$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
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Level 15:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining:  198 of 988

The players return from break to begin Level 15, with increased blinds of 2,000-4,000 and a 4,000 ante. With 198 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 200,000 (50 big blinds).

A scan of the field during the break turned up six players with at least 500K, and one more knocking on the door, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  Ido Ashkenazi  –  806,000  (202 bb)
2.  Niko Koop  –  677,000  (169 bb)
3.  Niel Mittelman  –  605,000  (151 bb)
4.  David Farber  –  596,000  (149 bb)
5.  Carlos Guerrero  –  577,000  (144 bb)
6.  Donald Maloney  –  558,000  (140 bb)
7.  Jason Wandling  –  496,000  (124 bb)

There will be a 90-minute dinner break after Level 16 (around 6:30 pm), with action continuing tonight until the end of Level 20 (around 12:15 am).

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
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Level 11: 1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Day 1B Players Remaining:  211 of 541

Day 1B of the WPT Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open Championship comes to an end, and with 211 players surviving from a field of 541, the chipleader appears to be Audrius Stakelis, who won a couple big hands back-to-back in the final minutes to catapult into the lead.

Day 2 begins tomorrow at 12:00 noon. The official Day 2 seat draw and chip counts will be posted later tonight, but in the meantime, here is the top of the leaderboard:

1.  Audrius Stakelis  –  408,000  (272 bb)
2.  Howard Mash  –  331,500  (221 bb)
3.  Wagner Wysotchanski  –  329,000  (219 bb)
4.  Carlos Guerrero  –  279,500  (186 bb)
5.  Nitis Udornpim  –  273,500  (182 bb)

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
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Level 10: 500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1B Players Remaining:  220of 541

Austin Peck raised UTG+1 to 2,700, the player in the hijack called, the button called, the small blind called, and the player in the big blind moved all in for 38,300. Peck moved all in over the top, and the rest of the players folded.

The big blind turned over , and he needed to improve to stay alive against Peck’s .

The board came , and the pocket aces held up for Peck to win the pot and eliminate his opponent from the tournament.

Austin Peck  –  104,000  (104 bb)

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
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Level 9: 500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1B Players Remaining:  297 of 541

The players return from their final break to begin Level 9, with increased blinds of 500-1,000 and a 1,000 ante. With 297 players remaining from a field of 541, the average chip stack is about 70,500 (71 big blinds).

Registration has closed with 541 entries for Day 1B, creating a two-day total of 969 entries. The total prizepool should be worth about $3.1 million, and as soon as they payouts are released, we will post them here.

A scan of the field during the break turned up four players with at least 220K in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  Howard Mash  –  276,800  (277 bb)
2.  Wagner Wysotchanski  –  248,400  (248 bb)
3.  Isaiah Goldman  –  231,800  (232 bb)
4.  Pavlin Karakikov  –  227,000  (227 bb)

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
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Level 8: 400/800 with a 800 ante
Day 1B Entries:  520

Eyal Al-Revah moved all in under the gun for about 15,000, and Peter Walsworth called from the cutoff with .

Al-Revah turned over , and needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came — Al-Revah paired his three on the flop, but Walsworth turned a six-high straight to win the pot and eliminate Al-Revah.

Peter Walsworth  –  57,000  (71 bb)
Eyal Al-Revah  –  Eliminated

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
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Level 8: 400/800 with a 800 ante
Day 1B Entries:  509

With about 12K in the pot, six players saw a flop of . Evan Teitelbaum moved his short stack all in from the big blind, and Sam Rashid thought for a while before raising UTG to 21,600. Pavlin Karakikov folded UTG+1, and Eyal Al-Revah quickly reraised to 43,900.

The other players fold, and Rashid snap-calls.

Eyal Al-Revah:    (set of sixes)
Sam Rashid:    (set of nines)
Evan Teitelbaum:    (pair of nines)

The turn card was the , the river card was the , and Rashid scooped the entire pot with the highest full house, nines full of jacks, to double thru Al-Revah and eliminate Teitelbaum.

Sam Rashid  –  150,000  (188 bb)
Evan Teitelbaum  –  Eliminated

With 509 entries so far on Day 1B, the total field size is up to 956, which means the prizepool has surpassed $3 million. Registration remains open for another 45 minutes or so.

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
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Level 7: 300/600 with a 600 ante
Day 1B Entries:  472

The players return from dinner to begin Level 7, with increased blinds of 300-600 with a 600 ante. Registration remains open until the end of the next break (about 9:15 pm), and action will continue tonight until the end of Level 10 (about 11:15 pm).

Here are the chipleaders from the dinner break:

1.  David Farber  –  211,100  (352 bb)
2.  Ricardo Alves De Lima Tavare  –  182,200  (304 bb)
3.  Kwynn Richards  –  180,600  (301 bb)
4.  Howard Mash  –  175,900  (293 bb)
5.  Stephen Sarmiento  –  174,200  (290 bb)
6.  Isaiah Goldman  –  169,300  (282 bb)
7.  Craig Varnell  –  159,800  (266 bb)
8.  Jeremy Joseph  –  149,400  (249 bb)

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
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Level 7: 300/600 with a 600 ante
Day 1B Entries:  445

Level 6 comes to an end, and the players take a 90-minute dinner break. Action is scheduled to resume around 7:02 pm.

Here are the two chipleaders at the dinner break:

1.  David Farber  –  211,100  (352 bb)
2.  Ricardo Alves De Lima Tavare  –  182,200  (304 bb)

Registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until the start of Level 9, around 9:15 pm, and action will continue tonight until the end of Level 10, around 11:15 pm.

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
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Level 6: 250/500 with a 500 ante
Day 1B Entries:  440

The player in the small blind was all in for about 8,000, the player in the big blind was all in for about 50,000, and they were both covered by Howard Mash, who was in the hijack with more than 100K.

Howard Mash:  
Big Blind:  
Small Blind:  

The board came , and Mash flopped a set of queens and rivered a full house to win the pot and eliminate two players on the same hand.

Howard Mash  –  172,000  (344 bb)

Mash recently finished second in Event #13, Six-Max No-Limit Hold’em, to earn $5,734.

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6: 250/500 with a 500 ante
Day 1B Entries:  438

After a flop of , a middle-position player bet, Johnny Stevenson raised from the cutoff, and the first player reraised.

Stevenson four-bet all in for 42,900, and the first player called with for an overpair. Stevenson turned over for a top pair, top kicker, and he needed to improve to stay alive.

The turn card was the , the river card was the , and Stevenson rivered two pair to win the pot and double up in chips.

Johnny Stevenson  –  90,000  (180 bb)