$600 Deep Stack Big O (Re-Entry) Structure | Payouts Level 19: 6,000/12,000 Players Remaining: 6 of 80
Errol Massey raised to 30,000 from the cutoff, Dave Dambrosi three-bet the pot from the button, Massey four-bet, and Dambrosi called all in for about 110,000.
Massey: Dambrosi:
The board ran out , leaving Dambrosi drawing dead on the turn to end his tournament in seventh place.
Errol Massey – 370,000 (31 bb) Dave Dambrosi – Eliminated in 7th Place ($1,890)
$600 Deep Stack Big O (Re-Entry) Structure | Payouts Level 18: 5,000/10,000 Players Remaining: 7 of 80
Kristopher Grunwald limped for 10,000 in the hijack, Gabe Ramos raised to 25,000 from the cutoff, Kenneth Po called on the button, David Shmuel called in the small blind, and Grunwald called.
The flop was and action checked to Ramos who bet 10,000. Po raised all in for 107,000, Shmuel reraised all in with a covering stack, Grunwald folded, and Ramos folded.
Po: Shmuel:
Shmuel had top set of kings with a straight draw, while Po had multiple draws with the nut-flush draw and the nut-low draw.
The turn and river completed the board, giving Shmuel kings full of sixes to eliminate Po in eighth place.
David Shmuel – 403,000 (40 bb) Kenneth Po – Eliminated in 8th Place ($1,680)
$600 Seniors 50+ No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Structure | Payouts Level 24: 15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante Players Remaining: 4 of 176
Lisa Levy got it all in for 385,000 with , and she needed to improve to stay alive against Wilmer Chavira’s .
The board came , and Levy flopped a gutshot straight draw, but improved no further. Chavira won the pot with a pair of aces to eliminate Levy in fifth place.
Wilmer Chavira – 1,175,000 (39 bb) Lisa Levy – Eliminated in 5th Place ($4,445)
With four players remaining, the average chip stack is about 880,000 (29 big blinds), and the next player to be eliminated will earn $5,765 for fourth place.
$600 Seniors 50+ No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Structure | Payouts Level 24: 15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante Players Remaining: 5 of 176
Wilmer Chavira got it all in from the hijack for 380,000 with , and he needed it to hold to stay alive against the of David Ray, who was under the gun.
Ray called for a jack, and the flop came , giving both players a pair, with Chavira still in the lead.
Another player told Ray, “You needed to be more specific.”
The turn card was the , the river card was the , and Chavira won the pot with a pair of kings to double up in chips.
Wilmer Chavira – 835,000 (28 bb) David Ray – 50,000 (2 bb)
The next hand, Ray was forced all in, with 30,000 for the ante and 20,000 as his big blind. Everyone folded to Lisa Levy, who called from the small blind with .
Ray was dominated with , but flopped two pair on a board of to not-quite-double up in chips.
David Ray – 70,000 (2 bb) Lisa Levy – 460,000 (15 bb)
The next hand, Deonarine Itwaru raised under the gun to 75,000, Ray called all in from the small blind, and Wilmer Chavira called from the big blind.
Chavira and Itwaru checked to the turn on a board of . Chavira checked, Itwaru bet 100,000, and Chavira folded. Itwaru took the side pot.
For the main pot, Ray showed for a pair of fives, but Itwaru turned over for a pair of kings. Ray was dominated, and he needed one of the two remaining fives to stay alive.
The river card was the , and Itwaru won the pot with trip kings to eliminate Ray in sixth place.
Deonarine Itwaru – 1,350,000 (45 bb) David Ray – Eliminated in 6th Place ($3,690)
With five players remaining, the average chip stack is about 705,000 (24 big blinds), and the next player to be eliminated will earn $4,445 for fifth place.
The next hand, Bourais was forced all in for his last 20,000 for the big blind ante, and even if he won a seven-way hand, he would only win his ante back.
Steven Bennett moved all in from the cutoff for 185,000, and everyone else folded.
Bourais turned over , and needed to improve to stay alive against Bennett’s .
The board came , and the pocket eights held up for Bennett to win the pot and eliminate Bourais in seventh place.
Steven Bennett – 220,000 (9 bb) Joseph Boulais – Eliminated in 7th Place ($3,185)
With six players remaining, the average chip stack is about 585,000 (23 big blinds), and the next player to be eliminated will earn $3,690 for sixth place.
$600 Seniors 50+ No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Structure | Payouts Level 22: 10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante Players Remaining: 7 of 176
Darin Kaplan raised under the gun to 60,000, Louis page moved all in from the button for 230,000, and Kaplan called with .
Page turned over , and needed his hand to hold to stay alive.
The board came , and Kaplan paired his ace on the flop to win the pot and eliminate Page in eighth place.
Darin Kaplan – 640,000 (32 bb) Louis Page – Eliminated in 8th Place ($2,790)
With seven players remaining, the average chip stack is about 505,000 (25 big blinds), and the next player to be eliminated will earn $3,185 for seventh place.
$600 Seniors 50+ No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Structure | Payouts Level 21: 10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante Players Remaining: 8 of 176
Stacey Manning raised UTG+1 to 45,000, David Ray moved all in from the cutoff for about 210,000, and Manning called all in for about 150,000 with .
But Ray turned over , and Manning was dominated as he faced elimination.
The board came , and Ray paired his ace on the flop and rivered a king-high diamond flush to win the pot and eliminate Manning in ninth place.
After the flop, Lisa Levy told everyone she folded pocket threes, which of course would have rivered quads to win the entire pot.
David Ray – 400,000 (27 bb) Stacey Manning – Eliminated in 9th Place ($2,425)
With eight players remaining, the average chip stack is about 440,000 (29 big blinds), and the next player to be eliminated will earn $2,790 for eighth place.
$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 9: 500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante Flight B Entries: 484
Flight B of RRPO Event 1 closed with 484 entries, bringing the total field size to 1,034 entries through two flights. We are more than a third to the guarantee with six starting flights to go.
Play in Flight B will continue until 49 players remain. Players must bag a stack in order to make the money, and those who do will return for Day 2 on Sunday at 1 p.m.