2024 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 29
$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  1,435
Prize Pool:  $4,592,000
November 29 – December 4, 2024

Registration closed for the 2024 WPT Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open Championship with 1,435 entries, setting the prize pool at $4,592,000.

The final 180 players will finish in the money, the last seven will earn a six-figure payday, and the next WPT RRPO Champion will earn $662,200, which includes a $10,400 seat into the WPT World Championship.

1st:  $662,200 + RRPO Trophy
2nd:  $440,000
3rd:  $325,000
4th:  $245,000
5th:  $184,000
6th:  $140,000
7th:  $108,000
8th:  $84,000
9th-10th:  $66,000
11th-12th:  $55,000
13th-15th:  $46,000
16th-19th:  $39,000
20th-23rd:  $32,500
24th-31st:  $27,500
32nd-39th:  $23,000
40th-47th:  $19,400
48th-55th:  $16,300
56th-63rd:  $13,800
64th-79th:  $11,500
80th-97th:  $9,600
98th-115th:  $8,200
116th-144th:  $7,000
145th-180th:  $6,400

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Day 1B Entries:  733

1.  Aaron Gao  –  406,000  (271 bb)
2.  Frankie Flowers  –  375,500  (250 bb)
3.  Al Norman  –  361,000  (241 bb)
4.  Francis Anderson  –  343,500  (229 bb)
5.  Ankit Ahuja  –  332,000  (221 bb)
6.  Jeremy Joseph  –  292,000  (195 bb)
7.  Ping Lin  –  287,500  (192 bb)
8.  Micah Raskin  –  285,500  (190 bb)

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8:  600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Day 1B Entries:  712

Following a flop of , Chance Kornuth was all in from the big blind for about 37,500 with for a pair of tens against Ping Lin in the hijack holding for a pair of nines with a straight draw.

The turn and river completed the board, giving Lin a ten-high straight to eliminate Kornuth shortly before the end of registration.

Ping Lin  –  310,000  (258 bb)
Chance Kornuth  –  Eliminated

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8:  600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Day 1B Entries:  699

Jessica Dawley raised to 2,400 under the gun, the player on her left called, and Mustapha Kanit three-bet to 7,000 in the hijack. Dawley four-bet to 19,000, the early-position player folded, Kanit five-bet all in for about 41,000, and Dawley called.

Dawley: 
Kanit: 

The board came , chopping the pot after Dawley flopped the Royal draw.

Jessica Dawley  –  275,000  (229 bb)
Mustapha Kanit  –  45,000  (38 bb)

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1B Entries:  670

Al Norman  –  337,000  (337 bb)
Jessica Dawley  –  245,000  (245 bb)
Nenad Medic  –  175,000  (175 bb)
Eric Siegel  –  163,000  (163 bb)
Brian Arbaugh  –  143,000  (143 bb)
Josh Cranfill  –  123,000  (123 bb)
Pasquale Caiazza  –  120,000  (120 bb)
Moises Jattin  –  120,000  (120 bb)
David Uvaydov  –  113,000  (113 bb)
Athanasios Polychronopoulos  –  95,000  (95 bb)
Darryll Fish  –  86,000  (86 bb)
Steve Buckner  –  84,000  (84 bb)
Filipp Khavin  –  83,000  (83 bb)
Martin Jacobson  –  79,000  (79 bb)
Jessica Cai  –  73,000  (73 bb)
Erik Seidel  –  73,000  (73 bb)
Toby Boas  –  72,000  (72 bb)
Dylan Smith  –  70,000  (70 bb)
Dan Sepiol  –  67,000  (67 bb)
Chad Eveslage  –  64,000  (64 bb)
Ray Qartomy  –  62,000  (62 bb)
Jerry Wong  –  60,000  (60 bb)
Dion Jagroo  –  58,000  (58 bb)
Dan Stavila  –  57,000  (57 bb)
Sheddy Siddiqui  –  57,000  (57 bb)
Shawn Cunix  –  55,000  (55 bb)
Scott Blackman  –  48,000  (48 bb)
Mustapha Kanit  –  45,000  (45 bb)
Nancy Birnbaum  –  45,000  (45 bb)
Tristan Wade  –  44,000  (44 bb)
Vlad Mezheritsky  –  40,000  (40 bb)
Justin Liberto  –  32,000  (32 bb)
Julio Belluscio  –  30,000  (30 bb)
Sam Sternfield  –  20,000  (20 bb)

