Championship: Barbaro Diaz Leads the Field at the Break with 1,510,000

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 15:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  212 of 1,566

Barbaro Diaz
Barbaro Diaz

The players return from break to begin Level 15, with increased blinds of 3,000-6,000 with a big blind ante of 6,000.

With 212 players remaining from a field of 1,566, the average chip stack is about 268,000 (54 big blinds). The final 196 players will finish in the money, guaranteed at least $5,265 each.

As soon as the field reaches the final 198 players, the 30-second Action Clock by Protection Poker will be put into play for the rest of the tournament.

A scan of the field during the break turned up four players with at least 750K in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  Barbaro Diaz  –  1,510,000  (252 bb)
2.  Joseph Cheong  –  854,000  (142 bb)
3.  Eric Ting-Yi Tsai  –  800,000  (133 bb)
4.  Yiannis Liperis  –  750,000  (125 bb)

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