$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  18 of 1,541

Steve Karp got it all in from the small blind for 1,275,000 with , and needed it to hold to stay alive against the of Robel Andemichael in the big blind.

The board came — Karp turned a set of jacks to Andemichael’s spade flush draw, and the river card was a blank. Karp won the pot with his set to double up in chips.

Steve Karp  –  2,650,000  (27 bb)
Robel Andemichael  –  4,925,000  (49 bb)

With 18 players remaining from a field of 1,541, the average chip stack is around 4,275,000 (43 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $33,100 each.

Action is scheduled to continue tonight until there are two tables remaining (16 players).

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  18 of 1,541

Dung Nguyen raised under the gun to 250,000, Martins Adeniya moved all in from the big blind for 650,000, and Nguyen called with .

Adeniya turned over , and needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The board came , and Nguyen won the pot with a full house, queens full of tens, to eliminate Adeniya in 19th place.

Dung Nguyen  –  2,500,000  (25 bb)
Martins Adeniya  –  Eliminated in 19th Place  ($33,100)

With 18 players remaining from a field of 1,541, the average chip stack is around 4,275,000 (43 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $33,100 each.

Action is scheduled to continue tonight until there are two tables remaining (16 players).

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  19 of 1,541

Dung Nguyen raised to 200,000 from the cutoff, Brian Altman three-bet to 625,000 from the button, and Nguyen called.

They checked to the turn of a board where Nguyen bet 550,000. Altman called.

The river was the , Nguyen bet 1,000,000, Altman raised all in with a covering stack, and Nguyen folded.

Brian Altman  –  9,000,000  (90 bb)
Dung Nguyen  –  1,700,000  (17 bb)

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  19 of 1,541

Brian Altman raised to 200,000 from under the gun, Jacob Dolehanty three-bet all in for 1,100,000 from middle position, and Altman called after a few moments with , racing with Dolehanty’s .

The board ran out , giving Dolehanty treys full of aces to double up.

Jacob Dolehanty –  2,450,000  (25 bb)
Brian Altman  –  6,725,000  (67 bb)

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  19 of 1,541

Phong “Turbo” Nguyen moved all in from the button, Nicholas Verderamo folded the small blind, and it was up to Anthony Zinno in the big blind.

Zinno hadn’t looked at his cards, and since he was last to act, he simply flipped one of them over — the .

“Uh-oh,” said Zinno, and then he flipped over the other card — the .

Zinno called all in for 1,725,000 with his , and Nguyen turned over . Zinno needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The board came , and the aces held up for Zinno to win the pot and double up in chips.

Anthony Zinno  –  3,600,000  (36 bb)
Phong “Turbo” Nguyen  –  2,300,000  (23 bb)

With 19 players remaining from a field of 1,541, the average chip stack is around 4,050,000 (41 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $33,100 each.

Action is scheduled to continue tonight until there are two tables remaining (16 players).

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  19 of 1,541

Anthony Zinno raised to 225,000 from the hijack and Phong “Turbo” Nguyen called in the big blind.

They checked to the turn of a board where Nguyen bet 350,000. Zinno called.

The river was the , Nguyen bet 500,000, and Zinno used two time-extensions before he called.

Nguyen tabled for a king-high flush, Zinno mucked, and Nguyen won the pot.

Phong Turbo Nguyen  –  4,500,000  (45 bb)
Anthony Zinno  –  1,700,000  (17 bb)

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  19 of 1,541

With the board showing on the turn, Ryan Dougherty checked the big blind, Joey DiPascale bet 375,000 from under the gun, and Dougherty called.

The river card was the , Dougherty checked, DiPascale bet 725,000, and Dougherty called with for a rivered pair of kings. DiPascale rechecked his cards before mucking, and Dougherty took the pot.

Ryan Dougherty  –  4,300,000  (43 bb)
Joey DiPascale  –  1,350,000  (14 bb)

A short while later, Dougherty raised from the hijack to 200,000, DiPascale moved all in from the cutoff for 1,000,000, and Dougherty called with .

DiPascale turned over , and needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and DiPascale flopped a diamond flush draw and turned a pair of deuces to win the pot and double up in chips.

