$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6:  400/800 with a 800 ante
Day 1B Entries:  757

The player in the cutoff raised to 2,500, Stephen Caplan called from the button, and Anthony Bellino reraised from the small blind to 12,400. The cutoff called, and Caplan folded.

The flop came , Bellino moved all in, and the player in the cutoff called all in for 21,500 with for an overpair.

But Bellino turned over , and the cutoff needed to improve to stay alive.

The turn card was the , the river card was the , and the aces held up for Bellino to win the pot and eliminate his opponent.

Anthony Bellino  –  144,000  (180 bb)

The Day 1B field is up to 757 entries, which means the total is up to 1,402, and the prizepool is worth more than $4.4 million.

Registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until about 9:15 pm, and action will continue tonight until the end of Level 10, around 11:15 pm.

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6:  400/800 with a 800 ante
Day 1B Entries:  749

The WSOP Main Event title is the pinnacle of the game, the prize everyone desires. Koray Aldemir is the most recent addition to the very small club of Main Event champions, capturing the coveted bracket ten days ago. After taking time to enjoy the win, he’s back in action and trying to add a WPT title.

Aldermir was already a hugely successful poker player before becoming the WSOP Main Event champ. He owned a WSOP bracelet from 2016 and had $12 million in career earnings before adding another $8 million for the win.

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6:  400/800 with a 800 ante
Day 1B Entries:  737

After five players saw a flop of , action checked to the cutoff, who moved all in for 7,500.

The player on the button folded, and Kenny Neri called from the small blind. The big blind folded, and Noah Schwartz thought for a while before folding from middle position.

The cutoff turned over for ace high with a gutshot straight draw, and he needed to improve to stay alive against Neri’s (pair of fives).

The turn card was the , the river card was the , and Neri won the pot with his pair to eliminate his opponent.

Kenny Neri  –  49,500  (62 bb)

The Day 1B field is up to 737 entries, which means the total is up to 1,382, and the prizepool is worth more than $4.4 million.

Registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until about 9:15 pm, and action will continue tonight until the end of Level 10, around 11:15 pm.

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5:  300/600 with a 600 ante
Day 1B Entries:  720

A player was all in from the hijack for about 14,500 with , and he needed to improve to stay alive against the of Gil Haim in the small blind.

The board came — the hijack turned a heart flush draw, but improved no further. Haim won the pot with his pocket aces to eliminate his opponent.

Gil Haim  –  66,000  (110 bb)

The Day 1B field is up to 720 entries, which means the total is up to 1,365, and the prizepool is worth more than $4.3 million.

Registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until about 9:15 pm, and action will continue tonight until the end of Level 10, around 11:15 pm.

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5:  300/600 with a 600 ante
Day 1B Entries:  713

Another round of new players hit the Grand Ballroom as expected with more than 700 entries in today’s flight.

Among the group we found, Erik Seidel, Xuan Liu, Athanasios Polychronopoulos, Tim West, Matt Glantz, and Bin Weng trying to  spin up a stack.

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5:  300/600 with a 600 ante
Day 1B Entries:  695

After four players see a flop of , both blinds checked to Nacho Barbero, who bet 2,000 from under the gun. The player on the button raised to 4,800, Morgan Machina folded the small blind, and Andy Endale folded the big blind. Barbero called.

The turn card was the , Barbero checked, the button bet 8,300, and Barbero check-raised to 19,000. The player on the button tanked for a while before he folded, and Barbero took the pot.

Nacho Barbero  –  60,000  (100 bb)

The Day 1B field is up to 695 entries, which means the total is up to 1,340, and the prizepool is worth more than $4.2 million.

Registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until about 9:15 pm, and action will continue tonight until the end of Level 10, around 11:15 pm.

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5:  300/600 with a 600 ante
Day 1B Entries:  673

The players return from break to begin Level 5, with increased blinds of 300-600 and a big blind ante of 600.

The Day 1B field is up to 673 entries, which means the total is up to 1,318, and the prizepool is worth more than $4.2 million. Registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until about 9:15 pm, and action will continue tonight until the end of Level 10, around 11:15 pm.

A scan of the field during the break turned up three players with at least 180K in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  Brian Krinsky  –  260,300  (434 bb)
2.  Andy Endale  –  198,800  (331 bb)
3.  Danny Shiff  –  180,200  (300 bb)

Andy Endale won a big pot leading into the break, getting it all in with against his opponent’s . The flop came to give Endale a set of jacks to his opponent’s gutshot straight draw, and the queen never came. Endale won the pot to catapult near the top of the leaderboard.

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4:  300/500 with a 500 ante
Day 1B Entries:  642

A player raised from middle position to 2,000, Chris Limo reraised from the cutoff to 5,900, and Rogen Chhabra four-bet it from the button to 14,400. The original raiser folded, and Limo called.

The flop came , and Limo moved all in, covering Chhabra.

Chahbra folded, and Limo showed for a king-high bluff as he took the pot.

Chris Limo  –  116,000  (232 bb)
Rogen Chhabra  –  15,500  (31 bb)

The Day 1B field is up to 642 entries, which means the total is up to 1,287, and the prizepool is worth more than $4.1 million.

Registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until about 9:15 pm, and action will continue tonight until the end of Level 10, around 11:15 pm.

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4:  300/500 with a 500 ante
Day 1B Entries:  621

After a flop of and about 22,000 already in the pot, the UTG player moved all in for about 40,000, and Joe Parker moved all in over the top for 23,800. The player in the big blind thought for a while before he folded.

The UTG player turned over for a set of threes, but Parker turned over for a set of nines. Parker needed to avoid the case three to stay alive.

The turn card was the , the river card was the , and the set of nines held up for Parker to win the pot and double up in chips.

Joe Parker  –  70,000  (140 bb)

The Day 1B field is up to 621 entries, which means the total is up to 1,266, and the prizepool is worth more than $4.0 million.

Registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until about 9:15 pm, and action will continue tonight until the end of Level 10, around 11:15 pm.

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4:  300/500 with a 500 ante
Day 1B Entries:  605

The 2021 WPT Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open made another milestone this afternoon, a big number doubled. The combined entry count hit 1,250 before the second break to push the $2,000,000 guarantee up to a $4,000,000 prize pool.

Already the biggest field this tournament ever drew, the numbers will continue to climb until registration closes around 9:15 pm.