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Championship: Gergely Kulcsár Eliminated in 15th Place by Rishi Makkar

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$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts | Results
Level 27:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  14 of 1,447

Gergely Kulcsár

Action folded to Gergely Kulcsár in the small blind and he opened to 475,000 leaving a single 25K chip behind. Rishi Makkar raised from the big and Kulcsár called at risk.

Makkas: Ac7d
Kulcsár: Qh2d

Kulcsár had two live cards to double up but blanked the Jc8h8dKcJs to exit the Championship in 15th place.

Rishi Makkar – 2,700,000 (27 bb)
Gergely Kulcsár – Eliminated in 15th Place ($38,300)

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Championship: Cards in the Air

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$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts | Results
Level 26:  50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining:  15 of 1,447

Cards are in the air for Day 4 of the WPT RRPO Championship with 15 players remaining and six trying to book a seat at the live-streamed final table.

Blinds are 50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante and the average stack is about 4,825,000 (64 bb).

Table 7
Seat 1:  Gergely Kulcsár  –  3,550,000  (47 bb)
Seat 2:  Rishi Makkar  –  2,450,000  (33 bb)
Seat 3:  Viktor Kovachev  –  2,675,000  (36 bb)
Seat 4:  Alejandro Gonzalez Olaechea  –  7,150,000  (95 bb)
Seat 5:  Luke Graham  –  825,000  (11 bb)
Seat 6:  Istvan Briski  –  11,875,000  (158 bb)
Seat 7:  Lucian Silveira  –  2,325,000  (31 bb)
Seat 8:

Table 8
Seat 1:  Jason Sagle  –  3,025,000  (40 bb)
Seat 2:  Matt Bond  –  7,575,000  (101 bb)
Seat 3:  Darryll Fish  – 3,650,000  (49 bb)
Seat 4:  Fred Goldberg  –  3,750,000  (50 bb)
Seat 5:  John McDonald  –  2,300,000  (31 bb)
Seat 6:  Sandy Sanchez  –  9,575,000  (128 bb)
Seat 7:  Niko Koop  –  3,475,000  (46 bb)
Seat 8:  Rayan Chamas  –  7,925,000  (106 bb)

1st: $752,500 – includes WPT World Championship seat
2nd: $494,800
3rd: $366,500
4th: $274,000
5th: $206,900
6th: $157,800
7th: $121,500
8th: $94,500
9th-10th: $74,300
11th-12th: $59,000
13th-14th: $47,300
15th: $38,300

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Championship: Finding the Final Table

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$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts | Results
Level 26:  50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining:  15 of 1,447

Istvan Briski

The 2023 Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open Championship is down to 15 players with a shot at the title and they return at noon to play down to the WPT live-streamed final table of six.

Istvan Briski leads a tricky last two tables with a few locals still in contention, including two-time WPT final tablist Fred Goldberg and former WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open champ Darryll Fish.

Everyone is guaranteed at least $38,300 but they can lock up $157,800 if they make the live-streamed final table.

Table 7
Seat 1:  Gergely Kulcsár  –  3,550,000  (47 bb)
Seat 2:  Rishi Makkar  –  2,450,000  (33 bb)
Seat 3:  Viktor Kovachev  –  2,675,000  (36 bb)
Seat 4:  Alejandro Gonzalez Olaechea  –  7,150,000  (95 bb)
Seat 5:  Luke Graham  –  825,000  (11 bb)
Seat 6:  Istvan Briski  –  11,875,000  (158 bb)
Seat 7:  Lucian Silveira  –  2,325,000  (31 bb)
Seat 8:

Table 8
Seat 1:  Jason Sagle  –  3,025,000  (40 bb)
Seat 2:  Matt Bond  –  7,575,000  (101 bb)
Seat 3:  Darryll Fish  – 3,650,000  (49 bb)
Seat 4:  Fred Goldberg  –  3,750,000  (50 bb)
Seat 5:  Jack McDonald  –  2,500,000  (33 bb)
Seat 6:  Sandy Sanchez  –  9,575,000  (128 bb)
Seat 7:  Niko Koop  –  3,475,000  (46 bb)
Seat 8:  Rayan Chamas  –  7,925,000  (106 bb)

1st: $752,500 – includes WPT World Championship seat
2nd: $494,800
3rd: $366,500
4th: $274,000
5th: $206,900
6th: $157,800
7th: $121,500
8th: $94,500
9th-10th: $74,300
11th-12th: $59,000
13th-14th: $47,300
15th: $38,300

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RRPO Day 14 Schedule

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Primary Event Schedule

10AM: Event 46 – $400 Seniors 50+ NLH (Re-Entry)

  • Players begin with 20,000 in chips
  • Levels last 30 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 9 (2:30pm)
  • This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
  • Event 46 Structure Sheet

