$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Day 1A Entries:  638

Danny Shiff  –  195,000  (163 bb)
Denys Shafikov  –  135,000  (113 bb)
Alex Foxen  –  135,000  (113 bb)
Michael Wang  –  125,000  (104 bb)
Brian Hastings  –  108,000  (90 bb)
Brian Altman  –  100,000  (83 bb)
Phong Turbo Nguyen  –  90,000  (75 bb)
Matt Stout  –  70,000  (58 bb)
Justin Zaki  –  66,000  (55 bb)
Joe McKeehen  –  65,000  (54 bb)
Jake Schwartz  –  64,000  (53 bb)
T.K. Miles  –  63,000  (53 bb)
Chris Lewis  –  62,000  (52 bb)
Lily Kiletto  –  58,000  (48 bb)
Paul Domb  –  52,000  (43 bb)
Rob Brown  –  43,000  (36 bb)
Solange Lucas  –  42,000  (35 bb)
Natasha Mercier  –  40,000  (33 bb)
Raj Vohra  –  30,000  (25 bb)
Matt Zarcadoolas  –  28,000  (23 bb)
Chad Eveslage  –  15,000  (13 bb)
Viet Vo  –  8,000  (7 bb)

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1A Entries:  630

With 630 entries so far on Day 1A, the prizepool is already worth $2,016,000, beating the guarantee more than an hour before registration closes. Doubling the guarantee seems like all but a certainty at this point, with registration open until 9:15 pm and another flight tomorrow at 11:00 am.

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1A Entries:  622

Nadya Magnus  –  198,000  (198 bb)
Corel Theuma  –  170,000  (170 bb)
Eric Afriat  –  152,000  (152 bb)
Steve Karp  –  125,000  (125 bb)
Stephen Song  –  104,000  (104 bb)
Balakrishna Patur  –  100,000  (100 bb)
Tony Dunst  –  82,000  (82 bb)
Long Nguyen  –  78,000  (78 bb)
Nate Silver  –  77,000  (77 bb)
Filipp Khavin  –  68,000  (68 bb)
Nick Yunis  –  64,000  (64 bb)
James Carroll –  61,000  (61 bb)
Joseph Cheong  –  60,000  (60 bb)
Robel Andemichael  –  54,000  (54 bb)
Frank Funaro  –  45,000  (45 bb)
David Coleman  –  44,000  (44 bb)
Noah Schwartz –  42,000  (42 bb)
Jeff Trudeau –  37,000  (37 bb)
Ilyas Muradi  –  35,000  (35 bb)
Michael Tait  –  34,000  (34 bb)
Darren Rabinowitz  –  29,000  (29 bb)
Wagner Wysotchanski  –  23,000  (23 bb)
Joey Weissman  –  8,000  (8 bb)

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

Dapo Ajayi  –  180,000  (180 bb)
Nir Cohen  –  180,000  (180 bb)
Asher Conniff  –  175,000  (175 bb)
Willy Stadele  –  137,000  (137 bb)
Sergio Aido  –  130,000  (130 bb)
Chance Kornuth  –  120,000  (120 bb)
Barry Hutter  –  106,000  (106 bb)
Igor Tretyakov  –  105,000  (105 bb)
Mike Chiappetta  –  99,000  (99 bb)
Kharlin Sued  –  98,000  (98 bb)
Richard Whitebrook  –  95,000  (95 bb)
Boris Kravets  –  95,000  (95 bb)
Cherish Andrews  –  90,000  (90 bb)
David Shmuel   – 75,000  (75 bb)
Tanupat Punjarojanakul  –  75,000  (75 bb)
Ryan Riess  –  58,000  (58 bb)
Justin Saliba  –  58,000  (58 bb)
Scott Zakheim  –  48,000  (48 bb)
Randy Sim  –  45,000  (45 bb)
Jonathan Little  –  45,000  (45 bb)
Fred Goldberg  –  36,000  (36 bb)
Darren Elias  –  35,000  (35 bb)
Brandon Adams  –  28,000  (28 bb)
Francis Anderson  –  28,000  (28 bb)
Yuval Bronshtein  –  19,000  (19 bb)
Brandon Lulov  –  18,000  (18 bb)

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1A Entries:  591

The players return from dinner to begin Level 7, with increased blinds of 500-1,000 with a 1,000 ante.

