The bounty hunting continues in the late stages of Event #14. The blinds were 600/1.2K when Kosta Papa limped from early position. The action folded to the cut off who moved all in for 23K, two folds later, the big blind went all in over the top. The action came back to Papa who asked how much it would cost and started counting his stack. After a moment of deliberation, he made the call. When the hands were tabled, Papa’s were actually in pretty good shape, up against and . But the flop, , turned the tables on Papa and put the other two players out in front. The on the turn was no help to any of the hands involved. As the dealer placed down the final burn card, a player at the table could be heard saying “a six for justice!” And, sure enough, the fell on the river. With a set on the river, Papa collected two bounties and the field was reduced to 27 players.

Play continues in the 50-50 Bounty, following the final break of the evening. The field has been shrinking steadily all night and we are now down to 35 players on four tables. We are still far away from the money so expect the bustouts to continue at a steady pace as the hunt for bounties intensifies. The action continues until the conclusion of play after level 13 when the players will bag chips for tomorrow’s Day 2.

Here are the current chip leaders:

There is no shortage of action in tonight’s 50-50 Bounty. All it takes is a bounty chip in play to stir things up; it’s a situation familiar to anyone who’s played a bounty tournament.

A good example just happened on table 37 when Ara Asatoorian, who was down to a little more than 10 big blinds, moved all in from early position. The other players had their eyes on his $500 bounty chip, and each one wanted their chance to go heads up against the short stack. Andrew Forest attempted to isolate by going all in over the top, but he ran into a big(ger) hand when Mitcheal Ferguson moved all in for less. The blinds got out of the way and hands were tabled.

Asatoorian:

Forest:

Ferguson:

The flop, , gave Asatoorian lots of outs but Ferguson maintained the lead. The turn, , was enough for Asatoorian to salvage his bounty chip and triple up. The river, , had no impact and Ferguson took down the side pot with his queens.

Play continues in level 10, a leaderboard update will follow soon.

Halfway through level 9, there are 45 players left in Event #14. Play will continue for 13 levels today. Tomorrow’s Day 2 will play until there is a winner. Here are the payouts for the top 11 finishers (in addition to the bounties they collect along the way):

The players are off on their second break of the evening in Event #14, the 50-50 Bounty. After seven levels of play roughly a quarter of the starting field has hit the rail. The 61 remaining players will battle it out for a total of 13 levels tonight before bagging chips for tomorrow’s day 2.

Here are the current chip leaders:

Late registration has just ended for Event #14, the 50-50 Bounty. A number of players who were eliminated from Day 2 of the PG1000 jumped in shortly before the end of registration, causing a late spike in the number of entries. This event drew 84 entries, falling short of the $100,000.00 guarantee, providing great value for the players in the field.

Here’s another look at the field after 6 levels: