$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
End of Level 10: 600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Flight B Players Remaining: 184 of 481

With another 10 levels in the books, both starting days are complete for the $3,500 WPT RRPO Championship. The second flight drew another 481 entries, bringing the total field size to 898. At the end of the day, the 481 was trimmed down to just 184 with Mazen Abdallah holding a commanding lead.

Abdallah finished with a massive stack of 469,500, which moves him ahead of Ajay Gnanasambanthan, who finished Day 1A with 364,500. Gnanasambanthan will start Day 2 second in chips.

Caufman Talley (265,000), Vinny Pahuja (263,500), Nick Yunis (261,000) and Nagui Yassa (258,500) round out the top five Day 1B stacks.

Other notables to finish the second starting flight with a ton of chips include Jeff Trudeau (250,500), Neil Blumenfield (244,000), Farid Jattin (237,000), Raminder Singh (233,500), Lily Kiletto (231,000), Athanasios Polychronopoulos (200,500), Paul Balzano (175,000), Nick Schwarmann (168,500), James Gilbert (164,500), Leif Force (156,000) and Tony Tran (153,500).

Not everybody was lucky enough to make it through the day with plenty of top talented pros falling before the day’s final hand. Ronnie Bardah, Scott Baumstein, James Salmon, Jacquelyn Scott, Francis Margaglione, Wally Maddah, Allen Kessler and Jared Jaffee were among today’s notable eliminations.

Between the 184 players that made it through Saturday’s action and the 149 players that survived Friday, there will be 333 players coming back on Sunday for Day 2. Cards will get back in the air at noon and they will play 10 more, 60-minute levels.

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 10: 600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Flight B Players Remaining: 207 of 481

With 10 minutes remaining in the level, the staff paused the clock and the field will play five more hands before they bag up chips for the night.

A recap and chip counts will be posted as soon as possible.

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 10: 600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Flight B Players Remaining: 207 of 481

Justin Liberto raised to 7,000 from early position, leaving himself with just 5,900 behind. The player in the hijack called and everybody else got out of the way.

The flop was and Liberto moved the rest of his chips into the middle. The hijack called.

Liberto showed and needed to make a pair against the hijack’s .

The turn was the , keeping the hijack in the lead, but the river was the . Liberto spiked the queen on the river to double up.

Justin Liberto – 29,800

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 10: 600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Flight B Players Remaining: 216 of 481

On the turn with the board reading , Lily Kiletto bet 15,000 out of the big blind, which was nearly a pot-sized bet.

Her lone opponent was in middle position and took about a minute of thought before calling. The river was the and Kiletto checked. Her opponent checked behind.

She immediately groaned when her opponent checked behind and she snap-tabled .

“I was hoping he would bet something,” said Kiletto after the hand.

“You get people to fold when your bluffing and you get people to call when you have it,” said another player at the table. “How do you do it.”

Kiletto is over 200,000 and one of the bigger stacks in the room with about 30 minutes left in the level and the day.

Lily Kiletto – 225,000

2018 Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open 
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino 
Hollywood, Florida
Event 12
$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed
Entries: 898
Prize Pool: $2,873,600
November 24, 2018 

Level 9 is underway, which closed registration for the second and final starting flight of the $3,500 WPT RRPO Championship. There were 481 entries in today’s flight, which brought the overall field size to 898, generating a prize pool of $2,873,600.

The top 113 players will finish in the money with a min-cash worth $5,845 with the payouts building up to the $504,820 first place money.

1st: $504,820 + Trophy (Includes seat into the WPT Tournament of Championship)
2nd: $326,565
3rd: $240,945
4th: $179,710
5th: $135,505
6th: $103,310
7th: $79,650
8th: $62,110
9th-10th: $48,985
11th-12th: $39,085
13th-14th: $31,550
15th-16th: $25,770
17th-20th: $21,305
21st-24th: $17,830
25th-32nd: $15,105
33rd-40th: $12,955
41st-48th: $11,250
49th-56th: $9,895
57th-64th: $8,820
65th-72nd: $7,965
73rd-80th: $7,285
81st-89th: $6,755
90th-98th: $6,350
99th-107th: $6,050
108th-113th: $5,845

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9: 500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Flight B Players Remaining: 261 of 481

Alex Foxen raised to 2,200 from middle position and was called by the player on the button, the small blind and Jeff Trudeau out of the big blind.

They went four-handed to a flop of . The small blind checked, Trudeau checked and Foxen bet 4,500. The button folded, the small blind folded and Trudeau called.

The turn was the and Trudeau checked again. Foxen bet 7,700 and Trudeau called. The river was the and both players checked.

Trudeau showed and Foxen mucked his hand.

Jeff Trudeau – 106,000
Alex Foxen – 17,000

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8: 400/800 with a 800 ante
Flight B Entries: 471

On a flop of , Mike Beasley checked from the big blind and Randall Emmett bet 2,300 from the hijack. The player in the cutoff called and Beasley folded.

They both checked the turn card and the came on the river. Emmett bet 17,000 and the cutoff thought for a few moments before folding.

Emmett showed , good for quad aces, and he took the pot just before the break.

Randall Emmett – 53,000

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8: 400/800 with a 800 ante
Flight B Entries: 463

On a flop of , Brett Bader checked from the small blind and Kristen Bicknell bet from under the gun. Bader called and there was about 8,500 in the pot heading to the turn.

Bader checked again and Bicknell bet 12,000. Bader called and the river was the .

Bader checked and Bicknell bet 25,000. Bader called. Bicknell showed and Bader quickly turned over . Bicknell immediately turned her hand face-down and sent it into the muck.

Bader took the pot and moved over the 100,000-chip plateau, while Bicknell was left with a few big blinds.

Brett Bader – 107,000
Kristen Bicknell – 4,600

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7: 300/600 with a 600 ante
Flight B Entries: 452

On a flop of , Roberly Felicio checked from the small blind and Jose Reyes checked from the big blind. Alex Turyansky bet 2,000 from the cutoff, Felicio called and Reyes check-raised to 7,000.

Turyansky called and Felicio folded, leaving them heads-up to the turn card. Reyes bet 8,000 and Turyansky called. The river was the and Reyes bet 22,000. Turyansky called.

Reyes quickly tabled , good for sevens full, and Turyansky mucked his hand.

Jose Reyes – 142,000
Alex Turyansky – 22,000

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7: 300/600 with a 600 ante
Flight B Entries: 439

On a flop of , Lexy Gavin bet 2,200 from middle position and Josh Cranfill called from the cutoff.

The turn was the and Gavin bet again, this time 6,300. Cranfill thought for a couple minutes before calling. The river was the and both players checked.

“You’re good,” said Gavin. “Jack-high.”

Gavin showed and Cranfill won the pot with .

Josh Cranfill – 76,000
Lexy Gavin – 66,000