$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 11:  1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining:  238 of 696

Day 1A ended with 238 players remaining from a field of 696 entries and the chip leader was Frank Stepuchin, who bagged up 394,000 (158 big blinds). As the Day 1A chip leader, Stepuchin also won a ClubWPT gold passport into the $5,000,000 freeroll at Wynn Las Vegas, running from December 13-15. The Day 1B chip leader will also receive a the ClubWPT gold passport.

The full list of official chip counts from Day 1A will be posted later tonight, but in the meantime here is the top five:

1.  Frank Stepuchin  –  394,000  (158 bb)
2.  William Lamar-Boone  –  391,000  (156 bb)
3.  Jesse Lonis  –  390,500  (156 bb)
4.  Kevin Schulz  –  388,000  (155 bb)
5.  Gregory Back  –  364,500  (146 bb)

With 696 entries, the prize pool is already worth more than $2.2 million and well on its way to the $3 million guarantee. We should surpass the guarantee early tomorrow.

Day 1B begins tomorrow at 11:00 am, and registration remains open with unlimited re-entries available until about 9:15 pm.

Photo courtesy of Drew Amato/WPT

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining:  288 of 696

Joe Serock raised from the cutoff, the player in the small blind three-bet all in for about 27,000, and Serock called with , leading his opponent’s .

The board ran out , giving Serock trip queens to eliminate his opponent.

Joe Serock  –  258,000  (129 bb)

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining:  324 of 696

Fred Goldberg raised to 3,000 in middle position, William Lamar-Boone called in the cutoff, and both players in the blinds called.

The flop was and action checked to Goldberg who continued for 4,000. Lamar-Boone called, the small blind called, and the big blind folded.

The turn was the , the small blind checked, Goldberg bet 8,500, and only the player in the small blind called.

The river was the and both checked.

The small blind showed for a pair of sixes, but Goldberg took it down with for a pair of kings.

Fred Goldberg  –  155,000  (103 bb)
William Lamar-Boone  –  170,000  (113 bb)

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining:  333 of 696

Registration closed for the first of two flights for the 2024 WPT Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open Championship with 696 entries. They put more than $2.2 million toward the $3,000,000 guarantee and it will get there early in Flight B starting tomorrow at 11 am.

Flight A will play through ten levels and survivors will bag their chips for a Day 2 return on Sunday at noon.

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Day 1A Entries:  696

1.  Gregory Back  –  299,000  (199 bb)
2.  Kevin Schulz  –  288,500  (192 bb)
3.  Ferenc Deak  –  282,000  (188 bb)
4.  Carlos Leiva  –  279,000  (186 bb)
5.  Josh Stewart  –  268,000  (179 bb)
6.  William Lamar-Boone  –  261,000  (174 bb)
7.  Anibal Pabon  –  248,000  (165 bb)

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8:  600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Day 1A Entries:  669

Sterling Savill  –  240,000  (200 bb)
Shannon Shorr  –  180,000  (150 bb)
Lily Kiletto  –  170,000  (142 bb)
Chad Roedersheimer  –  170,000  (142 bb)
David Nathaniel  –  143,000  (119 bb)
James Calderaro  –  140,000  (117 bb)
David Dongwoo Ko  –  140,000  (117 bb)
Yunkyu Song  –  135,000  (113 bb)
Joe Serock  –  135,000  (113 bb)
Jason Mercier  –  125,000  (104 bb)
Fred Goldberg  –  120,000  (100 bb)
Eugene Kotlyarevskiy  –  120,000  (100 bb)
Adam Hendrix  –  115,000  (96 bb)
Chance Kornuth  –  110,000  (92 bb)
Raminder Singh  –  100,000  (83 bb)
Martin Zamani  –  98,000  (82 bb)
Faraz Jaka  –  98,000  (82 bb)
T.K. Miles  –  95,000  (79 bb)
Dan Sepiol  –  93,000  (78 bb)
Jessica Cai  –  93,000  (78 bb)
Asher Neaman  –  85,000  (71 bb)
Taylor Wilson  –  70,000  (58 bb)
Jessica Dawley  –  60,000  (50 bb)
Nick Palma  –  58,000  (48 bb)
Ryan Hoenig  –  58,000  (48 bb)
David DiBernardi  –  53,000  (44 bb)
Josh Reichard  –  53,000  (44 bb)
Neal Corcoran  –  52,000  (43 bb)
Kristen Foxen  –  49,000  (41 bb)
Frank Lagodich  –  44,000  (37 bb)
Judy Bielan  –  43,000  (36 bb)
Kharlin Sued  –  37,000  (31 bb)
Shaun Deeb  –  35,000  (29 bb)
Francis Anderson  –  26,000  (22 bb)