A scan of the field during the break turned up five stacks with at least 250K in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  Alexander Haber  –  384,500  (385 bb)
2.  James Calderaro  –  319,600  (320 bb)
3.  Matthew Leecy  –  305,300  (305 bb)
4.  Dana Caruso  –  289,900  (290 bb)
5.  Ark Onikul  –  257,500  (258 bb)

The tournament clock shows 591 entries so far, which means the prizepool is already up over $1.89 million on its way to the $2 million guarantee. Registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until the start of Level 9, around 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:  582

The field is currently taking a 90-minute dinner break. Action is scheduled to resume around 7:00 pm EST.

A scan of the field during the dinner break turned up five stacks with at least 250K, and we know the two biggest belong to Alexander Haber and James Calderaro:

1.  Alexander Haber  –  384,500  (385 bb)
2.  James Calderaro  –  319,600  (320 bb)

The tournament clock shows 582 entries so far, which means the prizepool is already up over $1.86 million on its way to the $2 million guarantee. Registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until the start of Level 9, around 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:  582

Level 6 comes to an end, and the players take a 90-minute dinner break. Action is scheduled to resume around 7:00 pm EST.

The tournament clock shows 582 entries so far, which means the prizepool is already up over $1.86 million on its way to the $2 million guarantee. Registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until the start of Level 9, around 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 6:  400/800 with an 800 ante
Day 1A Entries:  582

The UTG+1 player got it all in UTG+1 for 12,500 with , and he needed his hand to hold to stay alive against the of Kenneth McKeown in late position.

The flop came , and the short stack flopped two pair to McKeown’s diamond flush draw.

The turn card was the , the river card was the , and McKeown rivered a diamond flush to win the pot and eliminate his opponent.

Kenneth McKeown  –  64,000  (80 bb)

The tournament clock shows 582 entries so far, which means the prizepool is already up over $1.86 million on its way to the $2 million guarantee. Registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until the start of Level 9, around 9:15 pm.

There will be a 90-minute dinner break after this level (about 5:30 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 6:  400/800 with an 800 ante
Day 1A Entries:  566

After a flop of with about 22K already in the pot, Jonathan Jaffe bet 7,000. Danny Shiff raised from the hijack to 19,000, and Gregory Anda moved all in from the button for about 57,000.

Jaffe folded, and Shiff thought for a few moments before he called all in for 46,700 with .

Anda turned over for a pair of queens, and Shiff needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The turn card was the , the river card was the , and the pocket kings held up for Shiff to win the pot and double up in chips.

Danny Shiff  –  123,000  (154 bb)
Gregory Anda  –  10,000  (13 bb)

The tournament clock shows 566 entries so far, which means the prizepool is already up over $1.81 million on its way to the $2 million guarantee. Registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until the start of Level 9, around 9:15 pm.

There will be a 90-minute dinner break after Level 6 (about 5:30 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 5:  300/600 with a 600 ante
Day 1A Entries:  545

After a flop of , Gregory Anda (middle position) and Jonathan Jaffe (cutoff) put in 5,000 each, as two other players folded.

The turn card was the , Anda checked, Jaffe bet 4,000, and Anda check-raised to 12,000. Jaffe called.

The river card was the , Anda checked, and Jaffe checked behind.

Anda showed for a flopped full house, jacks full of aces, to win the pot, and Jaffe mucked.

“I didn’t like that runout,” said Anda. “I thought you might have had ace-king or ace-queen.”

Gregory Anda  –  66,000  (110 bb)
Jonathan Jaffe  –  94,000  (157 bb)

The tournament clock shows 545 entries so far, which means the prizepool is already up over $1.74 million on its way to the $2 million guarantee. Registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until the start of Level 9, around 9:15 pm.

There will be a 90-minute dinner break after Level 6 (about 5:30 pm), and action will continue tonight until the end of Level 10 (around 11:15 pm).