The field in Event #3 is down to just 16 players on 2 final tables, and with 13 payouts set, the bubble is quickly approaching.

Manfred Gunther and Hans Carcenac are neck-to-neck for the chip-lead as the PLO 50/50 Bounty enters level 13. There are still 27 players left in action, of which 13 will lock in a prize in the payouts – although many players have already pocketed some cash due to the $100 bounty structure. Below are the top counts at the 3rd break of the night:

Photographs from levels 11-12:

Event #3 is down to 32 players spread across four 8-handed tables, listed below. The top 13 players will secure a cash prize of at least $300, with the winner set to take home $3,440. In addition to the payouts, players earn a $100 bounty for every player they eliminated.

45 players remain at the start of level 9 in the PLO 50/50 Bounty Event, part of the Playground Poker Spring Classic, and leading the field is Steve Ulloa-Torres, who has turned his 20,000 starting stack into an army of 213,000. Issie Emin Tuzgulec occupies second place on the leaderboard with 174,200, and Brian Morgan holds third with 172,400.

The table below includes the top stacks as play returns from break into level 9:

Photographs from levels 7-8:

The first stint is now behind us in the 50/50 Bounty PLO Event, and with it the registration period. Needless to say that the 10K guarantee was shattered, as the prize pool and Bounties now add up to 3 times that amount! Players are now looking at a fixed payout structure, which will be published shortly.

Two players have managed to pretty much destroy their respective tables: Steve Ulloa-Torres now sits on 137,500 chips, while Issie Emin Yuzgulec has 113,000 to his name. These are astonishing starts, considering the current 30K average stack.

Stay tuned!