$360 Seniors 50+ No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 9: 500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Seniors Remaining: 36 of 122

Level 9 is kicked off and registration is closed in Event 18 of the Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open, a $360 buy-in Seniors tournament. A total of 122 South Florida seniors turned out for the one-day event. The prize pool hit $36,600 and is slated to pay the to pay the top 16 finishers. A min-cash earns $714 while the tournament’s champion earns $10,615 and the property’s token guitar pick trophy.

Full details:

2018 Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open 
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino 
Hollywood, Florida
Seniors Event
$360 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Entries: 122
Prize Pool: $36,600
November 27, 2018

1st – $10,615
2nd – $6,588
3rd – $3,935
4th – $2,471
5th – $1,830
6th – $1,574
7th – $1,363
8th – $1,208
9th – $1,061
10th-12th – $933
13th-15th – $814
16th – $714

We will pick up coverage of this event when it reaches the 10-handed final table.

$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 100/100

We are closing out the RRPO series with a nice low buy-in, big prize pool tournament with six starting flights and Flight E kicks off at 3pm. Event 15 has a $150 buy-in tournament with a $100,000 Guarantee and six total flights.

Event 15 entrants sit down to 15,000 starting stacks and all tournament levels last 30 minutes. Late registration is open until the start of Level 8 at 7pm with unlimited re-entries available. Flight E will come to an end after Level 14 and those with chips will return on Wednesday for Day 2.

• $100,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 15,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
• Single ante will be paid from the big blind for the entire table
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 8
• Day 1 will end after Level 14 or Tournament Director discretion
• Event 15 Structure Sheet

$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

Action folded around to Jeremy Joseph in the small blind and he moved all in on the shorter stacked Ravi Raghavan in the big. Raghavan called all in for his last 1,160,000 looking for his double.

Raghavan:
Joseph:

Raghavan was in good shape and needed to dodge the two live cards of Joseph. He improved on the flop and held as the board finished with the turn and river.

Ravi Raghavan – 2,380,000 (40 bb)
Jeremy Joseph – 3,240,000 (54 bb)

$2,200 Deep Stack Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 13: 3,000/6,000
Players Remaining: 7 of 89

The $2,200 Pot Limit Omaha event was the last in a string of success non-hold’em games this series and we have a talented final table returning for Day 2.

Richard Gayler leads the seven remaining players with Leif Force, Matt Wantman, Peter Eichhardt, Scotter Clark, and Christopher Wilson trying to chase him down.

Cards go back in the air at 3pm with $56,470 awaiting the last RRPO PLO champ.

Seat 1: Scotter Clark – 136,000
Seat 2: Matthew Wantman – 255,000
Seat 3: Peter Eichhardt – 230,000
Seat 4: Christopher Wilson – 189,000
Seat 5: Richard Gayler – 446,000
Seat 6: Leif Force – 316,000
Seat 7: Greg Levin – 208,000

Remaining payouts:

1st: $56,470
2nd: $33,820
3rd: $21,360
4th: $13,795
5th: $10,680
6th: $8,455
7th: $7,120

$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

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:
Rann:

It was one of those “classic” races and Rann needed to improve to double up. The board ran out 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)

$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: 9 of 898

The last nine players redrew seats and action is back underway. Level 26 is close to running out and they will take a short, ten-minute break from the table.

They will continue their day until only six players remain for tomorrow’s WPT live stream final table.

Seat 1: Christopher Kennedy – 6,700,000 (134 bb)
Seat 2: Roberto Bendeck – 2,100,000 (42 bb)
Seat 3: Jim Gilbert – 5,850,000 (117 bb)
Seat 4: Pavel Plesuv – 2,850,000 (57 bb)
Seat 5: James Rann – 4,350,000 (87 bb)
Seat 6: Jeremy Joseph – 4,450,000 (89 bb)
Seat 7: Ravi Raghavan – 1,950,000 (39 bb)
Seat 8: Brent Kallman – 2,100,000 (42 bb)
Seat 9: Marius Gierse – 5,150,000 (103 bb)

Remaining payouts:

1st: $504,820
2nd: $326,565
3rd: $240,945
4th: $179,710
5th: $135,505
6th: $103,310
7th: $79,650
8th: $62,110
9th: $48,985

$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: 9 of 898

Alan Schein opened to 100,000 and Christopher Kennedy defended his big blind.

The flop came , Kennedy checked and Schein bet 300,000. Kennedy called.

The turn brought the , Kennedy checked again and Schein moved all in for around 2,100,000. Kennedy snap-called with and was out in front against Schein’s .

The river was the and Schein’s pocket jacks couldn’t catch up as he was eliminated in 10th place. With that elimination the remaining nine players combine with Kennedy in the lead.

Christopher Kennedy – 6,700,000 (134 bb)
Alan Schein – Eliminated in 10th Place ($48,985)

$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: 11 of 898

James Rann opened to 100,000 from the button and John DuBois defended his big blind.

The flop came , DuBois checked and Rann bet 95,000. DuBois called.

The turn brought the and DuBois shoved for 860,000. Rann went into the tank, using two time chips before electing to call.

DuBois tabled for second pair against James Rann’s top pair.

The river was the and Rann’s top pair held to eliminate DuBois in 11th Place.

James Rann – 4,350,000 (87 bb)
John DuBois – Eliminated in 11th Place ($39,085)

$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: 11 of 898

Marius Gierse opened to 105,000 from the cutoff, James Rann called on the button, and Tom Burandt called from the big blind to the flop. Burandt checked, Gierse bet 150,000 and only Burandt called.

The turn came , Burandt checked, Gierse bet 375,000 and Burandt check-raised all in for 1,920,000. Gierse quickly called and Burandt was in trouble.

Gierse:
Burandt:

Burandt turned two pair but was behind Gierse’s flopped set of sixes. The river completed the board and Burandt was sent out in 12th place.

Marius Gierse – 5,300,000 (106 bb)
Tom Burandt – Eliminated in 12th place ($39,085)