Championship: Ido Ashkenazi Leads the Field at the Break with 806,000

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | StructurePayouts
Level 15:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining:  198 of 988

Ido Ashkenazi
Ido Ashkenazi

The players return from break to begin Level 15, with increased blinds of 2,000-4,000 and a 4,000 ante. With 198 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 200,000 (50 big blinds).

A scan of the field during the break turned up six players with at least 500K, and one more knocking on the door, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  Ido Ashkenazi  –  806,000  (202 bb)
2.  Niko Koop  –  677,000  (169 bb)
3.  Niel Mittelman  –  605,000  (151 bb)
4.  David Farber  –  596,000  (149 bb)
5.  Carlos Guerrero  –  577,000  (144 bb)
6.  Donald Maloney  –  558,000  (140 bb)
7.  Jason Wandling  –  496,000  (124 bb)

There will be a 90-minute dinner break after Level 16 (around 6:30 pm), with action continuing tonight until the end of Level 20 (around 12:15 am).

Niko Koop
Niko Koop