$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 26:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  16 of 988

Aaron Mermelstein raised from middle position to 120,000, and Jeff Blenkarn called from the hijack.

Both players checked to the turn on a board of , Mermelstein checked, Blenkarn bet 205,000, and Mermelstein used one of his Time Chips to tank for a while before he check-raised to 575,000. Blenkarn used one of his Time Chips to tank for a while before he called.

The river card paired the board with the , putting three diamonds on the board, and Mermelstein used one of his Time Chips to tank for about 35 seconds before he bet 1,100,000, enough to slightly cover Blenkarn’s remaining stack.

Blenkarn used the full 30 seconds on the Action Clock to think, and when the buzzer goes off, Blenkarn sighed and said, “I call.” Blenkarn called all in for 1,085,000.

Mermelstein showed for two pair, jacks and nines, but Blenkarn turned over to win the pot with trip jacks.

Another player congratulated Blenkarn on the call, and Blenkarn said, “I had to decide whether he liked that last card or not.”

Jeff Blenkarn  –  3,685,000  (74 bb)
Aaron Mermelstein  –  380,000  (8 bb)