$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
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Level 29:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  10 of 988

The players return from break to begin Level 29, with increased blinds of 50,000-100,000 with a 100,000 ante. With 10 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 3,950,000 (40 big blinds).

Here are the official chip counts from the break:

TABLE 1
Seat 1.  Francis Anderson  –  5,125,000  (51 bb)
Seat 2.  Jeff Blenkarn  –  2,275,000  (23 bb)
Seat 3.  Cesar Fuentes  –  7,775,000  (78 bb)
Seat 4.  Antonio Mallol  –  1,875,000  (19 bb)
Seat 5.  Danny Fuhs  –  1,325,000  (13 bb)

TABLE 2
Seat 1.  Roman Korenev  –  4,600,000  (46 bb)
Seat 2.  Fabian Gumz  –  6,125,000  (61 bb)
Seat 3.  Bin Weng  –  3,400,000  (34 bb)
Seat 4.  David Novosel  –  3,725,000  (37 bb)
Seat 5.  Milen Stefanov  –  3,175,000  (32 bb)

Nobody has been eliminated for a full three hours. Here are the players who have busted so far today:

11th:  Arkadiy Tsinis  –  $42,265
12th:  Toby Joyce  –  $42,265
13th:  Mitchell Smith  –  $34,095
14th:  Jeffrey Colpitts  –  $34,095
15th:  Jonathan Jaffe  –  $27,825
16th:  Aaron Mermelstein  –  $27,825
17th:  Hiroaki Harada  –  $22,975

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
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Level 28:  50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining:  10 of 988

In the last hand of the level, after a flop of , Cesar Fuentes checked the small blind, and Danny Fuhs bet 250,000 from under the gun. Jeff Blenkarn folded the button, and Fuentes check-raised to 625,000. Fuhs called.

The turn card was the , Fuentes moved all in, and Fuhs used one of his Time Chips to tank for a while before he folded. Fuentes took the pot.

Cesar Fuentes  –  7,775,000  (104 bb)
Danny Fuhs  –  1,325,000  (18 bb)

Level 28 came to an end, and the players took a 15-minute break. Stay tuned for official chip counts.

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 28:  50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining:  10 of 988

Milen Stefanov raised from the cutoff to 175,000, Roman Korenev called from the button, Fabian Gumz called from the small blind, and Bin Weng reraised from the big blind to 800,000, leaving himself about 1.75 million behind.

The other three players folded, and Weng took the pot.

Bin Weng  –  3,150,000  (42 bb)

A short while later, David Novosel raised from the cutoff to 175,000, and Fabian Gumz called from the big blind.

The flop came , Gumz checked, Novosel bet 175,000, and Gumz called.

The turn card was the , and both players checked.

The river card paired the board with the , Gumz bet 450,000, and Novosel called. Gumz showed to win the pot with a ten-high club flush, and Novosel mucked.

Fabian Gumz  –  6,550,000  (87 bb)
David Novosel  –  3,450,000  (46 bb)

With 10 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 3,950,000 (53 big blinds), and the remaining players are all guaranteed at least $53,005 each.

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 28:  50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining:  10 of 988

Milen Stefanov raised from the button to 175,000, Roman Korenev moved all in from the small blind for 1,425,000, and Fabian Gumz moved all in over the top from the big blind.

Stefanov quickly folded, and Korenev turned over . Gumz showed , and Korenev needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The board came — both players flopped two pair, with Korenev in the lead, but the board ran out with an ace-high straight to chop the pot.

Fabian Gumz  –  1,550,000  (21 bb)
Roman Korenev  –  6,400,000  (85 bb)

With 10 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 3,950,000 (53 big blinds), and the remaining players are all guaranteed at least $53,005 each.

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 28:  50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining:  10 of 988

Fabian Gumz raised UTG/hijack to 200,000, Roman Korenev moved all in from the big blind for 2.3 million, and Gumz waited for an exact count before he folded. Korenev took the pot.

