$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1B Entries:  583

Mica Lamar  –  183,000  (183 bb)
Maxwell Young  –  143,000  (143 bb)
Brian Altman  –  140,000  (140 bb)
Carlos Bermudez  –  123,000  (123 bb)
Mike Vanier  –  116,000  (116 bb)
Tony Sinishtaj  –  93,000  (93 bb)
Matt Clark  –  89,000  (89 bb)
Aaron Mermelstein  –  88,000  (88 bb)
Justin Zaki  –  84,000  (84 bb)
Chad Eveslage  –  80,000  (80 bb)
Stephen Song  –  75,000  (75 bb)
Michael Newman  –  75,000  (75 bb)
David Lee  –  72,000  (72 bb)
Caio Sobral  –  68,000  (68 bb)
Wagner Wysotchanski  –  50,000  (50 bb)
Pasquale Caiazza  –  43,000  (43 bb)
Matt Salsberg  –  42,000  (42 bb)
David Coleman  –  34,000  (34 bb)
Frederic Normand  –  30,000  (30 bb)
Ray Qartomy  –  30,000  (30 bb)
Paul Balzano  –  22,000  (22 bb)

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1B Entries:  566

Andrew Ostapchenko  –  160,000  (160 bb)
Jacquelyn Scott  –  155,000  (155 bb)
Aaron Thivyanathan  –  124,000  (124 bb)
Judith Bielan  –  121,000  (121 bb)
David DiBernardi  –  112,000  (112 bb)
Nadya Magnus  –  107,000  (107 bb)
Sterling Savill  –  105,000  (105 bb)
Toby Boas  –  95,000  (95 bb)
Jerry Maher  –  85,000  (85 bb)
Aram Zobian  –  84,000  (84 bb)
Mike Linster  –  80,000  (80 bb)
Dylan Smith  –  77,000  (77 bb)
Ernest Bush  –  75,000  (75 bb)
Roberto Bendeck  –  70,000  (70 bb)
Matt Bretzfield  –  70,000  (70 bb)
Nicholas Palma  –  67,000  (67 bb)
Asher Conniff  –  62,000  (62 bb)
Caleb Piderit  –  60,000  (60 bb)
Fabrizio Gonzalez  –  58,000  (58 bb)
Adam Hendrix  –  53,000  (53 bb)
Eric Yanovsky  –  50,000  (50 bb)
David Jackson  –  50,000  (50 bb)
Niall Costigan  –  44,000  (44 bb)
Jason Rocha  –  40,000  (40 bb)
T.K. Miles  –  35,000  (35 bb)
Michael McCray  –  35,000  (35 bb)
Artem Metalidi  –  35,000  (35 bb)
Aaron Massey  –  34,000  (34 bb)
Mike Liang  –  29,000  (29 bb)
Faraz Jaka  –  28,000  (28 bb)
Filipp Khavin  –  16,000  (16 bb)

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1B Entries:  538

1.  Dimtri Fares  –  239,400  (239 bb)
2.  Frank Funaro  –  238,600  (239 bb)
3.  Derek Gregory  –  197,500  (198 bb)
4.  Bobby Kennedy  –  197,400  (197 bb)

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 6:  400/800 with a 800 ante
Day 1B Entries:  512

Championship players are about ready to roll out on their 90-minute dinner break, enough time to dine and/or rest up for the final push later this evening.

They return to play two more levels before we close registration and another two after that to bag.

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 5:  300/600 with a 600 ante
Day 1B Entries:  463

The second break has come and gone and players are back in their seats for two more levels. They will enjoy a 90-minute dinner break after Level 6 and return for four more levels before bagging.

Robert Kennedy is the new biggest stack in the room, leading the Day 1B field with 213,6000 and Igor Tretyakov is still doing just fine with 209,300. They are joined by Demo Kiriopoulos, Andrew Ostapchenko, and Alon Shahar in the top five.

1.  Robert Kennedy  –  213,600  (356 bb)
2.  Igor Tretyakov  –  209,300  (349 bb)
3.  Demo Kiriopoulos  –  187,100  (312 bb)
4.  Andrew Ostapchenko  –  182,100  (304 bb)
5.  Alon Shahar  –  161,800  (270 bb)

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 3:  200/400 with a 400 ante
Day 1B Entries:  352

A few levels into Day 1B, entry 352 hit the tables and put the combined total 938 for the tournament. The prize pool officially topped the $3,000,000 guarantee and now it will keep climbing until we close registration around 9:15 pm.

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 3:  200/400 with a 400 ante
Day 1B Entries:  313

Players returned to action after the first break, reading for two more levels before the next one.

Igor Tretyakov looked like one of the bigger stacks before the break and his lead was confirmed while they were gone. He sits with 157,300 followed by Michael Pawelek, Wagner Wysotchanski, and Eric Afriat.

1.  Igor Tretyakov  –  157,300  (393 bb)
2.  Michael Pawelek  –  147,500  (369 bb)
3.  Wagner Wysotchanski  –  117,600  (294 bb)
4.  Eric Afriat  –  117,100  (293 bb)

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

Two big stacks are emerging before the first break. First up was Igor Tretyakov spinning up his stack to 176,000 after catching kings versus queens and they held.

Eric Afriat is up to 120,000 when his held against an opponent’s for a knockout.

Players will take their first break at the top of the hour and return with an eye on hitting the $3,000,000 guarantee.

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 1:  100/200 with a 200 ante
Day 1B Entries:  184

A nice turnout on a Sunday morning for the Championship, closing on 200 entries in the first hour with many more expected through the afternoon and into the evening.

Some early friends in action include Caleb Piderit, 2024 SHRPO champ Paul Snead, Eric Baldwin, Shawn Lucas, 2017 WPT Poker Showdown winner Tony Sinishtaj, Ray Qartomy, Mark Wiser, Matt Clark, Debbie Lee, Eric Afriat, Fred Paradis, and Wagner Wysotchanski.

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 1:  100/200 with a 200 ante
Day 1B Entries:  93

Cards are in the air for the final flight of the 2025 WPT RRPO Championship. We had 586 entries yesterday, leaving us with only 352 new entries for the $3,500 buy-in tournament to surpass its $3,000,000 guarantee.