$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
Prize Pool:  $3,916,800  |  Payouts  |  Results
Level 25:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  18 of 1,224

Shannon Shorr opened from the cutoff and Chad Eveslage three-bet to 375,000 from the button. The blinds folded and Shorr called.

The flop was , Shorr checked, Eveslage bet 250,000 and Shorr check-raised to 650,000. Eveslage called and the turn was . Shorr bet 275,000 and Eveslage called.

The river was and Shorr bet 1,050,000 leaving 150K behind. Eveslage quickly called and his was good enough for the pot against .

Shorr was short and eliminated by Frank Lagodich soon after.

Chad Eveslage – 10,000,000 (167 bb)
Shannon Shorr – Eliminated in 19th Place ($33,500)

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
Prize Pool:  $3,916,800  |  Payouts  |  Results
Level 25:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  19 of 1,224

After doubling up Anthony Merlo, Natasha Mercier was short stacked and needed to make a move to get back in the game.

In a three-way pot and the flop reading , she moved all in for 140,000. Merlo folded but Aram Zobian call on the button to put her at risk.

Mercier:
Zobian:

Mercier was in great shape with the flopped two pair but Zobian made a set of jacks on the turn. She was drawing dead to the river and was eliminated in 20th place.

Aram Zobian  –  3,150,000  (53 bb)
Natasha Mercier  –  Eliminated in 20th Place  ($28,000)

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
Prize Pool:  $3,916,800  |  Payouts  |  Results
Level 25:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  20 of 1,224

Loni Hui was all in for about 750,000 from the small blind and Chad Eveslage had her at risk in the big.

Hui:
Eveslage:

Hui ran into a big blind monster and could not find a sweat on the run out.

Chad Eveslage – 8,500,000 (142 bb)
Loni Hui – Eliminated in 21st Place ($28,000)

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
Prize Pool:  $3,916,800  |  Payouts  |  Results
Level 25:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  21 of 1,224

TABLE 7
Seat 1.
Seat 2.  Loni Hui  –  1,220,000  (20 bb)
Seat 3.  Chad Eveslage  –  7,925,000  (132 bb)
Seat 4.  Hyndi Khomutetsky  –  7,845,000  (131 bb)
Seat 5.  Frank Lagodich  –  2,440,000  (41 bb)
Seat 6.  Joel Gola  –  3,030,000  (51 bb)
Seat 7.  Shane Santacroce  –  4,050,000  (68 bb)
Seat 8.  Shannon Shorr  –  1,465,000  (24 bb)

TABLE 8
Seat 1.  Kevin Nee  –  4,465,000  (74 bb)
Seat 2.  William Slepcevich  –  1,700,000  (28 bb)
Seat 3.  Nenad Medic  –  3,540,000  (59 bb)
Seat 4.  Raymond Rousseau  –  1,455,000  (24 bb)
Seat 5.  Matthew Peng  –  1,075,000  (18 bb)
Seat 6.  Rob Wazwaz  –  2,930,000  (49 bb)
Seat 7.  Jason Hickey  –  1,810,000  (30 bb)
Seat 8.

TABLE 16
Seat 1.  Anthony Merlo  –  635,000  (11 bb)
Seat 2.  Stoyan Madanzhiev  –  5,000,000  (83 bb)
Seat 3.
Seat 4.  Toby Boas  –  2,750,000  (46 bb)
Seat 5.  Thien Nguyen  –  1,825,000  (30 bb)
Seat 6.  Aram Zobian  –  3,145,000  (52 bb)
Seat 7.  Jackob Datashvili  –  1,655,000  (28 bb)
Seat 8.  Natasha Mercier  –  1,260,000  (21 bb)

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
Prize Pool:  $3,916,800  |  Payouts  |  Results
Level 24:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  24 of 1,224

Chance Kornuth opened to 100,000 from the cutoff and Kevin Nee three-bet to 350,000 from the button. The blinds folded, Kornuth thought for a hot second, and four-bet to 650,000, leaving 110K behind.

The flop was , Kornuth moved all in, and Nee quickly called.

Nee:
Kornuth:

Kornuth needed help to top Nee’s trip queens, picked up an open-ender on the turn and made a boat on the river to double up.

Chance Kornuth – 1,645,000 (33 bb)
Kevin Nee – 4,000,000 (80 bb)

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
Prize Pool:  $3,916,800  |  Payouts  |  Results
Level 24:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  24 of 1,224

With the elimination of Agharazi Babayev in 25th place, tournament staff paused the clock and the remaining 24 players redrew seats. Frank Lagodich leads but there’s a lot of talent still in the game.

