$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3:  200/400 with a 400 ante
Day 1B Entries:  566

After unknown action, Ricardo Castaneda reraised from the cutoff to 10,600, and the UTG player moved all in for 33,800.

Castaneda tanked for a while before he called with , and the UTG player turned over .

The board came , and Castaneda flopped a set of aces to win the pot and eliminate his opponent.

Ricardo Castaneda  –  113,000  (283 bb)

The Day 1B field is up to 566 entries, which means the total is up to 1,211, and the prizepool is worth more than $3.8 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.

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3:  200/400 with a 400 ante
Day 1B Entries:  555

With the board showing on the turn, Ness Reilly bet 3,300 from under the gun, and her opponent in the hijack thought for a while before he called.

The river card was the , and both players checked. Reilly showed to win the pot with a pair of kings, and her opponent mucked.

Ness Reilly  –  63,000  (158 bb)

The Day 1B field is up to 555 entries, which means the total is up to 1,200, and the prizepool is worth more than $3.8 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.

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3:  200/400 with a 400 ante
Day 1B Entries:  529

After a flop of , Kevin Matheson got it all in from the button for 13,800 with , and he needed it to hold to stay alive against the of the UTG player.

The turn card was the , the river card was the , and the aces held up for Matheson to win the pot and double up in chips.

Kevin Matheson  –  33,000  (83 bb)

The Day 1B field is up to 529 entries, which means the total is up to 1,179, and the prizepool is worth more than $3.7 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.

$600 Mixed Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 1:  25/50

The WPT RRPO Championship is cruising right along but we have other options to win a trophy. This afternoon we have more action for our Omaha lovers with a $600 Mixed PLO tournament that rotates between Pot Limit Omaha, Pot Limit Omaha 8, and Big O.

Players start with 15,000 stacks and all levels last 30 minutes. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 6:30 pm. The tournament will continue to play down until we have another RRPO champion.

Cards go in the air at 2 pm and we will hit the highlights while concentrating on the Championship.

• Rotation features PLO, PLO8, and Big O
• Players begin with 15,000 in chips
• Levels last 30 minutes
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9 (6:30pm)
• This is a one-day tournament and plays to completion
• Event 19 Structure Sheet

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3:  200/400 with a 400 ante
Day 1B Entries:  501

The first break came to an end and players returned to their seats for two more hour-long levels before the next one.

We found out SHR Hollywood regular Dani Dayan pulled a nice double up before the break. She was all in and at risk with against and caught two sixes to double up to 37,400.

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 2:  200/300 with a 300 ante
Day 1B Entries:  475

Level 2 came to an end and players were sent on the first break of the day. The Day 1B entry count shows 475 to put the combined total at 1,120 and a prize pool over $3.5 million.

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 2:  200/300 with a 300 ante
Day 1B Entries:  461

Zhen Cai opened the action from early position and Ema Zajmovic three-bet to 2,000. Andy Frankerberger called. Cai four-bet to 7,200 and Zajmovic moved all in. Frankenberg got out of the way and Cai quickly called at risk for 32,300 to get a yelp from Zajmovic when she saw the cards.

Cai:
Zajmovic:

Zajmovic ran into a monster and nothing on the could keep her from shipping most of her stack across the table.

Zhen Cai – 67,400 (225 bb)
Ema Zajmovic – 6,400 (21 bb)

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 2:  200/300 with a 300 ante
Day 1B Entries:  402

The entry count crossed over 400 during the second level and we continue to see more friendly faces back in the Grand Ballroom.

A few earlier arrivals include David Levi, Allen Kessler, Anthony Zinno, Ralph Massey, Andy Frankenberger, Tony Cousineau, Ema Zajmovic, Michael Graffeo, Michael Tait, and TK Miles.

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 2:  200/300 with a 300 ante
Day 1B Entries:  372

It’s nice to get a big stack early in the Championship and that’s exactly what Shawn Lucas did this morning. Our poker room regular won a big hand, sent a player out, and stacked up to 80,300 before the first level was through.

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  100/200 with a 200 ante
Day 1B Entries:  344

The first milestone today was the easiest to hit and it got there before the end of the first level.

With 344 entries today and 989 combined, this is officially the biggest Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Championship in our history topping the 988 from the 2019 run. There’s a lot of time to put up a much bigger number with registration open until ~9:15 pm.

Biggest RRPO Championship fields:

2021 RRPO – 989 entries and counting
2019 RRPO – 988 entries
2018 RRPO – 898 entries
2015 RRPO – 766 entries
2016 RRPO – 760 entries