$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 2:  100/200
Day 1B Entries:  231

Other than a straight buy-in, there were a few other ways to get a seat into the WPT RRPO Championship. There were a ton of satellites but also a few tournaments which added a seat to the winner.

Last night we ran the one-day $150 Big Stack trophy event, one of those tournaments with the added seat, and Manny Minaya walked away with the title in the early morning hours. The Tampa regular has a couple of Winter Poker Open titles in our sister room on the west coast of the state then picked up his first SHRP title along with the Championship seat.

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 2:  100/200
Day 1B Entries:  178

Day 1B of the Championship hit 178 entries shortly after the start of Level 2 to put a combined 625 into the headline tournament. That is good enough to put the prize pool right at $2,000,000 but it won’t stop there.

With registration open until 9:15 pm, the next milestone with be hitting a $2,500,000 prize pool later this afternoon.

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  100/100
Day 1B Entries:  157

The Championship continues to move its way towards the magic number to reach a $2,000,000 prize pool and more than a few of our loyal regulars are in the game.

Among the early crowd, we found Steve Trizis, Erik Christensen, Howard Mash, Evan Teitelbaum, and Nigel Murray to name a few.

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  100/100
Day 1B Entries:  123

Day 1B might push the Championship over the $2,000,000 prize pool mark even before we reach the afternoon hours. We can see it on the horizon and as players continue to make their way to the Seminole Ballroom.

Two early entrants have plenty of success in our tournament. Eric Afriat put his name on the Champions Cup the first time with a WPT Poker Showdown win in 2014 and almost pulled off a WPT first in the spring.

No player has ever won the same WPT event twice (others have done it at the same property, but not the same event) and Afriat had a chance to do that when he made the WPT Poker Showdown final table in April. He fell short, finishing in second place to James Carroll, but he earned another big payday.

Brian Altman also owns SHRP Championship, he lifted a big trophy with a WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship title in 2015. In addition to that victory, Altman also owns four other SHRP titles to put him in a five-way tie for the most wins (David Prociak leads with seven).

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  100/100
Day 1B Entries:  87

The clock hit 11 am and Tony Burns put cards in the air for Day 1B of the WPT RRPO Championship. There are 87 entries at the start with only 178 needed to match the $2,000,000 guaranteed prize pool.

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

Day 1A of the WPT RRPO Championship had a great turnout, beating the opening flight numbers from last year with 447 entries. That leaves the field only 178 away from matching the $2,000,000 guaranteed prize pool and pushing it further up.

There were 176 players booking a seat into Day 2 on Sunday with Jason Wandling leading and 2014 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Champion James Caldarero not far behind.

Today’s schedule of play is the same as Day 1A. Players will start with 40,000 stacks and blind levels last 60 minutes for the first two days, jumping to 90 on Day 3. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 9:15 pm with a dinner break after Level 6 at 5:30 pm.

Meeting the guarantee is a sure thing, the race will be against last year’s total number for our first WPT RRPO Championship.

Cards go in the air at 11 am and we will update from beginning to end.

• $2,000,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 40,000 in chips
• Day 1 and 2 levels last 60 minutes; Day 3 levels last 90 minutes
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
• Day 1 will end after Level 10 or Tournament Director discretion
• Championship Structure Sheet

Primary Event Schedule

11AM: Day 1B – $3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)

• $2,000,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 40,000 in chips
• Day 1 and 2 levels last 60 minutes; Day 3 levels last 90 minutes
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
• Day 1 will end after Level 10 or Tournament Director discretion
• Championship Structure Sheet

3PM: Event 16 – $250 Ladies NLH (Re-Entry)

• $10,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Winner receives ADDED $1,100 RRPO seat
• Players begin with 15,000 in chips
• Levels 1-9 last 20 minutes; Levels 10+ last 30 minutes
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 10
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 16 Structure Sheet

6PM: Event 17 – $600 Six-Max Turbo Double Black Chip Bounty (Re-Entry)

• Players begin with 12,000 in chips and 15-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 17 Structure Sheet

Secondary and Satellite Schedule

10AM: Event 60 – $400 Championship Turbo Satellite (1-in-10)

• 2 seats guaranteed into $2 Million GTD RRPO Championship
• Players begin with 10,000 in chips and 15-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 60 Structure Sheet

12PM: Event 61 – $375 Championship Super Turbo Satellite (1-in-10)

• 1 seat guaranteed into $2 Million GTD RRPO Championship
• Players begin with 10,000 in chips and 10-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 8
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 61 Structure Sheet

8PM: Event 62 – $550 Event 20 Turbo Satellite (1-in-10)

• 2 seats guaranteed into $200,000 GTD Event 20
• Players begin with 10,000 in chips and 15-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 62 Structure Sheet

10:30PM: Event 63 – $530 Event 20 Super Turbo Satellite (1-in-10)

• 1 seat guaranteed into $200,000 GTD RRPO Event 20
• Players begin with 10,000 in chips and 10-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 8
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 63 Structure Sheet

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Return to Level 11: 1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Players Remaining:  175 of 447

Day 1A: 447 Entries; 175 Advanced
Day 1B: Saturday at 11 a.m.
Day 2: Sunday at 12 p.m.

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 11: 1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining:  176 of 447

Day 1A of the WPT Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open Championship has come to an end with 176 survivors from a field of 447, and the chipleader is Jason Wandling, who bagged up 405,500 (270 big blinds).

The full list of official chip counts will be posted later tonight, and Day 1B begins tomorrow at 11:00 am.

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10: 600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining:  180 of 447

After a flop of , Matt Waxman got it all in with for a set of nines, and he needed his hand to hold to stay alive against Jonathan Jaffe’s (spade flush draw).

The turn card was the , the river card was the , and Jaffe rivered his flush to win the pot and eliminate Waxman from Day 1A.

Jonathan Jaffe  –  220,000  (183 bb)
Matt Waxman  –  Eliminated

With 10 minutes remaining in the last level of the night, each table will play five more hands before the survivors bag up their chip stacks.