$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
Prize Pool:  $3,916,800  |  Payouts  |  Results
Level 28:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 1,224

Seat 1.  Kevin Nee  –  10,375,000  (52 bb)
Seat 2.  Chad Eveslage  –  7,575,000  (38 bb)
Seat 3.  Aram Zobian  –  5,250,000  (26 bb)
Seat 4.  Anthony Merlo  –  11,850,000  (59 bb)
Seat 5.  Hyndi Khomutetsky  –  12,125,000  (61 bb)
Seat 6.  Nenad Medic  –  6,075,000  (30 bb)
Seat 7.  Joel Gola  –  7,925,000  (40 bb)

1st:  $605,100
2nd:  $395,000
3rd:  $295,000
4th:  $220,000
5th:  $166,000
6th:  $127,000
7th:  $98,000

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
Prize Pool:  $3,916,800  |  Payouts  |  Results
Level 28:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 1,224

Rob Wazwaz open-shipped for 1,875,000 from middle position and it folded around to Kevin Nee on the button. He called and the blinds folded.

Wazwaz:
Nee:

Wazwaz was in a lot of trouble with the smaller pair and nothing on the board gave him any help.

Kevin Nee – 10,675,000  (85 bb)
Rob Wazwaz – Eliminated in 8th Place ($76,000)

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
Prize Pool:  $3,916,800  |  Payouts  |  Results
Level 28:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 1,224

Hyndi Khomutetsky opened to 300,000 from the hijack, and Shane Santacroce three-bet to 750,000 from the cutoff. Khomutetsky moved all in, and Santacroce called at risk for 3,425,000.

Santacroce:
Khomutetsky:

Another big race for Santacroce, and he needed his nines to hold to stick around. Khomutetsky took the lead when she paired her king on the flop. The turn and river finished the board, and Santacroce was the ninth-place finisher.

Hyndi Khomutetsky  –  10,875,000  (73 bb)
Shane Santacroce  –  Eliminated in 9th Place  ($59,000)

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
Prize Pool:  $3,916,800  |  Payouts  |  Results
Level 28:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 1,224

Anthony Merlo opened to 325,000 from the cutoff and Shane Santacroce three-bet to 1,075,000 from the big blind. Nenad Medic cold four-bet to 2,675,000 from the big blind and Merlo folded.

Santacrose put in a fifth bet for all of his chips and Medic called at risk for 6,650,000 total.

Medic:
Santacroce:

A huge flip at the final table and Medic needed his jacks to hold to double. The board ran clean and he took the huge pot.

Nenad Medic – 13,475,000 (90 bb)
Shane Santacroce – 1,450,000 (10 bb)

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
Prize Pool:  $3,916,800  |  Payouts  |  Results
Level 28:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 1,224

Seat 1.  Kevin Nee  –  11,425,000  (91 bb)
Seat 2.  Chad Eveslage  –  8,075,000  (65 bb)
Seat 3.  Aram Zobian  –  7,225,000  (58 bb)
Seat 4.  Rob Wazwaz  –  2,525,000  (20 bb)
Seat 5.  Anthony Merlo  –  4,800,000  (38 bb)
Seat 6.  Hyndi Khomutetsky  –  7,500,000  (60 bb)
Seat 7.  Shane Santacroce  –  7,900,000  (63 bb)
Seat 8.  Nenad Medic  –  5,175,000  (41 bb)
Seat 9.  Joel Gola  –  6,650,000  (53 bb)

1st:  $605,100 + RRPO Trophy
2nd:  $395,000
3rd:  $295,000
4th:  $220,000
5th:  $166,000
6th:  $127,000
7th:  $98,000
8th:  $76,000
9th:  $59,000

10th:  Jason Hickey  –  $59,000
11th:  Frank Lagodich  –  $49,000
12th:  William Slepcevich  –  $49,000
13th:  Matthew Peng  –  $40,500
14th:  Stoyan Madanzhiev  –  $40,500
15th:  Jackob Datashvili  –  $40,500
16th:  Thien Nguyen  –  $33,500

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
Prize Pool:  $3,916,800  |  Payouts  |  Results
Level 28:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 1,224

Jason Hickey was short-stacked at the outer table, moved all in and Joel Gola put him at risk from the big blind.

