$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1B Entries:  476

Registration closed on the second of eight flights for RRPO Event 1 with another 476 entries. That puts the combined total at 1,031 and more than a third of the way towards the $1,000,000 guarantee with a lot of poker to go.

Flight B will continue until the evening until 48 players remain to join the 56 who advanced from Flight A. Day 2 kicks off Sunday at 1 pm with the field in the money.

Chip counts through Flight A

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 18:  4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  56 of 555

Flight A: 555 Entries; 56 Advanced
Flight B: Underway
Flight C: Thursday at 10 am
Flight D: Thursday at 6 pm
Flight E: Friday at 10 am
Flight F: Friday at 6 pm
Flight G: Saturday at 10 am
Flight H: Saturday at 6 pm
Day 2: Sunday at 1 pm

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 18:  4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining:  56 of 555

Flight A came to an end with 56 players remaining of the starting 555 and they advanced to Day 2 on Sunday at 1 pm already in the money.

It was a race for the chip lead between John Spadavecchia and Kenny Han with Spadavecchia’s 519,000 bag just topping the 500,000 of Han.

We will post the full chip count list as soon as it is available.

Top 10 Flight A bags:

1. John Spadavecchia – 519,000
2. Kenny Han – 500,000
3. Michael Goldfarb – 471,000
4. Evan Beard – 442,000
5. Stephen Bristow Jr – 417,000
6. Lonnie Caldwell – 406,000
7. Marcos Echarte – 375,000
8. Martin Ryan [- 357,000
9. Neil Zonenashvili – 324,000
10. Marc Brooks – 292,000

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 18:  4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining:  56 of 555

After players returned from their last break of the day, the field quickly hit 57 players to put them on the bubble. Tournament staff paused the clock and they would take two minutes off for each hand dealt until one player was eliminated.

It took five hands before we saw any action and it went in a hurry. Marc Brooks had a player all in and at risk for 84,000 but he needed help. The at-risk player was in good shape for a double up holding versus the of Brooks. Right up until the flop.

Brooks paired his queen, his opponent had a gutshot, but Brooks had one of his jacks. The board finished with the turn and river to send the field into the money.

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining:  60 of 555

In a bit of a surprise, Flight A managed to make it to another break without reaching the money bubble. There were 60 players remaining at the end of Level 17 and they will return on four knockouts away from earning a seat in Day 2.

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 15:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining:  99 of 555

Another three levels are in the books and tournament staff sent Flight A players on another break while they pulled the purple chips while introducing the 25K chips.

Jeffrey Poole is our first player to top 300K and his 308,000 leads the field. Scott Swatscheno has the second biggest stack with 294,000 followed by Martin Ryan’s 272,000.

The time is here for players to begin making a move to build a stack. They will not see another break and Flight A will hit the break before too long.

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  100/100

The second flight of RRPO Event 1 gets underway at 6 pm in the Grand Ballroom and it will add to an already successful tournament. Flight A drew a huge 555-entry field to put the $400 tournament on a clear path to meet its $1,000,000 guarantee.

Players start with 20,000 deep stacks and all Day 1 levels last 30 minutes, going up to 40 on Day 2. Late registration is available until the start of Level 9 at 10:30 pm and players may re-enter as often as needed during that time.

Flight B will continue late into the evening and bag when 10% of the field remains. Those players will return on Sunday at 1 pm in the money and ready to play to a winner.

• $1,000,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Day 1 levels last 30 minutes; Day 2 levels last 40 minutes
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9 (2:30pm)
• Day 1 will end when 10% of field remains
• Event 1 Structure Sheet

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 14:  1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining:  108 of 555

Flight A is crawling its way to a conclusion with 108 players still in the mix and 56 moving on. They still have a little ways to go before they can lock up a cash.

Martin Ryan is moving up his stack and the nine-time WSOP Circuit winner sits behind 195,500. Two of Ryan’s WSOPC rings came at our sister property up the road at Seminole Casino Coconut Creek. On top of those two rings, Ryan also made six other final tables there including two runner-up finishes.

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 12:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining:  144 of 555

Players are back in their seats after another break while the black chips were colored out of play. There are 144 players remaining with action continuing until only 56 remain.

We have a new leader in the room as SHRP regular David Vurgait climbed to 236,500. The second biggest stack belongs to an empty seat at the moment, Ryan Hogan sitting next to a stack worth 229,500 and no one playing it before the break and not yet after. Jeff Silverstein continued to push his stack higher and sits with 205,500.

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10:  600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining:  225 of 555

Registration closed for the opening flight of the opening tournament on the RRPO schedule. And it was huge.

The tournament drew 555 entries for the biggest opening flight of this tournament. We began running the RRPO opening $1,000,000 guarantee tournament in 2016 and it drew a state record 5,018 entries.

That tournament had 403 entries in Flight A and today we blasted it to set up a huge first weekend of the series.

2021 RRPO – 555 entries (TBD total)
2016 RRPO – 403 entries (5,018 total)
2018 RRPO – 341 entries (4,558 total)
2019 RRPO – 400 entries (4,699 total)

Flight A will continue into the evening and come to an end when 56 players remain to advance to Day 2 on Sunday in the money.