Championship: Jordan Schneider Eliminated by Christopher Kennedy

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 25: 20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining: 18 of 898

Jordan Schneider

Christopher Kennedy opened to 100,000 from middle position, Alan Schein called in the small blind along with Jordan Schneider in the big. The flop came KcJd3c, Schein checked, and Schneider moved all in for 350,000.

Christopher Kennedy moved all in as well and Schein quickly folded.

Schneider: Ac5c
Kennedy: AdKd

Kennedy was ahead with top-top, Schneider needed a club or miracle, but neither the Qd turn nor 6d river could save his Championship.

Christopher Kennedy – 2,140,000 (54 bb)
Jordan Schneider – Eliminated in 19th place ($

Championship: Last Break

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 25: 20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining: 20 of 898

Championship players are taking their final break of the day with 20 remaining and one more level in the day before they bag up.

Table 6
Seat 1: Pavel Plesuv – 3,295,000 (82 bb)
Seat 2: — Empty —
Seat 3: James Rann – 2,750,000 (69 bb)
Seat 4: Marty Mathis – 1,010,000 (25 bb)
Seat 5: Phil Hui – 1,640,000 (41 bb)
Seat 6: Marius Gierse – 2,590,000 (65 bb)
Seat 7: Farid Jattin – 1,800,000 (45 bb)
Seat 8: — Empty —

Table 7 – ( bb)
Seat 1: Jordan Schneider – 425,000 (11 bb)
Seat 2: Kunal Patel – 1,500,000 (38 bb)
Seat 3: Christopher Kennedy – 1,450,000 (36 bb)
Seat 4: James Gilbert – 2,130,000 (53 bb)
Seat 5: Brett Apter – 1,230,000 (31 bb)
Seat 6: Tom Burandt – 810,000 (20 bb)
Seat 7: — Empty —
Seat 8: Alan Schein – 3,650,000 (91 bb)

Table 14
Seat 1: Ofer Peleg – 1,750,000 (44 bb)
Seat 2: John DuBois – 2,325,000 (58 bb)
Seat 3: — Empty —
Seat 4: Roberto Bendeck – 2,230,000 (56 bb)
Seat 5: Jeremy Joseph – 2,700,000 (68 bb)
Seat 6: Brent Kallman – 925,000 (23 bb)
Seat 7: Ravi Raghavan – 1,380,000 (35 bb)
Seat 8: Jeff Yarchever – 400,000 (10 bb)

Championship: Lexy Gavin Eliminated by Marius Gierse

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24: 15,000/30,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining: 20 of 898

Lexy Gavin

Lexy Gavin fought a short stack all day long but her time ran out. She three-bet shoved from the cutoff for 175,000 after Marius Gierse opened for 65,000 from under the gun. The button and blinds released and Gierse called.

Gavin: 8d8s
Gierse: JsTd

Another flip, Gavin was in the lead, but Gierse hit the AhKcJd flop. The 3c turn was no help and the 9c river sent her out in 21st place.

Marius Gierse – 2,575,000 (86 bb)
Lexy Gavin – Eliminated in 21st place ($17,830)

Championship: Lexy Gavin Stays Alive

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24: 15,000/30,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining: 21 of 898

Lexy Gavin

Lexy Gavin open-shoved from the button for 140,000 and Marty Mathis called from the big blind.

Gavin: As9h
Mathis: KdTc

Gavin was ahead but Mathis took the lead on the Td6c2h flop. The 5d turn left her with the last three aces in the deck to stay in the game and the Ad river was what she needed.

Lexy Gavin  –  325,000  (11 bb)
Marty Mathis  –  515,000  (17 bb)

Championship: Ido Ashkenazi and Nikita Kalinin Eliminated by John DuBois

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24: 15,000/30,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining: 22 of 898

Nikita Kalinin

Ido Ashkenazi opened to 75,000 from the hijack and John DuBois called from the cutoff. Nikita Kalinin moved all in for 320,000 from the button and Ashkenazi moved all in as well for 1,380,000. DuBois called with a slightly bigger stack for the major pot.