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1B Entries:  653

Frankie Flowers  –  230,000  (230 bb)
Brandon Hamlet  –  168,000  (168 bb)
Farid Jattin  –  155,000  (155 bb)
Joey Couden  –  143,000  (143 bb)
Bryce McVay  –  135,000  (135 bb)
Sandy Sanchez  –  126,000  (126 bb)
Christian Harder  –  120,000  (120 bb)
Javier Zarco  –  120,000  (120 bb)
David Shmuel  –  114,000  (114 bb)
David Rivera  –  102,000  (102 bb)
Kharlin Sued  –  97,000  (97 bb)
Art Peacock  –  97,000  (97 bb)
Michael Newman  –  90,000  (90 bb)
Micah Raskin  –  87,000  (87 bb)
Darren Elias  –  83,000  (83 bb)
Chance Kornuth  –  77,000  (77 bb)
Shaun Deeb  –  76,000  (76 bb)
Jaroslaw Osinski  –  73,000  (73 bb)
Will Failla  –  71,000  (71 bb)
Duff Charette  –  68,000  (68 bb)
Alcides Gomez  –  68,000  (68 bb)
Jim Collopy  –  62,000  (62 bb)
Howard Mash  –  58,000  (58 bb)
Josh Reichard  –  55,000  (55 bb)
Michael Wang  –  53,000  (53 bb)
Frank Funaro  –  53,000  (53 bb)
Fred Paradis  –  36,000  (36 bb)
Michael Johnson  –  35,000  (35 bb)
Tony Sinishtaj  –  30,000  (30 bb)
Nick Yunis  –  27,000  (27 bb)
Pat Lyons  –  18,000  (18 bb)
Paul Balzano  –  18,000  (18 bb)
Eric Yanovsky  –  13,000  (13 bb)

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1B Entries:  610

1.  Francis Anderson  –  249,000  (249 bb)
2.  Artem Metalidi  –  236,400  (236 bb)
3.  Tim Faro  –  235,800  (236 bb)
4.  George Dolofan  –  232,300  (232 bb)
5.  Joseph Liberta  –  219,900  (220 bb)
6.  Al Norman  –  216,000  (216 bb)
7.  John Malvasio  –  215,000  (215 bb)
8.  Luke Brereton  –  208,600  (209 bb)
9.  Sam Darkin  –  194,700  (195 bb)

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6:  400/800 with a 800 ante
Day 1B Entries:  594

Flight B players are on their 90-minute dinner break and will return to a prize pool over $4 million. They will have another two levels to run it up and tease the next milestone.

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5:  300/600 with a 600 ante
Day 1B Entries:  515

Cards are back in the air after the second break and we have a new leader in Flight B of the Championship. Former WPT Player of the Year Andy Frankenberger has the top stack in the room with 213,500 and the only player over 200K.

They will work through two more levels before enjoying a 90-minute dinner break.

1.  Andy Frankenberger  –  213,500  (356 bb)
2.  Tim Faro  –  197,500  (329 bb)
3.  Matias Gabrenja  –  181,200  (302 bb)
4.  Ankit Ahuja  –  165,900  (277 bb)
5.  Jeremy Becker  –  154,100  (257 bb)
6.  Luke Brereton  –  148,800  (248 bb)

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4:  300/500 with a 500 ante
Day 1B Entries:  490

Frank Russo is moving up the counts and made a bold prediction earlier in the day.

“I’m going to bag 536K,” Russo said before joining. “Write that down.”

He’s having a good start on his goal. With a flop reading , Russo had an opponent all-in and at risk. His trip aces with were ahead of pocket tens and he made a boat after the turn and river.

Russo sent him out and stacked up among the leaders.

Frank Russo  –  145,000  (290 bb)