$360 Big Stack NL Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 1: 25/50

If you didn’t manage to make Day 2 of the RRPO Championship, have no fear. Your series is not over yet. We still have a handful of events on the schedule including today’s new tournament.

Event 10 is a $360 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em tournament with a $30,000 guaranteed prize pool and one-day structure. Players can spend their Sunday afternoon at the tables, watch some football, and pick up a trophy at the end.

Tournament entrants will sit down to 15,000 starting stacks and play 30-minute levels throughout the day. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 4:30pm and they will have a dinner break around 6:30pm.

This is scheduled to play out today so we will crown our next RRPO champion before the night is through,

• $30,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 15,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 10 Structure Sheet

Main Event Schedule

12PM: $3,500 RRPO Championship Day 2

• Championship Day 2 Chip Counts
• Championship Day 2 Table/Seat Assignments
• Championship Payouts

12PM: Event 10 – $360 Big Stack NL Hold’em (Re-Entry)

• $30,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 15,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 10 Structure Sheet

3PM: Event 11 – $1,650 Purple Chip Bounty (Single Re-Entry)

• $100,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 12,000 in chips
• Levels 1-10 last 30 minutes; Level 11+ last 40 minutes
• Late registration/single re-entry available until start of Level 11
• Day 1 will end after Level 16 or Tournament Director discretion
• Event 11 Structure Sheet

Secondary and Satellite Schedule

7PM: Event 50 – $150 Survivor NL Hold’em (Re-Entry)

• One (1) in ten (10) players will win $1,200 in cash
• Players begin with 10,000 in chips and 15-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 50 Structure Sheet

$3,500 Seminole Hard Rock RRPO Championship 
Returning to Level 11: 600/1,200 with a 200 ante

Flight A: 339 Entries, 118 Advanced
Flight B: 421 Entries, 165 Advanced
Day 2: Sunday at 12pm
Day 3: Monday at 12pm
Day 4: Tuesday at 12PM
Day 5: Final Table at 12PM

$3,500 Seminole Hard Rock RRPO Championship 
Returning to Level 11: 600/1,200 with a 200 ante

Flight A: 339 Entries, 118 Advanced
Flight B: 421 Entries, 165 Advanced
Day 2: Sunday at 12pm
Day 3: Monday at 12pm
Day 4: Tuesday at 12PM
Day 5: Final Table at 12PM

$3,500 Seminole Hard Rock RRPO Championship 
End of Level 10: 500/1,000 with a 100 ante
Players Remaining: 165 of 421

The second and final starting flight of this year’s Rock n’ Roll Poker Open Main Event is in the books and after 10 levels of no-limit hold’em, Matt Berkey bagged the chip lead for Day 1B.

Berkey finished the day with 275,200 in chips which was good for the biggest stack among the Day 1B survivors. Berkey had a strong performance on the Poker Night in America high roller cash game on Friday and kept that momentum going into the Rock n’ Roll Poker Open Main Event.

Joining Berkey at the top of the Day 1B chip counts are Iosif Beskrovnyy (265,500), Avery Bass (230,300), Joseph DiPascale (229,800), and Erik Christensen (207,300).

Brian Altman (193,600), Matt Glantz (166,400), Joe McKeehen (160,900), Keven Stammen (136,600), Chris Moorman (134,900), Upeshka De Silva (134,400), Jason Mercier (127,100), Faraz Jaka (125,800), last year’s champion Jake Bazeley (121,600),  Michael Mizrachi (116,900), Matt Salsberg (116,000), Russell Thomas (114,500), and Chino Rheem (113,000) are among the notables to survive Day 1B in the upper echelon of the chip counts.

Late registration and re-entry closed at the start of level 7. When all was said and done, there were 421 entries for Day 1B, which brought the total field size to 760 and generated a prizepool of $2,432,000. That easily surpasses the $2 million guarantee on the prizepool.

When the final hand was dealt, there were only 165 players remaining in Day 1B. 118 players survived Day 1A’s action, meaning 283 will come back on Sunday to play into the money and move one step closer to the final table. The top 72 spots will earn at least a min-cash of $7,053, but the winner will take home $564,227. Complete payout information can be found here.

Berkey will come back on Day 2 third in chips behind Brian Hastings and Alexander Villa. Hastings finished Day 1A with 403,800 and has the overall chip lead heading into Day 2. Complete chip counts will be posted later tonight.

Day 2 kicks off on Sunday at noon and SHRPO.com will have complete coverage of the day’s action.

$3,500 Seminole Hard Rock RRPO Championship 
Level 10: 500/1,000 with a 100 ante
Players Remaining: 180 of 421

On the turn with the board reading , the player in the small blind led out for 3,000 and Ian O’Hara called from the big blind.

Ido Ashkenazi raised to 10,800 from middle position, the small blind called, and O’Hara folded.

There was about 35,000 in the pot going to the river, which was the . The small blind checked, Ashkenazi bet 17,000 and the small blind quickly called. Ashkenazi showed , good for the nut flush, and the small blind mucked his hand.

Ido Ashkenazi – 145,000

$3,500 Seminole Hard Rock RRPO Championship 
Level 10: 500/1,000 with a 100 ante
Players Remaining: 180 of 421

On a flop of , Josh Turner checked from middle position and a player in the hijack bet 3,200. Iosia Beskrovnyy called from the cutoff (with a dead button) and Turner check-raised to 9,100.

The hijack called and Beskrovnyy called as well. The turn was the and Turner bet 16,200. The hijack called and Beskrovnyy moved all in for about 125,000.

Turner took a minute in the tank before calling and the hijack tanked for a while himself before folding.

Turner showed , good for top set, but needed the board to pair against Beskrovnyy’s .

The river was the and Beskrovnyy won the pot with a queen-high straight. The dealer broke down the two stacks and Beskrovnyy had Turner just barely covered. Turner hits the rail early in the last level of the day and Beskrovnyy took the chip lead.

Iosia Beskrovnyy – 285,000
Josh Turner – Eliminated 

$3,500 Seminole Hard Rock RRPO Championship 
Level 9: 400/800 with a 100 ante
Players Remaining: 198 of 421

On the turn with the board reading , Tony Ruberto bet 10,500 from middle position and Matt Salsberg called from late position.

There was about 35,000 in the middle going to the river, which was the . Both players checked and Salsberg tabled .

Ruberto mucked his hand and Salsberg took the pot. Salsberg is up over the six-figure chip plateau as the level nears an end.

Matt Salsberg – 123,000
Tony Ruberto – 20,500

$3,500 Seminole Hard Rock RRPO Championship 
Level 9: 400/800 with a 100 ante
Players Remaining: 207 of 421

Anna Antimony is in the hijack and got into a preflop battle with the player on the button. After a couple bets and raises, the button was all in for about 7,000 and the cards were tabled.

Antimony showed and was in the lead against the button’s .

The board ran out and Antimony dragged the pot with a pair of fives. The button couldn’t improve and was eliminated.

Anna Antimony – 72,000

$3,500 Seminole Hard Rock RRPO Championship 
Level 9: 400/800 with a 100 ante
Players Remaining: 207 of 421

Alex Keating raised on the button to 1,800 and Joe McKeehen defended his big blind. The flop was and McKeehen checked.

Keating bet 3,500 and McKeehen called. The turn was the and McKeehen checked again. Keating bet 14,000 and McKeehen called.

The river was the and McKeehen checked for a third time. Keating moved all in and McKeehen immediately asked for a count. The dealer verified that Keating was all in for 34,700 and McKeehen folded.

Alex Keating – 73,000
Joe McKeehen – 67,000