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Level 27:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  10 of 988

Cesar Fuentes raised under the gun to 120,000, and Arkadiy Tsinis called from the big blind.

Both players checked to the turn on a board of , Tsinis checked, Fuentes bet 100,000, and Tsinis called.

The river card was the , Tsinis checked, Fuentes bet 275,000, and Tsinis called. Fuentes showed to win the pot with two pair, kings and deuces, and Tsinis mucked.

Cesar Fuentes  –  5,800,000  (97 bb)
Arkadiy Tsinis  –  1,370,000  (23 bb)

A little while later, Tsinis raised from the cutoff to 125,000, Fuentes reraised from the button to 355,000, and Tsinis used one of his Time Chips to tank for nearly a minute before he moved all in for 1,475,000.

Fuentes thought for a bit before he called with , and Tsinis turned over . Tsinis needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came — Tsinis flopped a flush draw with a gutshot straight draw, but improved no further. The pocket jacks held up for Fuentes to win the pot as he eliminated Tsinis in 11th place.

“Hell of a hold,” said Danny Fuhs.

Cesar Fuentes  –  7,350,000  (123 bb)
Arkadiy Tsinis  –  Eliminated in 11th Place  ($42,265)

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)
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Level 27:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  11 of 988

Toby Joyce got it all in from the button for about 750,000 with , and he needed his hand to hold to stay alive against the of Danny Fuhs in the hijack.

The board came , and Fuhs paired his ace on the flop to win the pot and eliminate Joyce in 12th place.

Danny Fuhs  –  3,275,000  (55 bb)
Toby Joyce  –  Eliminated in 12th Place  ($42,265)

With 11 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 3,595,000 (60 big blinds), and the remaining players are all guaranteed at least $42,265 each.

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
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Level 27:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  12 of 988

David Novosel raised from the cutoff to 135,000, Milen Stefanov called from the button, and Mitchell Smith moved all in from the small blind for 1,100,000.

Novosel folded, and Stefanov called with . Smith turned over , and he needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came — Smith paired his ace on the flop, but Stefanov turned a set of tens to win the pot and eliminate Smith in 13th place.

Milen Stefanov  –  5,200,000  (87 bb)
Mitchell Smith  –  Eliminated in 13th Place  ($34,095)

With 12 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 3,295,000 (55 big blinds), and the remaining players are all guaranteed at least $42,265 each.

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
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Level 27:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  13 of 988

The players return from break to begin Level 27, with increased blinds of 30,000-60,000 and a 60,000 ante. With 13 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 3,040,000 (51 big blinds), and these players are all guaranteed at least $34,095 each.

Here are the official chip counts from the break:

TABLE 1
Seat 1.  Francis Anderson  –  2,265,000  (38 bb)
Seat 2.  Toby Joyce  –  755,000  (13 bb)
Seat 3.  Fabian Gumz  –  7,300,000  (122 bb)
Seat 4.  Arkadiy Tsinis  –  2,500,000  (42 bb)
Seat 5.  Cesar Fuentes  –  4,625,000  (77 bb)
Seat 6.  Antonio Mallol  –  2,285,000  (38 bb)
Seat 7.  
Seat 8.  Danny Fuhs  –  2,370,000  (40 bb)

TABLE 2
Seat 1.  
Seat 2.  Jeff Blenkarn  –  3,650,000  (61 bb)
Seat 3.  Roman Korenev  –  1,180,000  (20 bb)
Seat 4.  
Seat 5.  Bin Weng  –  4,350,000  (73 bb)
Seat 6.  David Novosel  –  3,145,000  (52 bb)
Seat 7.  Milen Stefanov  –  3,975,000  (66 bb)
Seat 8.  Mitchell Smith  –  1,100,000  (18 bb)

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

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 26:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  13 of 988

Jeffrey Colpitts raised from the button to 110,000, David Novosel moved all in from the big blind, and Colpitts called all in for about 1.2 million with .

Novosel turned over , and Colpitts needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came — Colpitts flopped a gutshot straight draw, but improved no further. The pocket tens held up for Novosel to win the pot and eliminate Colpitts in 14th place.

David Novosel  –  3,925,000  (79 bb)
Jeffrey Colpitts  –  Eliminated in 14th Place  ($34,095)

With 13 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 3,040,000 (61 big blinds), and the remaining 14 players are all guaranteed at least $34,095 each.

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
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Level 26:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  14 of 988

Jonathan Jaffe raised from the hijack to 110,000, and Fabian Gumz called from the big blind.