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1A Entries:  635

Phillip Krnyaich  –  145,000  (145 bb)
Shawn Cunix  –  135,000  (135 bb)
Jake Schwartz  –  133,000  (133 bb)
Bin Weng  –  120,000  (120 bb)
Anna Antimony  –  120,000  (120 bb)
Matt Lambrecht  –  102,000  (102 bb)
Matthew Waxman  –  97,000  (97 bb)
Howard Mash  –  95,000  (95 bb)
Jonathan Jaffe  –  90,000  (90 bb)
Viet Vo  –  79,000  (79 bb)
Matt Glantz  –  72,000  (72 bb)
Ren Lin  –  67,000  (67 bb)
Nadya Magnus  –  63,000  (63 bb)
Zachary Fischer  –  63,000  (63 bb)
Georges Boyadjian  –  57,000  (57 bb)
Johnny Bromberg  –  57,000  (57 bb)
Brad Owen  –  55,000  (55 bb)
Noah Schwartz  –  55,000  (55 bb)
Cherish Andrews  –  53,000  (53 bb)
Nick Funaro  –  46,000  (46 bb)
Aaron Kupin  –  46,000  (46 bb)
Natasha Mercier  –  46,000  (46 bb)
Scott Levitt  –  44,000  (44 bb)
David Uvaydov  –  43,000  (43 bb)
Brandon Wilson  –  36,000  (36 bb)
Jim Collopy  –  35,000  (35 bb)
Dominique Mosley  –  33,000  (33 bb)
Ayed Shweihat  –  32,000  (32 bb)
Christian Harder  –  32,000  (32 bb)
Georgios Sotiropoulos  –  9,000  (9 bb)

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1A Entries:  614

Gregory Back  – 310,000  (310 bb)
Art Peacock  –  198,000  (198 bb)
Stephen Song  –  195,000  (195 bb)
Steve Buckner  –  124,000  (124 bb)
Matthew Wantman  –  115,000  (115 bb)
Ryan Riess  –  107,000  (107 bb)
Scott Zakheim  –  103,000  (103 bb)
Uri Kadosh  –  94,000  (94 bb)
Alex Foxen  –  93,000  (93 bb)
Frank Funaro  –  90,000  (90 bb)
Mica Lamar  –  89,000  (89 bb)
Michael Wang  –  76,000  (76 bb)
Paul Snead  –  70,000  (70 bb)
Michael Graffeo  –  68,000  (68 bb)
Joe McKeehen  –  60,000  (60 bb)
Brock Wilson  –  56,000 (56 bb)
Rob Brown  –  55,000  (55 bb)
Harrison Gimbel  –  53,000  (53 bb)
Steve Karp  –  52,000  (52 bb)
Mike Beasley  –  48,000  (48 bb)
Martins Adeniya  –  47,000  (47 bb)
A.J. Kelsall  –  47,000  (47 bb)
Peter Fellows  –  43,000  (43 bb)
James Carroll  –  38,000  (38 bb)
Darryll Fish  –  36,000  (36 bb)
Pasquale Caiazza  –  27,000  (27 bb)
Loni Hui  –  23,000  (23 bb)

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1A Entries:  586

William Lamar-Boone  –  273,500  (274 bb)
Zak VanKeuren –  240,400  (240 bb)
Jesse Lonis  –  238,400  (238 bb)
Jarrett Mullins  –  225,200  (225 bb)
Scott Heiligman  –  212,600  (213 bb)
Wagner Wysotchanski  –  209,700  (210 bb)
Carlos Leiva  –  209,000  (209 bb)
Kevin Schulz  –  206,200  (206 bb)

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1A Entries:  575

Cards are back in the air for Day 1A of the RRPO Championship with 575 entries on the clock and well on the way to topping the $3,000,000 guarantee with a huge day expected tomorrow.

They will play two more hour-long levels, take one last break, and registration will close at 9:15 pm.