$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 31:  75,000/150,000 with a 150,000 ante
Players Remaining:  26 of 6,134

RRPO Event 1 drew 6,134 entries over eight starting flights, and 26 remain after a long Day 2. They return this afternoon at 3 pm to finish it out, find our champion who is set to leave the Grand Ballroom with more than $282K.

Fabian Foster leads the return and he has some history in big opening events, finishing third out of 3,004 in 2021 LHPO Event 1. But he has a lot of tough competition and nothing is locked up except the $6,075 for 26th place.

Cards go back in the air at 3 pm with hour-long levels for the duration and we will be here till we have a winner.

Table 6
Seat 1:  Blake Barousse  –  3,150,000  (21 bb)
Seat 2:  Clifford Mermell  –  3,625,000  (24 bb)
Seat 3:  Fabian Foster  –  12,300,000  (82 bb)
Seat 4:  Henry Fermin  –  2,675,000  (18 bb)
Seat 5:  Earl Gallegos  –  1,400,000  (9 bb)
Seat 6:  Francesco DiGiacomo  –  1,825,000  (12 bb)
Seat 7:  Richard Baker  –  5,975,000  (40 bb)
Seat 8:  Joshua Reifer  –  4,825,000  (32 bb)
Seat 9:  Matthew Vetstein  –  4,950,000  (33 bb)

Table 7
Seat 1:  Brandon Lulov  –  4,900,000  (33 bb)
Seat 2:  Alexander Abella  –  1,950,000  (13 bb)
Seat 3:  Justin Datloff  –  4,875,000  (33 bb)
Seat 4:  Randy Sim  –  2,475,000  (17 bb)
Seat 5:  Christopher Mo  –  4,000,000  (27 bb)
Seat 6:  Peter Hsu  –  11,025,000  (74 bb)
Seat 7:  Boris Kravets  –  6,375,000  (43 bb)
Seat 8:  Kamoru Yusuf  –  4,625,000  (31 bb)
Seat 9:  Jorge Gomez  –  5,150,000  (34 bb)

Table 8
Seat 1:  Zak VanKeuren  –  5,175,000  (34 bb)
Seat 2:  Rob Brown  –  3,250,000  (22 bb)
Seat 3:  Nigel Murray  –  4,100,000  (27 bb)
Seat 4:  Alejandro Gonzalez Olaechea  –  2,150,000  (14 bb)
Seat 5:  Willy Stadele  –  9,250,000  (62 bb)
Seat 6:  Kuppuraj Mohan  –  2,025,000  (14 bb)
Seat 7:  Eddy Gibbs  –  7,850,000  (52 bb)
Seat 8:
Seat 9:  Phu Vo  –  4,700,000  (31 bb)

Remaining payouts:

1st:  $282,775 + RRPO Trophy
2nd:  $180,330
3rd:  $137,500
4th:  $112,910
5th:  $89,065
6th:  $66,800
7th:  $46,560
8th:  $33,400
9th-10th:  $22,265
11th-12th:  $15,185
13th-15th:  $11,135
16th-18th:  $8,705
19th-21st:  $7,290
22nd-24th:  $6,680
25th-26th:  $6,075

Primary Event Schedule

11AM: Event 16 – $400 Omaha 8/Stud 8 (Re-Entry)

• Players begin with 12,000 in chips
• Levels last 30 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (3:30pm)
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 16 Structure Sheet

11AM: Event 17 Day 1A – $200 Big Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

• $200,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 15,000 in chips
• Levels last 30 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 7 (2:30pm)
• Day 1 will end when field reaches 10%
• Event 17 Structure Sheet

12PM: Event 14 Day 1B – $600 Deep Stack Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)

• $200,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Day 1 levels last 30 minutes; Day 2 levels last 40 minutes
• Levels last 60 minutes when 27 players remain
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (4:30pm)
• Day 1 will end when field reaches 12.5%
• Event 14 Structure Sheet

2PM: Event 13 Day 1 – $1,100 Six-Max NLH (Re-Entry)

• Event 13 Day 2 Chip Counts and Seats
• Event 13 Payouts

3PM: Event 1 Day 3 – $400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

• Event 1 Day 3 Chip Counts and Seats
• Event 1 Payouts

3PM: Event 17 Day 1B – $200 Big Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

