$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 14:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  261 of 1,566

The player in the cutoff moved all in for 42,000, and Brandon Wilson called from the big blind with . The cutoff turned over , and needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and Wilson won the pot with his ace to eliminate his opponent.

Brandon Wilson  –  290,000  (58 bb)

With 261 players remaining from a field of 1,566, the average chip stack is about 240,000 (48 big blinds). The final 196 players will finish in the money, guaranteed at least $5,265 each.

There will be a 90-minute dinner break after Level 16 (around 6:30 pm), and action will continue tonight until the end of Level 20 (around 12:15 am).

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

We have another bounty opportunity this afternoon with Event 22 getting underway at 4 pm. It is a $1,700 buy-in Purple Chip Bounty with a $100,000 guarantee and two-day structure.

Players start with 20,000 deep stacks and the first 12 levels last 30 minutes, going up to 40 minutes from Level 13 forward. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 8:55 pm following the dinner break.

Day 1 will come to an end after Level 15 with survivors returning tomorrow for Day 2.

• $100,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Levels 1-12 last 30 minutes; Levels 13+ last 40 minutes
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9 (8:55pm)
• Day 1 will come to an end after Level 15
• Event 22 Structure Sheet

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 14:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  261 of 1,566

The player on the button got his short stack all in preflop with , and he needed his hand to hold to stay alive against the of Sang Lim in the small blind.

The board came , and Lim paired his nine on the turn to win the pot and eliminate his opponent from the tournament.

Sang Lim  –  190,000  (38 bb)

With 261 players remaining from a field of 1,566, the average chip stack is about 240,000 (48 big blinds). The final 196 players will finish in the money, guaranteed at least $5,265 each.

There will be a 90-minute dinner break after Level 16 (around 6:30 pm), and action will continue tonight until the end of Level 20 (around 12:15 am).

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 14:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  261 of 1,566

Blinds are up and we found a familiar friend building a Championship stack. Former November Niner and SHRP Hollywood regular Joseph Cheong is stacked up to 909,000 to set among the leaders.

Blinds are up to 3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante and the average stacks is about 240,000 (48 bb) with 261 players remaining.

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 13:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining:  288 of 1,566

Table 31 is collecting some chips. After a walk around during the break, we found two huge stacks there and likely the two leaders.

Darrin Wright was at the top counts for a while but 602,000 is now taking a backseat to Barbaro Diaz with a whopping 1,155,000 after the first break.

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 13:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining:  306 of 1,566

After a open to 11,000 from the cutoff, Caleb Piderit moved all in for 62,000 (plus a chicken sandwich) from the small blind. The big blind folded and the cutoff called.

Piderit:
Cutoff:

Piderit was ahead for the double but needed to fade the suited connectors. The board ran out and Piderit doubled to stay in the Championship.

Caleb Piderit – 132,000 (33 bb)

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 13:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining:  333 of 1,566

The first break has come and gone and the 500 denom units were pulled out of play. Blinds are up to 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante and the average stack is about 188,000 (47 bb) with 333 players remaining.

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 12:  1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining:  378 of 1,566

Jerome Dumayet opened to 7,000 from the cutoff and Jonathan Hilton three-bet to 19,000 from the button. The blinds folded, Dumayet moved all in for 77,500 and Hilton quickly called.

Hilton:
Dumayet:

Hilton was in great shape but Dumayet faded the Championship knockout when he flopped a set on the run out.

Jerome Dumayet – 162,500 (54 bb)
Jonathan Hilton – 80,000 (27 bb)

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 12:  1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining:  378 of 1,566

David Datashvili open-ripped for 51,000 from under the gun and Jake Schwartz reshipped from the hijack with a bigger stack. The rest of the table folded and they flipped up their cards.

Schwartz:
Datashvili:

Schwartz was dominating with the bigger pair and Datashvili found no help on the board to exit the Championship.

Jake Schwartz – 160,000 (53 bb)
David Datashvili – Eliminated

$400 Black Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  100/100

Day 2 of the RRPO Championship is underway but that does not mean our schedule does not keep going. We have three new trophy events getting underway today with Event 21 starting at 1 pm. It is a $600 Deep Stack Black Chip Bounty tournament with a $50,000 guarantee and $100 bounties on every player.

They’ll start with 20,000 deep stacks and all levels last 30 minutes. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 5:30 pm. They’ll enjoy a 40-minute dinner break at 7:30 pm and return to play down to our next RRPO champion.

• $50,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Levels last 30 minutes
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9 (5:30pm)
• This is a one-day tournament and plays to completion
• Event 21 Structure Sheet