$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 2: 100/200
Flight B Entries: 195

It’s all but a complete lock that the Championship will hit the $2,000,000 guaranteed prize pool before the first break, the question is how high will it go by the time registration closes at 10:15pm.

One of the new entries is SHRP favorite Sheddy Siddiqui. The South Florida pro has plenty of big results including a deep WSOP Main Event run, second place in the Coco WSOP Circuit Main Event a few weeks ago, and fourth place in this tournament last year.

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 100/100
Flight B Entries: 161

The Flight B entry count continued to climb and it is inching up towards the magic number to push the prize pool over the $2,000,000 Guarantee. It will get there, now it’s a chase to see how fast.

Dutch Boyd is making his first appearance of the series. The poker pro is in town looking for his first WPT title to go along with his three WSOP bracelet.

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 100/100
Flight B Entries: 127

A WPT Championship, WSOP bracelet winner, and a two-time SHRPO Big 4 champ sit down at a table.

A rough few spots for Table 10 to get through with WPT Jacksonville winner Tony Tran, 2017 WSOP $3,000 bracelet owner Harrison Gimbel, and 2017/2018 back-to-back $2,650 SHRPO Big 4 champ Alex Foxen in the 5-6-7 seats. Making things a little tougher, former SHRP Player of the Year contender Nigel Murray occupies the 8-seat.

There are few soft tables but this one seems to be a little harder than most.

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 100/100
Flight B Entries: 97

At noon on the dot, Tournament Director Tony Burns put cards in the air for the last flight of the 2018 WPT RRPO Championship. There are already 97 entries at the start for an easy path to the $2 Million Guarantee.

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 100/100

We had a great group of players yesterday and we can expect much of the same today as we roll out the second and final starting flight of the $2 Million GTD WPT RRPO Championship. Flight A drew 417 entries to leave the field only 208 entries shy of the mark and we should get there pretty early in the day.

Of those 317 starters, 149 players made it through to Day 2 on Sunday with Ajay Gnanasambanthan leading the way.

Today will play out the same as yesterday. Players will start with 40,000 deep stacks and levels last 60 minutes during Day 1 and Day 2. They will switch to 90 minutes for Day 3 and Day 4 until six remain for the WPT live-streamed final table. Late registration and re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 10:15pm and they day will come to an end after Level 10.

Cards fly again at noon and we will have all the action.

• $2,000,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 40,000 in chips
• Single ante will be paid from the big blind for the entire table
• Day 1 & 2 levels last 60 minutes; Day 3 & 4 levels last 90 minutes
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
• Day 1 will end after Level 10 or Tournament Director discretion
• Championship Structure Sheet

Primary Event Schedule

12PM: Day 1B – $3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)

• $2,000,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 40,000 in chips
• Single ante will be paid from the big blind for the entire table
• Day 1 & 2 levels last 60 minutes; Day 3 & 4 levels last 90 minutes
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
• Day 1 will end after Level 10 or Tournament Director discretion
• Championship Structure Sheet

Secondary and Satellite Schedule

10AM: Event 52 – $390 Championship Turbo Satellite (1-in-10)

• 2 seats guaranteed into $2 Million GTD WPT RRPO Championship
• 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 52 Structure Sheet

12PM: Event 53 – $375 Championship Super Turbo Satellite (1-in-10)

• 1 seat guaranteed into $2 Million GTD WPT RRPO Championship
• 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 53 Structure Sheet

8PM: Event 54 – $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 54 Structure Sheet

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
End of Level 10: 600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Flight A Players Remaining: 149 of 417

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
End of Level 10: 600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Flight A Players Remaining: 149 of 417

At the completion of the scheduled 10 levels of play, the 417-entry field for Day 1A of the $3,500 Rock N’ Roll Poker Open WPT Championship was trimmed down to 149 players, with Ajay Gnanasambanthan leading the pack.

He finished the day with 364,500 and was one of three players to bag more than 300,000. Tony Sinishtaj (318,500) and Lucas Braga (312,500) were the other two. Ryan Hughhes (278,500) and Erkut Yilmaz (266,000) rounded out the top five stacks for the day.

Other notables to finish the day with plenty of chips include Marc MacDonnell (215,500), Aaron Massey (206,500), Josh Kay (192,500), Ruslan Dykshteyn (176,000), Joe McKeehen (169,500), Joey Weissman (158,000), Jonathan Jaffe (147,000), Adam Hendrix (138,500), Michael Tureniec (136,500), Sorel Mizzi (131,500) and Ben Yu (123,000).

Ray Qartomy, Eric Afriat, Ronnie Bardah, Neil Blumenfield, Derek Bowers, Randall Emmett, Ari Engel, Chad Eveslage, Kevin Eyster, Jean Gaspard and Darryll Fish were among the notables that didn’t have lady luck on their side and busted before the final hand of the day.

Those that made it through the day will have Saturday off before Day 2 on Sunday. For the unlucky players that didn’t make it through the day’s action, they will have another chance at the event on Saturday’s Day 1B. Cards will get back in the air at noon and SHRPO.com will have complete coverage of the day’s action.

Complete chip counts will be posted shortly.

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10: 600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Flight A Players Remaining: 162 of 417

With 10 minutes remaining in the level, the staff paused the clock and they will play five more hands before bagging chips for the night. A recap and chip counts will be posted ASAP.

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10: 600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Flight A Players Remaining: 162 of 417

Matthew Yorra found himself all in for about 30,000 from middle position against Viet Vo in the small blind.

Vo showed and had Yorra’s needing to hit a two-outer. Yorra was already up and out of his chair, expecting to head to the exits.

He saw the flop of and and started walking towards the doors. The turn was the and the river was the . Yorra was eliminated and Vo neared a six-figure chip count with just a couple minutes left in the day.

Viet Vo – 93,000
Matthew Yorra – Eliminated