$1,700 WPO Championship
Prize Pool:  $628,500  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 19:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  30 of 419

Table 10
Seat 1: Patrick Hopman – 450,000 (38 bb)
Seat 2: Ye Yao – 470,000 (39 bb)
Seat 3: Kyle Sturgis – 1,065,000 (89 bb)
Seat 4: Michael Hollander – 285,000 (24 bb)
Seat 5: John Two-Bears – 425,000 (35 bb)
Seat 6: Zachary Rogalski – 170,000 (14 bb)
Seat 7: Robert Lebeau – 795,000 (66 bb)
Seat 8: Curtis King – 210,000 (18 bb)
Seat 9: — Empty —

Table 11
Seat 1: Joseph Orsino – 345,000 (29 bb)
Seat 2: Brandon Padula – 605,000 (50 bb)
Seat 3: Yan Jiang – 650,000 (54 bb)
Seat 4: Bill Soscia – 245,000 (20 bb)
Seat 5: Sandro Vianna – 300,000 (25 bb)
Seat 6: Thad McNulty – 730,000 (61 bb)
Seat 7: Mark Zhang – 760,000 (63 bb)
Seat 8: — Empty –
Seat 9: — Empty —

Table 13
Seat 1: — Empty —
Seat 2: Rafael Reis – 615,000 (51 bb)
Seat 3: Dmitrii Shub – 855,000 (71 bb)
Seat 4: Ken O ‘Donnell – 1,880,000 (157 bb)
Seat 5: — Empty —
Seat 6: Drew Dodge – 190,000 (16 bb)
Seat 7: Jean Zabin – 165,000 (14 bb)
Seat 8: Robert Capote – 1,120,000 (93 bb)
Seat 9: Brian Harris – 260,000 (22 bb)

Table 21
Seat 1: Chris Dombrowski – 620,000 (52 bb)
Seat 2: John Pointer – 170,000 (14 bb)
Seat 3: Bradley Robertson – 1,235,000 (103 bb)
Seat 4: Mo Alhalwani – 475,000 (40 bb)
Seat 5: — Empty —
Seat 6: Justin Fawcett – 555,000 (46 bb)
Seat 7: Kumar Kantamaneni – 55,000 (5 bb)
Seat 8: Mitch Mitchell – 185,000 (15 bb)
Seat 9: John O’Neal – 790,000 (66 bb)

1st: $133,430 + WPO Trophy
2nd: $82,440
3rd: $59,470
4th: $43,580
5th: $32,460
6th: $24,570
7th: $18,910
8th: $14,810
9th: $11,790
10th-12th: $9,560
13th-15th: $7,880
16th-18th: $6,620
19th-21st: $5,670
22nd-24th: $4,940
25th-27th: $4,390
28th-30th: $3,980

31st: Juan Rodriguez – $3,680
32nd: John Tyler Kennedy – $3,680
33rd: Merritt Kuhn – $3,680
34th: TK Miles – $3,470
35th: James Calderaro – $3,470
36th: Guillermo Hamilton – $3,470
37th: Stephen Bureau – $3,350
38th: Charlie Burns – $3,350
39th: Nicholas Squitiro – $3,350
40th: Aaron Speer – $3,350
41st: Ananth Ganesan – $3,350
42nd: Adam Weingard – $3,350
43rd: Mitch Garshofsky – $3,350
44th: Alejandro Arana – $3,350
45th: Ryan Hogan – $3,350
46th: Riley Price – $3,290
47th: James McKinnon – $3,290
48th: Ronald Surenkamp – $3,290
49th: Giancarlo DiSalvo – $3,290
50th: Will Parker – $3,290
51st: Armando Figueroa – $3,290
52nd: Cornelius Walker – $3,290
53rd: Daniel Kasper – $3,290

$1,700 WPO Championship
Prize Pool:  $628,500  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 18:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  30 of 419

Players are preparing for the second break of the day as tournament staff color off the 1K chips and add a bunch of 25K chips to the mix.

Once they are done, we will post complete chip counts from the remaining field.

$1,700 WPO Championship
Prize Pool:  $628,500  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 18:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  30 of 419

$1,700 WPO Championship
Prize Pool:  $628,500  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 18:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  32 of 419

Ye Yao opened the action from early position and Michael Hollander three-bet to 80,000. It folded back to Yao, he moved all in for 248,000 and Hollander called.

Yao:
Hollander:

Yao was in bad shape against the queens and added a gutshot draw on the flop. The turn was a blank but he paired his ace on the river to double up.

Ye Yao – 526,000 (44 bb)
Michael Hollander – 390,000 (33 bb)

$1,700 WPO Championship
Prize Pool:  $628,500  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 18:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  33 of 419

We lost TK Miles, ranked second all-time on our money list, along with James Calderaro and Guillermo Hamilton, shortly after the field dropped to four tables.

Blinds are up to 6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante and the average stack is about 381,000 (32 bb).

They will play out this level and take another break.

34th: TK Miles – $3,470
35th: James Calderaro – $3,470
36th: Guillermo Hamilton – $3,470

$1,700 WPO Championship
Prize Pool:  $628,500  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 17:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  37 of 419

Bradley Robertson opened to 20,000 from the button, Stephen Bureau moved all in for 73,000 from the big blind, and Robertson called.

Bureau:
Robertson:

Bureau was in great shape for a double and paired his king on the flop. He needed to fade a gutshot draw, the turn was safe, but Robertson made Broadway on the river to send him out.

Bradley Robertson – 820,000 (82 bb)
Stephen Bureau – Eliminated in 37th Place ($3,350)

$1,700 WPO Championship
Prize Pool:  $628,500  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 16:  4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  39 of 419

Aaron Speer was all in for about 170,000 and John O’Neal had him at risk for the big blind.

Speer:
O’Neal:

Speer was dominated and needed help to find a double. He missed the flop, picked up a club draw on the turn, but blanked the river to go out in 40th.

John O’Neal – 760,000 (95 bb)
Aaron Speer – Eliminated in 40th Place ($3,350)

$1,700 WPO Championship
Prize Pool:  $628,500  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 16:  4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  40 of 419

They dropped five after the return from break, including last year’s runner-up Ryan Hogan.

41st: Ananth Ganesan – $3,350
42nd: Adam Weingard – $3,350
43rd: Mitch Garshofsky – $3,350
44th: Alejandro Arana – $3,350
45th: Ryan Hogan – $3,350

$1,700 WPO Championship
Prize Pool:  $628,500  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 16:  4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  43 of 419

Bradley Robertson opened to 16,000 from early position and TK Miles three-bet to 35,000 next to act. Justin Fawcett shipped for 125K, Robertson called and Miles folded.

Fawcett:
Robertson:

Fawcett was ahead and his nines needed to hold. The board ran out and Fawcett found a double.

Justin Fawcett – 305,000 (38 bb)
Bradley Robertson – 635,000 (79 bb)

$1,700 WPO Championship
Prize Pool:  $628,500  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 16:  4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  45 of 419

After a level and a half, the Championship dropped to five table with 45 players remaining and they were sent on a 15-minute break.

Blinds are up to 4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 ante and the average stack is about 280,000 (35 bb).

46th: Riley Price – $3,290
47th: James McKinnon – $3,290
48th: Ronald Surenkamp – $3,290
49th: Giancarlo DiSalvo – $3,290
50th: Will Parker – $3,290
51st: Armando Figueroa – $3,290
52nd: Cornelius Walker – $3,290
53rd: Daniel Kasper – $3,290