$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Day 1A Entries:  656

1.  Benjamin Grise  –  339,500  (226 bb)
2.  Matthew Martin  – 288,500  (192 bb)
3.  Nitis Udornpim  –  280,000  (187 bb)
4.  Ryan Gianquitti  –  278,000   (185 bb)

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8:  600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Day 1A Entries:  619

Darryll Fish  –  207,000  (1173 bb)
T.K. Miles  –  152,000  (127 bb)
Justin Zaki  –  135,000  (113 bb)
Kenny Hallaert  –  125,000  (104 bb)
David Nathaniel Jr.  –  114,000  (95 bb)
David DiBernardi  –  113,000  (94 bb)
Jarod Einsohn  –  98,000  (82 bb)
Gal Yifrach  –  97,000  (81 bb)
Noah Schwartz  –  95,000  (79 bb)
Jeremy Becker  –  72,000  (60 bb)
Brian Altman  –  68,000  (57 bb)
Paul Balzano  –  65,000  (54 bb)
Aaron Massey  –  57,000  (48 bb)
Raj Vohra  –  50,000  (42 bb)
Brett Bader  –  48,000  (40 bb)
Frank Lagodich  –  47,000  (39 bb)
Leon Sturm  –  40,000  (33 bb)
Asher Conniff  –  35,000  (29 bb)
Josh Kay  –  30,000  (25 bb)
Landon Tice  –  15,000  (13 bb)

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1A Entries:  602

Danny Shiff  –  320,000  (320 bb)
Denise Pratt  –  210,000  (210 bb)
Omer Rotman  –  165,000  (165 bb)
Nicholas Verderamo  –  147,000  (147 bb)
Anthony Zinno  –  135,000  (135 bb)
Dominique Mosley  –  132,000  (132 bb)
Cherish Andrews  –  129,000  (129 bb)
Charlemagne Benjamin  –  123,000  (123 bb)
Jake Schwartz  –  115,000  (115 bb)
Jaymie Virtusio  –  112,000  (112 bb)
Paul Domb  –  105,000  (105 bb)
Farid Jattin  –  96,000  (96 bb)
Frederic Normand  –  95,000  (95 bb)
Pasquale Caiazza  –  84,000  (84 bb)
Bin Weng  –  77,000  (77 bb)
Sheddy Siddiqui  –  73,000  (73 bb)
Darren Elias  –  68,000  (68 bb)
Aaron Mermelstein  –  67,000  (67 bb)
James Calderaro  –  62,000  (62 bb)
Matthew Wantman  –  60,000  (60 bb)
Michael Wang  –  58,000  (58 bb)
Nenad Medic  –  55,000  (55 bb)
Alessio Isaia  –  53,000  (53 bb)
Taylor von Kriegenbergh  –  50,000  (50 bb)
Carlos Bermudez  –  49,000  (49 bb)
Jonathan Jaffe  –  48,000  (48 bb)
Scott Zakheim  –  45,000  (45 bb)
Jon Borenstein  –  39,000  (39 bb)
Alex Livingston  –  27,000  (27 bb)
Jerry Wong  –  22,000  (22 bb)
Faraz Jaka  –  22,000  (22 bb)

