$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6: 250/500 with a 500 ante
Day 1B Entries:  438

After a flop of , a middle-position player bet, Johnny Stevenson raised from the cutoff, and the first player reraised.

Stevenson four-bet all in for 42,900, and the first player called with for an overpair. Stevenson turned over for a top pair, top kicker, and he needed to improve to stay alive.

The turn card was the , the river card was the , and Stevenson rivered two pair to win the pot and double up in chips.

Johnny Stevenson  –  90,000  (180 bb)

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6: 250/500 with a 500 ante
Day 1B Entries:  434

After a flop of , the small blind checked, Benjamin Zamani bet 4,800 from the big blind, and the small blind called.

The turn card was the , and both players checked.

The river card was the , the small blind checked, Zamani bet 9,000, and the small blind tanked for a while before he called. Zamani showed to win the pot, and the small blind mucked.

Benjamin Zamani  –  85,000  (170 bb)

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6: 250/500 with a 500 ante
Day 1B Entries:  427

After a flop of , both blinds checked, and the player in the cutoff bet 2,500. The small blind called, and Steve Forman raised from the big blind to 11,500. The cutoff moved all in for 18,500, and the small blind folded.

Forman called with for two pair, tens and fours, and the cutoff turned over for a pair of tens. The cutoff needed to improve to stay alive.

The turn card was the , the river card was the , and Forman won the pot with his two pair to eliminate his opponent.

Steve Forman  –  97,000  (194 bb)

The field is up to 427 entries, just 24 away from matching last year’s field.

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5: 200/400 with a 400 ante
Day 1B Entries:  408

Bin Weng raised from middle position to 1,100, the player on the button called, and Rajasekar Govindan moved all in from the small blind for 25,700. Weng called, and button folded.

Govindan showed , and he needed to improve to stay alive against Weng’s .

The board came , and Govindan flops trip aces to win the pot and double up in chips.

Rajasekar Govindan  –  53,300  (133 bb)
Bin Weng  –  80,000  (200 bb)

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5: 200/400 with a 400 ante
Day 1B Entries:  387

The players return from break to begin Level 5, with increased blinds of 200-400 and a 400 ante.

We scanned the field during the break to find the big stacks, and here are the top five:

1.  Paul Kuzmich  –  145,000  (363 bb)
2.  Ricardo Alves De Lima Tavare  –  124,700  (312 bb)
3.  Bin Weng  –  116,000  (290 bb)
4.  David Farrer  –  110,000  (275 bb)
5.  Spencer Champlin  –  109,500  (274 bb)

There are now 387 entries in the field, with registration open until the start of Level 9, around 9:15 pm.

There will be a 90-minute dinner break after Level 6 (around 5:30 pm), and play will continue tonight until the end of Level 10 (around 11:15 pm).

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4: 200/300 with a 300 ante
Day 1B Entries:  378

After a flop of , the UTG player bet 1,200, Ronit Chamani called from middle position, and the player in the hijack also called.

The turn card was the , the UTG player checked, and Chamani bet 3,200. The player in the hijack thought for a while before he moved all in for about 9,500.

The UTG player quickly folded, and Chamani snap-called with for a jack-high straight. The player in the hijack turned over for a pair of eights with a gutshot straight draw, and he was drawing dead.

The meaningless river card was the , and Chamani won the pot with her straight to eliminate her opponent.

Ronit Chamani  –  54,100  (180 bb)

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4:  200/300 with a 300 ante
Day 1B Entries:  358

With a flop out there, Jared Jaffee bet 2,600 after the small blind player checked. He picked up two callers and his turn bet got him heads up with the small blind.

The small blind fired a small 5,000 bet, Jaffee did not look happy when he called, and the small blind said “flush” before tabling . Jaffee flashed for the cracked aces but the WSOP bracelet winner is still above starting stack with 46,500.

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4:  200/300 with a 300 ante
Day 1B Entries:  330

The combined entry total for the Championship hit lucky 777 as the next level arrival, only a few shy of getting the prize pool over $2.5 million.

The jump up came from a few recently arrivals including Sheddy Siddiqui, 2018 WPT Poker Showdown Champ Scott Margereson, Allen “Chainsaw” Kessler, Shannon Shorr, Ryan Eriquezzo, Aaron Massey, and Joe Cheong.

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3:  100/200 with a 200 ante
Day 1B Entries:  294

Cards are back in the air and we found an early frontrunner. Eric Valerio returned to a stack worth 92,000 which looks good enough for the first break lead.

Other notable stacks include Guiseppe Corapi (68,000), Javier Sarache (65,000), Michael Wang (60,600), Ronit Chamani (56,700), Fred Dabus (48,000), Joe Reddick (45,000), Allen Kessler (44,000), Scott Margereson (40,000), Howard Mash (36,500), and Noah Schwartz (35,000).

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 2:  100/200
Day 1B Entries:  273

Level 2 came to an end and tournament staff sent Day 1B players on the first break of the day. The prize pool continued to climb and it is over $2.3 million with late registration until ~9:15 pm.