$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 100/100
Day 1B Entries: 157
The Championship continues to move its way towards the magic number to reach a $2,000,000 prize pool and more than a few of our loyal regulars are in the game.
Among the early crowd, we found Steve Trizis, Erik Christensen, Howard Mash, Evan Teitelbaum, and Nigel Murray to name a few.
$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 100/100
Day 1B Entries: 123
Day 1B might push the Championship over the $2,000,000 prize pool mark even before we reach the afternoon hours. We can see it on the horizon and as players continue to make their way to the Seminole Ballroom.
Two early entrants have plenty of success in our tournament. Eric Afriat put his name on the Champions Cup the first time with a WPT Poker Showdown win in 2014 and almost pulled off a WPT first in the spring.
No player has ever won the same WPT event twice (others have done it at the same property, but not the same event) and Afriat had a chance to do that when he made the WPT Poker Showdown final table in April. He fell short, finishing in second place to James Carroll, but he earned another big payday.
Brian Altman also owns SHRP Championship, he lifted a big trophy with a WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship title in 2015. In addition to that victory, Altman also owns four other SHRP titles to put him in a five-way tie for the most wins (David Prociak leads with seven).
$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 100/100
Day 1B Entries: 87
The clock hit 11 am and Tony Burns put cards in the air for Day 1B of the WPT RRPO Championship. There are 87 entries at the start with only 178 needed to match the $2,000,000 guaranteed prize pool.
$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 100/100
Day 1A of the WPT RRPO Championship had a great turnout, beating the opening flight numbers from last year with 447 entries. That leaves the field only 178 away from matching the $2,000,000 guaranteed prize pool and pushing it further up.
There were 176 players booking a seat into Day 2 on Sunday with Jason Wandling leading and 2014 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Champion James Caldarero not far behind.
Today’s schedule of play is the same as Day 1A. Players will start with 40,000 stacks and blind levels last 60 minutes for the first two days, jumping to 90 on Day 3. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 9:15 pm with a dinner break after Level 6 at 5:30 pm.
Meeting the guarantee is a sure thing, the race will be against last year’s total number for our first WPT RRPO Championship.
Cards go in the air at 11 am and we will update from beginning to end.
Primary Event Schedule
11AM: Day 1B – $3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
3PM: Event 16 – $250 Ladies NLH (Re-Entry)
6PM: Event 17 – $600 Six-Max Turbo Double Black Chip Bounty (Re-Entry)
Secondary and Satellite Schedule
10AM: Event 60 – $400 Championship Turbo Satellite (1-in-10)
12PM: Event 61 – $375 Championship Super Turbo Satellite (1-in-10)
8PM: Event 62 – $550 Event 20 Turbo Satellite (1-in-10)
10:30PM: Event 63 – $530 Event 20 Super Turbo Satellite (1-in-10)
2019 Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 15
$150 Big Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$20,000 Guarantee
Entries: 337
Prize Pool: $40,440
November 29, 2019
Event 15 of the 2019 Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open was a $150 Big Stack NLH (Re-Entry) with a guaranteed prize pool of $20,000. More than double that amount was generated as a field of 337 entries created a prize pool of $40,440.
A deal took place between the final five players and as the chip leader, Manny Minaya was the official winner. For his showing, Minaya collected $4,605 and a $3,500 seat into the Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open Championship event, which plays Day 1B on Saturday, November 30th.
Final Table Results
*1st: Manny Minaya – $4,605 + $3,500 Championship Seat + RRPO Trophy
*2nd: Robert Transue – $4,605
*3rd: Gary Recht – $4,604
*4th: Alex Morales – $4,604
*5th: Mohan Navani – $4,604
6th: Cherie Thoman – $1,599
7th: Deanna Williams – $1,343
8th: Jack Doucette – $1,102
9th: Jon Jaffe – $864
*denotes five-way deal
$150 Big Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$20,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 25: 20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining: 5 of 337
After playing five-handed for a few minutes, the remaining five players agreed to an even chop.
Here were their chip counts at the time:
Manny Minaya – 1,390,000
Robert Transue – 1,140,000
Gary Recht – 1,000,000
Alex Morales – 800,000
Mohan Navani – 725,000
Here were the payouts:
Manny Minaya – $4,605
Robert Transue – $4,605
Gary Recht – $4,604
Alex Morales – $4,604
Mohan Navani – $4,604
As the chip leader, Manny Minaya is officially the winner of Event 15 for $4,605 and he receives a seat into the $3,500 Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open Championship event.
$150 Big Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$20,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 25: 20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining: 5 of 337
Robert Transue raised to 85,000 from under the gun, Cherie Thoman three-bet all in for about 180,000 from the big blind and Transue called.
Transue: 
Thoman: 
The board came down 
, giving Transue a pair of aces on the river to eliminate Thoman in sixth place.
Robert Transue – 1,000,000 (25 bb)
Cherie Thoman – Eliminated in 6th Place ($1,599)
$150 Big Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$20,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 24: 15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining: 6 of 337
In a battle of the blinds with the flop reading 
, Deanna Williams was all in for about 300,000 with 
for a pair of fours and was drawing dead against the 
for a flush held by Gary Recht in the small blind.
The river was a meaningless 
and Williams was eliminated in seventh place.
Gary Recht – 1,135,000 (38 bb)
Deanna Williams – Eliminated in 7th Place ($1,343)
$150 Big Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$20,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 24: 15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining: 7 of 337
Jack Doucette raised all in for 40,000 from under the gun, Deanna Williams three-bet to 80,000 from middle position, Alex Morales four-bet all in for 295,000 from the cutoff and action folded back to Williams who folded.
Doucette: 
Morales: 
The board ran out 
, no help to Doucette, ending his run in eighth place.
Alex Morales – 490,000 (16 bb)
Jack Doucette – Eliminated in 8th Place ($1,102)