2019 RRPO Live Updates

Championship: Harjinder Chawla Eliminated by Ronit Chamani

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  104 of 988

Ronit Chamani
Ronit Chamani

Ronit Chamani raised to 18,000 from middle position, Harjinder Chawla three-bet all in for 122,000 from the button and Chamani called.

Chamani: JdJc
Chawla: 10s10h

The board ran out 9h5d3c6c6s, safe for Chamani to score the elimination.

Ronit Chamani – 315,000 (39 bb)
Harjinder Chawla – Eliminated in 104th Place ($6,365)

Championship: Roberto Bendeck Eliminated on the Money Bubble by Evan Swanagin

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  124 of 988

Roberto Bendeck Eliminated by Evan Swanagin 2
Roberto Bendeck (right) goofs off with Evan Swanagin before the flop.

Evan Swanagin limped from the hijack, Roberto Bendeck raised all in for 76,000 and Swanagin called.

Swanagin: Qc10s
Bendeck: AsAd

The board ran out JhKh3d2s9h, giving Swanagin a king-high straight to eliminate Bendeck on the money bubble.

Evan Swanagin – 620,000 (78 bb)
Roberto Bendeck – Eliminated on the Money Bubble

Roberto Bendeck Eliminated by Evan Swanagin
Evan Swanagin raises his arms after eliminating Roberto Bendeck (standing, right)

Championship: Steven Rosen Doubles Up on the Bubble

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  125 of 988

Steven Rosen Doubles Up on the Money Bubble
Steven Rosen gives a double-fist-pump after flopping a set of jacks (and later turning quads) to double up on the Money Bubble.

Steven Rosen raised all in for 31,000 from middle position and the player in the small blind isolated the pot.

Rosen showed JhJs, racing with his opponent’s AcQc.

The board ran out KcJd3hJc9h, giving Rosen quad jacks to double up.

Steven Rosen – 82,000 (10 bb)

Championship: Scott Clements Doubles Up on the Money Bubble

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | StructurePayouts
Level 18:  4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  125 of 988

Scott Clements Doubled Up
Scott Clements (foreground left) doubles up with trip aces.

During hand-for-hand play on the Money Bubble, a player raised from middle position to 21,000, Scott Clements moved all in from the big blind for 162,000, and his opponent called with 7s7d.

Clements turned over AcJd, and needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came Ah8h2sAd3c, and Clements paired his ace on the flop and turned trips to win the pot and double up in chips.

Scott Clements  –  336,000  (42 bb)

Championship: Jebhar Patterson Doubles Through Farid Jattin

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  125 of 988

Jebhar Patterson Doubles Thru Farid Jattin
Jebhar Patterson (top right) doubles thru Farid Jattin (foreground left) on the Money Bubble.

(Play is hand-for-hand on the money bubble)

Farid Jattin raised to 18,000 from early position, Jebhar Patterson three-bet to 55,000 from the cutoff, Jattin used a time extension before he four-bet all in with a covering stack and Patterson called all in for 198,000.

Jattin: Ac10h
Patterson: KcKs

The board came down QhJs7s3sQc, safe for Patterson to double up.

Jebhar Patterson – 416,000 (52 bb)
Farid Jattin – 560,000 (70 bb)

Championship: Hand-for-Hand Play Begins on the Money Bubble

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | StructurePayouts
Level 18:  4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  125 of 988

Clock on the Money Bubble
Tournament Clock at the Start of the Money Bubble

With 125 players remaining, and only 124 finishing in the money, the field begins hand-for-hand play on the Money Bubble.

As a reminder, here are the payouts they’re playing for:

1st:  $545,070* + RRPO Trophy
2nd:  $353,380
3rd:  $260,845
4th:  $194,605
5th:  $146,760
6th:  $111,895
7th:  $86,255
8th:  $67,240
9th-10th:  $53,005
11th-12th:  $42,265
13th-14th:  $34,095
15th-16th:  $27,825
17th-20th:  $22,975
21st-24th:  $19,200
25th-32nd:  $16,245
33rd-40th:  $13,910
41st-48th:  $12,060
49th-56th:  $10,585
57th-64th:  $9,415
65th-72nd:  $8,480
73rd-80th:  $7,735
81st-89th:  $7,155
90th-98th:  $6,700
99th-107th:  $6,365
108th-116th:  $6,130
117th-124th:  $5,985

* First prize amount includes the winner’s $15,000 seat into the season-ending WPT Tournament of Champions.

Championship: Keven Stammen Eliminated by Igor Merda

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  127 of 988

Igor Merda
Igor Merda

Keven Stammen raised all in for 121,000 from middle position and Igor Merda isolated the pot with a shove of his own from the hijack.

Stammen: 9s9c
Merda: QcQh

The board came down Qd10d10h8h3h, giving Merda queens full of tens to eliminate Merda.

Igor Merda – 310,000 (39 bb)
Keven Stammen – Eliminated

Championship: Jared Jaffee Knocks Out a Player

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | StructurePayouts
Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  127 of 988

Jared Jaffee
Jared Jaffee

Vlad Mezheritsky raised from middle position to 15,000, Curt Kohlberg called from middle position, and Jared Jaffee reraised from the hijack to 43,000.

The player in the big blind four-bet all in for 83,000, and Mezheritsky and Kohlberg both folded.

Jaffee called with 6s6d, and the big blind turned over Jh10h.

The board came 10c6h2hJs3d — Jaffee flopped a set of sixes and the big blind turned two pair, but the river card was a blank. Jaffee won the pot with his set of sixes to eliminate his opponent from the tournament.

Jared Jaffee  –  370,000  (62 bb)

Championship: Michael Dyer Eliminated by Matt Glantz

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  128 of 988

Matt Glantz
Matt Glantz

A player in middle position raised, Matt Glantz called from the hijack and Michael Dyer called from the big blind.

The flop was Kh8d5s, Dyer shoved for 35,000, the player in middle position called, Glantz raised to 80,000 and the middle-position player folded.

Dyer: 7s6d
Glantz: 5h5c

Glantz was ahead with a set of fives and further improved with the Qd turn and Qh river to a full house, ending Dyer’s tournament.

Matt Glantz – 565,000 (94 bb)
Michael Dyer – Eliminated

Championship: Bruce Kramer Doubles Through Richard Bai

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  129 of 988

Richard Bai and Bruce Kramer
Richard Bai (left) and Bruce Kramer

Richard Bai raised to 15,000 from under the gun, Bruce Kramer three-bet all in from the next seat over for 56,000 and Bai called.

Bai: 7c7s
Kramer: KsKh

The board ran out 2d8c8h6c10c, safe for Kramer to double up.

Bruce Kramer – 127,000 (21 bb)
Richard Bai – 156,000 (26 bb)