$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 22: 10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining: 30 of 898

Another level is down which means another quick, ten-minute break. Before that happened, Michael Newman was eliminated so we will officially have a new RRPO champion.

Level 22 eliminations:

31st: Michael Newman – $15,105
32nd: Tom Gity – $15,105
33rd: Ruslan Dykshteyn – $12,955
34th: Jonathan Jaffe – $12,955
35th: Alan Wentz – $12,955
36th: Ryan Yu – $12,955
37th: Joe McKeehen – $12,955
38th: Georges Boyadjian – $12,955
39th: Edward Foster – $12,955

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 22: 10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining: 31 of 898

Tom Gity open-shoved for 410,000 from under the gun and it made it around to Ofer Peleg in the cutoff. He called, the rest of the table folded, and it was off to the races.

Peleg:
Gity:

Peleg needed to catch to double and hit the flop. The turn and river completed the board and Gity was left with 65,000. He faded the next hand but was gone on the next.

Ofer Peleg – 740,000 (37 bb)

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 22: 10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining: 33 of 898

Action folded to Lexy Gavin in the cutoff and she open-shoved for 200,000 even. Michael Newman folded his button and Ofer Peleg called in the small blind.

Gavin:
Peleg:

Gavin was in great shape for the double and dodge an ace on the run out to double.

Lexy Gavin – 440,000 (22 bb)
Ofer Peleg – 400,000 (20 bb)

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21: 10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining: 39 of 898

As the level was running down, Femi Fashakin was eliminated in 41st place when his could not hold against Jeff Yarchever’s . Tournament staff broke another table and sent the players on break.

But there was still a hand in progress on Table 14. Roman Korenev was all in for 450,000 against Jordan Schneider and in trouble.

Korenev:
Schneider:

Korenev was left with a single over card and blanked the all low board to exit in 40th place during the break.

Level 21 eliminations:

40th: Roman Korenev – $12,955
41st: Femi Fashakin – $11,250
42nd: Ricardo Mateo – $11,250
43rd: Erkut Yilmaz – $11,250
44th: Natalia Panchenko – $11,250
45th: Aaron Massey – $11,250
46th: Gautam Lillaney – $11,250
47th: Vinny Pahuja – $11,250
48th: Brian Arbaugh – $11,250
49th: Michael Tureniec – $9,895
50th: Loni Harwood – $9,895
51st: David Peters – $9,895
52nd: Charles Furey – $9,895

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21: 10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining: 42 of 898

Georges Boyadjian limped from the small blind and Joe McKeehen promptly raised to 40,000 from the big. Boyadjian called and they were heads up to the flop. Boyadjian checked and McKeehen C-bet 40,000. Boyadjian check-raised to 80,000 and McKeehen jammed for 210,000. Boyadjian called and the champ was at risk.

Boyadjian: for two pair
McKeehen: for an over pair

Turn and river:

McKeehen spiked a set on the river to double through Boyadjian.

Joe McKeehen – 515,000 (34 bb)
Georges Boyadjian – 300,000 (20 bb)

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21: 10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining: 44 of 898

Kunal Patel was under the gun and heads up for Aaron Massey in the big blind to the flop. Massey checked, Patel bet 35,000 and Massey moved all in for approximately 280,000. Patel called and Massey needed help.

Patel:
Massey:

Patel was ahead with a set of kings against Massey’s nut flush draw. The turn and river completed the board to send him out in 45th place.

Kunal Patel – 815,000 (54 bb)
Aaron Massey – Eliminated in 45th place ($11,250)

Before that hand, Gautam Lillaney was eliminated in 46th place.

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21: 10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining: 46 of 898

Vinny Pahuja opened the action from middle position and Jeff Trudeau moved all in from small blind. Pahuja called and asked, “do you have me covered?”

The stacks were close and Pahuja was dominated.

Trudeau:
Pahuja:

Pahuja needed to catch but never had a sweat on the board. They counted down the stacks and Trudeau was the on all in for 390,000 to double up. Pahuja was left with only 25,000 and was gone soon after.

Jeff Trudeau – 810,000 (54 bb)
Vinny Pahuna – Eliminated in 47th place ($11,250)

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21: 10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining: 47 of 898

With the board reading , Roberto Bendeck put his last 330,000 in the middle against Joe McKeehen. Bendeck was in trouble with kings up against McKeehen’s turned straight and he began getting out of his seat.

The sat right back down when the dealer put the river on the board for the full house double.

Roberto Bendeck – 1,100,000 (73 bb)
Joe McKeehen – 710,000 (47 bb)

There were not many doubles in the early minutes as a handful of people went out including Loni Harwood, David Peters, and WPTDeepStack Immokalee Main Event champ Michael Tureniec.

48th: Brian Arbaugh – $11,250
49th: Michael Tureniec – $9,895
50th: Loni Harwood – $9,895
51st: David Peters – $9,895
52nd: Charles Furey – $9,895

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21: 10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining: 52 of 898

With a quick word from tournament staff, cards are now in the air for Day 3 of the Championship.

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21: 10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining: 52 of 898

Day 3 is the $2 Million Guarantee WPT RRPO Championship is almost here and the 52 remaining players are looking at some serious money in their future.

John DuBois leads the field for the return but he has a lot of talent trying to chase him down including Farid Jattin, Jonathan Jaffe, Loni Harwood, Vinny Pahuja, former WPT Player of the Year Joe Serock, 2015 WSOP Main Event champ Joe McKeehen, and defending RRPO champ Michael Newman.

The Action Clocks are in play for the remainder of the Championship and they will play eight-handed until reaching the unofficial final table nine. Today’s schedule is simple and relatively short; they will play five 90-minute levels with a 15-minute break between each.

The field should down to at least three tables at that point and anyone still around come back tomorrow to play down to the WPT live-stream final table of six.

Action gets back underway at noon and we will have full coverage from start to finish.

Top ten returning stacks:

1. John DuBois – 1,715,000 (114 bb)
2. Brent Kallman – 1,645,000 (110 bb)
3. Paul Balzano – 1,400,000 (93 bb)
4. Farid Jattin – 1,380,000 (92 bb)
5. James Gilbert – 1,350,000 (90 bb)
6. Joe McKeehen – 1,270,000 (85 bb)
7. Thomas Burandt – 1,190,000 (79 bb)
8. Jonathan Jaffe – 1,150,000 (77 bb)
9. Christopher Kennedy – 1,150,000 (77 bb)
10. Ryan Yu – 1,135,000 (76 bb)

Day 3 Chips | Day 3 Seats | Payouts