12PM: Day 4 – $3,500 WPT RRPO Championship

12PM: Event 47 – $5,000 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

  • $250,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
  • Players begin with 20,000 in chips
  • Levels last 30 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 9 (4:30pm)
  • This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
  • Event 47 Structure Sheet

1PM: Event 39 Day 2 – $600 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

1PM: Day 2 – $25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)

2PM: Event 48 – $1,100 Deep Stack Six-Max PLO (Re-Entry)

  • Players begin with 20,000 in chips
  • Levels last 30 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 9 (6:30pm)
  • This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
  • Event 48 Structure Sheet

5PM: Event 49 – $300 Quad Stack Black Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)

  • Players begin with 40,000 in chips
  • Levels 1-8 last 15 minutes; Levels 9+ last 20 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 12 (8:30pm)
  • This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
  • Event 49 Structure Sheet

Secondary and Satellite Schedule

10AM: $550 Event 47 Turbo Satellite (1-in-10)

  • Two seats guaranteed into RRPO Event 47
  • Players begin with 10,000 in chips
  • Levels last 15 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 9 (12:15pm)
  • Structure Sheet

2PM: $1,250 WPT World Championship Satellite (1-in-10)

  • Players begin with 10,000 in chips
  • Levels last 20 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 9 (4:55pm)
  • Structure Sheet

2023 Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Schedule

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Championship: Final Two Tables Set with Istvan Briski Leading

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$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts | Results
Level 26:  50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining:  15 of 1,447

Istvan Briski

The field will play down to the WPT Final Table of six players on Tuesday at noon.

Table 7
Seat 1:  Gergely Kulcsár  –  3,550,000  (47 bb)
Seat 2:  Rishi Makkar  –  2,450,000  (33 bb)
Seat 3:  Viktor Kovachev  –  2,675,000  (36 bb)
Seat 4:  Alejandro Gonzalez Olaechea  –  7,150,000  (95 bb)
Seat 5:  Luke Graham  –  825,000  (11 bb)
Seat 6:  Istvan Briski  –  11,875,000  (158 bb)
Seat 7:  Lucian Silveira  –  2,325,000  (31 bb)
Seat 8:

Table 8
Seat 1:  Jason Sagle  –  3,025,000  (40 bb)
Seat 2:  Matt Bond  –  7,575,000  (101 bb)
Seat 3:  Darryll Fish  – 3,650,000  (49 bb)
Seat 4:  Fred Goldberg  –  3,750,000  (50 bb)
Seat 5:  Jack McDonald  –  2,500,000  (31 bb)
Seat 6:  Sandy Sanchez  –  9,575,000  (128 bb)
Seat 7:  Niko Koop  –  3,475,000  (46 bb)
Seat 8:  Rayan Chamas  –  7,925,000  (106 bb)

1st: $752,500 – includes WPT World Championship seat
2nd: $494,800
3rd: $366,500
4th: $274,000
5th: $206,900
6th: $157,800
7th: $121,500
8th: $94,500
9th-10th: $74,300
11th-12th: $59,000
13th-14th: $47,300
15th: $38,300

Photo by Joe Giron / PokerPhotoArchive.com / Courtesy of World Poker Tour

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Championship: Results

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2023 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  1,447
Prize Pool:  $4,630,400
November 24 – 29, 2023

