Championship: David Farber Reaches 2 Million Against Bin Weng; Jose Reyes Takes a Multi-Way Pot

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | StructurePayouts
Level 22:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  41 of 988

David Farber
David Farber

Steven Sarmiento raised UTG+1 to 45,000, Bin Weng called from the cutoff, and David Farber reraised from the small blind to 180,000. Sarmiento folded, and Weng thought for a while before he called.

The flop came Js9h5s, Farber bet 175,000, and Weng thought for a while before he called.

The turn card was the 10c, Farber bet 250,000, and Weng used one of his Time Chips to tank for nearly a minute before he folded, and Farber took the pot.

David Farber  –  2,000,000  (100 bb)
Bin Weng  –  1,670,000  (84 bb)

Jose Reyes
Jose Reyes

Jose Reyes limped UTG+1 for 20,000, Aaron Mermelstein limped from the hijack, Jerry Wong limped from the cutoff, Geoffrey Hum completed the small blind, and Hiroaki Harada checked his option in the big blind.

The flop came 10h8h2c, and it checked to Wong, who bet 70,000. Both blinds folded, and Reyes thought for a while before check-raising all in for 430,000.

Mermelstein quickly folded, and Wong used two Time Chips to tank for more than a minute before he folded. Reyes took the pot.

Jose Reyes  –  600,000  (30 bb)
Jerry Wong  –  675,000  (34 bb)

With 41 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 965,000 (48 big blinds), and the remaining players are all guaranteed at least $12,060 each.

Here are the players who were most recently eliminated:

42nd:  Nacho Barbero  –  $12,060
43rd:  Kyle Carino  –  $12,060
44th:  Steve Karp  –  $12,060
45th:  Richard Bai  –  $12,060
46th:  David Wolff  –  $12,060