The Bounty now counts 19 players, and with 16 places paid, the bubble will burst pretty soon. In the remaining field, some familiar faces are reaching for the money. Harley Stoffmaker is still around, with an average stack. Stuart Taylor, who made the final table of the 8-max last night, also holds his own. Sreyleap Prom just gained a few chips, and is now over average again, while Sebastien Soares leads the pack, with over 400K in chips.

There will be a break at the end of this level, and a detailed leaderboard will be made available then. In the meantime, here are some shots of the remaining field:

The big Bounty tournament now counts 35 players. These players just took a short break, and play resumes on level 15, with the blinds at 1.5K/3K/a500. We scouted the tables for big stacks, and put together a top 5.

With the final action in both the Second Chance and the Million North American underway we haven’t had a lot of time to follow the 50/50 Bounty, but we’ll be able to follow more closely as the tournament gets deeper.

For now, there are still 57 players at the tables of the 156 that started and built up a huge $75,660.00 prize pool – and that’s just counting the “traditional” prize pool, not the $500 Bounty chips in play!

Here are some early photos from the 50/50 Bounty tournament today.

Today’s tournament is Event #7 in the Playground Poker Spring Classic, and even though it has a slightly smaller buy-in than the Million North America or the Second Chance event, it doesn’t mean it’s going to be any less epic!

The tournament is a $500 + $100 + $500 NL Hold’em 50/50 Bounty event. You read correctly – each player in this amazing bounty tournament will be given a $500 Bounty chip that they must cede to the player that eliminates them from the tournament! Not $25, not $100… Five hundred dollars!

If history is a guide, this is sure to be a fantastic tournament. Given the sometimes wild dynamics of any bounty tournament, it’s certain to be one of the most fun events on the schedule as the pressure is amped up by such a huge bounty chip. Not only will the “traditional” prize pool be impressive, but the prizes locked up in players’ bounty chips is HUGE!

This is a one-day event and blinds throughout will be 30 minutes in length and players start with a 25K stack. As is the case for all events with a buy in of greater than $500, late registration will be available through the first 6 levels of the tournament, which means that players have until 2:15pm to join in the fun – and we expect to draw new players right until the end of late reg.

Good luck on the felts!

Event #7: $500 + $100 + $500 NL Hold’em 50/50 Bounty

$60,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool

Tuesday May 9th at 11:00am