PlaceFirst NameLast NamePrize Amount
1IstvanBriski$647,300*
2RayanChamas$600,000*
3SandySanchez$366,500
4FredGoldberg$274,000
5MattBond$206,900
6DarryllFish$157,800
7LukeGraham$121,500
8JasonSagle$94,500
9RishiMakkar$74,300
10AlejandroGonzalez Olaechea$74,300
11ViktorKovachev$59,000
12LucianSilveira$59,000
13NikoKoop$47,300
14JackMcDonald$47,300
15GergelyKulcsár$38,300
16RobertKennedy$38,300
17AlessioIsaia$31,400
18DmitriiPerfilev$31,400
19ChadEveslage$31,400
20JoeReddick$31,400
21JustinZaki$26,000
22MartinStausholm$26,000
23SachaRymland$26,000
24JerryMaher$26,000
25MaksimPisarenko$21,800
26AleksDimitrov$21,800
27BryceMcVay$21,800
28KyleJulius$21,800
29ShawnNguyen$21,800
30ZiadAlameddine$21,800
31BrandonWittmeyer$21,800
32BlakeNapierala$21,800
33StefanJedlicka$18,400
34NazarBuhaiov$18,400
35GuyNaimi$18,400
36AristotlesNeto$18,400
37DavidNowling$18,400
38EricZheng$18,400
39FredParadis$18,400
40BorisKolev$18,400
41KharlinSued$15,800
42JohnDepersio$15,800
43BryanRosen$15,800
44DulanDuran$15,800
45MaheshwarManthani$15,800
46JerryWong$15,800
47AnthonyZinno$15,800
48ChengXu$15,800
49AlexLivingston$13,700
50NicholasVerderamo$13,700
51AlexNguyen$13,700
52PetkoTsakov$13,700
53VladasTamasauskas$13,700
54ElliotKampen$13,700
55AndrewMoreno$13,700
56HengZhang$13,700
57YuvalBronshtein$12,000
58JuanMembreno Orellana$12,000
59AlexFoxen$12,000
60KyleArora$12,000
61DiegoPaulo Uez$12,000
62NirCohen$12,000
63GalYifrach$12,000
64AdamHendrix$12,000
65LucianoNardi$10,600
66SangHo$10,600
67LyleDiamond$10,600
68BrianLuo$10,600
69ChanceKornuth$10,600
70JoshuaWang$10,600
71SamLaskowitz$10,600
72BrianAltman$10,600
73JaredHemingway$9,500
74JarodEinsohn$9,500
75BrianMurphy$9,500
76NorbertSzecsi$9,500
77MichaelLiang$9,500
78KrasimirYankov$9,500
79DavidUvaydov$9,500
80ZacharyBruch$9,500
81FemiFashakin$8,600
82ArmandMatti$8,600
83IgorHot$8,600
84AndrewOstapchenko$8,600
85DominiqueMosley$8,600
86DionJagroo$8,600
87OscarBlanco$8,600
88AaronThivyanathan$8,600
89ArunasSapitavicius$7,800
90NadeemHirani$7,800
91SenhaoCao$7,800
92RobBrown$7,800
93PeterFellows$7,800
94JoshRothberg$7,800
95BarryMcGovern$7,800
96SeanAstwood$7,800
97JasonRocha$7,800
98NancyBirnbaum$7,800
99AlexanderStewart$7,800
100Matthew M.Martin$7,800
101NicholasRichards$7,800
102ScottEskenazi$7,800
103FredericNormand$7,800
104JasonBullock$7,800
105NitisUdornpim$7,100
106JohnGrout$7,100
107ScottWeidema$7,100
108JakeOzyman$7,100
109JulioBelluscio$7,100
110AlejandroBurazco$7,100
111SandeepMathai$7,100
112BrandonWilson$7,100
113MikeVanier$7,100
114PeterMugar$7,100
115MichaelTait$7,100
116RafalMichalowski$7,100
117OmerRotman$7,100
118MaksimLebedev$7,100
119MichaelVinkour$7,100
120AndersonPremdas$7,100
121ThomasReynolds$6,600
122KamelMokhammad$6,600
123RyanBlank$6,600
124KennyHallaert$6,600
125BrianNerney$6,600
126JackCorrigan$6,600
127BrentHoover$6,600
128EricBonin$6,600
129MatthewZarcadoolas$6,600
130AliTurkan$6,600
131CarlCarodenuto$6,600
132GeoffreyHum$6,600
133JeremiahWheeler$6,600
134OlgaIermolcheva$6,600
135CraigVarnell$6,600
136KevinRines$6,600
137SteveBuckner$6,200
138AsherConniff$6,200
139JohnStevenson$6,200
140MichaelStashin$6,200
141ChristianHarder$6,200
142JonathanMattia$6,200
143StoykoKolev$6,200
144RonaldKatz$6,200
145KurtLichtman$6,200
146MichaelO'Malley$6,200
147DavidKozma$6,200
148FrankLagodich$6,200
149MichaelMcNicholas$6,200
150ScottBall$6,200
151HamedZia$6,200
152KevinDavis$6,200
153FranklinRojas$5,900
154RudyMamo$5,900
155DanielSmiljkovic$5,900
156ErkutYilmaz$5,900
157StephenGerber$5,900
158Ya YunLiu$5,900
159StephenKehoe$5,900
160JoseGonzalez$5,900
161AaronKupin$5,900
162BrandonNavarrete$5,900
163StephenSong$5,900
164YangLu$5,900
165T.K.Miles$5,900
166StevenPiper$5,900
167JesseLonis$5,700
168GlennFishbein$5,700
169LeonardMaue$5,700
170ToddMiller$5,700
171GediminasUselis$5,700
172JordanPolk$5,700
173MatthewLambrecht$5,700
174BenjaminGrise$5,700
175AleksejsPonakovs$5,700
176ArtemMetalidi$5,700
177JuanMora Lasso$5,700
178JosephPetrolino$5,700
179AnthonyHu$5,700
180JeremyMintz$5,700
181FrancisAnderson$5,700
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Championship: Robert Kennedy Eliminated in 16th Place by Istvan Briski

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$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts | Results
Level 26:  50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining:  15 of 1,447

Robert Kennedy Eliminated in 16th Place

(This hand happened simultaneously with Alessio Isaia getting eliminated in 17th place, leading to the payouts being chopped $34,850 apiece)

Istvan Briski raised to 175,000 from the button, Robert Kennedy three-bet all in from the big blind for roughly 1,100,000, and Briski called.