The flop came , Gumz checked, Jaffe bet 210,000, and Gumz checkl-raised to 560,000. Jaffe moved all in for about 1.2 million, and Gumz called with for a gutshot Royal Flush draw.

Jaffe turned over for a pair of jacks, and he needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The turn card was the , the river card was the , and Gumz rivered an ace-high flush to win the pot and eliminate Jaffe in 15th place.

Fabian Gumz  –  7,200,000  (144 bb)
Jonathan Jaffe  –  Eliminated in 15th Place  ($27,825)

With 14 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 2,825,000 (57 big blinds), and the remaining 14 players are all guaranteed at least $34,095 each.

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Level 26:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  15 of 988

Mitchell Smith moved all in from the small blind, and Aaron Mermelstein called all in from the big blind for 340,000 with .

Smith turned over , and Mermelstein needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The board came , and Smith flopped two pair, aces and sevens, to win the pot and eliminate Mermelstein in 16th place.

Mitchell Smith  –  1,380,000  (28 bb)
Aaron Mermelstein  –  Eliminated in 16th Place  ($27,825)

With three hands to go back on Day 2 and 65 players still in the field, Mermelstein lost a big pot to get knocked down to just two big blinds. Mermelstein then went on to win those next three hands to end Day 2 with 20 big blinds, and then went on to survive Day 3 as well, passing many pay jumps along the way.

If Mermelstein had busted at the end of Day 2, he would have picked up $8,480, but instead his 16th place finish earned $27,825. Not a bad little comeback.

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
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Level 26:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  16 of 988

Aaron Mermelstein raised from middle position to 120,000, and Jeff Blenkarn called from the hijack.

Both players checked to the turn on a board of , Mermelstein checked, Blenkarn bet 205,000, and Mermelstein used one of his Time Chips to tank for a while before he check-raised to 575,000. Blenkarn used one of his Time Chips to tank for a while before he called.

The river card paired the board with the , putting three diamonds on the board, and Mermelstein used one of his Time Chips to tank for about 35 seconds before he bet 1,100,000, enough to slightly cover Blenkarn’s remaining stack.

Blenkarn used the full 30 seconds on the Action Clock to think, and when the buzzer goes off, Blenkarn sighed and said, “I call.” Blenkarn called all in for 1,085,000.

Mermelstein showed for two pair, jacks and nines, but Blenkarn turned over to win the pot with trip jacks.

Another player congratulated Blenkarn on the call, and Blenkarn said, “I had to decide whether he liked that last card or not.”

Jeff Blenkarn  –  3,685,000  (74 bb)
Aaron Mermelstein  –  380,000  (8 bb)

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
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Level 26:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  16 of 988

Here are the updated seating assignments and approximate chip counts for the final 16 players after redrawing for random seats at the final two tables:

TABLE 1
Seat 1.  Francis Anderson  –  1,370,000  (27 bb)
Seat 2.  Toby Joyce  –  1,325,000  (27 bb)
Seat 3.  Fabian Gumz  –  6,800,000  (136 bb)
Seat 4.  Arkadiy Tsinis  –  740,000  (15 bb)
Seat 5.  Cesar Fuentes  –  4,775,000  (96 bb)
Seat 6.  Antonio Mallol  –  1,850,000  (37 bb)
Seat 7.  Jonathan Jaffe  –  915,000  (18 bb)
Seat 8.  Danny Fuhs  –  4,025,000  (81 bb)

TABLE 2
Seat 1.  Aaron Mermelstein  –  1,700,000  (34 bb)
Seat 2.  Jeff Blenkarn  –  1,900,000  (38 bb)
Seat 3.  Roman Korenev  –  1,600,000  (32 bb)
Seat 4.  Jeffrey Colpitts  –  2,750,000  (55 bb)
Seat 5.  Bin Weng  –  3,430,000  (69 bb)
Seat 6.  David Novosel  –  2,900,000  (58 bb)
Seat 7.  Milen Stefanov  –  2,300,000  (46 bb)
Seat 8.  Mitchell Smith  –  1,410,000  (28 bb)

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Level 26:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  16 of 988

Francis Anderson moved all in from the button for 660,000, and Hiroaki Harada called all in from the big blind for 635,000 with .

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

The board came , and Anderson spiked a ten on the river to win the pot and eliminate Harada in 17th place.

Francis Anderson  –  1,370,000  (27 bb)
Hiroaki Harada  –  Eliminated in 17th Place  ($22,975)

The remaining 16 players are now redrawing for random seats at the final two tables. The average chip stack is about 2,470,000 (49 big blinds), and the remaining players are all guaranteed at least $27,825 each.