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1A Entries:  572

Natasha Mercier  –  178,000  (178 bb)
Corel Theuma  –  140,000  (140 bb)
Nick Yunis  –  107,000  (107 bb)
Andrew Moreno  –  106,000  (106 bb)
Roni Zelichonok  –  103,000  (103 bb)
Chance Kornuth  –  90,000  (90 bb)
Michael Tait  –  74,000  (74 bb)
Matthew Waxman  –  70,000  (70 bb)
Brock Wilson  –  67,000  (67 bb)
Nadya Magnus  –  64,000  (64 bb)
Kharlin Sued  –  60,000  (60 bb)
Luke Brereton  –  58,000  (58 bb)
Willie Wiggins  –  58,000  (58 bb)
Ryan Riess  –  56,000  (56 bb)
Dmitri Vorbe  –  55,000  (55 bb)
Kyle Julius  –  52,000  (52 bb)
Darren Rabinowitz  –  47,000  (47 bb)
Joe McKeehen  –  47,000  (47 bb)
Eric Siegel  –  43,000  (43 bb)
Steve Karp  –  37,000  (37 bb)
Harrison Gimbel  –  37,000  (37 bb)
A.J. Kelsall  –  35,000  (35 bb)
Uri Kadosh  –  33,000  (33 bb)
Matthew Zaradoolas  –  32,000  (32 bb)
Ryan Estrada  –  27,000  (27 bb)
Jamie Gold  –  15,000  (15 bb)

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1A Entries:  560

The players have returned from dinner break to begin Level 7 with blinds of 500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante.

Here were the chip leaders at the dinner break:

1.  Matthew Martin  –  260,900  (261 bb)
2.  Nitis Udornpim  –  239,500  (240 bb)
3.  Ray Qartomy  –  235,800  (236 bb)

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6:  400/800 with a 800 ante
Day 1A Entries:  522

Level 6 ended and Championship players were sent on a 90-minute dinner break, plenty of time to enjoy the different food options around the casino or take a rest.

They will return around 7 pm and play four more levels with registration closing at 9:15 pm.

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6:  400/800 with a 800 ante
Day 1A Entries:  493

Blinds are up for Day 1A of the Championship, and the entry count is nearing 500. They have already put more than half of the money needed to surpass the $3,000,000 guarantee, and it will get there early tomorrow.

Some more familiar faces include Matt Waxman, Jon Borenstein, Sheddy Siddiqui, Frank Russo, David Jackson, Ray Qartomy, Darren Elias, Cherish Andrews, Chad Eveslage, and Harrison Gimbel.

Waxman is on the list of former RRPO Champions, winning his tournament back in 2013 when this was a WPT Regional stop.

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5:  300/600 with a 600 ante
Day 1A Entries:  455

With the flop reading and 12,900 in the pot, Lisa Teebagy checked from the big blind, followed by her opponent in the hijack.

Dyanna Lopez bet 6,300 from the button and Teebagy called. Their opponent moved all in for 37,500 to get a fold from Lopez and a quick call from Teebagy.

Teebagy:
Opponent:

It was set-over-set with Teebagy dominating with her set of kings. The dealer finished the board with the turn and river, and Teebagy more than doubled her stack.

Lisa Teebagy – 85,500 (143 bb)

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5:  300/600 with a 600 ante
Day 1A Entries:  455

Players returned to action after the second break with 455 entries, putting nearly half of the money needed to surpass the $3,000,000 guarantee. That’s a great start, with a busy Saturday expected.

Robert Lebeau is the new leader in the Championship with 181,400 followed by Glenn Fishbein, David Manikos, Nitis Udornpim, and Mario Hudson.

They will play out the next two levels and take a 90-minute around 5:30 pm.

1.  Robert Lebeau  –  181,400  (302 bb)
2.  Glenn Fishbein  –  156,500  (261 bb)
3.  David Manikos  –  153,100  (255 bb)
4.  Nitis Udornpim  –  151,600  (253 bb)
5.  Mario Hudson  –  150,500  (251 bb)

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4:  300/500 with a 500 ante
Day 1A Entries:  401

The entry count crossed over 400 before the second break, and we are filling in nicely with more friends joining.

We found Willie Wiggins, Scott Levitt, Eric Siegel, Frank Russo, Richard Rice, Viet Vo, Bin Weng, and Jimmy Tomblin among the pre-second break crowd and more coming in the door.

Wiggins and Levitt have a little history together in this tournament. In 2021, Levitt finished 13th in the WPT RRPO Championship and Wiggins finished seventh (one spot off the live-stream final table). They spent a lot of time grinding the same tables.