$500 No-Limit Hold’em One-Day
$250,000 Guarantee | Structure | Payouts 
Level 14: 2,000/3,000 with a 3,000 BB ante
Players Remaining: 13 of 95

Ivan Deyra was eliminated in 16th place and Mark Fisher was eliminated in 15th to leave the field with 14 players.

Ray Qartomy moved all in for 23,000 from under the gun and Will Givens moved all in on the button for much more. The blinds got out of the way and the cards were tabled.

Qartomy showed and was in trouble against Givens’ .

The board ran out and Givens won the pot to eliminate Qartomy in 14th place and with 13 players remaining, hand-for-hand will start until there is one more elimination and the final 12 players are in the money.

Will Givens – 320,000
Ray Qartomy – Eliminated 

$5,000 No-Limit Hold’em One-Day
$250,000 Guarantee | Structure | Payouts 
Level 14: 2,000/3,000 with a 3,000 BB ante
Players Remaining: 16 of 95

After Scott Efron was out in 17th place, the final 16 players redrew for seats at the final two tables. Here is a look at the seating arrangement and chip counts of the final two tables:

Table 1

Seat 1: Will Givens – 155,000
Seat 2: Guillaume Diaz – 78,000
Seat 3: Mark Fisher – 64,000
Seat 4: Joe McKeehen – 72,000
Seat 5: Ray Qartomy – 85,000
Seat 6: Paul Fisher – 80,000
Seat 7: David Peters – 45,000
Seat 8: Chad Eveslage – 78,000

Table 2

Seat 1: Stanley Lee – 205,000
Seat 2: Joey Weissman – 110,000
Seat 3: Alexander Haber – 340,000
Seat 4: Jake Schwartz – 295,000
Seat 5: Jeff Gross – 94,000
Seat 6: Mykel Comroe – 35,000
Seat 7: Luke Speer – 45,000
Seat 8: Ivan Deyra – 30,000

$5,000 No-Limit Hold’em One-Day
$250,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 14: 2,000/3,000 with a 3,000 BB ante
Players Remaining: 16 of 95

Chad Eveslage moved all in on the button for about 40,000 and Scott Efron called all in out of the small blind for about 30,000.

Efron showed and was in the lead against Eveslage’s .

The board ran out . Eveslage flopped top pair and went runners for a straight to win the pot and eliminate Efron. There are now 16 players remaining and they are redrawing for seats at the final two tables.

$5,000 No-Limit Hold’em One-Day
$250,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 13: 1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 BB ante
Players Remaining: 17 of 95

When players returned from dinner at the start of level 11, registration closed for the $5,000 no-limit hold’em. The event drew 95 entries, which generated a prize pool of $451,250, which nearly doubled the guarantee.

The top 12 spots will finish in the money with a min-cash worth $11,290 and the eventual winner taking home $143,159. About halfway through level 13, the field is just five spots away from making the money.

Here is a complete breakdown of the prize pool:

1st: $143,159
2nd: $85,738
3rd: $54,150
4th: $34,075
5th: $27,075
6th: $21,434
7th: $18,050
8th: $15,794
9th: $14,318
10th: $13,086
11th: $12,184
12th: $11,290

$5,000 Eight-Handed No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Structure
End of Level 10: 600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Entrants: 91

Players are currently on a forty minute dinner break. They will return to increased blinds and antes of 1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante.

$5,000 Eight-Handed No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10: 600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Entrants: 87

Stanley Lee opened from late position, Ray Qartomy called, and Ian O’Hara shoved for 15,700 from the small blind. Lee called and it was off to the races. O’Hara tabled against Lee’s .

The board came and Lee flopped a king to eliminate O’Hara. Lee is currently among the chip leaders.

Stanley Lee – 160,000 (133 bb)
Ian O’Hara – Eliminated

$5,000 Eight-Handed No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5: 200/400 with a 400 ante
Entrants: 54

It was the biggest buy-in on the 2018 Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open schedule and the players turned out early and often. Late in Level 5, the $5,000 buy-in eight-handed event cracked 53 entries busting the tournament’s $250,000 guarantee. As is, the field sits at 54 entries with a $256,500 prize pool. Registration and re-entry is available all the way until 6:10pm and the number will only grow between now and then.

This is a one-day event schedule to play to completion and we’ll pick up more of the action after the Championship and $1,650 Purple Chip Bounty tournaments wrap.

$5,000 Eight-Handed No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4: 100/200 with a 200 ante
Entrants: 40

David Peters opened from the button and John O’Rourke defended his big blind.

The flop came , O’Rourke checked and Peters bet 600. O’Rourke called.

Both players checked the on the turn.  The river brought the and O’Rourke led out 2,000 winning himself the pot.

John O’Rourke – 58,000
David Peters – 22,500

$5,000 Eight-Handed No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3: 100/200/200
Entrants: 37

A player under the gun limped, as did Stephen Song from next to act. Michael Rossitto made it 1,100 from the cutoff and Jeff Gross three-bet to 2,900 from the button.

It folded back around to Rossitto who put in the calling chips.

The flop came , Rossitto checked and Gross bet 2,500 winning himself the pot.

Jeff Gross – 22,000
Michael Rossitto – 26,000

$5,000 Eight-Handed No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3: 100/200/200
Entrants: 31

Brian Altman opened to 500 from the button and John O’Rourke defended his big blind.

The flop came , O’Rourke checked, and Altman bet 300. O’Rourke called. The turn brought the , O’Rourke checked again and Altman bet 1,500.

The river was the , O’Rourke checked for a third time and Altman barreled 3,800. O’Rourke quickly called and Altman tabled for a failed bluff attempt.

O’Rourke took the pot with a pair of kings.

John O’Rourke – 31,600
Brian Altman – 7,500