least.