$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6: 300/500 with a 500 ante
Flight B Entries: 392
The Flight B entry count is nearly 400 once again and the prize pool topped $2.5 million with plenty of time to run it higher.
The big Championship continued to draw new players to the field including WPT Champions Club member Will “The Thrill” Failla and 2013 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open final table member Lily Kiletto.
$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5: 200/400 with a 400 ante
Flight B Entries: 386
In a battle of former SHRP champs, Victor Figueroa (2012 RRPO) and Eric Afriat (2014 WPT Showdown) were heads up with the board complete and reading 
. Figueroa was facing a bet of 14,000, he though for a moment, called the bet, and mucked when Afriat tabled 
for the full house.
Afriat moved over 100,000 while Figueroa will need to rebuild.
Eric Afriat – 108,000 (270 bb)
Victor Figueroa – 2,900 (7 bb)
$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5: 200/400 with a 400 ante
Flight B Entries: 369
With all these champions and wizards in the field from around the world, it’s a local regular leading the pack after the second break. Walter Bravo returned to a stack worth 160,000 and is the clear leader heading to the midpoint of the day.
Flight B players will play two more levels before enjoying a 90-minute dinner break.
$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4: 200/300 with a 300 ante
Flight B Entries: 351
The count jumped over 350 before the second break and we hit another milestone. The previously biggest RRPO Championship was the 706 entries from 2016 and our combined total now sits at 768 to set the new record.
The prize pool is only a few new entries away from topping $2.5 million for a nice chunk of change paid out later this weekend.
$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4: 200/300 with a 300 ante
Flight B Entries: 340
Not everyone elected to play on Day 1A of the RRPO Championship, some decided to wait until today to take their shot.
Three-time WSOP Circuit winner Allen “Chainsaw” Kessler, WPT500 Las Vegas champ Jon Borenstein, and two-time WSOP bracelet winner (2013 Ladies Championship and 2016 $1,500 Bounty event) Kristen Bicknell made their RRPO debut today in the Hard Rock Event Center.
$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3: 100/200 with a 200 ante
Flight B Entries: 302
During the first break, we took a walk among the tables to find some big stacks. One of the biggest belongs to popular pro Vinny Pahuja. He ran his 40,000 stack up to 82,000 over the first two levels for a good start to his day.
His brother, former WPT Player of the Year, Mukul Pahuja is sitting nearby with a healthy stack as well.
$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3: 100/200 with a 200 ante
Flight B Entries: 289
The break is complete, players are back in their seats, but not before a quick greeting from our friends at the World Poker Tour. WPT Commentator (and WPT Champions Club member) Tony Dunst welcomed everyone back along with WPT Event Manager Keta Ozolina, Tournament Director Tony Burns, and Royal Flush Crew members Alexandra Gray and Raysa Peres.
They’ll play two more levels before getting another break the Event Center.
$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 2: 100/200
Flight B Entries: 250
The first break is upon us and the entry count hit exactly 250 as they walked away from the Hard Rock Event Center. The prize pool is over $2.1 million and it will continue to climb.
Lexy Gavin made her South Florida return after a nice run up north and a quick break for the holiday. Before the Thanksgiving holiday, she entered the Borgata Fall Poker Open Championship and went deep for a 14th place finish. Gavin is hoping to surpass that success and put her name on the WPT Champions Cup.
$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 2: 100/200
Flight B Entries: 209
With plenty of time before the first break of the day, The entry count hit the mark to push the Championship prize pool over $2,000,000. We have crushed the numbers from last year and registration will remain open until 10:15pm.