Championship: James Rann – 9th Place ($48,985)

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 27: 30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining: 8 of 898

Pavel Plusev (left) versus James Rann (right)

Jim Gilbert opened to 125,000 from the cutoff and Pavel Plesuv three-bet to 400,000 from the button. James Rann in the small blind thought it out, used a time chip, and four-bet to 1,100,000. Gilbert folded and Plesuv moved all in for 4,405,000.

Rann cut out some chips, used another time chip, and called for 3,775,000 total.

Plesuv: QhQd
Rann: AsKs

It was one of those “classic” races and Rann needed to improve to double up. The board ran out 8d6c3d2hJc and Plesuv’s queens held to end the former chip leader out in nineth place.

Pavel Plesuv – 8,370,000 (140 bb)
James Rann – Eliminated in 9th place ($48,985)