$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 28: 40,000/80,000 with a 80,000 ante
Players Remaining: 6 of 898

Action folded to Roberto Bendeck in the cutoff and he moved all in for 950,000. Pavel Plesuv called the shove from the small blind and Jeremy Joseph responded with a shove of his own for 3,000,000 on the nose from the big. Plesuv wasted no time abandoning his chips and they were heads up.

Bendeck:
Joseph:

Bendeck was dominated and his hopes for a comeback to a bigger hit on the flop. The turn left him drawing dead and the river completed the last hand of the day.

The six remaining players are filling out their WPT info forms, bagging up their chips, and they are set for a return tomorrow at noon for the WPT live-streamed final table.

Full final table counts will be posted as soon as they are available.

Jeremy Joseph – 5,045,000 (63 bb)
Roberto Bendeck – Eliminated in 7th place ($79,650)

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 28: 40,000/80,000 with a 80,000 ante
Players Remaining: 7 of 898

Jeremy Joseph opened to 180,000 from the cutoff and Brent Kallman moved all in for 1,780,000 from the small blind. Marius Gierse shipped his stack in the middle from the big blind and the 5,550,000 shove moved Joseph out of the hand.

Kallman:
Gierse:

Kallman was in a lot of trouble and it only got worse on the flop. He needed to hit running nines to top the boat but the turn left him drawing dead to the river.

Kallman’s primary vocation is not poker. He is a professional soccer player and he plays defense for Minnesota United FC of the MLS.

Marius Gierse – 7,590,000 (95 bb)
Brent Kallman – Eliminated in 8th Place ($62,110)

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 28: 40,000/80,000 with a 80,000 ante
Players Remaining: 8 of 898

There was little action after Ravi Raghavan doubled up and the eight remaining players grabbed another ten-minute break.

Seat 1: Christopher Kennedy – 6,060,000 (76 bb)
Seat 2: Roberto Bendeck – 1,245,000 (16 bb)
Seat 3: Jim Gilbert – 6,900,000 (86 bb)
Seat 4: Pavel Plesuv – 9,260,000 (116 bb)
Seat 5: Jeremy Joseph – 3,425,000 (43 bb)
Seat 6: Ravi Raghavan – 1,760,000 (22 bb)
Seat 7: Brent Kallman – 1,940,000 (24 bb)
Seat 8: Marius Giese – 5,430,000 (68 bb)

Remaining payouts:

1st: $504,820
2nd: $326,565
3rd: $240,945
4th: $179,710
5th: $135,505
6th: $103,310
7th: $79,650
8th: $62,110

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 27: 30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining: 8 of 898

Action folded around to Jeremy Joseph in the small blind and he moved all in on the shorter stacked Ravi Raghavan in the big. Raghavan called all in for his last 1,160,000 looking for his double.

Raghavan:
Joseph:

Raghavan was in good shape and needed to dodge the two live cards of Joseph. He improved on the flop and held as the board finished with the turn and river.

Ravi Raghavan – 2,380,000 (40 bb)
Jeremy Joseph – 3,240,000 (54 bb)

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 27: 30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining: 8 of 898

Jim Gilbert opened to 125,000 from the cutoff and Pavel Plesuv three-bet to 400,000 from the button. James Rann in the small blind thought it out, used a time chip, and four-bet to 1,100,000. Gilbert folded and Plesuv moved all in for 4,405,000.

Rann cut out some chips, used another time chip, and called for 3,775,000 total.

Plesuv:
Rann:

It was one of those “classic” races and Rann needed to improve to double up. The board ran out and Plesuv’s queens held to end the former chip leader out in nineth place.

Pavel Plesuv – 8,370,000 (140 bb)
James Rann – Eliminated in 9th place ($48,985)

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 26: 25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining: 9 of 898

The last nine players redrew seats and action is back underway. Level 26 is close to running out and they will take a short, ten-minute break from the table.

They will continue their day until only six players remain for tomorrow’s WPT live stream final table.

Seat 1: Christopher Kennedy – 6,700,000 (134 bb)
Seat 2: Roberto Bendeck – 2,100,000 (42 bb)
Seat 3: Jim Gilbert – 5,850,000 (117 bb)
Seat 4: Pavel Plesuv – 2,850,000 (57 bb)
Seat 5: James Rann – 4,350,000 (87 bb)
Seat 6: Jeremy Joseph – 4,450,000 (89 bb)
Seat 7: Ravi Raghavan – 1,950,000 (39 bb)
Seat 8: Brent Kallman – 2,100,000 (42 bb)
Seat 9: Marius Gierse – 5,150,000 (103 bb)

Remaining payouts:

1st: $504,820
2nd: $326,565
3rd: $240,945
4th: $179,710
5th: $135,505
6th: $103,310
7th: $79,650
8th: $62,110
9th: $48,985

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 26: 25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining: 9 of 898

Alan Schein opened to 100,000 and Christopher Kennedy defended his big blind.

The flop came , Kennedy checked and Schein bet 300,000. Kennedy called.

The turn brought the , Kennedy checked again and Schein moved all in for around 2,100,000. Kennedy snap-called with and was out in front against Schein’s .

The river was the and Schein’s pocket jacks couldn’t catch up as he was eliminated in 10th place. With that elimination the remaining nine players combine with Kennedy in the lead.

Christopher Kennedy – 6,700,000 (134 bb)
Alan Schein – Eliminated in 10th Place ($48,985)

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 26: 25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining: 11 of 898

James Rann opened to 100,000 from the button and John DuBois defended his big blind.

The flop came , DuBois checked and Rann bet 95,000. DuBois called.

The turn brought the and DuBois shoved for 860,000. Rann went into the tank, using two time chips before electing to call.

DuBois tabled for second pair against James Rann’s top pair.

The river was the and Rann’s top pair held to eliminate DuBois in 11th Place.

James Rann – 4,350,000 (87 bb)
John DuBois – Eliminated in 11th Place ($39,085)

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 26: 25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining: 11 of 898

Marius Gierse opened to 105,000 from the cutoff, James Rann called on the button, and Tom Burandt called from the big blind to the flop. Burandt checked, Gierse bet 150,000 and only Burandt called.

The turn came , Burandt checked, Gierse bet 375,000 and Burandt check-raised all in for 1,920,000. Gierse quickly called and Burandt was in trouble.

Gierse:
Burandt:

Burandt turned two pair but was behind Gierse’s flopped set of sixes. The river completed the board and Burandt was sent out in 12th place.

Marius Gierse – 5,300,000 (106 bb)
Tom Burandt – Eliminated in 12th place ($39,085)

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 26: 25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining: 12 of 898

Marius Gierse opened to 105,000 from under the gun and picked up calls from Jeff Yarchever in the small blind and Brent Kallman in the big. The flop came and Yarchever moved all in for 310,000. Kallman called, Giercse folded, and the hands were flipped up.

Yarchever:
Kallman:

Yarchever had top pair with a backdoor flush draw but his kings were outkicked by Kallman. Neither the turn nor the river were able to improve his situation and he was eliminated in 13th place.

Brent Kallman – 2,250,000 (45 bb)
Jeff Yarchever – Eliminated in 13th place ($31,550)