Joey DiPascale  –  2,250,000  (23 bb)
Ryan Dougherty  –  3,250,000  (33 bb)

With 19 players remaining from a field of 1,541, the average chip stack is around 4,050,000 (41 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $33,100 each.

Action is scheduled to continue tonight until there are two tables remaining (16 players).

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 26:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  19 of 1,541

Ted McNamara raised from middle position, Andrew Ostapchenko three-bet all in for 1,425,000 from the big blind, and McNamara called.

McNamara: 
Ostapchenko: 

The board came , no help to Ostapchenko, ending his tournament in 20th place.

Ted McNamara  –  6,950,000  (70 bb)
Andrew Ostapchenko  –  Eliminated in 20th Place  ($33,100)

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  20 of 1,541

The players have returned from break to begin Level 27, with increased blinds of 50,000-100,000 with a 100,000 ante.

Here are the official chip counts from the break:

TABLE 7
Seat 1.  Jacob Dolehanty  –  1,550,000  (16 bb)
Seat 2.  
Seat 3.  
Seat 4.  Andrew Wilson  –  8,300,000  (83 bb)
Seat 5.  Josh Kay  –  7,325,000  (73 bb)
Seat 6.  Martins Adeniya  –  2,950,000  (30 bb)
Seat 7.  Dung Nguyen  –  4,625,000  (46 bb)
Seat 8.  Brian Altman  –  8,400,000  (84 bb)

TABLE 8
Seat 1.  Ted McNamara  –  6,250,000  (63 bb)
Seat 2.  Phong “Turbo” Nguyen  –  2,875,000  (29 bb)
Seat 3.  Nicholas Verderamo  –  5,200,000  (52 bb)
Seat 4.  Anthony Zinno  –  2,225,000  (22 bb)
Seat 5.  Chad Evesalge  –  3,375,000  (34 bb)
Seat 6.  
Seat 7.  Andrew Ostapchenko  –  1,275,000  (13 bb)
Seat 8.  Denys Shafikov  –  950,000  (10 bb)

TABLE 16
Seat 1.  Ryan Dougherty  –  1,175,000  (12 bb)
Seat 2.  
Seat 3.  Joey DiPascale  –  3,200,000  (32 bb)
Seat 4.  Steve Karp  –  1,875,000  (19 bb)
Seat 5.  Robel Andemichael  –  7,575,000  (76 bb)
Seat 6.  David Nowling  –  2,125,000  (21 bb)
Seat 7.  Gediminas Uselis  –  2,900,000  (29 bb)
Seat 8.  Eric Bonin  –  2,925,000  (29 bb)

And here are the remaining payouts at stake:

1st:  $785,800 + $10,400 WPT World Championship seat
2nd:  $525,000
3rd:  $390,000
4th:  $290,000
5th:  $219,000
6th:  $167,000
7th:  $129,000
8th:  $100,000
9th-10th:  $78,500
11th-12th:  $62,500
13th-14th:  $50,000
15th-16th:  $40,500
17th-20th:  $33,100

And here are the most recent eliminations, along with their payouts:

21st:  Badr Imejjane  –  $27,400
22nd:  Max Kingstone  –  $27,400
23rd:  Willie Wiggins  –  $27,400
24th:  Michael Stashin  –  $27,400

With 20 players remaining from a field of 1,541, the average chip stack is around 3,850,000 (39 big blinds). Action is scheduled to continue tonight until there are two tables remaining (16 players).

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 26:  50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining:  20 of 1,541

Jacob Dolehanty moved all in from the button for 775,000, and Josh Kay thought for a while before calling from the big blind with .

Dolehanty turned over , and needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The board came , and Dolehanty was ahead the entire way, winning the pot with two pair, eights and fives, to double up in chips.

Jacob Dolehanty  –  1,675,000
Josh Kay  –  8,300,000  (111 bb)

With 20 players remaining from a field of 1,541, the average chip stack is around 3,850,000 (51 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $33,100 each.

Action is scheduled to continue tonight until there are two tables remaining (16 players).