$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10: 1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 315 of 877
A player in middle position limped for 2,000, and the cutoff moved all in for 31,000. Ricardo Tavares called from the big blind, and the original limper folded.
The cutoff turned over , and needed to improve to stay alive against the of Tavares.
The board came , and the pocket jacks held up for Tavares to win the pot and eliminate his opponent from the tournament.
Ricardo Tavares – 195,000 (98 bb)
With about 315 players remaining from a Day 1B field of 877, the average chip stack is around 139,000 (70 big blinds). Action will continue tonight until the end of this level (around 11:15 pm), and Day 2 begins tomorrow at 12:00 noon.