Championship: More Chip Counts

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  135 of 1,541

Gediminas Useliss  –  2,100,000  (175 bb)
Brian Altman  –  1,560,000  (130 bb)
Dennis Rodriguez  –  1,030,000  (86 bb)
Josh Kay  –  1,000,000  (83 bb)
Natasha Mercier  –  615,000  (51 bb)
Josh Reichard  –  570,000  (48 bb)
Marcos Exterkotter  –  520,000  (43 bb)
Christian Harder  –  490,000  (41 bb)
Charles Kassin  –  450,000  (38 bb)
Mike Vela  –  430,000  (36 bb)
Raymond Roberty  –  310,000  (26 bb)
Chad Eveslage  –  300,000  (25 bb)
Maria Konnikova  –  215,000  (18 bb)
Justin Zaki  –  215,000  (18 bb)
Lily Kiletto  –  105,000  (9 bb)

Championship: A Few More In-The-Money Chip Counts

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  144 of 1,541

Kevin Eyster
Kevin Eyster

Kevin Eyster  –  1,050,000  (88 bb)
Alex Keating  –  1,030,000   (86 bb)
Michael Stashin  –  890,000   (74 bb)
Anthony Zinno  –  860,000  (72 bb)
Willie Wiggins  –  640,000  (53 bb)
Mark Dickstein  –  610,000  (51 bb)
Jeff Trudeau  –  520,000  (43 bb)
Steve Karp  –  520,000  (43 bb)
Igor Tretyakov  –  500,000  (42 bb)
Randy Sim  –  440,000  (37 bb)
Akash Seth  –  380,000  (32 bb)
Aaron Thivyanathan  –  350,000  (29 bb)
Miguel Capriles  –  350,000  (29 bb)
Paul Balzano  –  300,000  (25 bb)
Marcus Stein  –  280,000  (23 bb)
Tony Dunst  –  250,000  (21 bb)
Dimitry Agrachov  –  213,000  (18 bb)

Championship: Ryan Riess Eliminated in 146th Place by Elias Nassif

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  145 of 1,541

Elias Nassif
Elias Nassif

Ryan Riess moved all in UTG+1 for 60,000, Kevin Ho called from middle position, and Elias Nassif used one of his Time Chips to tank for nearly a minute before he moved all in over the top for 366,000. Ho thought for a while before he folded.

Riess turned over 4d4c, and needed it to hold to stay alive against Nassif’s Ad10c.

The board came 9h8s8d9c10h, and Riess’s pocket pair got counterfeited on the turn. Nassif won the pot with two pair, tens and nines, to eliminate Riess in 146th place.

Elias Nassif  –  504,000  (42 bb)
Ryan Riess  –  Eliminated in 146th Place  ($6,300)

With 145 players remaining from a field of 1,541, the average chip stack is around 531,000 (44 big blinds). The field is in the money, with the remaining players guaranteed at least $6,300 each.

Action will continue tonight until the end of Level 20, around 11:30 pm or so.

Championship: 158th-193rd Place Finishers

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  157 of 1,541

158th:  Joseph Rossi  –  $5,950
159th:  T.K. Miles  –  $5,950
160th:  Osman Hadziosmanovic  –  $5,950
161st:  Robert Lofaso  –  $5,950
162nd:  Eric Yanovsky  –  $5,950
163rd:  Donnie Phan  –  $5,950
164th:  Nicholas Carballo  –  $5,950
165th:  Nohad Teliani  –  $5,950
166th:  Daniel Rezaei  –  $5,950
167th:  Shiva Dudani  –  $5,950
168th:  Tony Cousineau  –  $5,950

169th:  Lanny Vaysman  –  $5,700
170th:  Sheldon Gross  –  $5,700
171st:  Ryan Colton  –  $5,700
172nd:  Michael Jozoff  –  $5,700
173rd:  John Hewett Fauver  –  $5,700
174th:  Kevin Moynihan  –  $5,700
175th:  Santiago Soriano Ramos  –  $5,700
176th:  Brandon Caputo  –  $5,700
177th:  Eliyahu Friedman  –  $5,700
178th:  Jaspal Brar  –  $5,700
179th:  Scott Heligman  –  $5,700
180th:  Michael Wang  –  $5,700

181st:  Kahlil Francis  –  $5,600
182nd:  Adam Calabrese  –  $5,600
183th:  Jebhar Patterson  –  $5,600
184th:  Jeremy Ausmus  –  $5,600
185th:  Robert French  –  $5,600
186th:  Marc Evanier  –  $5,600
187th:  Kevin Oakes  –  $5,600
188th:  Yashveen Mudireddy  –  $5,600
189th:  Donald Delancy  –  $5,600
190th:  Scott Davis  –  $5,600
191st:  Ricardo Eyzaguirre  –  $5,600
192nd:  Landon Tice  –  $5,600
193rd:  Frank Riccordino  –  $5,600

Championship: Aristoteles Neto Doubles Thru Rogen Chhabra

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  157 of 1,541

Aristoteles Neto
Aristoteles Neto

Rogen Chhabra raised UTG+1, Aristoteles Neto moved all in from middle position for about 50,000, and Chhabra thought for a while before he called with Ad9h.

