$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5:  300/600 with a 600 ante
Day 1A Entries:  455

Players returned to action after the second break with 455 entries, putting nearly half of the money needed to surpass the $3,000,000 guarantee. That’s a great start, with a busy Saturday expected.

Robert Lebeau is the new leader in the Championship with 181,400 followed by Glenn Fishbein, David Manikos, Nitis Udornpim, and Mario Hudson.

They will play out the next two levels and take a 90-minute around 5:30 pm.

1.  Robert Lebeau  –  181,400  (302 bb)
2.  Glenn Fishbein  –  156,500  (261 bb)
3.  David Manikos  –  153,100  (255 bb)
4.  Nitis Udornpim  –  151,600  (253 bb)
5.  Mario Hudson  –  150,500  (251 bb)

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4:  300/500 with a 500 ante
Day 1A Entries:  401

The entry count crossed over 400 before the second break, and we are filling in nicely with more friends joining.

We found Willie Wiggins, Scott Levitt, Eric Siegel, Frank Russo, Richard Rice, Viet Vo, Bin Weng, and Jimmy Tomblin among the pre-second break crowd and more coming in the door.

Wiggins and Levitt have a little history together in this tournament. In 2021, Levitt finished 13th in the WPT RRPO Championship and Wiggins finished seventh (one spot off the live-stream final table). They spent a lot of time grinding the same tables.

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4:  300/500 with a 500 ante
Day 1A Entries:  366

The first Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open series ran in 2011 and we’ve had an impressive list of champions throughout the years. A lot of talent taking home big trophies. Milen Stefanov is back with us and won the event in 2019, the second year the Championship was part of the World Poker Tour.

Gediminas Uselis won the next WPT RRPO Championship in 2021 and followed that up with a fifth-place finish in 2022.

2011 – Farhan Madhani
2012 – Victor Figueroa
2013 – Matthew Waxman
2014 – Chris Bolek
2015 – Jake Bazeley
2016 – Patrick Mahoney
2017 – Michael Newman
2018 – Pavel Plesuv
2019 – Milen Stefanov
2021 – Gediminas Uselis
2022 – Andrew Wilson

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3:  200/400 with a 400 ante
Day 1A Entries:  330

We have our fair share of WPT champions in the WPT RRPO field but we also have a few WSOP Main Event champs. Joe McKeehen (2015) is a familiar face in our big events and Jamie Gold (2006) is back after taking a break for a few series.

Ryan Riess, Espen Jørstad, and reigning WSOP Main Event champ Daniel Weinman have history here and we might see them before the weekend is through.

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3:  200/400 with a 400 ante
Day 1A Entries:  311

Players returned from break with Jason Andrews holding a big lead on the field. He is up to 213,400 with Tommy Tran a distant second holding 140,800. There’s plenty of time to catch his but it’s a great start.

Jason Andrews – 213,400 (534 bb)
Tommy Tran – 140,800 (352 bb)
Steven Joudry – 136,600 (342 bb)
Martin Stausholm – 131,300 (328 bb)
Nitis Udornpim – 126,400 (316 bb)

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 2:  200/300 with a 300 ante
Day 1A Entries:  280

Championship players will be heading on their first break in a few minutes, their first chance to have a breather from the big game. We have 280 in the field so far and nearly a third of the way to the $3,000,000 guarantee nice and early.

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 2:  200/300 with a 300 ante
Day 1A Entries:  230

Today’s entry count jumped over 200 before we hit noon and a nice turnout as they look to crush the $3,000,000 guarantee. They will take a break after this level and registration remains open until 9:15 pm.

More friends in the field include Chance Kornuth, Francis Margaglione, Matt Wantman, Scott Zakheim, Charlemagne Benjamin, Lisa Teebagy, and Andrew Moreno.

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  100/200 with a 200 ante
Day 1A Entries:  180

The Championship field is filling in nicely as they approach the afternoon and nearly 200 here in the first level.

Some early friendly faces include Wagner Wysotchanski, Dimitri Vorbe (2021 SHRPO Champ), Alec Torelli, Dyanna Lopez, Jeremy Becker, Noah Schwartz, Michael Tait, Joe Serock, and Paul Domb.

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

Cards are in the air for the 2023 WPT RRPO Championship with 120 entries at the start and many more jumping in before too long.

They will play the first two hour-long levels before enjoying a 15-minute break.

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

All the preliminaries are out of the way, and today, the headliner takes the stage with the 2023 WPT Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Championship. Flight A starts at 11 am in the Grand Ballroom and the $3,500 buy-in tournament features a $3,000,000 guarantee with a live-streamed final table.

Players start with huge 50K stacks and all levels on Day 1 and 2 last 60 minutes and increase to 90 minutes when 40 players remain. Late registration is available until the start of Level 9 at 9:15 pm and the day will end after Level 10.

Survivors will return for Day 2 on Sunday at noon with those who advance from Flight B tomorrow.

We expect a fun, busy last weekend of the series with a bunch of old and new friends in town.

• $3,000,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 50,000 in chips
• Day 1 & Day 2 levels will last 60 minutes
• Day 3 Levels will be 60 minutes until 40 players remain, then go to 90 minutes levels
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (9:15pm)
• Day 1 will end after Level 10
• Championship Structure Sheet