Championship Day 1A: John Bromberg Doubles

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5:  300/600 with a 600 ante
Day 1A Entries:  475

Johnny Bromberg

After a series of raises, Hollywood regular Johnny Bromberg was all in and at risk for 27,000 from the cutoff against the button.

Bromberg: AdKs
Button: QdQs

It was a big slip and Bromberg needed to improve to stay in the Championship. He found help immediately only the Ac8h4c flop with his paired ace and it held on the 6d turn and 7d river to double.

Johnny Bromberg – 69,000 (115 bb)

Championship Day 1A: Wagner Wysotchanski Leads After Break

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5:  300/600 with a 600 ante
Day 1A Entries:  446

Wagner Wysotchanski

Action is back underway after the second break with 446 entries in the field and they are nearly halfway to the $3,000,000 guarantee with a long time to run it up.

Florida favorite Wagner Wysotchanski is the new leader in the Championship, sitting with 237,700 after passing former leader William Lamar-Boone.

1.  Wagner Wysotchanski  –  237,700  (396 bb)
2.  William Lamar-Boone  –  190,000  (317 bb)
3.  John Costello  –  187,100  (312 bb)
4.  Lior Rusinek  –  186,900  (312 bb)
5.  Art Peacock  –  172,400  (287 bb)
6.  Jesse Lonis  –  161,700  (270 bb)
7.  Ian Cohen  –  151,000  (252 bb)

Championship Day 1A: Building Nicely

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3:  200/400 with a 400 ante
Day 1A Entries:  350

Eric Afriat

We are quickly building a big, strong field of players in the Grand Ballroom with top pros mixing with our local regulars. It’s turning into a fun gang.

More friends today include former WPT Poker Showdown Champs Eric Afriat and Bin Weng, four-time Hollywood champ Eric Kolodny, Joe Serock, John Tyler Kennedy, Johnny Bromberg, and Uri Kadosh.

Bin Weng
Eric Kolodny
Joe Serock
John Tyler Kennedy
Johnny Bromberg
Uri Kadosh

Championship Day 1A: William Lamar-Boone Leads

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3:  200/400 with a 400 ante
Day 1A Entries:  315

William Lamar-Boone

The second break ended and players returned to action with a familiar face leading the chip counts. William Lamar-Boone already has two nice cashes in the first week of the series, in the $1,100 and $400 Deep Stacks, and now leads the Championship early with 122,300.

1.  William Lamar-Boone  –  122,300  (306 bb)
2.  Dung Nguyen  –  112,200  (281 bb)
3.  Conor O’Rourke  –  111,100  (278 bb)
4.  Justin Datloff  –  106,200  (266 bb)
5.  Gregory Back  –  102,200  (256 bb)

Championship Day 1A: More Familiar Faces

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 2:  200/300 with a 300 ante
Day 1A Entries:  242

Andy Slater

The afternoon hours are here and we’re finding more favorite friends joining the Championship. We have 242 entries in the field, quickly climbing toward the $3,000,000 guarantee that will hit early tomorrow.

More familiar faces in the crowd include Andy Slater, Ari Engel, Michael Newman, Wagner Wysotchanski, Wesley Haymond, Ya Yun Liu, Robert Bendeck, and Noah Schwartz.

Ari Engel
Michael Newman
Wagner Wysotchanski
Wesley Haymond
Ya Yun Liu

Championship Day 1A: Early Friends

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level:  100/200 with a 200 ante
Day 1A Entries:  173

Chance Kornuth

We have a nice turnout on a Friday morning with 173 entries in the field so far and they are having a good time. They will tense up when the big money starts coming into play.

Some early friends include Chance Kornuth, 2021 SHRPO Champ Dimitri Vorbe, Jeremy Becker, Mica Lamar, Jake Schwartz, Harrison Gimbel, Steve “Cuz” Buckner, and Art Peacock.

Dimitri Vorbe
Jeremy Becker
Mica Lamar

Championship Day 1A: Big Game Time

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level:  100/200 with a 200 ante

The preliminaries are wrapped up, and today, we roll out the headliner of the series: the 2024 WPT Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open Championship with Flight A at 11 am in the Grand Ballroom.

The $3,500 buy-in tournament has a huge $3,000,000 guarantee and some ClubWPT Gold Passports on the line. At the end of the two starting flights, the chip leader will earn a Passort plus the stone bubble and the six final table members.

The ClubWPT Gold Passport is good for an entry into their $5,000,000 freeroll running at Wynn Las Vegas in December.

Championship players start with 50K stacks and all levels last 60 minutes until increasing to 90 when 40 players remain. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 9 pm. There is a 90-minute dinner break scheduled at 5:30 pm and both starting flights will play ten full levels.

  • $3,000,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
  • ClubWPT Gold Passport will be awarded for the overall chip leader at the end of Day 1A and Day 1B, the stone bubble when hand for hand and to the final 6 players at the Final Table
  • Players begin with 50,000 in chips
  • Day 1 & 2 levels last 60 minutes
  • Levels last 90 minutes when 40 players remain
  • Late registration until start of Level 9 (9:00pm)
  • Day 1 will end after Level 10
  • Championship Structure Sheet