$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 22:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  37 of 988

Mike Vela was all in preflop for 495,000 with , and he needed to improve to stay alive against the of Jerry Wong.

The board came — Vela paired his jack on the flop, but Wong turned a set of tens to win the pot and eliminate Vela in 40th place.

Jerry Wong  –  1,250,000  (63 bb)
Mike Vela  –  Eliminated in 40th Place  ($13,910)

At almost the same time, with the board showing on the turn, Keith Brennan bet 70,000 from under the gun, Jeff Blenkarn moved all in from the cutoff, and Brennan called with for trip aces.

But Blenkarn turned over for trip aces with a king kicker, and Brennan needed a queen, jack, or a three on the river to stay alive.

The river card was the , and Blenkarn won the pot to eliminate Brennan in 39th place.

Jeff Blenkarn  –  1,065,000  (53 bb)
Keith Brennan  –  Eliminated in 39th Place  ($13,910)

A few minutes later, Will Givens got it all in from the big blind with , but he ran into the of Milen Stefanov in the cutoff.

The kings held up for Stefanov, and Givens was eliminated in 38th place.

Milen Stefanov  –  2,930,000  (147 bb)
Will Givens  –  Eliminated in 38th Place  ($13,910)

With 37 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 1,070,000 (54 big blinds), and the remaining players are all guaranteed at least $13,910 each.

Here are the players who were most recently eliminated:

38th:  Will Givens  –  $13,910
39th:  Keith Brennan  –  $13,910
40th:  Mike Vela  –  $13,910
41st:  Donald Maloney  –  $12,060