$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 11: 1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Players Remaining: 288 of 898

Matt Wantman made a move and had his last 38,500 in the middle against Sam Phillips in another race.

Wantman:
Phillips:

Wantman needed help to double, missed the , but picked up a few gutshot outs. The turn changed nothing but he pulled the double thanks to the river.

Matt Wantman – 81,000 (54 bb)
Sam Phillips – 35,000 (23 bb)

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 11: 1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Players Remaining: 315 of 898

Mark Dube open-shoved for 23,000 from under the gun and it folded around to Lexy Gavin in the big blind. She called and it was off to the races.

Gavin:
Dube:

Dube needed to catch to stay in the Championship, missed the . then connected on the turn to take the lead. It didn’t last long, only until the two-out hit the river to send Dube out.

Lexy Gavin – 120,000 (80 bb)
Mark Dube – Eliminated

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 11: 1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Players Remaining: 333 of 898

At noon on the dot, Tournament Director Tony Burns put cards in the air for Day 2 of the 2018 WPT Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open” Championship.

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 11: 1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Players Remaining: 333 of 898

Two starting flights are down for the 2018 WPT RRPO Championship and we are set for the start of Day 2. The $2,000,000 Guarantee Championship drew 898 entries to push the prize pool up to nearly $2.9 million and 333 players return today for the restart.

The first order of business will be playing into the money with 113 of them getting paid. The day will last ten full hour-long levels before they bag up once again for Day 3 tomorrow afternoon.

Five of our six former RRPO champions made it through including defending champ Michael Newman. Victor Figueroa (2012), Matt Waxman (2013), Jacob Bazeley (2014), and Chris Bolek (2015) will also be in the Day 2 field.

Mazen Abdallah leads the restart with 469,500 as the only player over 400K. Tony Sinishtaj (2017 WPT SHRP Showdown Champion) returns with the third biggest stack with other notables Lucas Braga, Ryan Hughes, Vinny Pahuja, Nick Yunis, and Nagui Yassa also sporting top counts for Day 2.

Cards go in the air at noon and we will be here all day with the updates.

Top ten returning stacks:

1. Mazen Abdallah – 469,500 (313 bb)
2. Ajay Gnanasabambanthank – 364,500 (243 bb)
3. Tony Sinishtaj – 318,500 (212 bb)
4. Lucas Braga – 312,500 (208 bb)
5. Ryan Hughes – 278,500 (186 bb)
6. Erkut Yilmaz – 266,000 (177 bb)
7. Caufman Talley – 265,000 (177 bb)
8. Vinny Pahuja – 263,500 (176 bb)
9. Nick Yunis – 261,000 (174 bb)
10. Nagui Yassa – 258,500 (172 bb)

Day 2 Chips | Day 2 Seats | Payouts

Primary Event Schedule

12PM: Day 2 – $3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)

• Championship Day 2 Chip Counts
• Championship Day 2 Table/Seat Assignments
• Championship Payouts

12PM: Event 13 – $360 Deep Stack Turbo NLH (Re-Entry)

• $25,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 20,000 in chips and 15-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 12
• Single ante will be paid from the big blind for the entire table
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 13 Structure Sheet

3PM: Event 14 Day 1 – $1,650 Purple Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)

• $100,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Single ante will be paid from the big blind for the entire table
• Levels 1-8 last 30 minutes; Levels 9+ last 40 minutes
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
• Day 1 will end after Level 17 or Tournament Director discretion
• Event 14 Structure Sheet

Secondary and Satellite Schedule

9AM: Event 55 – $200 Event 14 Turbo Satellite (1-in-10)

• 2 seats guaranteed into $100,000 GTD Event 14
• Players begin with 8,000 in chips and 15-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 55 Structure Sheet

5PM: Event 56 – $550 Event 16 Mega Satellite (1-in-10)

• 2 seats guaranteed into $5,000/$250,000 GTD Event 16
• Players begin with 8,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 7
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 56 Structure Sheet

8PM: Event 57 – $540 Event 16 Turbo Satellite (1-in-10)

• 1 seat guaranteed into $5,000/$250,000 GTD Event 16
• Players begin with 8,000 in chips and 15-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 57 Structure Sheet

10:30PM: Event 58 – $530 Event 16 Super Turbo Satellite (1-in-10)

• 1 seat guaranteed into $5,000/$250,000 GTD Event 16
• Players begin with 8,000 in chips and 10-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 58 Structure Sheet

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Returning to Level 11: 1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Players Remaining: 333 of 898

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Returning to Level 11: 1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Players Remaining: 333 of 898

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
End of Level 10: 600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Flight B Players Remaining: 184 of 481

With another 10 levels in the books, both starting days are complete for the $3,500 WPT RRPO Championship. The second flight drew another 481 entries, bringing the total field size to 898. At the end of the day, the 481 was trimmed down to just 184 with Mazen Abdallah holding a commanding lead.

Abdallah finished with a massive stack of 469,500, which moves him ahead of Ajay Gnanasambanthan, who finished Day 1A with 364,500. Gnanasambanthan will start Day 2 second in chips.

Caufman Talley (265,000), Vinny Pahuja (263,500), Nick Yunis (261,000) and Nagui Yassa (258,500) round out the top five Day 1B stacks.

Other notables to finish the second starting flight with a ton of chips include Jeff Trudeau (250,500), Neil Blumenfield (244,000), Farid Jattin (237,000), Raminder Singh (233,500), Lily Kiletto (231,000), Athanasios Polychronopoulos (200,500), Paul Balzano (175,000), Nick Schwarmann (168,500), James Gilbert (164,500), Leif Force (156,000) and Tony Tran (153,500).

Not everybody was lucky enough to make it through the day with plenty of top talented pros falling before the day’s final hand. Ronnie Bardah, Scott Baumstein, James Salmon, Jacquelyn Scott, Francis Margaglione, Wally Maddah, Allen Kessler and Jared Jaffee were among today’s notable eliminations.

Between the 184 players that made it through Saturday’s action and the 149 players that survived Friday, there will be 333 players coming back on Sunday for Day 2. Cards will get back in the air at noon and they will play 10 more, 60-minute levels.

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 10: 600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Flight B Players Remaining: 207 of 481

With 10 minutes remaining in the level, the staff paused the clock and the field will play five more hands before they bag up chips for the night.

A recap and chip counts will be posted as soon as possible.

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 10: 600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Flight B Players Remaining: 207 of 481

Justin Liberto raised to 7,000 from early position, leaving himself with just 5,900 behind. The player in the hijack called and everybody else got out of the way.

The flop was and Liberto moved the rest of his chips into the middle. The hijack called.

Liberto showed and needed to make a pair against the hijack’s .

The turn was the , keeping the hijack in the lead, but the river was the . Liberto spiked the queen on the river to double up.

Justin Liberto – 29,800