• $200,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 15,000 in chips
• Levels last 30 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 7 (6:30pm)
• Day 1 will end when field reaches 10%
• Event 17 Structure Sheet

5PM: Event 14 Day 1C – $600 Deep Stack Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)

• $200,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Day 1 levels last 30 minutes; Day 2 levels last 40 minutes
• Levels last 60 minutes when 27 players remain
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (9:30pm)
• Day 1 will end when field reaches 12.5%
• Event 14 Structure Sheet

7PM: Event 17 Day 1C – $200 Big Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

• $200,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 15,000 in chips
• Levels last 30 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 7 (10:30pm)
• Day 1 will end when field reaches 10%
• Event 17 Structure Sheet

8PM: Event 18 – $400 Deep Stack Turbo NLH (Re-Entry)

• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Levels last 15 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (10:15pm)
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 18 Structure Sheet

Secondary and Satellite Schedule

1PM: $200 Pot Limit Omaha Event 21 Turbo Satellite (1-in-10)

• Two seats guaranteed into RRPO $1,700 PLO Event 21
• Players begin with 10,000 in chips
• Levels last 15 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (3:15pm)
• Structure Sheet

7PM: $400 RRPO Championship Turbo Satellite (1-in-10)

• Two seats guaranteed into WPT RRPO Championship
• Players begin with 10,000 in chips
• Levels last 15 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (9:15pm)
• Structure Sheet

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 31:  75,000/150,000 with a 150,000 ante
Players Remaining:  26 of 6,134

Day 2 of the 2022 RRPO opener came to an end shortly before 3:00 a.m. with 26 players remaining, and the big stack belongs to Fabian Foster with 12,300,000 in chips (82 big blinds).

Here are the official chip counts and seating assignments for Day 3, which begins at 3 p.m. on Monday.

Table 6
Seat 1:  Blake Barousse  –  3,150,000  (21 bb)
Seat 2:  Clifford Mermell  –  3,625,000  (24 bb)
Seat 3:  Fabian Foster  –  12,300,000  (82 bb)
Seat 4:  Henry Fermin  –  2,675,000  (18 bb)
Seat 5:  Earl Gallegos  –  1,400,000  (9 bb)
Seat 6:  Francesco DiGiacomo  –  1,825,000  (12 bb)
Seat 7:  Richard Baker  –  5,975,000  (40 bb)
Seat 8:  Joshua Reifer  –  4,825,000  (32 bb)
Seat 9:  Matthew Vetstein  –  4,950,000  (33 bb)

Table 7
Seat 1:  Brandon Lulov  –  4,900,000  (33 bb)
Seat 2:  Alexander Abella  –  1,950,000  (13 bb)
Seat 3:  Justin Datloff  –  4,875,000  (33 bb)
Seat 4:  Randy Sim  –  2,475,000  (17 bb)
Seat 5:  Christopher Mo  –  4,000,000  (27 bb)
Seat 6:  Peter Hsu  –  11,025,000  (74 bb)
Seat 7:  Boris Kravets  –  6,375,000  (43 bb)
Seat 8:  Kamoru Yusuf  –  4,625,000  (31 bb)
Seat 9:  Jorge Gomez  –  5,150,000  (34 bb)

Table 8
Seat 1:  Zak VanKeuren  –  5,175,000  (34 bb)
Seat 2:  Rob Brown  –  3,250,000  (22 bb)
Seat 3:  Nigel Murray  –  4,100,000  (27 bb)
Seat 4:  Alejandro Gonzalez Olaechea  –  2,150,000  (14 bb)
Seat 5:  Willy Stadele  –  9,250,000  (62 bb)
Seat 6:  Kuppuraj Mohan  –  2,025,000  (14 bb)
Seat 7:  Eddy Gibbs  –  7,850,000  (52 bb)
Seat 8:
Seat 9:  Phu Vo  –  4,700,000  (31 bb)

Here are the remaining payouts:

1st:  $282,775 + RRPO Trophy
2nd:  $180,330
3rd:  $137,500
4th:  $112,910
5th:  $89,065
6th:  $66,800
7th:  $46,560
8th:  $33,400
9th-10th:  $22,265
11th-12th:  $15,185
13th-15th:  $11,135
16th-18th:  $8,705
19th-21st:  $7,290
22nd-24th:  $6,680
25th-26th:  $6,075

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 30:  75,000/125,000 with an 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  26 of 6,134

Here is a list of the players who were eliminated during Level 30, along with their payouts:

27th:  Nir Cohen  –  $6,075

28th:  Michael Scoma  –  $5,465
29th:  Xin Jin  –  $5,465
30th:  Donavon Wright  –  $5,465

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 30:  75,000/125,000 with an 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  26 of 6,134

After a flop of with about 750K already in the pot, Boris Kravets got it all in from the big blind for 2,850,000 with (trip tens), and needed it to hold to stay alive against the (gutshot straight draw) of Jorge Gomez, who was UTG+1.

