Championship: Kyle Merron Leads the Final 80 Players Into Day 3

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  80 of 1,541

Kyle Merron
Photo:  Chipleader Kyle Merron (photo courtesy of Drew Amato/WPT)

Day 2 of the WPT Rock ‘n’ Roll Poker Open Championship has come to an end with 80 players remaining, and the big stack belongs to Kyle Merron, who bagged up 2,415,000 (97 big blinds).

Here’s a look at the top 10 chip counts heading into Day 3:

1.  Kyle Merron  –  2,415,000  (97 bb)
2.  Ted McNamara  –  2,275,000  (91 bb)
3.  Hitesh Patel  –  2,260,000  (90 bb)
4.  Robel Andemichael  –  2,235,000  (89 bb)
5.  Badr Imejjane  –  2,135,000  (85 bb)

With 80 players remaining from a field of 1,541, the average chip stack is around 965,000 (39 big blinds). The full list of chip counts and the Day 3 seat draw will be posted soon.

Here are the remaining payouts at stake:

1st:  $785,800 + $10,400 WPT World Championship seat
2nd:  $525,000
3rd:  $390,000
4th:  $290,000
5th:  $219,000
6th:  $167,000
7th:  $129,000
8th:  $100,000
9th-10th:  $78,500
11th-12th:  $62,500
13th-14th:  $50,000
15th-16th:  $40,500
17th-20th:  $33,100
21st-24th:  $27,400
25th-32nd:  $22,900
33rd-40th:  $19,300
41st-48th:  $16,500
49th-56th:  $14,200
57th-64th:  $12,450
65th-72nd:  $11,000
73rd-80th:  $9,800

Day 3 begins tomorrow (Monday) at 12:00 noon. Return to SHRPO.com for our continuing coverage of the WPT Rock ‘n’ Roll Poker Open Championship.