Championship Day 1A: Frank Stepuchin Leads the 238 Survivors with 394K

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 11:  1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining:  238 of 696

Frank Stepuching bagged the Day 1A chip lead

Day 1A ended with 238 players remaining from a field of 696 entries and the chip leader was Frank Stepuchin, who bagged up 394,000 (158 big blinds).

The full list of official chip counts will be posted later tonight, but in the meantime, here is the top five:

1.  Frank Stepuchin  –  394,000  (158 bb)
2.  William Lamar-Boone  –  391,000  (156 bb)
3.  Jesse Lonis  –  390,500  (156 bb)
4.  Kevin Schulz  –  388,500  (155 bb)
5.  Gregory Back  –  364,500  (146 bb)

With 696 entries, the prize pool is already worth more than $2.2 million and well on its way to the $3 million guarantee. We should surpass the guarantee early tomorrow.

Day 1B begins tomorrow at 11:00 am, and registration remains open with unlimited re-entries available until about 9:15 pm.

Photo courtesy of Drew Amato/WPT

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