Neto turned over Ah10c, and needed it to hold to stay alive.

The board came KsQsQc10s9s, and Neto won the pot with a higher two pair, queens and tens, to double up in chips.

Aristoteles Neto  –  125,000  (13 bb)
Rogen Chhabra  –  365,000  (37 bb)

With 157 players remaining from a field of 1,541, the average chip stack is around 490,000 (49 big blinds). The field is in the money, with the remaining players guaranteed at least $5,950 each.

Action will continue tonight until the end of Level 20, around 11:30 pm or so.

Championship: A Few In-The-Money Chip Counts

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  170 of 1,541

Denys Shafikov
Denys Shafikov

Denys Shafikov  –  1,010,000  (101 bb)
Brock Wilson  –  940,000  (94 bb)
Chance Kornuth  –  860,000  (86 bb)
Boris Kravets  –  800,000  (80 bb)
Jim Collopy  –  690,000  (69 bb)
Cangir Elcin  –  660,000  (66 bb)
Darren Elias  –  565,000  (57 bb)
Dorian Rios  –  510,000  (51 bb)
Long Nguyen  –  400,000  (40 bb)
Rogen Chhabra  –  400,000  (40 bb)
David Shmuel  –  395,000  (40 bb)
Paul Snead  –  380,000  (38 bb)
David Nathaniel  –  310,000  (31 bb)
Pasquale Caiazza  –  300,000  (30 bb)
Spencer Champlin  –  270,000  (27 bb)
Nicholas Verderamo  –  250,000  (25 bb)
Eric Siegel  –  203,000  (20 bb)
Ryan Rivers  –  200,000  (20 bb)
Tony Sinishtaj  –  170,000  (17 bb)
Ray Qartomy  –  160,000  (16 bb)
Allen Kessler  –  120,000  (12 bb)
Yoseph Yehudai  –  105,000  (11 bb)
Nohad Teliani  –  100,000  (10 bb)

Championship: Scott Davis Eliminated in 190th Place by Akash Seth

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  189 of 1,541

Akash Seth
Akash Seth

After some preflop action, Alex Keating had a bet of 53,000 in front of him in the hijack, Akash Seth had moved all in from the button for 335,000, and Scott Davis had moved all in from the big blind for 73,000.

The action went back to Keating, who tanked for a very long time before he folded.

Davis turned over AsQs, and needed to improve to stay alive against Seth’s AhKs. (Keating said he folded ace-queen.)

The board came 6c5s2d8h5d, and Seth won the pot with his king to eliminate Davis in 190th place.

Akash Seth  –  395,000  (40 bb)
Scott Davis  –  Eliminated in 190th Place  ($5,600)

With 189 players remaining from a field of 1,541, the average chip stack is around 408,000 (41 big blinds). The field is in the money, with the remaining players guaranteed at least $5,600 each.

Action will continue tonight until the end of Level 20, around 11:30 pm or so.

Championship: Sean Posner Eliminated on the Money Bubble by Nate Silver

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  193 of 1,541

Sean Posner
Sean Posner

On the second hand of hand-for-hand play, following a flop of Js10c9s, Sean Posner was all in from the big blind for about 170,000 with AsQs against Nate Silver in middle position holding 7s4s.

Both were on draws, but the 4d turn put Silver ahead with a pair of fours.

The river was the 2c, no help to Posner, ending his tournament with a money-bubble finish.

Nate Silver  –  1,275,000  (128 bb)
Sean Posner  –  Eliminated on the Money Bubble

Championship: Noah Schwartz Eliminated by Alex Keating; Money Bubble Begins

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  194 of 1,541

Noah Schwartz
Noah Schwartz

Noah Schwartz raised to 23,000 from under the gun, Alex Keating three-bet all in from the small blind with a covering stack, and Schwartz called all in after a little while for about 160,000.

Schwartz:  9c9d
Keating:  As10s

The board came down AdKs10d2hQs, giving Keating aces and tens to eliminate Schwartz.

Alex Keating  – 1,055,000  (106 bb)
Noah Schwartz  –  Eliminated

Hand-for-hand play on the money bubble is now underway.

Alex Keating
Alex Keating

Championship: Frank Funaro Takes One Out

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  195 of 1,541

A player in middle position was all in for about 260,000 with KsKh against Frank Funaro to his direct left holding QdQc.

The board ran out Jh10h3dQsJc, giving Funaro queens full of jacks to eliminate his opponent.

Frank Funaro  –  1,225,000  (123 bb)