$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining:  270 of 645

Brian Altman – 330,000 (220 bb)
Philip Shing – 220,000 (147 bb)
James Calderaro – 195,000 (130 bb)
Dimitri Vorbe – 140,000 (93 bb)
Larry Greenberg – 110,000 (73 bb)
Fikret Kovac – 110,000 (73 bb)
Adam Hendrix – 78,000 (52 bb)
Viet Vo – 75,000 (50 bb)
Alex Foxen – 70,000 (47 bb)
Bin Weng – 68,000 (45 bb)
Ken Einiger – 65,000 (43 bb)
Matt Berkey – 37,000 (25 bb)
Scott Baumstein – 35,000 (23 bb)
Kristen Bicknell – 27,000 (18 bb)
Blake Whittington – 24,000 (15 bb)
Danny Suied – 24,000 (15 bb)
Justin Saliba – 18,000 (12 bb)

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining:  270 of 645

Freddy Deeb got it all in with against his opponent’s at some point on a board of — Deeb flopped a flush draw and turned a pair of kings, but his opponent rivered a five-high straight to win the pot and eliminate Deeb from Day 1A.

Earlier today, Deeb lost two big pots with pocket kings, and this time a pair of kings was still not good enough. It just wasn’t Deeb’s day to play pairs of kings.

Freddy Deeb  –  Eliminated

With about 270 players remaining from a Day 1A field of 645, the average chip stack is about 95,500 (64 big blinds). Action will continue tonight until the end of Level 10, around 11:15 pm.

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Day 1A Entries:  645

The players return from break to begin Level 9, with increased blinds of 1,000-1,500 and a 1,500 ante.

Registration has closed, and the tournament clock shows an unofficial field size of 645. As soon as we get official verification from the tournament staff, we will update it here in the updates.

A scan of the field during the break turned up four players with at least 320K in chips, though one of the tables broke immediately and we lost track of a player with 325,500.

1.  Ankit Ahuja  –  540,500  (360 bb)
2.  Simon Boss  –  327,500  (218 bb)
3.  Farid Jattin  –  320,000  (213 bb)

Action will continue tonight until the end of Level 10, around 11:15 pm.

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8:  600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Day 1A Entries:  638

Maria Lampropulos got it all in preflop from the big blind for 76,300 with , and she needed her hand to hold to stay alive against the of the player in the cutoff.

The board came , and the pocket kings held up for Lampropulos to win the pot and double up in chips.

Maria Lampropulos  –  165,000  (138 bb)

The Day 1A field is up to 638 entries, and registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until about 9:15 pm. Action will continue tonight until the end of Level 10, around 11:15 pm.

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8:  600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Day 1A Entries:  626

Farid Jattin – 345,000 (288 bb)
Steve Cohen – 285,000 (238 bb)
Martin Finger – 270,000 (225 bb)
Raminder Singh – 224,000 (187 bb)
Philip Shing – 190,000 (158 bb)
Chad Eveslage – 180,000 (150 bb)
Michael Newman – 170,000 (142 bb)
Loni Hui – 165,000 (138 bb)
Aaron Massey 150,000 (125 bb)
Sheddy Siddiqui – 145,000 (121 bb)
Jared Jaffee – 137,000 (114 bb)
Dave Inselberg – 115,000 (96 bb)
Corey Hochman – 110,000 (96 bb)
James Carroll – 90,000 (75 bb)
Jim Collopy – 79,000 (66 bb)
Joel Harwood – 65,000 (54 bb)
Darren Rabinowitz – 65,000 (54 bb)
Lazaro Hernandez – 51,000 (43 bb)
Barry Hutter – 50,000 (42 bb)
Tony Cousineau – 49,000 (41 bb)
Natasha Mercier – 40,000 (33 bb)
D.J. Alexander – 37,000 (31 bb)
Justin Zaki – 34,000 (28 bb)
Noah Schwartz – 27,000 (23 bb)
Ido Ashkenazi – 17,000 (14 bb)

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8:  600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Day 1A Entries:  625

With 625 entries so far here on Day 1A, this field has already met the $2 million guarantee, with about 45 minutes or so remaining in registration.

Of course there is another starting flight tomorrow at 11:00 am, so doubling the guarantee for a $4 million prizepool is certainly a possibility.

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1A Entries:  618

Stan Jablonski – 140,000 (140 bb)
Denis Strebkov – 120,000 (120 bb)
Michael Wang – 115,000 (115 bb)
Ilyas Muradi – 113,000 (113 bb)
Tim Reilly – 108,000 (108 bb)
Ema Zajmovic – 97,000 (97 bb)
Sterling Savill – 95,000 (95 bb)
Jake Schwartz – 95,000 (95 bb)
Ami Alibay – 90,000 (90 bb)
Joe McKeehen – 87,000 (87 bb)
Landon Tice – 83,000 (83 bb)
Ali Imsirovic – 82,000 (82 bb)
Jerry Wong – 79,000 (79 bb)
Gal Yifrach -77,000 (77 bb)
Frank Funaro – 68,000 (68 bb)
Jesse Lonis – 65,000 (65 bb)
Ory Hen – 60,000 (60 bb)
A.J. Kelsall – 53,000 (53 bb)
William Hung – 48,000 (48 bb)
Wagner Wysotchanski – 47,000 (47 bb)
Freddy Deeb – 44,000 (44 bb)
Hal Klein – 43,000 (43 bb)

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1A Entries:  617

Martin Finger raised from middle position to 2,200, the player in the cutoff called, Matthew Waxman called from the button, and Kristen Bicknell moved all in from the big blind for 19,100.

Finger moved all in over the top for about 190,000, and the other players folded.

Bicknell turned over , and she needed to improve to stay alive against Finger’s .

The board came , and Finger won the pot with two pair, aces and fives, with his queen kicker to eliminate Bicknell.

Martin Finger  –  215,000  (215 bb)
Kristen Bicknell – Eliminated

The Day 1A field is up to 619 entries, and registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until about 9:15 pm. Action will continue tonight until the end of Level 10, around 11:15 pm.

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1A Entries:  608

A player raised under the gun, Aaron Massey reraised from the cutoff to 8,000, and the UTG player reraised to 21,000.

Massey five-bet all in for 66,100, and his opponent called with a nearly identical stack and turned . But Massey showed .

The board came , and the aces held up for Massey to win the pot and double up in chips, knocking his opponent down to a single black (100) chip.

Aaron Massey  –  134,700  (135 bb)

The Day 1A field is up to 608 entries, and registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until about 9:15 pm. Action will continue tonight until the end of Level 10, around 11:15 pm.

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1A Entries:  601

Alex Foxen raised from middle position, the player in the cutoff moved all in with a short stack, and Foxen called with .

His opponent turned over , needing to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and the pocket fives held up for Foxen to win the pot and eliminate his opponent.

Alex Foxen  –  88,000  (88 bb)

The Day 1A field is up to 601 entries, and registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until about 9:15 pm. Action will continue tonight until the end of Level 10, around 11:15 pm.