Andrew Chen Wins $5k Bounty Shootout Event

After eight hours of tough play on Sunday, Andrew Chen emerged as the victor in the $5k buy-in NAPT Bounty Shootout. He won $269,000 for his efforts.

The Bounty Shootout sold out all 216 seats the event could handle. Players collected $10k for outlasting their first shootout table, then another $40k for winning their second shootout table. The final six survivors met Sunday to determine the winner.

The final hand was a wild one where Chen defeated a short stacked Shaun Deeb and Michael Binger. Shaun Deeb, although disappointed to not win the event, did collect the $25k bumper bounty prize for taking out the most players.

Final Table finishes:

1. Andrew Chen
2. Michael Binger
3. Shaun Deeb
4. Scott Baumstein
5. Marko Neumann
6. William Pilossoph

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