Event 1: Pedro Catinchi Goes From Chip and a Chair to Chipleader as Day 2 Ends with 13 Players

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 34:  150,000/300,000 with a 300,000 ante
Players Remaining:  13 of 4,699

Pedro Catinchi
Chipleader Pedro Catinchi

Day 2 started with 721 players, and 470 of them would finish in the money. After a full day of poker, the field got down to the final 13 players before hitting the hard stop shortly before 3:00 am.

The chipleader is Pedro Catinchi, who bagged up 15,825,000 (53 big blinds) after being down to a single chip before the dinner break — just 1/4 of a big blind. He has already had an amazing comeback, guaranteeing himself at least $9,145, but if he can go on to win, it would be an epic achievement.

The remaining 13 players will return to their same seats tomorrow, and here are their official seating assignments and chip counts, followed by the remaining prizepool:

TABLE 10
Seat 1.  Ben Boston  –  7,000,000  (23 bb)
Seat 2.  Traci Myhrum  –  3,800,000  (13 bb)
Seat 3.  
Seat 4.  
Seat 5.  Pedro Catinchi  –  15,825,000  (53 bb)
Seat 6.  Ronald Campillo  –  7,400,000  (25 bb)
Seat 7.  Song O.  –  5,800,000  (19 bb)
Seat 8.  
Seat 9.  John Two-Bears  –  14,300,000  (48 bb)

TABLE 9
Seat 1.  
Seat 2.  Stuart Hankin  –  2,700,000  (9 bb)
Seat 3.  Gilles Dalco  –  8,125,000  (27 bb)
Seat 4.  Richard Leger  –  6,200,000  (21 bb)
Seat 5.  Shane Gosline  –  5,675,000  (19 bb)
Seat 6.  Brian Mancilla  –  4,950,000  (17 bb)
Seat 7.  
Seat 8.  Leif Force  –  6,000,000  (20 bb)
Seat 9.  Joel Gossett  –  5,925,000  (20 bb)

1st:  $253,410 + RRPO Trophy
2nd:  $164,230
3rd:  $110,720
4th:  $90,730
5th:  $72,360
6th:  $55,585
7th:  $39,605
8th:  $27,625
9th-10th:  $16,440
11th-12th:  $12,340
13th:  $9,145

Day 3 will begin tomorrow (Monday) at 2:00 pm EST, and they will play down to a winner. Return to SHRPO.com for continuing coverage from the Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open.

John Two-Bears
John Two-Bears is second in chips heading to Day 3.