$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 14:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  234 of 1,566

Loni Hui was all in from the big blind for 154,000 with , and she needed her hand to hold to stay alive against the UTG player’s .

The board came — both players turned an identical gutshot straight draw, but the river card was a blank. Hui won the pot with a pair of kings to double up in chips.

Loni Hui  –  316,000  (63 bb)

With 234 players remaining from a field of 1,566, the average chip stack is about 268,000 (54 big blinds). The final 196 players will finish in the money, guaranteed at least $5,265 each.

There will be a 90-minute dinner break after Level 16 (around 6:30 pm), and action will continue tonight until the end of Level 20 (around 12:15 am).

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 14:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  243 of 1,566

With the board showing on the turn, Daniel Swartz checked, Nipun Java bet, and Swartz check-raised all in for about 135,000.

Java called with for top pair, top kicker, but Swartz turned over for two pair, tens and nines. Swartz needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The river card was the , and Swartz won the pot with his two pair to double up in chips.

Daniel Swartz  –  335,000  (67 bb)
Nipun Java  –  340,000  (68 bb)

With 243 players remaining from a field of 1,566, the average chip stack is about 258,000 (52 big blinds). The final 196 players will finish in the money, guaranteed at least $5,265 each.

There will be a 90-minute dinner break after Level 16 (around 6:30 pm), and action will continue tonight until the end of Level 20 (around 12:15 am).

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 14:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  261 of 1,566

The player in the cutoff moved all in for 42,000, and Brandon Wilson called from the big blind with . The cutoff turned over , and needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and Wilson won the pot with his ace to eliminate his opponent.

Brandon Wilson  –  290,000  (58 bb)

With 261 players remaining from a field of 1,566, the average chip stack is about 240,000 (48 big blinds). The final 196 players will finish in the money, guaranteed at least $5,265 each.

There will be a 90-minute dinner break after Level 16 (around 6:30 pm), and action will continue tonight until the end of Level 20 (around 12:15 am).

$1,700 Purple Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  100/100

We have another bounty opportunity this afternoon with Event 22 getting underway at 4 pm. It is a $1,700 buy-in Purple Chip Bounty with a $100,000 guarantee and two-day structure.

Players start with 20,000 deep stacks and the first 12 levels last 30 minutes, going up to 40 minutes from Level 13 forward. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 8:55 pm following the dinner break.

Day 1 will come to an end after Level 15 with survivors returning tomorrow for Day 2.

• $100,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Levels 1-12 last 30 minutes; Levels 13+ last 40 minutes
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9 (8:55pm)
• Day 1 will come to an end after Level 15
• Event 22 Structure Sheet

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 14:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  261 of 1,566

The player on the button got his short stack all in preflop with , and he needed his hand to hold to stay alive against the of Sang Lim in the small blind.

The board came , and Lim paired his nine on the turn to win the pot and eliminate his opponent from the tournament.

Sang Lim  –  190,000  (38 bb)

With 261 players remaining from a field of 1,566, the average chip stack is about 240,000 (48 big blinds). The final 196 players will finish in the money, guaranteed at least $5,265 each.

There will be a 90-minute dinner break after Level 16 (around 6:30 pm), and action will continue tonight until the end of Level 20 (around 12:15 am).

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 14:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  261 of 1,566

Blinds are up and we found a familiar friend building a Championship stack. Former November Niner and SHRP Hollywood regular Joseph Cheong is stacked up to 909,000 to set among the leaders.

Blinds are up to 3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante and the average stacks is about 240,000 (48 bb) with 261 players remaining.

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 13:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining:  288 of 1,566

Table 31 is collecting some chips. After a walk around during the break, we found two huge stacks there and likely the two leaders.

Darrin Wright was at the top counts for a while but 602,000 is now taking a backseat to Barbaro Diaz with a whopping 1,155,000 after the first break.

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 13:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining:  306 of 1,566

After a open to 11,000 from the cutoff, Caleb Piderit moved all in for 62,000 (plus a chicken sandwich) from the small blind. The big blind folded and the cutoff called.

Piderit:
Cutoff:

Piderit was ahead for the double but needed to fade the suited connectors. The board ran out and Piderit doubled to stay in the Championship.

Caleb Piderit – 132,000 (33 bb)

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 13:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining:  333 of 1,566

The first break has come and gone and the 500 denom units were pulled out of play. Blinds are up to 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante and the average stack is about 188,000 (47 bb) with 333 players remaining.

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 12:  1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining:  378 of 1,566

Jerome Dumayet opened to 7,000 from the cutoff and Jonathan Hilton three-bet to 19,000 from the button. The blinds folded, Dumayet moved all in for 77,500 and Hilton quickly called.

Hilton:
Dumayet:

Hilton was in great shape but Dumayet faded the Championship knockout when he flopped a set on the run out.

Jerome Dumayet – 162,500 (54 bb)
Jonathan Hilton – 80,000 (27 bb)