Championship Day 1B: Kenny Neri Knocks Out a Player

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6:  400/800 with a 800 ante
Day 1B Entries:  737

Kenny Neri

After five players saw a flop of Qh5c4d, action checked to the cutoff, who moved all in for 7,500.

The player on the button folded, and Kenny Neri called from the small blind. The big blind folded, and Noah Schwartz thought for a while before folding from middle position.

The cutoff turned over Ah3c for ace high with a gutshot straight draw, and he needed to improve to stay alive against Neri’s 6d5s (pair of fives).

The turn card was the Ks, the river card was the 9c, and Neri won the pot with his pair to eliminate his opponent.

Kenny Neri  –  49,500  (62 bb)

The Day 1B field is up to 737 entries, which means the total is up to 1,382, and the prizepool is worth more than $4.4 million.

Registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until about 9:15 pm, and action will continue tonight until the end of Level 10, around 11:15 pm.

Championship Day 1B: Gil Haim Knocks Out a Player

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5:  300/600 with a 600 ante
Day 1B Entries:  720

Gil Haim

A player was all in from the hijack for about 14,500 with Qh3h, and he needed to improve to stay alive against the AhAd of Gil Haim in the small blind.

The board came Kc8c6h8h10d — the hijack turned a heart flush draw, but improved no further. Haim won the pot with his pocket aces to eliminate his opponent.

Gil Haim  –  66,000  (110 bb)

The Day 1B field is up to 720 entries, which means the total is up to 1,365, and the prizepool is worth more than $4.3 million.

Registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until about 9:15 pm, and action will continue tonight until the end of Level 10, around 11:15 pm.

Championship Day 1B: More Arrivals

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5:  300/600 with a 600 ante
Day 1B Entries:  713

Erik Seidel

Another round of new players hit the Grand Ballroom as expected with more than 700 entries in today’s flight.

Among the group we found, Erik Seidel, Xuan Liu, Athanasios Polychronopoulos, Tim West, Matt Glantz, and Bin Weng trying to  spin up a stack.

Xuan Liu

Championship Day 1B: Nacho Barbero Check-Raises the Turn

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5:  300/600 with a 600 ante
Day 1B Entries:  695

Nacho Barbero

After four players see a flop of 9h2d2c, both blinds checked to Nacho Barbero, who bet 2,000 from under the gun. The player on the button raised to 4,800, Morgan Machina folded the small blind, and Andy Endale folded the big blind. Barbero called.

The turn card was the 8h, Barbero checked, the button bet 8,300, and Barbero check-raised to 19,000. The player on the button tanked for a while before he folded, and Barbero took the pot.

Nacho Barbero  –  60,000  (100 bb)

The Day 1B field is up to 695 entries, which means the total is up to 1,340, and the prizepool is worth more than $4.2 million.

Registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until about 9:15 pm, and action will continue tonight until the end of Level 10, around 11:15 pm.

Championship Day 1B: Brian Krinsky Leads the Field at the Break with 260,300

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5:  300/600 with a 600 ante
Day 1B Entries:  673

Brian Krinsky

The players return from break to begin Level 5, with increased blinds of 300-600 and a big blind ante of 600.

The Day 1B field is up to 673 entries, which means the total is up to 1,318, and the prizepool is worth more than $4.2 million. Registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until about 9:15 pm, and action will continue tonight until the end of Level 10, around 11:15 pm.

A scan of the field during the break turned up three players with at least 180K in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  Brian Krinsky  –  260,300  (434 bb)
2.  Andy Endale  –  198,800  (331 bb)
3.  Danny Shiff  –  180,200  (300 bb)

Andy Endale won a big pot leading into the break, getting it all in with JxJx against his opponent’s Kx3x. The flop came Jx10x9x to give Endale a set of jacks to his opponent’s gutshot straight draw, and the queen never came. Endale won the pot to catapult near the top of the leaderboard.

Championship Day 1B: Chris Limo Takes One with a Bluff on the Flop

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4:  300/500 with a 500 ante
Day 1B Entries:  642

A player raised from middle position to 2,000, Chris Limo reraised from the cutoff to 5,900, and Rogen Chhabra four-bet it from the button to 14,400. The original raiser folded, and Limo called.

The flop came 9d5d2c, and Limo moved all in, covering Chhabra.

Chahbra folded, and Limo showed KdJh for a king-high bluff as he took the pot.

Chris Limo  –  116,000  (232 bb)
Rogen Chhabra  –  15,500  (31 bb)

The Day 1B field is up to 642 entries, which means the total is up to 1,287, and the prizepool is worth more than $4.1 million.

Registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until about 9:15 pm, and action will continue tonight until the end of Level 10, around 11:15 pm.

Championship Day 1B: Joe Parker Doubles Up with Set Over Set

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4:  300/500 with a 500 ante
Day 1B Entries:  621

Joe Parker

After a flop of 9h5s3h and about 22,000 already in the pot, the UTG player moved all in for about 40,000, and Joe Parker moved all in over the top for 23,800. The player in the big blind thought for a while before he folded.

The UTG player turned over 3s3d for a set of threes, but Parker turned over 9s9d for a set of nines. Parker needed to avoid the case three to stay alive.

The turn card was the Kd, the river card was the 10c, and the set of nines held up for Parker to win the pot and double up in chips.

Joe Parker  –  70,000  (140 bb)

The Day 1B field is up to 621 entries, which means the total is up to 1,266, and the prizepool is worth more than $4.0 million.

Registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until about 9:15 pm, and action will continue tonight until the end of Level 10, around 11:15 pm.

Championship Day 1B: Double the Guarantee

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4:  300/500 with a 500 ante
Day 1B Entries:  605

The 2021 WPT Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open made another milestone this afternoon, a big number doubled. The combined entry count hit 1,250 before the second break to push the $2,000,000 guarantee up to a $4,000,000 prize pool.

Already the biggest field this tournament ever drew, the numbers will continue to climb until registration closes around 9:15 pm.

Championship Day 1B: TK Miles Climbing

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4:  300/500 with a 500 ante
Day 1B Entries:  593

TK Miles

The entry count is nearing 600 for Day 1B as the tournament moved into the fourth level of the day. Each new entrant pushes the record higher with more big numbers on the way.

TK Miles is building some numbers of his own. The two-time WSOP Circuit champ (and SHR Tampa Summer Poker Open Main Event winner) is up to 114,500 and among the leaders early in the day.

Championship Day 1B: Zhi Wu Doubles Up

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3:  200/400 with a 400 ante
Day 1B Entries:  580

Zhi Wu
Zhi Wu

Zhi Wu moved all in from the cutoff for 7,400, and the player on the button called with 8h8d. Wu turned over QhJs, and needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came 10h9h9c4hAh, and Wu rivered a heart flush to win the pot and double up in chips.

Zhi Wu  –  15,800  (40 bb)

The Day 1B field is up to 580 entries, which means the total is up to 1,225, and the prizepool is worth more than $3.9 million.

Registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until about 9:15 pm, and action will continue tonight until the end of Level 10, around 11:15 pm.