Championship: Thien Nguyen Eliminated in 16th Place by Chad Eveslage

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
Prize Pool:  $3,916,800  |  Payouts  |  Results
Level 26:  50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining:  15 of 1,224

Thien Nguyen (Photo Credit: Luther Redd/WPT)

Chad Eveslage opened to 150,000 from middle position and picked up calls from Aram Zobian in the hijack and Rob Wazwaz on the button. Thien Nguyen raised to 775,000 from the big blind and only Eveslage came along.

The flop was Jh6d4h, Nguyen checked, and Eveslage bet 500,000. Nguyen check-raised to 1,400,000 and Eveslage called. The turn was Kh, Nguyen bet 2,700,000, leaving 100K behind. Eveslage announced all in and Nguyen called at risk.

Eveslage: JsJd
Nguyen: AhKc

Eveslage was ahead with his flopped set of jacks, and Nguyen needed to catch a heart to double up (but not the boat-giving 6h). The river was 8s to send Nguyen out in 16th place while giving Eveslage an even bigger lead.

Chad Eveslage  –  17,375,000  (232 bb)
Thien Nguyen  –  Eliminated in 16th Place  ($33,500)

Championship: Frank Lagodich Doubles Through Aram Zobian

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
Prize Pool:  $3,916,800  |  Payouts  |  Results
Level 26:  50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining:  16 of 1,224

Frank Lagodich (Photo Credit: Luther Redd/WPT)

Kevin Nee opened to 150,000 from early position and Frank Lagodich three bet to 1,325,000 from the hijack leaving a single 25K chip behind. Aram Zobian moved all for 2,050,000 from the small blind to get a fold from Nee and call from Lagodich.

Lagodich: AdKh
Zobian: AsQc

Zobian was dominated by the bigger ace and it only got worse when Lagodich made trip kings on the KsKc6h flop. The 8c turn and 9s river finished the board to send Lagodich his early double.

Frank Lagodich  –  3,000,000  (40 bb)
Aram Zobian  –  700,000  (9 bb)

Championship: Matthew Peng Doubles Through Jackob Datashvili

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
Prize Pool:  $3,916,800  |  Payouts  |  Results
Level 26:  50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining:  16 of 1,224

Matthew Peng (Photo Credit: Luther Redd/WPT)

Matthew Peng open-shoved for 1,150,000 from early position, it folded around to Jackob Datashvili in the small blind and he called to put Peng at risk.

Peng: ThTd
Datashvili: AdQc

It was an early race on Day 4 and Peng needed to hold to double. The 6h6c2s flop was safe and he locked up the hand with the Tc turn giving him a full house.

Matthew Peng  –  2,450,000  (33 bb)
Jackob Datashvili  –  375,000  (5 bb)

Four Restarts Underway

The last day in the Grand Ballroom is going to be a little busy over the first few hours, especially here in the early afternoon.

Four restarts kicked off at noon, with the WPT RRPO Championship the important game across the hall. The $25K High Roller and $1,100 Triple Stack final tables are playing out side-by-side and the $600 Deep Stack Day 2 field is in the middle of the room.

Throw in four one-day trophy events and we have plenty of action.

We will focus our coverage on the Championship while highlighting the others along the way.

Event 44: Randall Emmett Leads the Triple Stack Return

$1,100 Triple Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $108,640  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 19:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 112

Randall Emmett

We had a great turnout for the $1,100 Triple Stack with 112 entries on a Monday afternoon and nine players remain for a final table return at noon.

Randall Emmett leads the way with Jhordy Sanchez not far behind and plenty of play built into schedule.

Seat 1:  Alberto Cifuentes  –  177,000  (18 bb)
Seat 2:  Boris Shakhmurov  –  321,000  (32 bb)
Seat 3:  Zyad Qasem  –  70,000  (7 bb)
Seat 4:  Randall Emmett  –  950,000  (95 bb)
Seat 5:  Jonathan Wang  –  475,000  (48 bb)
Seat 6:  Mitch Garshofsky  –  150,000  (15 bb)
Seat 7:  David McGowan  –  62,000  (6 bb)
Seat 8:  Fabian Niederreiter  –  304,000  (30 bb)
Seat 9:  Jhordy Sanchez  –  871,000  (87 bb)

1st:  $28,440 + RRPO Trophy
2nd:  $19,000
3rd:  $14,100
4th:  $10,500
5th:  $8,000
6th:  $6,100
7th:  $4,680
8th:  $3,620
9th:  $2,840

10th:  Richard Rice  –  $2,840
11th:  Hunter Cichy  –  $2,320
12th:  Pavlin Karakikov  –  $2,320
13th:  John McDonald  –  $1,940
14th:  Stuart Taylor  –  $1,940

High Roller: Final Table Set

$25,500 High Roller No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $1,259,700  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 14:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 51

Brandon Wilson leads the High Roller return

The $25K RRPO High Roller drew 51 entries for a prize pool worth $1,259,700. They played down to the eight-handed final table last night and return at noon to continue until with have our High Roller champ.

But first, they need to burst the bubble with only seven of them making the money.

Seat 1:  Brock Wilson  –  385,000  (19 bb)
Seat 2:  Brandon Wilson  –  2,000,000  (100 bb)
Seat 3:  David Coleman  –  190,000  (10 bb)
Seat 4:  Nicholas Seward  –  320,000  (16 bb)
Seat 5:  Thomas Boivin  –  210,000  (11 bb)
Seat 6:  Boris Kolev  –  680,000  (34 bb)
Seat 7:  Max Neugebauer  –  880,000  (44 bb)
Seat 8:  Justin Liberto  – 440,000  (22 bb)

With eight players from the field of 51 entries, the average stack is about 638,000 (40 big blinds).

1st: $465,900 + RRPO Trophy
2nd: $277,200
3rd: $170,100
4th: $119,700
5th: $94,500
6th: $75,600
7th: $56,700