$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 11:  1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining:  238 of 696

Day 1A ended with 238 players remaining from a field of 696 entries and the chip leader was Frank Stepuchin, who bagged up 394,000 (158 big blinds). As the Day 1A chip leader, Stepuchin also won a ClubWPT gold passport into the $5,000,000 freeroll at Wynn Las Vegas, running from December 13-15. The Day 1B chip leader will also receive a the ClubWPT gold passport.

The full list of official chip counts from Day 1A will be posted later tonight, but in the meantime here is the top five:

1.  Frank Stepuchin  –  394,000  (158 bb)
2.  William Lamar-Boone  –  391,000  (156 bb)
3.  Jesse Lonis  –  390,500  (156 bb)
4.  Kevin Schulz  –  388,000  (155 bb)
5.  Gregory Back  –  364,500  (146 bb)

With 696 entries, the prize pool is already worth more than $2.2 million and well on its way to the $3 million guarantee. We should surpass the guarantee early tomorrow.

Day 1B begins tomorrow at 11:00 am, and registration remains open with unlimited re-entries available until about 9:15 pm.

Photo courtesy of Drew Amato/WPT