$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 25:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  20 of 988

David Novosel raised from the hijack to 85,000, two-time WPT champion Aaron Mermelstein reraised from the cutoff to 270,000, and Geoffrey Hum used one of his Time Chips to tank for nearly a minute before he four-bet all in for 835,000 from the button.

Novosel folded, and Mermelstein went into the tank himself, using one of his Time Chips to tank for a while.

After thinking for a while, Mermelstein said, “I’m obviously pretty light.”

Shortly after that, Mermelstein called with , and Hum turned over . Hum needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The board came , and Mermelstein paired his ten on the river to win the pot and eliminate Hum in 21st place.

Aaron Mermelstein  –  2,560,000  (64 bb)
Geoffrey Hum  –  Eliminated in 21st Place  ($19,200)

With three hands to go last night and 65 players still in the field, Mermelstein lost a big pot to get knocked down to just two big blinds. Mermelstein then went on to win those next three hands to end Day 2 with 20 big blinds, and as you can see, he is still alive with 20 players remaining. It’s not quite a chip-and-a-chair comeback, but coming back from two big blinds is still a rare occurrence.

With 20 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 1,975,000 (49 big blinds), and the remaining players are all guaranteed at least $22,975 each.

Here is a list of the players who have been recently eliminated:

21st:  Geoffrey Hum  –  $19,200
22nd:  Audrius Stakelis  –  $19,200