$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
End of Level 6: 300/500 with a 500 ante
Flight B Entries: 416

The players are nearing the end of their 90-minute dinner break with cards set to get in the air in about 20 minutes at 8 p.m.

Here’s a look at some of the biggest stacks in the room as cards are nearing ready to get in the air:

1. Walter Bravo – 141,500
2. Michael Newman – 140,000
3. Carlos Ruiz – 138,000
4. Robert Borick – 134,000
5. Nikolay Fal – 130,000
6. Nick Yunis – 129,200
7. Emrah Akmak – 127,000
8. Kenneth Bruno – 125,400
9. Brian Arbaugh – 125,000
10. Harrison Gimbel – 123,700
11. Kenneth Alvarez – 115,500
12. Yitzhak Bachar – 115,000
13. Matthew Millisor – 109,000
14. Neil Blumenfield – 108,000
15. Georges Boyadjian – 102,000

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6: 300/500 with a 500 ante
Flight B Entries: 416

Level 6 is over and Flight B of the RRPO Championship can now enjoy a 90-minute dinner break to partake of the great culinary options throughout the casino.

They will return to the Hard Rock Event Center at 8pm and continue their way towards Day 2.

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6: 300/500 with a 500 ante
Flight B Entries: 403

One of the more interesting tables is located at the front of the room. We have Seminole Hard Rock Tampa Winter Poker Open trophy winner David Bradshaw with defending RRPO Champion Michael Newman bookending film/TV producer Randall Emmett. At the other side of the table, Steve Fox (multiple HPT final table member) is visiting us from Michigan.

The RRPO Championship draws a wide crowd.

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6: 300/500 with a 500 ante
Flight B Entries: 392

The Flight B entry count is nearly 400 once again and the prize pool topped $2.5 million with plenty of time to run it higher.

The big Championship continued to draw new players to the field including WPT Champions Club member Will “The Thrill” Failla and 2013 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open final table member Lily Kiletto.

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5: 200/400 with a 400 ante
Flight B Entries: 386

In a battle of former SHRP champs, Victor Figueroa (2012 RRPO) and Eric Afriat (2014 WPT Showdown) were heads up with the board complete and reading . Figueroa was facing a bet of 14,000, he though for a moment, called the bet, and mucked when Afriat tabled for the full house.

Afriat moved over 100,000 while Figueroa will need to rebuild.

Eric Afriat – 108,000 (270 bb)
Victor Figueroa – 2,900 (7 bb)

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5: 200/400 with a 400 ante
Flight B Entries: 369

With all these champions and wizards in the field from around the world, it’s a local regular leading the pack after the second break. Walter Bravo returned to a stack worth 160,000 and is the clear leader heading to the midpoint of the day.

Flight B players will play two more levels before enjoying a 90-minute dinner break.

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4: 200/300 with a 300 ante
Flight B Entries: 351

The count jumped over 350 before the second break and we hit another milestone. The previously biggest RRPO Championship was the 706 entries from 2016 and our combined total now sits at 768 to set the new record.

The prize pool is only a few new entries away from topping $2.5 million for a nice chunk of change paid out later this weekend.

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4: 200/300 with a 300 ante
Flight B Entries: 340

Not everyone elected to play on Day 1A of the RRPO Championship, some decided to wait until today to take their shot.

Three-time WSOP Circuit winner Allen “Chainsaw” Kessler, WPT500 Las Vegas champ Jon Borenstein, and two-time WSOP bracelet winner (2013 Ladies Championship and 2016 $1,500 Bounty event) Kristen Bicknell made their RRPO debut today in the Hard Rock Event Center.

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3: 100/200 with a 200 ante
Flight B Entries: 302

During the first break, we took a walk among the tables to find some big stacks. One of the biggest belongs to popular pro Vinny Pahuja. He ran his 40,000 stack up to 82,000 over the first two levels for a good start to his day.

His brother, former WPT Player of the Year, Mukul Pahuja is sitting nearby with a healthy stack as well.