$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 16:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  164 of 1,629

Flight A:  497 Entries;  50 Advanced
Flight B:  467 Entries;  47 Advanced
Flight C:  665 Entries;  67 Advanced
Flight D:  Underway, Reg. Open Until 9:30 p.m.
Flight E:  Friday at 10 a.m.
Flight F:  Friday at 5 p.m.
Flight G:  Saturday at 10 a.m.
Flight H:  Saturday at 5 p.m.
Day 2:  Sunday at 1 p.m.
Day 3:  Monday at 1 p.m.

The chip leader through three flights is Meir Meystel, putting him in the lead for claiming a ClubWPT Gold Passport.

The Day 2 chip leader and the nine Event 1 final tablists will be awarded a ClubWPT Gold Passport into the $5,000,000 freeroll in Las Vegas in December. More Golden Passports will be awarded throughout the series, so watch for that.

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Flight C Players Remaining:  67 of 665

Flight C of Event 1 is in the books and William Black bagged the biggest stack of the bunch with 622,000, good for second overall through the three completed flights.

The full list of official chip counts will be posted later tonight, but here are the five players from Flight C who bagged at least 400K:

1.  William Black  – 622,000  (104 bb)
2.  Caleb Powell  –  457,000  (76 bb)
3.  Dan Stavila  –  452,000  (75 bb)
4.  James Kerr  –  444,000  (74 bb)
5.  Ian Siegel  –  405,000  (68 bb)

Registration remains open in Flight D until 9:30 pm, and there will be four more starting flights over the next two days, with 10:00 am and 5:00 pm flights on both Friday and Saturday.

$400 Turbo Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 1:  100/100 with a 100 ante

Today’s busy schedule will wrap up with a speedy one at 8 pm with RRPO Event 8. It is a $400 Turbo Pot-Limit Omaha tournament that will keep things moving from start to finish, and someone is taking home a trophy.

Players sit down to 20,000 deep stacks and all levels last 15 minutes. Late registration is available until the start of Level 9 at 10:15 pm and players may re-enter as often as they wish during that time.

• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Levels last 15 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (10:15pm)
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 8 Structure Sheet

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Flight C Players Remaining:  67 of 665

Aytumen Akyildiz raised to 17,000 in the cutoff, Duff Charette reraised all in for 88,000 on the button, and Akyildiz called with , leading Charette’s .

The board came , not enough help to Charette, ending his tournament on the money bubble.

Aytumen Akyildiz  –  291,000  (49 bb)
Duff Charette  –  Eliminated on the Money Bubble

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Flight C Players Remaining:  68 of 665

A player in early position raised all in for 60,000 and Michael Pawelek isolated the action with , leading his opponent’s .

The board ran out , giving Pawelek kings and fours to eliminate his opponent.

Michael Pawelek  –  170,000  (28 bb)

Play is now hand-for-hand on the money bubble.

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 15:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Flight C Players Remaining:  90 of 665

The (likely) last break finished, the purple chips were colored out of play, and 90 players returned to action with 67 set to advance to Day 2.

James “Ping” Kerr is the latest to take the top spot with 412,000 with Wesley Haymond, Jessica Cai, Noah Bitton, and Caleb Powerll rounding out the top five.

James “Ping” Kerr – 412,000 (103 bb)
Wesley Haymond – 389,000 (97 bb)
Jessica Cai – 377,000 (94 bb)
Noah Bitton – 354,000 (89 bb)
Caleb Powell – 344,000 (86 bb)

$200 Big Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$30,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  100/100

Tonight’s bankroll-friendly tournament begins at 6 pm with some added value for the winner. Event 7 is a $200 Big Stack tournament with a $30,000 guaranteed prize pool and we are adding a $3,500 WPT RRPO Championship seat to first place.

More than a trophy awaiting the winner.

Players start with 15K stacks and all levels last 20 minutes. Late registration and re-entries are available until the start of Level 10 at 9:30 pm.

• $30,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• $3,500 RRPO Championship seat added to 1st place
• Players begin with 15,000 in chips
• Levels last 20 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 10 (9:30pm)
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 7 Structure Sheet

$600 Eight-Game Mix (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 12:  2,500/5,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  25 of 55

The Eight-Game Mix always draws a talented crowd and two of our best are spinning up stacks as they get deep into the tournament.

David Shmuel and Phil Hui have 18 major Hollywood titles between them (ten for David, eight for Phil) and both have big stacks with 25 players remaining.

Shmuel sits with 101,300, and Hui has 91,400 as the field prepares to take its 45-minute dinner break after this level.

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  100/100

Flight D of RRPO Event 1 gets underway at 5 pm and the fourth of eight flights for the $400 Deep Stack. Halfway done with a huge weekend coming up as they chase the $2,000,000 guaranteed prize pool.

Players start with 20K deep stacks and Day 1 levels last 30 minutes, increasing to 40 at the start of Day 2 and 60 minutes with Level 24. Late registration is available until the start of Level 9 at 9:30 pm and players may re-enter as often as needed.

They will continue until only 10% of the field remains and survivors will return on Sunday at 1 pm for Day 2.

We have some added value in this tournament in the form of Club WPT Gold Passports. One will be awarded to the Day 2 returning chip leader and the nine players at the final table. The passport is good for an entry into their $5 Million Freeroll, which takes place at Wynn Las Vegas on Dec 13-15, 2024.

• $2,000,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Club WPT Gold Passport will be awarded for the overall chip leader at the start of Day 2 and to the final 9 players at the final table
• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Day 1 levels last 30 minutes; Day 2 levels last 40 minutes
• Levels 24+ last 60 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (9:30pm)
• Day 1 will end when field reaches 10%
• Event 1 Structure Sheet

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 11:  800/1,600 with a 1,600 ante
Flight C Players Remaining:  207 of 665

We thought Jessica Cai would be among the leaders at the break and we were mostly right. She is the leader at the break with 228,000 in her stack to pace the field.

There’s a long way to go, with only 67 of the 207 remaining booking a spot on Day 2, but she is in a good position for a deep run.