$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8: 400/800 with an 800 ante
Day 1 Entries:  431

With roughly32,000 in the pot and the board reading , Jerry Wong was all in for 23,800 from the button and his opponent in the cutoff called.

Wong showed ,leading his opponent’s .

The river was the , safe for Wong to double up.

Jerry Wong – 79,600

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8: 400/800 with an 800 ante
Day 1 Entries:  429

With about 6,000 in the pot and the board reading , Marvin Rettenmaier checked from under the gun and Anthony Zinno bet 2,400 form middle position. Florian Ribouchon called from late position, Rettenmaier check-raised to 10,000, Zinno folded and Ribouchon called.

The turn was the , Rettenmaier checked, Ribouchon bet 15,000, Rettenmaier check-raised all in for about 45,000 and Ribouchon called.

Rettenmaier:
Ribouchon:

The river was the , no help to Rettenmaier, locking up the pot for Ribouchon.

Florian Ribouchon – 148,000
Marvin Rettenmaier – Eliminated

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8: 400/800 with a 800 ante
Day 1 Entries:  427

Anthony Zinno was all in UTG+1 for 55,200 with , and he needed his aces to hold to stay alive against the UTG player’s .

The board came , and the pocket aces hold up for Zinno to win the pot and double up in chips.

Anthony Zinno  –  126,400  (211 bb)

Mike Shin raised from the hijack to 2,000, the player in the cutoff called, and the small blind moved all in for 20,700. Shin tanked for a while before he called, and the cutoff folded.

The small blind turned over , but he was dominated and facing elimination against Shin’s .

The board came — the small blind flopped a gutshot straight draw, but improved no further. Shin won the pot with his pocket eights to eliminate the small blind.

Mike Shin  –  47,000  (78 bb)

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8: 400/800 with an 800 ante
Day 1 Entries:  421

Joey Weissman raised to 1,800 from the cutoff and Curt Kohlberg called from the big blind.

They checked to the turn of an board where Kohlberg bet 2,000. Weissman called.

The river was the , Kohlberg bet 4,000 and Weissman folded.

Curt Kohlberg – 125,000 (156 bb)
Joey Weissman – 68,300 (85 bb)

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7: 300/600 with a 600 ante
Day 1 Entries:  418

Toby Joyce raised to 1,400 from middle position and Aaron Van Blarcum called from the big blind.

The flop was and Van Blarcum check-called 1,000 from Joyce.

The turn was the and both players checked.

The river was the , Van Blarcum bet 4,800 and Joyce folded.

Aaron Van Blarcum – 52,000 (86 bb)
Toby Joyce – 73,000 (122 bb)

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7: 300/600 with a 600 ante
Day 1 Entries:  414

Neil Blumenfield raised to 1,300 from middle position, Manig Loeser called from the hijack and Rainer Kempe three-bet to 4,500 from the button. Only Blumenfield called.

The flop was and Blumenfield check-called 4,300 from Kempe.

The turn was the , Blumenfield checked, Kempe shoved for 14,500 and Blumenfield called.

Blumenfield:
Kempe:

Kempe was ahead with a pair of jacks and a better flush draw.

The river was the , safe for Kempe to double up.

Rainer Kempe – 49,400 (82 bb)
Neil Blumenfield – 95,000 (158 bb)

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7: 300/600 with a 600 ante
Day 1 Entries:  412

With the board showing on the turn, the UTG player checked, Event #11 winner John Gorsuch bet 2,000, and the UTG player check-raised to 5,000.

Gorsuch moved all in, and the UTG player called all in for 14,500 with for trip aces.

But Gorsuch turned over for trip aces with a king kicker, and the UTG player needed to improve to stay alive.

The river card was the , and Gorsuch won the pot with trip aces and his king kicker to eliminate his opponent.

John Gorsuch  –  75,000  (125 bb)

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7: 300/600 with a 600 ante
Day 1 Entries:  409

A player in middle position raised to 1,300, Alexandru Papazian called from the cutoff, Raminder Singh called from the small blind and A.J. Gambino called from the big blind.

The flop was and action checked to the player in middle position who bet 600. Papazian raised to 3,600, Singh folded and Gambino check-reraised to 14,000, the middle-position player folded and Papazian called.

The turn was the , Gambino bet 22,000 and Papazian folded.

A.J. Gambino – 145,000 (242 bb)
Alexandru Papazian – 79,000 (132 bb)
Raminder Singh – 65,000 (108 bb)

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7: 300/600 with a 600 ante
Day 1 Entries:  395

The players return from dinner to begin Level 7, with increased blinds of 300-600 and a 600 ante.

Here’s a list of the players with at least 150K in chips:

1.  Marcus El-Huaick  –  188,600  (314 bb)
2.  Lachezar Petkov  –  168,900  (282 bb)
3.  Jason Wandling  –  154,000  (257 bb)
4.  Dean Hutchison  –  150,900  (252 bb)

There are 395 entries in the field so far, with registration open until the start of Level 9, around 9:15 pm.

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7: 300/600 with a 600 ante
Day 1 Entries:  392

Level 6 comes to an end, and the players take a 90-minute dinner break. Action is scheduled to resume at 7:04 pm.

Registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until the start of Level 9 (around 9:15 pm), and action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 10 (around 11:15 pm).

Marcus El-Huaick has lost some chips since the last break, but he still leads the field with 188,600 (314 bb). Here are some of the big stacks from the dinner break:

Marcus El-Huaick  –  188,600  (314 bb)
Jason Wandling  –  154,000  (257 bb)
Luke Marsh  –  138,700  (231 bb)
A.J. Gambino  –  137,700  (230 bb)
Roland Rokita  –  133,900  (223 bb)
Naing Thu  –  129,400  (216 bb)
Fredrick Mowatt  –  119,900  (200 bb)
Kitty Kuo  –  119,600  (199 bb)
Joe McKeehen  –  106,500  (178 bb)
Darren Elias  –  103,800  (173 bb)
Neil Blumenfield  –  99,000  (165 bb)