Briski:  KdQd
Kennedy:  KcQc

The flop came Th8d4d giving Briski the freeroll with a flush draw.

The Ad turn gave Briski the winning flush, rendering the 5c river moot.

Istvan Briski  –  11,800,000  (157 bb)
Robert Kennedy  –  Eliminated in 16th Place  ($34,850)

Photo by Joe Giron / PokerPhotoArchive.com / Courtesy of World Poker Tour

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Championship: Alessio Isaia Eliminated in 17th Place by Alejandro Gonzalez Olaechea

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$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts | Results
Level 26:  50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining:  16 of 1,447

Alessio Isaia

(This hand happened simultaneously with Robert Kennedy getting eliminated in 16th place, leading to the payouts being chopped $34,850 apiece)

Alessio Isaia raised from the small blind,  Alejandro Gonzalez Olaechea three-bet in the big blind, Isaia four-bet all in for about 3,200,000, and Olaechea called with AdQd, trailing Isaia’s AdKd.

The flop came 9d6d3d, giving Olaechea a flush right away to leave Isaia drawing dead and out in 17th place.

Alejandro Gonzalez Olaechea  –  7,150,000  (95 bb)
Alessio Isaia  –  Eliminated in 17th Place  ($34,850)

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Championship: Joe Reddick Eliminated in 20th Place by Istvan Briski

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$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts | Results
Level 26:  50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining:  19 of 1,447

Joe Reddick

Istvan Briski raised to 150,000 from under the gun, Joe Reddick three-bet to 375,000 from the UTG+1, Briski four-bet to about 850,000, and Reddick called.

The flop was KsJh4s and Reddick wound up all in for 1,950,000 with KcQc for a pair of kings against Briski holding AhAc.

The 6c turn and Jc river completed the board, no help to Reddick, locking up the pot for Briski.

Istvan Briski  –  11,300,000  (151 bb)
Joe Reddick  –  Eliminated in 20th Place  ($31,400)

Recent Eliminations
21st:  Justin Zaki  –  $26,000

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Championship: Chip Counts at Dinner Break

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$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts | Results
Level 26:  50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining:  21 of 1,447

Table 6
Seat 1:  Gergely Kulcsár  – 4,425,000  (59 bb)
Seat 2:  Chad Eveslage  –  1,325,000  (18 bb)
Seat 3:  Jack McDonald  – 3,100,000  (41 bb)
Seat 4:  Alessio Isaia  – 2,250,000  (30 bb)
Seat 5:  Alejandro Gonzalez Olaechea  –  4,475,000  (60 bb)
Seat 6:  Rayan Chamas  –  5,675,000  (76 bb)
Seat 7:  Luke Graham  –  1,025,000  (14 bb)
Seat 8:

Table 7
Seat 1:  Fred Goldberg  – 3,325,000  (44 bb)
Seat 2:  Istvan Briski  – 9,175,000  (122 bb)
Seat 3:  Joe Reddick  – 2,225,000  (30 bb)
Seat 4:  Darryll Fish  – 3,000,000  (40 bb)
Seat 5:  Robert Kennedy  –  2,000,000  (27 bb)
Seat 6:
Seat 7:  Rishi Makkar  – 3,050,000  (41 bb)
Seat 8:  Jason Sagle  – 1,850,000  (25 bb)

Table 8
Seat 1:  Sandy Sanchez  – 9,375,000  (125 bb)
Seat 2:  Niko Koop  – 1,650,000  (12 bb)
Seat 3:  Viktor Kovachev  –   2,900,000  (39 bb)
Seat 4:
Seat 5:  Lucian Silveira  – 2,450,000  (33 bb)
Seat 6:  Justin Zaki  – 2,200,000  (29 bb)
Seat 7:  Matt Bond  –   4,350,000  (58 bb)
Seat 8:  Dmitrii Perfilev  – 2,700,000  (36 bb)

1st:  $752,500 – includes WPT World Championship seat
2nd:  $494,800
3rd:  $366,500
4th:  $274,000
5th:  $206,900
6th:  $157,800
7th:  $121,500
8th:  $94,500
9th-10th:  $74,300
11th-12th:  $59,000
13th-14th:  $47,300
15th-16th:  $38,300
17th-20th:  $31,400
21st-:  $26,000