Championship: Aaron Mermelstein Reaches 760K; Ronald Campillo Flops Quads to Knock Out a Player

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | StructurePayouts
Level 16:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  147 of 988

Aaron Mermelstein
Aaron Mermelstein

After a flop of KhQd4d, Benjamin Zamani bet 37,000 form the small blind, and two-time WPT champion Aaron Mermelstein thought for a while before he called.

The turn card was the 5s, Zamani checked, Mermelstein bet 200,000, and Zamani snap-folded. Mermelstein took the pot to reach 760K.

Aaron Mermelstein  –  760,000  (152 bb)
Benjamin Zamani  –  115,000  (23 bb)

The player in the cutoff raised to 10,000, the player on the button moved all in for 68,000, and Ronald Campillo moved all in from the big blind for about 130,000. The cutoff quickly folded.

The button turned over 3s3h, and he needed to improve to stay alive against Campillo’s 9s9h.

The board came 9d9c4hQsKc, and Campillo flopped quad nines to win the pot and eliminate the button from the tournament.

Ronald Campillo  –  219,000  (44 bb)

With 147 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 269,000 (54 big blinds). The final 124 players will finish in the money, guaranteed at least $5,985.