They played almost 12 hours to determine a winner in the Black Chip Bounty Game, and in the end, it was Joel Kogan who got all the chips. He was running hot for the endgame, taking over the lead three-handed and never surrendering it.
In the final hand, both players hit the flop but Kogan hit it bigger and held for his first Circuit ring and second career win after a win last year in the first Ring event at July Power Week 2023, Kahnawake. The win is likely to push his Hendon Mob earnings over $75k with all of his results coming since last May.
Heads up didn't last long as a few hands in both players hit a flop of 
and the money went in. Erin Pulchinski hit the deuce with 
but Joel Kogan's 
connected with the four. 
turn and river didn't change anything and Pulchinski was forced to settle for second place tonight.
| Player | Chips | Progress | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Erin Pulchinski |  |
0 | 0 |
The stacks are getting very short, and when Erin Pulchinski called the small blind, Westin Pring shoved 825k. Pulchinski hit the tank for a bit but finally called, saying "I don't have a very good hand."
It turned out, she did have a decent hand, at least in context. Pring was on 
while Pulchinski was on 
. The board missed both players and Pulchinki's 9 played for the win.
| Player | Chips | Progress | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westin Pring | |
0 | 0 |
Westin Pring was down to less than a million, and he shoved it from the small blind. Joel Kogan called from the big and Pring was ahead with 
against 
. Pring hit his queen on the flop and held to get the double.
In the next hand, Erin Pulchinski shoved on Pring and he called, but her ace-jack held for a double.
| Player | Chips | Progress | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joel Kogan | |
6,000,000 | 400,000 |
| Erin Pulchinski | |
2,100,000 | 1,000,000 |
| Westin Pring | |
1,100,000 | 500,000 |
Joel Kogan has a big lead right now with 6.4 million of the 9.6 million in play.
| Player | Chips | Progress | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joel Kogan | |
6,400,000 | 4,925,000 |
| Westin Pring | |
1,600,000 | 1,500,000 |
| Erin Pulchinski | |
1,100,000 | 1,300,000 |
Joel Kogan shoved under the gun and it folded around to Dale Foyle who put in the call. It was a fair fight between 
for Foyle and 
for Kogan. Kogan hit his ace on the turn and Foyle had to settle for 4th place.
Level 28: 60000/120000/120000
Entries: 4/479
Westin Pring raised to 300k under the gun and Erin Pulchinski called from the big blind. She check-called for 400k on the 
flop, but elected to shove the turn with a covering stack.
Pring snapped it off as he'd turned a set of nines, but Pulchinski was still live with a spade draw on 
. The river was a brick and Pring took the lead.
| Player | Chips | Progress | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westin Pring | |
3,100,000 | 780,000 |
| Erin Pulchinski | |
2,400,000 | 1,245,000 |
Erin Pulchinski leads at break with more than 3.6 million.
| Player | Chips | Progress | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Erin Pulchinski | |
3,645,000 | 0 |
| Westin Pring | |
2,320,000 | 0 |
| Dale Foyle | |
2,310,000 | 0 |
| Joel Kogan | |
1,475,000 | 0 |
Level 27: 5000/100000/100000
Entries: 4/479
It was a classic race between jacks for Eyal Pevzner and ace-king for Erin Pulchinski. Pulchinski flopped an ace and rivered a second one to take it down and send Pevzner to the rail in 5th place.
The players are now on a break.
Level 27: 50000/100000/100000
Entries: 5/479
Joel Kogan opened with a min-raise to 200k and both Erin Pulchinski and Westin Pring called from the blinds. The all-diamond flop came 
and Pulchinski shoved.
Pring asked for a count but ultimately folded, and Kogan eventually came to the same decision after a long tank. He folded a black ace-jack while Pulchunski showed 
for the nut diamond draw.
Level 26: 40000/80000/80000
Entries: 5/478
Chris Charlton got his money in with ace-king and ended up in a race with Erin Pulchinski holding pocket jacks. Pulchinski called for low cards and got them for her jacks to hold.
Level 26: 40000/80000/80000
Entries: 6/478
They are down to 6 players left now after the exit of Nazim Ould-Hamouda, though I missed the action.
Level 26: 40000/80000/80000
Entries: 7/479
They are down to 7 players left in the Black Chip Bounty now after Caleb Simmons was the first to exit the final nine ($2,029) followed by Shawn Caron ($2,547)
Level 15: 3000/6000/6000
Entries: 74/479
The prizes for the Black Chip Bounty are up now with the winner set to pocket $21,530 and two players set for five-figure scores tonight. See the payouts tab for full details.
Event #6: $400 Black Chip Bounty ($330 + $70)
Jan 134, 5 pm
Start Stack: 20k
Blinds: 20 Minutes
Entries: 9 Levels (~8:30 pm)
The second side game on Sunday is the Black Chip Bounty game. $100 of the $400 buy-in goes to the bounty, with $70 to fees and the rest into the prize pool.
The action kicks off at 5 pm Sunday and it's a one-day event that should finish early Monday morning. Players will sit down with 20k in chips to play 20-minute levels throughout the day. Registration is open for 9 levels with the last chance to buy-in coming at about 8:30 pm tonight.
With two other events going on this one will likely get the least of my attention today, but I may make it over for the endgame, depending on how late the Seniors go.
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