TABLE 7
Seat 1.  Natasha Mercier  –  1,760,000  (35 bb)
Seat 2.  Loni Hui  –  620,000  (12 bb)
Seat 3.  Chad Eveslage  –  3,950,000  (79 bb)
Seat 4.  Hyndi Khomutetsky  –  6,075,000  (122 bb)
Seat 5.  Frank Lagodich  –  9,570,000  (191 bb)
Seat 6.  Joel Gola  –  2,625,000  (53 bb)
Seat 7.  Shane Santacroce  –  2,075,000  (42 bb)
Seat 8.  Shannon Shorr  –  2,740,000  (55 bb)

TABLE 8
Seat 1.  Kevin Nee  –  4,700,000  (94 bb)
Seat 2.  William Slepcevich  –  2,100,000  (42 bb)
Seat 3.  Nenad Medic  –  2,110,000  (42 bb)
Seat 4.  Raymond Rousseau  –  1,625,000  (33 bb)
Seat 5.  Matthew Peng  –  1,175,000  (24 bb)
Seat 6.  Rob Wazwaz  –  3,000,000  (60 bb)
Seat 7.  Jason Hickey  –  1,450,000  (29 bb)
Seat 8.  Chance Kornuth  –  785,000  (16 bb)

TABLE 16
Seat 1.  Anthony Merlo  –  800,000  (16 bb)
Seat 2.  Stoyan Madanzhiev  –  2,825,000  (57 bb)
Seat 3.  Rainer Kempe  –  500,000  (10 bb)
Seat 4.  Toby Boas  –  2,080,000  (42 bb)
Seat 5.  Thien Nguyen  –  1,200,000  (24 bb)
Seat 6.  Aram Zobian  –  2,730,000  (55 bb)
Seat 7.  Jackob Datashvili  –  2,225,000  (45 bb)
Seat 8.  Bobby Kennedy  –  2,300,000  (46 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-10th:  $59,000
11th-12th:  $49,000
13th-15th:  $40,500
16th-19th:  $33,500
20th-23rd:  $28,000
24th:  $23,200

Recent results:

25th: Agharazi Babayev – $23,200
26th: Trung Pham – $23,200
27th: Olvenso Savoie – $23,200
28th: Mo Alhalwani – $23,200
29th: Renji Mao – $23,200
30th: Michael Belov – $23,200
31st: Gary Herstein – $23,200

32nd: Manny Minaya – $19,400
33rd: Jonathan Pastore – $19,400
34th: Manny Amaro – $19,400
35th: Vadzim Lipauka – $19,400
36th: Logan Eisner – $19,400
37th: Raj Vohra – $19,400
38th: Alex Yen – $19,400
39th: Josh Kay – $19,400

40th: Thomas Mühlöcker – $16,300

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
Prize Pool:  $3,916,800  |  Payouts  |  Results
Level 23:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  27 of 1,224

With about 1,400,000 in the pot and the board reading , Frank Lagodich moved all in from the big blind and Mo Alhalwani called at risk for about 600,000.

Lagodich showed for rivered two pair and Alhalwani’s king-queen was no good.

Frank Lagodich – 8,000,000 (160 bb)
Mohamad Alhalwani – Eliminated in 28th Place $23,200

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
Prize Pool:  $3,916,800  |  Payouts  |  Results
Level 23:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  40 of 1,224

41st: Elliott Kampen – $16,300
42nd: Otto Palacios – $16,300
43rd: Seth Katich – $16,300
44th: Nitis Udornpim – $16,300
45th: Jimmy Lucifero – $16,300
46th: Dimtri Fares – $16,300
47th: Florian Gaugusch – $16,300

48th: Jared Hemingway – $13,800
49th: Joshua Hopkins – $13,800
50th: Cuba Levenberry – $13,800
51st: Ioan Taizs – $13,800
52nd: Sungwoon Yoo – $13,800
53rd: Ilkin Dostiyev – $13,800
54th: Juan Montoya – $13,800
55th: Juan Sanchez – $13,800

56th: Tom Fuchs – $11,500
57th: Brian Murphy – $11,500
58th: Scott Baumstein – $11,500
59th: Robert-Andrei Burlacu – $11,500
60th: Frank Funaro – $11,500
61st: Shahin Norouzian – $11,500
62nd: Anatoly Nikitin – $11,500
63rd: Michah Raskin – $11,500

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
Prize Pool:  $3,916,800  |  Payouts  |  Results
Level 22:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  40 of 1,224

With the flop reading and three-way action, Chad Eveslage bet 100,000 from middle position. Elliott Kampen raised to 400,000 from the hijack and Yen called on the button.

Eveslage moved all in for 1,560,000 and Kampen called at risk for 1,420,000. Yen thought for a bit and called as well and had both players covered.

Eveslage:
Yen:
Kampen:

Eveslage was ahead with the ace-high straight, Yen needed to pair the board to improve his flopped set of jacks, and Kampen needed a miracle just to chop the pot.

The turn and river finished the board, Eveslage improved to a heart flush, and Kampen was knocked out while Yen was sent to less than ten big blinds.

Chad Eveslage – 4,765,000 (159 bb)
Alex Yen – 235,000 (8 bb)
Elliott Kampen  –  Eliminated in 41st Place ($16,300)

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
Prize Pool:  $3,916,800  |  Payouts  |  Results
Level 21:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  63 of 1,224

Cards are in the air for Day 3 of the RRPO Championship with 63 players remaining, each guaranteed at least $11,500 and shooting for more.

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-10th:  $59,000
11th-12th:  $49,000
13th-15th:  $40,500
16th-19th:  $33,500
20th-23rd:  $28,000
24th-31st:  $23,200
32nd-39th:  $19,400
40th-47th:  $16,300
48th-55th:  $13,800
56th-63rd:  $11,500