$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 3:  200/400 with a 400 ante
Day 1B Entries:  313

Players returned to action after the first break, reading for two more levels before the next one.

Igor Tretyakov looked like one of the bigger stacks before the break and his lead was confirmed while they were gone. He sits with 157,300 followed by Michael Pawelek, Wagner Wysotchanski, and Eric Afriat.

1.  Igor Tretyakov  –  157,300  (393 bb)
2.  Michael Pawelek  –  147,500  (369 bb)
3.  Wagner Wysotchanski  –  117,600  (294 bb)
4.  Eric Afriat  –  117,100  (293 bb)

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 2:  200/300 with a 300 ante
Day 1B Entries:  280

Two big stacks are emerging before the first break. First up was Igor Tretyakov spinning up his stack to 176,000 after catching kings versus queens and they held.

Eric Afriat is up to 120,000 when his held against an opponent’s for a knockout.

Players will take their first break at the top of the hour and return with an eye on hitting the $3,000,000 guarantee.

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 1:  100/200 with a 200 ante
Day 1B Entries:  184

A nice turnout on a Sunday morning for the Championship, closing on 200 entries in the first hour with many more expected through the afternoon and into the evening.

Some early friends in action include Caleb Piderit, 2024 SHRPO champ Paul Snead, Eric Baldwin, Shawn Lucas, 2017 WPT Poker Showdown winner Tony Sinishtaj, Ray Qartomy, Mark Wiser, Matt Clark, Debbie Lee, Eric Afriat, Fred Paradis, and Wagner Wysotchanski.

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 1:  100/200 with a 200 ante
Day 1B Entries:  93

Cards are in the air for the final flight of the 2025 WPT RRPO Championship. We had 586 entries yesterday, leaving us with only 352 new entries for the $3,500 buy-in tournament to surpass its $3,000,000 guarantee.

Primary Event Schedule

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

• $3,000,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 50,000 in chips
• Levels last 60 minutes until 40 players remain, then increase to 90 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (9:00pm)
• Day 1 will end after Level 10
• Championship Structure Sheet

12PM: Event 35 – $600 10-Game Mix (Re-Entry)

• Players begin with 25,000 in chips
• Levels last 30 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (4:30pm)
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 35 Structure Sheet

5PM: Event 36 – $300 Quad Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

• $30,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 40,000 in chips
• Levels last 20 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 10 (8:30pm)
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 36 Structure Sheet

8PM: Event 37 – $1,100 Purple Chip Bounty Turbo NLH (Re-Entry)

• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Levels last 15 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (10:15pm)
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 37 Structure Sheet

Secondary and Satellite Schedule

9AM: $400 WPT RRPO Championship Turbo Satellite (1-in-10)

• Two seats guaranteed into 2025 WPT RRPO Championship
• Players begin with 10,000 in chips
• Levels last 15 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (11:15am)
• Structure Sheet

11AM: $375 WPT RRPO Championship Super Turbo Satellite (1-in-10)

• Two seats guaranteed into 2025 WPT RRPO Championship
• Players begin with 10,000 in chips
• Levels last 10 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 8 (12:20pm)
• Structure Sheet

8PM: $1,050 RRPO Event 40 Turbo Satellite (1-in-10)

• Players begin with 10,000 in chips
• Levels last 15 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (10:15pm)
• Structure Sheet

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 11:  1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining:  201 of 586

Day 1A:  586 Entries;  201 Advanced
Day 1B:  Saturday at 11 a.m.
Day 2:  Sunday at 12 p.m.
Day 3:  Monday at 12 p.m.
Day 4:  Tuesday at 12 p.m.
Day 5: Wednesday at 2 p.m.

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 11:  1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining:  201 of 586

Day 1A of the $3,500 WPT RRPO Championship is in the books and Natasha Mercier is far and away the chip leader with 679,500.

Here are the eight players who bagged more than 300,000.

1.  Natasha Mercier  –  679,500  (272 bb)
2.  Anatoly Nikitin  –  390,500  (156 bb)
3.  Cherish Andrews  –  380,000  (152 bb)
4,  Juan Montoya  –  369,000  (148 bb)
5.  Giuseppe Iadisernia  –  363,000  (145 bb)
6.  Mike Belov  –  344,000  (138 bb)
7.  Jake Schwartz  –  336,000  (134 bb)
8.  Jerry Wong  –  310,000  (124 bb)

Day 1B begins Saturday at 11 a.m.

Photo Credit:  Luther Redd/World Poker Tour

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 10:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining:  225 of 586

Joe McKeehen raised to 4,500 from the cutoff, Scott Weidema three-bet to 10,500 in the small blind, McKeehen four-bet, and Weidema called all in for 31,000.

McKeehen: 
Weidema: 

The board came , no help to Weidema, securing the pot for McKeehen.

Joe McKeehen  –  244,000  (122 bb)
Scott Weidema  –  Eliminated

With about 225 players remaining from the Day 1A field of 586 entries, the average stack is about 130,000 (65 big blinds). Day 1A will conclude at the end of this level (about 11:15 p.m.)

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 10:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining:  243 of 586

Nick Maimone raised all in for about 24,000 from under the gun and Dan Sepiol called UTG+1 with , racing with Maimone’s .

The board came , giving Sepiol queens and fives on the river to eliminate Maimone.

Dan Sepiol  –  114,000  (57 bb)
Nick Maimone  –  Eliminated

With about 243 players remaining from the Day 1A field of 586 entries, the average stack is about 121,000 (61 big blinds). Day 1A will conclude at the end of this level (about 11:15 p.m.)

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 9:  1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining:  297 of 586

1.  Natasha Mercier  –  372,000  (248 bb)
2.  Juan Montoya  –  310,500  (207 bb)
3.  Jared Hemingway  –  297,500  (198 bb)
4.  Jhordy Sanchez  –  291,000  (0000 bb)
5.  Konstantin Volkov  –  254,000  (194 bb)
6.  Bin Weng  –  253,500  (169 bb)
7.  Peter Mugar  –  251,000  (167 bb)