Hickey:
Gola:

Hickey found a suited ace but was in a lot of trouble against the jacks, the flop left his drawing thin against Gola’s set. He picked up a small wheel draw on the turn was eliminated after the river.

Joel Gola  –  6,650,000  (53 bb)
Jason Hickey – Eliminated in 10th Place ($59,000)

Tournament staff paused the clock to redraw seats at the feature table. Play will continue until the reach the official final table of six.

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
Prize Pool:  $3,916,800  |  Payouts  |  Results
Level 28:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  10 of 1,224

It folded to Kevin Nee in the small blind, he opened to 300K, Frank Lagodich moved all for 2,300,000 from the big, and Nee called with the bigger stack.

Nee:
Lagodich:

Lagodich was ahead for the double but Nee took the lead when he paired his ace on the flop. The turn gave him trip aces and Lagodich was sent out after the river.

Kevin Nee – 8,100,000 (65 bb)
Frank Lagodich – Eliminated in 11th Place ($49,000)

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$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
Prize Pool:  $3,916,800  |  Payouts  |  Results
Level 28:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  11 of 1,224

FEATURED  TABLE
Seat 1.  Shane Santacroce  –  8,225,000  (66 bb)
Seat 2.  Chad Eveslage  –  13,900,000  (111 bb)
Seat 3.
Seat 4.  Anthony Merlo  –  1,000,000  (8 bb)
Seat 5.  Rob Wazwaz  –  2,500,000  (20 bb)
Seat 6.  Kevin Nee  –  5,500,000  (44 bb)
Seat 7.
Seat 8.  Frank Lagodich  –  3,625,000  (29 bb)

TABLE 2
Seat 1.
Seat 2.  Nenad Medic  –  6,200,000  (50 bb)
Seat 3.
Seat 4.
Seat 5.  Joel Gola  –  10,425,000  (83 bb)
Seat 6.  Hyndi Khomutetsky  –  4,550,000  (36 bb)
Seat 7.  Jason Hickey  –  1,775,000  (14 bb)
Seat 8.  Aram Zobian  –  3,500,000  (28 bb)

1st:  $605,100
2nd:  $395,000
3rd:  $295,000
4th:  $220,000
5th:  $166,000
6th:  $127,000
7th:  $98,000
8th:  $76,000
9th-10th:  $59,000
11th:  $49,000

12th:  William Slepcevich  –  $49,000

13th:  Matthew Peng  –  $40,500
14th:  Stoyan Madanzhiev  –  $40,500
15th:  Jackob Datashvili  –  $40,500

16th:  Thien Nguyen  –  $33,500

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
Prize Pool:  $3,916,800  |  Payouts  |  Results
Level 27:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  11 of 1,224

William Slepcevich was moved to the feature table and almost immediately moved all in for 550,000 from the cutoff and Nenad Medic called with the bigger stack.

Medic:
Slepcevich:

Slepcevich had kicker issues with the smaller ace and never had a sweat on the to exit in 12th place.

Nenad Medic  –  6,600,000  (66 bb)
William Slepcevich  –  Eliminated in 12th Place  ($49,000)

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
Prize Pool:  $3,916,800  |  Payouts  |  Results
Level 27:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  12 of 1,224

Matthew Peng opened to 200,000 from the cutoff and Joel Gola moved all in from the small blind to get a fold from Hyndi Khomutetsky in the big. Peng called at risk for 1,775,000 after using a few time chips to fade the action on the other table.

Gola:
Peng:

It was a race and Peng needed to improve to stay in the Championship. It was Gola improving on the flop with a set of eights. Peng picked up a gutshot wheel draw on the turn but blanked the river to exit in 13th place.

Joel Gola  –  10,875,000  (109 bb)
Matthew Peng  –  Eliminated in 13th Place  ($40,500)