DuBois: AcQs
Ashkenazi: TcTs
Kalinin: 9s9d

Kalinin was in trouble, Ashkenazi needed to hold, but it was DuBois hitting the KsQs3s flop. Ashkenazi called for a spade but the 3d turn and Jh river were no help and we had a double KO to start Level 24.

John DuBois – 3,200,000 (107 bb)
Ido Ashkenazi – Eliminated in 23rd place ($17,830)
Nikita Kalinin – Eliminated in 24th place ($17,830)

Ido Ashkenazi

Championship: Next Break and Three-Table Lineup

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24: 15,000/30,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining: 24 of 898

With the elimination of Adam Hendrix, tournament staff paused the clock for a three-table redraw and Level 23 came to an end so after. They will take a 10-minute breather and return for two more levels today.

Level 23 eliminations:

25th: Adam Hendrix – $15,105
26th: Thomas Konnechuk – $15,105
27th: Aleksei Ponomarev – $15,105
28th: Chris Limo – $15,105
29th: Jeff Trudeau – $15,105
30th: Joe Serock – $15,105

Championship: Adam Hendrix Eliminated by James Rann

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 23: 15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining: 24 of 898

Adam Hendrix

Adam Hendrix completed the small blind and James Rann raised to 90,000 from the big blind. Hendrix called.

The flop came Ah9s2h, Hendrix checked and Rann bet 70,000. Hendrix called.

The turn brought the 2s, Hendrix checked again and Rann bet 250,000 this time. Hendrix  called.

The river was the 7d, Hendrix checked for the third time and Rann put him all in for around 550,000. Hendrix called with As7h  for two-pair but was no good against Rann’s  trip deuces.

James Rann – 3,250,000 (130 bb)
Adam Hendrix – Eliminated in 25th Place ($15,105)

Championship: Lexy Gavin More Than Doubles

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 23: 15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining: 25 of 898

Lexy Gavin

James Gilbert opened to 55,000 from the cutoff, Paul Balzano called in the small blind, and Lexy Gavin moved all in from the big. Gilbert called, Balzano released, and the cards were tabled.

Gavin: Ad2d
Gilbert: Jh9h

Gavin was ahead but had two live, suited cards to dodge. Gilbert took the lead on the Kd9d5h flop but Gavin had diamond outs on top of her ace. The Td turn completed her flush and Gilbert was drawing dead to the 9c river.

Lexy Gavin – 410,000 (16 bb)
James Gilbert – 1,020,000 (41 bb)

Championship: Jeff Trudeau Eliminated by Jeremy Joseph

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 23: 15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining: 27 of 898

Jeff Trudeau

Jeremy Joseph opened to 60,000 from the cutoff and Jeff Trudeau moved all in from the small blind for 395,000. Ido Ashkenazi released his big blind and Joseph called.

Trudeau: AhJc
Joseph: 6s6h

It was a race Trudeau needed to win to stay in the Championship but he found no love on the 9d9s3s9h8c board to exit in 29th place.

Jeremy Joseph – 1,850,000 (74 bb)
Jeff Trudeau – Eliminated in 29th place ($15,105)

Shortly after Trudeau’s elimination, Chris Limo hit the rail in 28th place and they are closer to the three-table redraw.

Chris Limo

Championship: Joe Serock Eliminated by Ido Ashkenazi

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 23: 15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining: 29 of 898

Joe Serock

Joe Serock opened to 50,000 from under the gun and Ido Ashkenazi defended his big blind to the 5d4h2h flop. Ashkenazi checked, Serock bet 45,000 and Ashkenazi check-raised all in. Serock called for his remaining 290,000.

Ashkenazi: 8c3c
Serock: KhKd

Serock was ahead with the kings, Ashkenazi had an open-ended straight draw, and it got there on the 6h turn. Serock had nine outs for the heart draw but the 5c river sent the former WPT Player of the Year out on 30th place.

Ido Ashkenazi – 1,100,000 (44 bb)
Joe Serock – Eliminated in 30th place ($15,105)