$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: 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
$1,700 WPO Championship
Prize Pool: $628,500 | Structure | Payouts
Level 14: 3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 53 of 419
Cards are in the air for Day 2 of the WPO Championship with Ken O’Donnell holding a massive lead but 52 other players trying to run him down.
Blinds are 3,000/5,000/5,000 at the start and the average stack is about 237,000 (47 bb).
