$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  132 of 988

The players return from break to begin Level 17, with increased blinds of 3,000-6,000 and a 6,000 ante. With 132 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 299,000 (50 big blinds).

A scan of the field during the break turned up nine players with at least 575K in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  David Farber  –  920,000  (153 bb)
2.  Ido Ashkenazi  –  913,000  (152 bb)
3.  Nacho Barbero  –  760,000  (127 bb)
4.  Pavlo Veksler  –  703,000  (117 bb)
5.  Aaron Mermelstein  –  688,000  (115 bb)
6.  Niko Koop  –  658,000  (110 bb)
7.  Will Givens  –  616,000  (103 bb)
8.  James Calderaro  –  585,000  (98 bb)
9.  Cesar Fuentes  –  580,000  (97 bb)

The 30-second Action Clock is now in play, and players have 30 seconds to make each decision. Each player was given a limited number of non-transferable Time Chips, which can be used to extend any decision by 30 seconds.

Action will continue tonight until the end of Level 20, around 12:15 am.