$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 8:  600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Day 1A Entries:  561

A player in middle position raises to 3,000, the player in the cutoff calls, Natasha Mercier three-bets to 15,000 in the big blind, the initial raier folds, and the cutoff calls.

The flop is , Mercier continues for 15,000, and her opponent calls.

The turn is the , Mercier bets 30,000, and her opponent calls.

The river is the , Mercier moves all in with a covering stack, and her opponent thinks for a bit before he calls all in for about 60,000.

Mercier tables for a six-high straight, besting her opponent’s for a pair of of queens to score the elimination and increase her stack to what looks to be the biggest in the ballroom.

Natasha Mercier  –  380,000  (317 bb)

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 8:  600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Day 1A Entries:  558

Adam Hendrix  –  190,000  (158 bb)
Anatoly Nikitin  –  155,000  (129 bb)
Jesse Lonis  –  140,000  (117 bb)
Eugene Katchalov  –  118,000  (98 bb)
James Carroll  –  116,000  (97 bb)
Pasquale Caiazza  –  112,000  (93 bb)
Landon Tice  –  94,000  (78 bb)
Ricardo Eyzaguirre  –  70,000  (58 bb)
Eliot Hudon  –  70,000  (58 bb)
Jeremy Ausmus  –  58,000  (48 bb)
Justin Zaki   – 45,000  (38 bb)
Nicholas Verderamo  –  40,000  (33 bb)
Justin Liberto  –  33,000  (28 bb)
Jason Mercier  –  32,000  (27 bb)
Shannon Shorr  –  25,000  (21 bb)

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1A Entries:  536

Natasha Mercier  –  250,000  (250 bb)
Tony Sinishtaj  –  220,000  (220 bb)
Trung Pham  –  215,000  (215 bb)
Joe McKeehen  –  170,000  (170 bb)
Martin Zamani  –  168,000  (168 bb)
Jake Schwartz  –  148,000  (148 bb)
Nicholas Seward  –  130,000  (130 bb)
James Calderaro  –  125,000  (125 bb)
Eric Yanovsky  –  108,000  (108 bb)
Brian Altman  –  108,000  (108 bb)
Aaron Gao  –  100,000  (100 bb)
Niall Costigan  –  93,000  (93 bb)
Cherish Andrews  –  93,000  (93 bb)
Ben Zamani  –  90,000  (90 bb)
Jerry Wong  –  75,000  (75 bb)
Joey Weissman  –  74,000  (74 bb)
Myles Mullaly  –  70,000  (70 bb)
Noah Schwartz  –  68,000  (68 bb)
Aram Zobian  –  67,000  (67 bb)
Brock Wilson  –  60,000  (60 bb)
Darren Rabinowitz  –  56,000  (56 bb)
Dan Sepiol  –  53,000  (53 bb)
Jonathan Jaffe  –  52,000  (52 bb)
Steve Karp  –  48,000  (48 bb)
Nicholas Palma  –  48,000  (48 bb)
Nitis Udornpim  –  47,000  (47 bb)
Asher Conniff  –  45,000  (45 bb)
Jon Turner  –  35,000  (35 bb)
Raj Vohra  –  30,000  (30 bb)
Michael Berk  –  27,000  (27 bb)

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1A Entries:  521

Michael Gathy  –  156,000  (156 bb)
Connor Rash  –  155,000  (155 bb)
Danny Wong  –  140,000  (140 bb)
Dylan Smith  –  140,000  (140 bb)
David Pham  –  130,000  (130 bb)
Uri Reichenstein  –  120,000  (120 bb)
Nenad Medic  –  113,000  (113 bb)
Kharlin Sued  –  110,000  (110 bb)
Jonathan Dokler  –  110,000  (110 bb)
Andrew Ostapchenko  –  104,000  (104 bb)
Zachary Fischer  –  102,000  (102 bb)
Michael Graffeo  –  90,000  (90 bb)
Frank Russo  –  86,000  (86 bb)
Elliott Kampen  –  81,000  (81 bb)
Richard Davis  –  80,000  (80 bb)
Chance Kornuth  –  78,000  (78 bb)
Mike Chiappetta  –  70,000  (70 bb)
Tyler Bentz  –  66,000  (66 bb)
Nadya Magnus  –  56,000  (56 bb)
Jessica Dawley  –  52,000  (52 bb)
Chad Eveslage  –  50,000  (50 bb)
Roberto Bendeck  –  48,000  (48 bb)
Marcos Exterkotter  –  47,000  (47 bb)
Faraz Jaka  –  47,000  (47 bb)
Frederic Normand  –  46,000  (46 bb)
Mike Linster  –  37,000  (37 bb)
Aaron Massey  –  34,000  (34 bb)
Francis Anderson  –  34,000  (34 bb)
Matt Salsberg  –  32,000  (32 bb)
Eric Siegel  –  31,000  (31 bb)
Eric Baldwin  –  24,000  (24 bb)
Matthew Lambrecht   –  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:  509

1.  Jhordy Sanchez  –  315,200  (315 bb)
2.  Mike Belov  –  264,800  (265 bb)
3.  Dario Dussan  –  254,800  (255 bb)
4.  Thomas Boivin  –  245,800  (246 bb)
5.  Bin Weng  –  239,100  (239 bb)
6.  Mike Spiegel  –  220,300  (220 bb)

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 6:  400/800 with a 800 ante
Day 1A Entries:  480

Championship players were sent on their 90-minute dinner break following Level 6. They will return at 7 pm and play two more levels with open registration and four more before they bag up.

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 5:  300/600 with a 600 ante
Day 1A Entries:  420

Players returned to their seats after the second break with 420 entries and they are nearly halfway to the $3,000,000 already with a ton of time left to get in the big game.

Jonathan Dokler continues to lead the Championship with 218,3000 followed by Robert Capote, Bin Weng, Malik Felix, and Natasha Mercier.

They will work through two more levels before enjoying their 90-minute dinner break.

1. Jonathan Dokler – 218,300 (364 bb)
2. Robert Capote – 170,400 (284 bb)
3. Bin Weng – 162,000 (270 bb)
T-4. Malik Felix – 154,000 (257 bb)
T-4. Natasha Mercier – 154,000 (257 bb)

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 4:  300/500 with a 500 ante
Day 1A Entries:  319

Blinds are up in the Championship, right along with the entry count. We have 319 entries taking part in the first of two flights, another 30 locked up with the huge early satellite, and a ton more expected over the busy weekend.

A few more friends in the field include Jessica Dawley, Nenad Medic, Ranier Kempe, Harrison Gimbel, Darryll Fish, Art Peacock, Ken O’Donnell, Cherish Andrews, and Brock Wilson.

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 3:  200/400 with a 400 ante
Day 1A Entries:  268

A walk among the empty tables during break found two big stacks leading the way. Jonathan Dokler has a huge lead on the field with 190,700 and Brian Haveson is his closest competitor with 134,900.

No one else is over 112,000 so those two are having a much better day than the rest.

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 2:  200/300 with a 300 ante
Day 1A Entries:  228

Level 2 is wrapping up and players will soon take their first break of the long day. We have 228 entries in the game, an easy pace to crush the $3,000,000 guarantee at some point tomorrow.

Some more friends in the field include James Calderaro, Scott Levitt, Alcides Gomez, Eric Baldwin, Nick Yunis, Wagner Wysotchanski, and David “The Dragon” Pham*.

* Not a real dragon