The turn card was the , the river card was the , and Kravets won the pot with his trip tens to double up in chips.

Boris Kravets  –  6,450,000  (52 bb)
Jorge Gomez  –  4,500,000  (36 bb)

With 26 players remaining from a field of 6,134, the average chip stack is about 4,725,000 (38 big blinds). The field is in the money, and the remaining players are guaranteed at least $6,075 each.

Action will continue tonight until the end of this level (about 2:20 am), and then return to finish the tournament tomorrow (Monday) at 3:00 pm EST.

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 30:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  27 of 6,134

Michael Scoma was all in for about 1,600,000 from the cutoff against Willy Stadele in the small blind.

Scoma: 
Stadele: 

The final board read , giving Stadele a set of sixes to eliminate Scoma in 28th place.

Willy Stadele  –  9,200,000  (74 bb)
Michael Scoma  –  Eliminated in 28th Place  ($5,465)

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 30:  75,000/125,000 with an 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  28 of 6,134

Kamoru Yusuf raised from the button to 425,000, Clifford Mermell moved all in for 3,700,000, and Yusuf asked for an exact count.

It took a little while to count the chips, but when it was announced as 3.7 million, Yusuf folded face up, which appeared to shock the table. Mermell took the pot.

Nigel Murray asked Mermell to show the bluff, but Mermell shook his head no and waited for the dealer to push the pot.

Murray then asked Yusuf, “How are you going to win the tournament when you fold those?”

“That’s why I’m still here,” said Yusuf. “Because I’m folding.”

Once the pot was pushed to him, Mermell flipped over his hand so everyone could see — .

Yusuf was unfazed. “Good hand,” said Yusuf. “Good shove.”

Kamoru Yusuf  –  4,750,000  (38 bb)
Clifford Mermell  –  4,325,000  (35 bb)

With 28 players remaining from a field of 6,134, the average chip stack is about 4,375,000 (35 big blinds). The field is in the money, and the remaining players are guaranteed at least $5,465 each.

Action will continue tonight until the end of this level (about 2:20 am), and then return to finish the tournament tomorrow (Monday) at 3:00 pm EST.

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 30:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  28 of 6,134

Fabian Foster raised to 300,000 from middle position, Xin Jin three-bet all in for 1,575,000 from the button, and Foster called after a few moments.

Foster: 
Jin: 

The board ran out , giving Foster trip kings to eliminate Jin in 29th place.

Fabian Foster  –  9,600,000  (77 bb)
Xin Jin  –  Eliminated in 29th Place  ($5,465)

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 30:  75,000/125,000 with an 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  30 of 6,134

Here is a list of the players who were eliminated last level, along with their payouts:

31st:  Daniyal Gheba  –  $5,465
32nd:  Eric Salazar  –  $5,465
33rd:  Christopher Bissinger  –  $5,465
34th:  Anthony Sepe  –  $5,465
35th:  Adil Khan  –  $5,465
36th:  Lydia Waltonbaugh  –  $5,465

With 30 players remaining from a field of 6,134, the average chip stack is about 4,085,000 (41 big blinds). The field is in the money, and the remaining players are guaranteed at least $5,465 each.

Action will continue tonight until the end of this level (about 2:20 am), and then return to finish the tournament tomorrow (Monday) at 3:00 pm EST.

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 30:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  30 of 6,134

Richard Baker opened to 275,000 from under the gun, Phu Vo three-bet to 700,000 from the cutoff, Baker four-bet shoved for 2,600,000, and Vo called.

Baker: 
Vo: 

The board came down , giving Baker kings full of sevens to double through Vo.

Richard Baker  –  5,525,000  (44 bb)
Phu Vo  –  4,800,000  (38 bb)