$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Return to Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  300 of 2,993

Flight A:  550 Entries;  55 Advanced
Flight B:  484 Entries;  49 Advanced
Flight C:  574 Entries;  58 Advanced
Flight D:  572 Entries;  56 Advanced
Flight E:  813 Entries;  82 Advanced
Flight F:  Underway
Flight G:  Saturday at 10 a.m.
Flight H:  Saturday at 6 p.m.
Day 2:  Sunday at 1 p.m.

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Flight E Players Remaining:  82 of 813

Flight E ended with 6:54 remaining in Level 17, with blinds at 3,000-6,000 and a 6,000 ante.

There were 82 players who survived this flight, and the chipleader is Omer Rotman with 650,000  (108 big blinds).

The full list of official chip counts will be posted soon, but here are the big stacks who bagged up at least 400K:

1.  Omer Rotman  –  650,000  (108 bb)
2.  Aaron Valencia  –  568,000  (95 bb)
3.  Andres Reyes  –  541,000  (90 bb)
4.  Nicholas DeVries  –  479,000  (80 bb)
T-5.  Xin “Jay” Jin  –  428,000  (71 bb)
T-5.  Colbert Da Silva  –  428,000  (71 bb)
7.  Brandon Lulov  –  424,000  (71 bb)
8.  Ahir Chatterjee  –  423,000  (71 bb)
9.  Demond Williams  –  408,000  (68 bb)

These 82 players will return to action on Sunday at 1:00 pm for Day 2, and everyone who bags chips for Day 2 will finish in the money.

There are three more starting flights to go, with Flight F underway (registration remains open until 10:30 pm tonight), and the final two flights tomorrow at 10:00 am and 6:00 pm.

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Flight E Players Remaining:  82 of 813

With about 55,000 in the pot and the board reading , the player in the big blind shoved for 46,000 and Jordan DeGrenier thought for a bit in the cutoff before he called.

The player in the big blind showed for a pair of aces, while DeGrenier tabled  for a pair of aces with a better kicker to win the pot and send the remaining field into the money.

Jordan DeGrenier  –  203,000  (34 bb)

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Flight E Players Remaining:  83 of 813

With 83 players remaining, and no more than 82 advancing to Day 2 (top 10% from each flight), the field is beginning hand-for-hand play on the Money Bubble.

Keep in mind that players must bag chips to advance to Day 2 on Sunday, and everyone who reaches Day 2 will finish in the money.

With 83 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 196,000 (33 big blinds).

$1,100 Five-Card Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  10,000/20,000
Players Remaining:  2 of 102

After a short while of heads-up play, the final two players agreed to a deal to split the remaining prizepool and end the tournament. These were the final chip counts:

Robert Lupo  –  1,105,000  (55 bb)
Charles Rosenblatt  –  935,000  (47 bb)

As chipleader, Lupo was declared the winner and received the trophy. These were the payouts they agreed to:

1st:  Robert Lupo  –  $24,148 + Trophy
2nd:  Charles Rosenblatt  –  $24,147

Congratulations to Robert Lupo! Stay tuned for a final table recap, and these are the rest of the payouts from this event:

3rd:  Ha Tran  –  $11,375
4th:  Seyed Hosseini  –  $7,520
5th:  Leif Force  –  $5,785
6th:  Aaron Kupin  –  $4,625
7th:  Zyad Qasem  –  $3,925
8th:  Steve Yagudaev  –  $3,425
9th:  Kevin Macdonald  –  $3,020
10th:  Khaled Al-Khatib  –  $3,020
11th:  Quinn Bruno  –  $2,720
12th:  Yuval Bronshtein  –  $2,720
13th:  Christopher Kostoulas  –  $2,500

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  100/100
Flight F Entries:  297

Cards are in the air for Flight F of RRPO Event 1 and they hit the first big milestone as soon as they were underway. Only 38 fresh entries were needed to push the prize pool over the $1,000,000 guarantee and they had a few more than that.

