$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
Prize Pool:  $4,592,000  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 17:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  184 of 1,435

1.  Aaron Gao  –  1,417,000  (142 bb)
2.  Daniel Neilson  –  1,315,000  (132 bb)
3.  Eric Zheng  –  1,025,000  (103 bb)
4.  Eusebiu Jalba  –  996,000  (100 bb)
5.  Javier Zarco  –  921,000  (92 bb)
6.  Micah Raskin  –  914,000  (91 bb)
7.  Nicolas Enjamio  –  908,000  (91 bb)
8.  Andrew Macdonald  –  889,000  (89 bb)
9.  Adam Hendrix  –  862,000  (86 bb)
10.  Alexandre Reard  –  812,000  (81 bb)
11.  Roman Korenev  –  797,000  (80 bb)
12.  Brandon Hamlet  –  783,000  (78 bb)
13.  Julio Delgado Reyes  –  761,000  (76 bb)

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
Prize Pool:  $4,592,000  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 16:  4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  191 of 1,435

In the race between the dinner break and money bubble, the dinner break won and players are now enjoying a solid 90 minutes away from the action to feast or relax.

The will return to action at 8 pm only 11 eliminations away from making some money.

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
Prize Pool:  $4,592,000  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 15:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  243 of 1,435

Another break has come and gone and we have the same player at the top of the counts. Dmitrii Astratov took the lead early in the day and increased his count to sit with 985,000. Aaron Gao is in second with 979,000 followed by Uri Kadosh with 786,000.

1.  Dmitrii Astratov  –  985,000  (164 bb)
2.  Aaron Gao  –  979,000  (163 bb)
3.  Uri Kadosh  –  786,000  (131 bb)
4.  Benjamin Jones  –  736,000  (123 bb)
5.  Mohamed Mamouni  –  716,000  (119 bb)
6.  Jeremy Joseph  –  711,000  (119 bb)

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
Prize Pool:  $4,592,000  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 13:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining:  324 of 1,435

Players returned to action after the first break and the “purple” chips were taken out of play. There are 324 players remaining and they can start thinking about the money bubble in the future.

Dmitrii Astratov is the new leader with 832,000 after he eliminated James Calderaro with set-over-set. Aaro Gao, Jessica Dawley, Drew O’Connell, and roman Korenev round out the top five.

1.  Dmitrii Astratov  –  832,000  (208 bb)
2.  Aaron Gao  –  717,000  (179 bb)
3.  Jessica Dawley  –  715,000  (179 bb)
4.  Drew O’Connell  –  676,000  (169 bb)
5.  Roman Korenev  –  656,000  (164 bb)
6.  Benjamin Jones  –  620,000  (155 bb)
7.  Rayan Chamas  –  606,000  (152 bb)
8.  Javier Zarco  –  590,000  (148 bb)
9.  Sam Darkin  –  574,000  (144 bb)
10.  Robert-Andrei Burlacu  –  541,000  (135 bb)
11.  Tanupat Punjarojanakul  –  538,000  (135 bb)
12.  Zachary Peay  –  522,000  (131 bb)
13.  Micah Raskin  –  518,000  (130 bb)

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
Prize Pool:  $4,592,000  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 12:  1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining:  351 of 1,435

After a middle position raise to 6K, Dmitrii Astratov three-bet to 19,000 from the small blind. James Calderaro called from the big blind and the original raiser folded.

The flop was , Astratov bet 16,000 and Calderaro called. The turn was , Astratov bet another 16,000 and Calderaro called. The river was , Astratov moved all in and Calderaro called at risk for about 75,000.

Astratov:
Calderaro:

Caldo rivered a set of eights but was already behind Astratov’s set of aces on the turn.

Dmitrii Astratov  –  715,000  (238 bb)
James Calderaro  –  Eliminated

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
Prize Pool:  $4,592,000  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 12:  1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining:  369 of 1,435

Jessica Dawley began the day near the top of the counts and might be leading the Championship as they near the first break.

Our former SHRPO $2,650 Big 4 champ (and also one of those WSOP bracelet winners) is up to 660,500 after two levels today and looking for another deep run.

The field will take a 15-minute break at the top of the hour and we will gather our list of big stacks while they are gone.

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
Prize Pool:  $4,592,000  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 12:  1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining:  396 of 1,435

With the board reading , Steve Karp moved all in for 35,500 from under the gun and Colin Robinson reshipped from the hijack to get a fold from the button player.

Robinson:
Karp:

Karp flopped top pair kings but Robinson was ahead with his aces. The board finished and Karp was eliminated early on Day 2.

Colin Robinson – 160,000 (53 bb)
Steve Karp – Eliminated

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
Prize Pool:  $4,592,000  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 11:  1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Players Remaining:  432 of 1,435

Changfeg Fan limped from the cutoff and Jeremiah Wheeler raised to 5,500 from the button. Ira Friedman moved all in for 31,500 from the small blind and Fan shipped over the top for 80,000. Wheeler double-checked the counts and folded his button.

Fan:
Friedman:

Friedman was ahead with his pair of sevens and faded the flop. Fan paired his ten on the turn to take the lead and Friedman was eliminated after the river.

Changfeng Fan – 122,000 (49 bb)
Ira Friedman – Eliminated

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
Prize Pool:  $4,592,000  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 11:  1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Players Remaining:  459 of 1,435

With the board reading and 20,500 in the pot, Jonathan Jaffe bet 10,000 from the small blind and Aaron Mederos raised to 50,000 from the big blind after peeking at Jaffe’s stack.

Jaffe called at risk for 37,500.

Jaffe:
Mederos:

Jaffe was ahead with his paired jack but needed to fade a gutshot/spade draw on the river. The dealer put out and Jaffe doubled early in the day.

Jonathan Jaffe – 95,500 (38 bb)
Aaron Mederos – 50,000 (20 bb)

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
Prize Pool:  $4,592,000  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 11:  1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Players Remaining:  485 of 1,435

Cards are in the air for Day 2 of the 2024 WPT RRPO Championship with 485 remaining, 180 getting paid, and big money coming up in the next few days.

They are scheduled to play ten more levels at one hour each with a 90-minute dinner break from 6:30 pm to 8 pm.