$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 355 of 4,699

Harold O’Brien opened the action from early position for 22,000 and Femi Fashakin called from the button with his big stack. The flop came , both players checked, and the turn was .

O’Brien moved all in for 280,000 and Fashakin called to put him at risk.

Fashakin:
O’Brien:

Both players were drawing to the same open-ended straight but Faskakin was freerolling any club. The river complete the board and Faskakin’s club flush sent O’Brien out while moving his stack way up to 1,211,000.

Femi Fashakin – 1,211,000 (121 bb)
Harold O’Brien – Eliminated in 356th Place ($800)

$1,700 Purple Chip Bounty NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 100/100

The second new tournament on today’s RRPO schedule will be a big one at 3 pm. Event 8 is a $1,700 Purple Chip Bounty NLH tournament with $500 of each buy-in going towards a bounty on each player’s head. It will juice up the action in the big buy-in game.

Players will sit down to 20,000 starting stacks and levels will last 30 minutes for the first four hours. Late registration is available until the start of Level 9 at 7:30 pm and players are limited to a single re-entry option if they bust their first stack. After registration closes, blind levels will increase to 40 minutes until going up to 60 at the final table.

This is a two-day tournament and all remaining players at the end of Level 17 will bag their chips for a Day 2 return on Monday at 2 pm.

• $100,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Levels 1-8 last 30 minutes; Levels 9+ last 40 minutes
• Late registration/SINGLE re-entry available until start of Level 9
• Day 1 will end after Level 17 or Tournament Director discretion
• Event 8 Structure Sheet

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining: 420 of 4,699

Tournament staff announced a 20-minute break as players were leaving the Seminole Ballroom, a little extra time to color off the 500 denom chips and put the 25K chips in play.

Once everything was done for a little while, there were actually 50 players eliminated over the last part of Level 17 to leave only 420 in the room after the break.

421st: Eric Fetter – $745
422nd: Boris Vaisman – $745
423rd: Kayeen Ellis-Kemp – $745
424th: David Ormsbee – $745
425th: Evg Harchenko – $745
426th: DNR – $745
427th: Ginold Rendel – $745
428th: Ty Gwizdala – $745
429th: Michael Alcantara – $745
430th: Aaron Kupin – $745
431st: Yunier Rodriguez – $745
432nd: James Joyner IV – $745
433rd: Robert Portas – $745
434th: Manuel Labandeira – $745
435th: Guy Naimi – $745
436th: Jeff Morzella – $745
437th: Jose Rivero – $745
438th: Russell Williams – $745
439th: David Seager – $745
440th: Manuel Martin – $745
441st: Vadims Ivanovs – $745
442nd: John Desoto – $745
443rd: Kenneth Watson – $745
444th: Andrew Sassen – $745
445th: John Orfanos – $745
446th: James Kerr – $745
447th: Steven Ramunni – $745
448th: Victor Merkel – $745
449th: Kevin Torres – $745
450th: Eric Swick – $745
451st: David Smith Jr – $665
452nd: Robert Alberro – $665
453rd: Daniel Bismuth – $665
454th: Michael Soroka – $665
455th: Steven Sechler – $665
456th: Samuel Thomas Jr – $665
457th: Michael Dorsch – $665
458th: Kobi Ribak – $665
459th: Tracy Scala – $665
460th: Lloyd Kapper – $665
461st: Jacob Naumann – $665
462nd: Jordan Schneider – $665
463rd: Don Flynn – $665
464th: Michael Vuong – $665
465th: Rafael Amador – $665
466th: Ryan Miller – $665
467th: Walter Mercado-Velez – $665
468th: Robert Dunn – $665
469th: Michael Damiani – $665
470th: Floyd McMurray – $665

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining: 440 of 4,699

After the quick pace of the first three levels, the break came at a good time for players to take a breather. With no bubble play, the short stacks slid into the money with no trouble and they picked up the action.

There were 30 players getting paid soon after and we will post the results once things settled down at the payout desk.

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining: 470 of 4,699

With the bubble nearing, tournament staff paused the action and asked dealers to stand when they were done the current hand. During that time, one player elimination was announced on Table 10. The clock was paused when all action was complete, heads were counted, and Event 1 was officially in the money without the need of hand-for-hand action.

There are 470 players remaining, all guaranteed to make some cash today.

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining: 504 of 4,699

The blinds are up as the money bubble nears. It will be a race between making the money or making the next break, it will be close.

Femi Fashakin, winner of the WSOP Big 50 title this summer (the biggest field in their history), began the day with 284,500 but now sits with 607,000 while others dropped around him. WSOP bracelet winner Michael Wang is also having a good day and up to 592,500 after coming to Day 2 with 187,500.

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 16:  2,500/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 592 of 4,699

Mark Dube did his part to help the quick exodus from Event 1. His opponent under the gun open-shoved for ~40,000, Dube called from the cutoff and the small blind called as well.

Both live players checked it down until the board read . The small blind player check again, Dube bet 20,000 and picked up a call. He tabled for a king-high straight, the small blind was second best with , and the at risk player was sent out with .

Mark Dube – 292,000 (58 bb)

Meanwhile, David Moses began the day with a big stack and continued to build over the first level. His 410,000 puts him among the leaders as the money bubble nears.

David Moses – 410,000 (82 bb)

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 15:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 665 of 4,699

Nearly 100 players hit the rail in the first 30 minutes of the day but Gilles Dalco is not one of them. While others drop, he moved his stack up to 581,500 and looks like the new Event 1 leader. Dalco began with the eighth-best stack and moving higher.

Two other notables cruising through Day 2 are two former champions of this event.

Rafael Reis won this tournament in 2016 when the 5,018 entries created the biggest field in Florida state history. He’s grinding it out today but comfortable with 201,000.

Trung Pham won RRPO Event 1 a little more recently; he is the defending champ after taking home the trophy last year. He is also in the safe zone with 180,000.

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 15:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 709 of 4,699

Michael Tait had a big stack several times during his opening flight but was stuck with a short stack coming back to Day 2. He took a shot early and moved all in for 36,500 from the hijack to get a call from Shay Montes on the button.

Tait:
Montes:

Tait got his chips in good then faded the over card and spades on the run out for his much needed double.

Michael Tait – 83,000 (21 bb)
Shay Montes – 99,000 (25 bb)

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 15:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 721 of 4,699

At the top of the hour, tournament staff put cards back in the air for Day 2 of RRPO Event 1. Players (most of them at least) returned to the Seminole Ballroom where they will continue their journey to a big title.

Blinds are at 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 big blind ante and the average stack is 130,500 (33 big blinds).