Roman Korenev  –  2,625,000  (35 bb)
Fabian Gumz  –  6,050,000  (81 bb)

With 10 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 3,950,000 (53 big blinds), and the remaining players are all guaranteed at least $53,005 each.

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 28:  50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining:  10 of 988

The action has still been pretty light as the final 10 players battle it out for nine seats at the final table. (Though action will continue today until there are six left for tomorrow’s official WPT Final Table.)

Fabian Gumz raised from UTG/hijack to 200,000, and Milen Stefanov called from the small blind.

The flop came , Stefanov checked, Gumz bet 300,000, and Stefanov check-raised to 800,000. Gumz thought for the full 30 seconds on the Action Clock before he folded, and Stefanov took the pot.

Milen Stefanov  –  4,400,000  (59 bb)
Fabian Gumz  –  5,225,000  (70 bb)

With 10 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 3,950,000 (53 big blinds), and the remaining players are all guaranteed at least $53,005 each.

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 28:  50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining:  10 of 988

Danny Fuhs min-raised from the button to 150,000, Francis Anderson moved all in from the small blind for 925,000, and Fuhs called with .

Anderson turned over , and he needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The board came , and Anderson flopped a set of aces to win the pot and double up in chips.

Francis Anderson  –  2,000,000  (27 bb)
Danny Fuhs  –  3,050,000  (41 bb)

With 10 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 3,950,000 (53 big blinds), and the remaining players are all guaranteed at least $53,005 each.

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 28:  50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining:  10 of 988

The players return from break to begin Level 28, with increased blinds of 50,000-75,000 with a 75,000 ante. With 10 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 3,950,000 (53 big blinds).

Here are the official chip counts from the break:

TABLE 1
Seat 1.  Francis Anderson  –  1,050,000  (14 bb)
Seat 2.  Jeff Blenkarn  –  3,575,000  (48 bb)
Seat 3.  Cesar Fuentes  –  7,675,000  (102 bb)
Seat 4.  Antonio Mallol  –  2,075,000  (28 bb)
Seat 5.  Danny Fuhs  –  3,975,000  (53 bb)

TABLE 2
Seat 1.  Roman Korenev  –  1,500,000  (20 bb)
Seat 2.  Fabian Gumz  –  6,375,000  (85 bb)
Seat 3.  Bin Weng  –  5,525,000  (74 bb)
Seat 4.  David Novosel  –  3,950,000  (53 bb)
Seat 5.  Milen Stefanov  –  3,700,000  (49 bb)

Here are the players who were eliminated during the last level, along with their payouts:

11th:  Arkadiy Tsinis  –  $42,265
12th:  Toby Joyce  –  $42,265
13th:  Mitchell Smith  –  $34,095

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  10 of 988

The action has been light for the past half hour, even as the final 10 players battle it out at two five-handed tables. The final nine players will combine to a final table, and then continue playing until there are six players remaining for tomorrow’s WPT Final Table.

Roman Korenev limped from UTG/hijack for 60,000, Fabian Gumz raised from the cutoff to 280,000, and David Novosel called from the small blind. Korenev folded.

The flop came , Novosel checked, Gumz bet 135,000, and Novosel called.

The turn card was the , and both players checked.

The river card was the , Novosel bet 225,000, and Gumz quickly folded. Novosel took the pot.

David Novosel – 3,480,000  (58 bb)
Fabian Gumz  –  6,900,000  (115 bb)

With 10 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 3,950,000 (66 big blinds), and the remaining players are all guaranteed at least $53,005 each.

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  10 of 988

Roman Korenev got it all in from the big blind for 775,000 with , and he needed his hand to hold to stay alive against the of Milen Stefanov in the small blind.

The board came , and Korenev won the pot with his queen to double up in chips.

Roman Korenev  –  1,610,000  (27 bb)
Milen Stefanov  –  4,265,000  (71 bb)

With 10 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 3,950,000 (66 big blinds), and the remaining players are all guaranteed at least $53,005 each.