$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 11: 800/1,600 with a 1,600 ante
Flight G Players Remaining:  360 of 1,154

Players are preparing to take the next break when the black chips will come out of play and the 25K chips will be introduced. Richard Collins is one of the big stacks in the room with 252,000 and we will see if he leads the field when they return.

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10: 600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Flight G Entries: 1,154

Registration closed for Flight G of RRPO Event 1 with 1,154 entries putting the combined total at 4,966. That is good enough to create a prize pool worth $1,638,780 with one more big flight to go.

That number also represents the fourth-biggest single flight in our history, and the tournament total already cracked the top four all-time, with the top three likely by the time registration closes for Flight H at 10:30 pm.

Flight G will play down to the last 116 players, and they will advance to Day 2 tomorrow at 1 pm in the money.

Chip counts through Flight F

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9: 500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Flight G Entries: 1,153

Cards are back in the air after the second break and registration closed on the biggest flight of the tournament so far. The clock shows an unofficial 1,153 entries but that could change as the numbers are finalized.

Only one more shot at this huge prize pool with Flight H closing it out at 6 pm with late registration until 10:30 pm.

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8:  400/800 with a 800 ante
Flight G Entries:  1,066

Everyone who wants a seat, has a seat waiting for them. No waiting this afternoon as the registration line kept up a steady business and players rolled straight into the action.

The entry count clicked over 1,000 in the last hour and set to put its mark on the list of our biggest flights. They will play out Level 8, take another break at 2:15 pm, and registration will close when they return.

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6:  300/500 with a 500 ante
Flight G Entries:  987

As the entry count nears 1K, we ran into a fun table in the middle of the room. Tamra Piderit is there trying to match her husband (Eric) and son (Caleb) with Day 2 bags in the tournament.

WPTDeepStacks Hollywood champ Jason Young has the 9-seat with Mark Cannon in the 1-seat and Al Gomez in the three. They are having a fun time and trying to get a stack through for tomorrow.

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5:  200/400 with a 400 ante
Flight G Entries:  925

Players returned to their seats after the first break and the field is close to hitting 1K in entries with a lot of time to build on it. They will definitely get within sight of a $2,000,000 prize pool and drawing live.

A few familiar faces in early action include Seniors Champ Wilmer Chavira, Robert Gruber, Luis Dominguez, Dion Jagroo, Gabe Ramos, Scott Levitt, Willie Wiggins, and Ory Hen.

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4:  200/300 with a 300 ante
Flight G Entries:  778

The solid, steady, busy start to the day will take a brief pause as Event 1 players are sent on a 15-minute break. The entry count pushed the prize pool over $1.5 million and we are looking to put more than 1,000 entries in the field today.

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3:  100/200 with a 200 ante
Flight G Entries:  666

There’s no slowing the parade of players coming into the Grand Ballroom this morning with another 100+ getting into the tournament over the last level. The line is steady and moving at a nice pace and everyone is being seated as they get a ticket.

We caught defending champ Mike Laufer in early action. RRPO Event 1 drew a record 6,196 entries in 2021 (that record lasted until the SHRPO opener in August) and Laufer took the title along with $160K.

Frank Russo is seated to his left and also owns a Hollywood trophy, taking the $400 Deep Stack title in August for a $19K score.

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 2:  100/100 with a 100 ante
Flight G Entries:  550

We expected a big crowd and that’s exactly what we’re getting. The Grand Ballroom is packed from one side to the other with 550 entries so far and a steady stream of players joining the fun.

The prize pool is cruising toward $1.5 million and we’re going to tease $2 million before we close registration later this evening for Flight H.

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  100/100
Flight G Entries:  408

Cards are in the air for the penultimate flight of RRPO Event 1 with a huge start to the day. There were 408 players in the game when action got underway to put the combined total at 4,220 and a prize pool worth $1,392,600 with a lot more expected throughout the day.