Kyle Merron Leads Final 80 into Day 3 of Rock 'N' Roll Poker Open

Pictured: Kyle Merron

The second day of the WPT Seminole Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open saw 513 runners return from the original 1,541 and after ten levels of play just 80 have bagged up for Day 3.

Leading the way is Kyle Merron who managed to net 2,415,000 after cruising through Day 2 with no major hurdles along the way. Nipping at the heels of Merron is Ted McNamara who took a different journey en route to finishing near the top of the leaderboard, but ended the night with 2,275,000.

Top Five Stacks:

1. Kyle Merron – 2,415,000 (97 bb)
2. Ted McNamara – 2,275,000 (91 bb)
3. Hitesh Patel – 2,260,000 (90 bb)
4. Robel Andemichael – 2,235,000 (89 bb)
5. Badr Imejjane – 2,135,000 (85 bb)

There are some heavy hitters sitting outside of the top five counts and a few Day 3 survivors that fall on that list include Chad Eveslage (1,955,000), Brian Altman (1,680,000), Jeremy Joseph (1,220,000), Andrew Ostapchenko (1,040,000), Darren Elias (720,000), Brock Wilson (520,000), Anthony Zinno (520,000), and Constantinos Psallidas (440,000).

The 80 survivors are all guaranteed at least $9,800 with the eventual champion pulling in $785,800 + $10,400 WPT World Championship seat.

Here is a list of the remaining prizes up for grabs:

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
17th-20th: $33,100
21st-24th: $27,400
25th-32nd: $22,900
33rd-40th: $19,300
41st-48th: $16,500
49th-56th: $14,200
57th-64th: $12,450
65th-72nd: $11,000
73rd-80th: $9,800

Full chip counts will be available later tonight.

Day 3 begins tomorrow (Monday) at noon where the remaining 80 will play down until the final 16 runners has been reached. Return to WPT.com for our continuing coverage of WPT Seminole Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open Coverage.

Photography by Drew Amato