The combined total is up to 3,290 for a prize pool worth $1,085,700 with three full massive flights to go.

$1,100 Five-Card Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  10,000/20,000
Players Remaining:  2 of 102

Robert Lupo raised from the button to 50,000, Ha Tran reraised from the small blind to 135,000, and Lupo thought for a while before he called.

The flop came , Tran moved all in for about 260,000, and Lupo quickly called.

Robert Lupo:    (set of fives)
Ha Tran:    (pair of aces, pair of jacks)

The turn card was the , the river card was the , and Tran celebrated his rivered set of aces. But Lupo pointed out that the same card gave him a five-high straight. Lupo won the pot with his straight to eliminate Tran in third place.

Ha Tran  –  Eliminated in 3rd Place  ($11,375)

Here are the approximate chip counts for the start of heads-up play, followed by the remaining payouts:

Robert Lupo  –  1,450,000  (73 bb)
Charles Rosenblatt  –  600,000  (30 bb)

1st:  $29,745 + Trophy
2nd:  $18,550

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  100/100

Flight F of the RRPO opener starts at 6 pm in the Grand Ballroom and the $400 tournament will quickly hit its $1,000,000 guaranteed prize pool this evening. It will quickly climb from there with three full flights to go.

Event 1 players start with 20K deep stacks and all Day 1 levels last 30 minutes, increasing to 40 minutes at the start of Day 2. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 10:30 pm.

Flight F will continue into the early morning and end when 10% of the field remains. Those players will bag their chips and return on Sunday at 1 pm for Day 2 in the money.

• $1,000,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Day 1 levels last 30 minutes; Day 2 levels last 40 minutes
• Levels 24+ last 60 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (10:30pm)
• Day 1 will end when field reaches 10%
• Event 1 Structure Sheet

$1,100 Five-Card Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  10,000/20,000
Players Remaining:  3 of 102

The players returned from break to begin Level 19, with increased blinds of 10,000-20,000. Here are the official chip counts from the break, followed by the remaining payouts:

Seat 1.  Robert Lupo  –  1,105,000  (55 bb)
Seat 2.  Ha Tran  –  540,000  (27 bb)
Seat 3.  Charles Rosenblatt  –  395,000  (20 bb)

1st:  $29,745 + Trophy
2nd:  $18,550
3rd:  $11,375

With three players remaining from a field of 102, the average chip stack is about 680,000 (34 big blinds). The next player to be eliminated will earn $11,375 for third place.

$1,100 Five-Card Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  8,000/16,000
Players Remaining:  3 of 102

After a flop of with 78,000 already in the pot, Charles Rosenblatt got it all in from the big blind for 105,000 against Ha Tran on the button.

Ha Tran:    (pair of aces, pair of jacks)
Charles Rosenblatt:    (jacks up, gutshot straight draw)

The turn card was the , the river card was the , and Rosenblatt won the pot with a full house, jacks full of nines, to double up in chips.

Charles Rosenblatt  –  288,000  (18 bb)
Ha Tran  –  470,000  (29 bb)

A little while later, Seyed Hosseini got it all in preflop from the small blind for 33,000 against Robert Lupo (UTG/cutoff) and Charles Rosenblatt (big blind).

The flop came , Rosenblatt checked, Lupo bet 20,000 into the dry side pot, and Rosenblatt called.

The turn card was the , and both players check.

The river card paired the board with the , Rosenblatt checked, Lupo bet 70,000, and Rosenblatt folded. Lupo took the side pot.

Robert Lupo:    (full house, threes full of sixes)
Seyed Hosseini:    (two pair, aces and sixes)

Lupo turned over a full house to win the main pot and eliminate Hosseini in fourth place.

Robert Lupo  –  1,300,000  (81 bb)
Seyed Hosseini  –  Eliminated in 4th Place  ($7,520)

With three players remaining from a field of 102, the average chip stack is about 680,000 (43 big blinds). The next player to be eliminated will earn $11,375 for third place.