Altman, Eveslage & Defending Champ Uselis in Sweet 16 of WPT Rock ‘n’ Roll Poker Open

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On Monday, 80 players from a 1,541-entry field returned for Day 3 action in the World Poker Tour (WPT) 2022 Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open (RRPO) $3,500 Main Event at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida.

Play continued until the field was whittled down to the final 16 with Andrew Wilson and his stack of 12,875,000 leading the way. Others still in contention include three-time WPT champ Brian Altman (10,225,000), recent WPT Five Diamond winner Chad Eveslage (7,350,000), and defending champ Gediminas Uselis (4,575,000).

Day 4, which kicks off at noon local time on Tuesday, will resume with 80:46 remaining in Level 28, and the remaining players are guaranteed $40,500 in prize money. The plan is to play down to the final table of six, which will then be live-streamed on Wednesday. The eventual champion will take home $785,800 plus a $10,400 seat in next month’s WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas.

Final Two Table Seat Draw

TableSeatPlayercountBB
71Joey DiPascale4,250,00034 bb
72Robel Andemichael5,425,00043 bb
73Jacob Dolehanty1,875,00015 bb
74Chad Eveslage7,350,00059 bb
75Brian Altman10,225,00082 bb
76Phong Turbo Nguyen1,800,00014 bb
77Eric Bonin2,050,00016 bb
78Josh Kay6,100,00049 bb
     
81Steve Karp2,325,00019 bb
82Gediminas Uselis4,575,00037 bb
83Ryan Dougherty3,050,00024 bb
84Denys Shafikov3,175,00025 bb
85Nick Verderamo1,000,0008 bb
86Dung Nguyen2,750,00022 bb
87Andrew Wilson12,875,000103 bb
88Ted McNamara8,825,00071 bb

Among those to fall in-the-money on Day 3 and claim their portion of the $4,931,200 prize pool were Andrew Ostapchenko (20th - $33,100), Brock Wilson (34th - $19,300), Frank Funaro (48th - $16,500), four-time WPT champ Darren Elias (56th - $14,200), Josh Reichard (62nd - $12,450), Nate Silver (66th - $11,000), and Rob Wazwaz (77th - $9,800).

Anthony Zinno
Anthony Zinno gets it in.

Also making a deep run was three-time WPT champ Anthony Zinno, who busted in Level 28 (75,000/125,000/125,000). According to updates from the event, Zinno opened for 275,000 and then called off for approximately 2.7 million after Ted McNamara moved all in.

It was a flip as Zinno held ace-king against the two black jacks of his opponent. The flop fell three queens, while both a four on the turn and six on the river left Zinno wanting. He was ousted in 17th place for $33,100 and officially brought Day 3 to a close.

As for Wilson, he vaulted up the chip counts just before the dinner break when he got his 3.25 million stack all in on a queen-high flop holding ace-queen. He was behind the five-deuce of Max Kingstone, which had flopped bottom two pair, but the dealer promptly turned an ace to give Wilson the lead. He doubled to 6.85 million while Kingston was left with crumbs and ultimately busted in 22nd place for $27,400.

Andrew Wilson
Chip leader Andrew Wilson

Remaining WPT RRPO Payouts

PlacePrize
1st$785,800 + $10,400 WPT World Championship seat
2nd$525,000
3rd$390,000
4th$290,000
5th$219,000
6th$167,000
7th$129,000
8th$100,000
9th-10th$78,500
11th-12th$62,500
13th-14th$50,000
15th-16th$40,500

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*Images courtesy of WPT/Drew Amato.

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