May 20, 2019

Division of Corporation Finance

Office of Transportation and Leisure

Securities and Exchange Commission

100 F Street, N.E.

Washington, D.C. 20549

Ladies and Gentlemen:

On behalf of Black Ridge Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”), we respond as follows to the Staff’s comment letter, dated May 10, 2019, relating to the above-captioned Revised Preliminary Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A (“Proxy Statement”). Captions and page references herein correspond to those set forth in amended filing of the Proxy Statement, a copy of which has been marked with the changes from the prior filing of the Proxy Statement.

Please note that for the Staff’s convenience, we have recited each of the Staff’s comments and provided the Company’s response to each comment immediately thereafter.

Revised Preliminary Proxy Statement

Management's Discussion and Analysis Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

Impairment of Long-Lived Assets, page 128

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May 20, 2019

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We have revised the disclosure in the Proxy Statement as requested.

Black Ridge Acquisition Corp.

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

Note 2. Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies

Net income (loss) per share, page F-12

We have expanded the disclosure and added a tabular reconciliation of the Company’s computation to the Proxy Statement as requested.

Note 9. Subsequent Events, page F-20

We have revised the disclosure in the Proxy Statement as requested.

Combined Statements of Cash Flows, page F-25

The above-referenced caption on the combined statement of cash flows has been revised to read “Funding of ESA Investment”. The following table provides additional detail regarding the aggregate investment amount:

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May 20, 2019

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Note 1 - Background and Basis of Presentation , page F-27

The above-referenced inconsistency has been fixed by referring to AEII within the notes to the combined financial statements in the Proxy Statement as requested.

Note 3 - Significant Accounting Polices, page F-28

In response to the Staff’s comment, the footnotes to the combined financial statements have been updated to include disclosures relating to recurring and non-recurring fair value measurements as requested.

Note 11 - Related Parties

Bridge Financing, page F-44

We wish to advise the Staff that the $10 million of secured convertible promissory notes are obligations of the Parent and are not an obligation of the entities that are the subject of the combined financial statements. Therefore, those secured convertible promissory notes are not included in the combined financial statements. The reason for mentioning the Parent financing in the notes to the combined financial statements was in order to disclose the security interest in the assets of Allied Esports and the pledge of the equity of WPT. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Parent did contribute the $10 million of proceeds to the entities that are the subject of the combined financial statements and that amount is a component of the aggregate “Due to Parent” balance on the combined balance sheet as of March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018.

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May 20, 2019

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Stock Options, page F-44

We wish to advise the Staff that the company records stock-based compensation in accordance with ASC 718, Compensation – Stock Compensation. The company recognizes expense ratably over the vesting term of the granted awards pursuant to ASC 718-10-25-2, based on the grant date value of the award. The company previously elected to amortize awards using the graded-vesting methodology.

During 2015, the company granted stock options to purchase common stock of the Parent to certain employees of WPT. Each award vested annually in four tranches commencing on the one-year anniversary of the grant. Pursuant to the graded-vesting methodology, each tranche was valued as of the grant date and that value was being amortized over the respective one, two, three or four-year period. Accordingly, expense is recognized each month from the grant date to the vesting date for book purposes.

In January 2018, numerous employees forfeited their unvested awards. Pursuant to ASC 718-10-35-3, the Company should only recognize expense for option awards that ultimately vest and should reverse expense taken for unvested option awards in the event of a pre-vesting forfeiture. During the year ended December 31, 2018, the company recorded a credit in the amount of $766,417, which primarily represents the amount expensed during prior periods for unvested stock options which were forfeited during the current period.

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May 20, 2019

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Note 13 - Commitments and Contingencies Operating Leases , page F-47

ASC 926, Entertainment – Films permits the capitalization of allocated production overhead costs. Accordingly, the company believes it appropriate to capitalize the rent expense associated with the LA lease, as the sole purpose of the LA office is for the production of film. All production employees work out of that office, including supervisors, producers and editors. The production equipment (editing bays) is also located in that office. As a result, the company has capitalized the entire amount of rent incurred related to the LA lease, which amounted to $416,533 and $404,401 for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively, and $106,474 and $103,373 for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively. ASC 926 permits an amortization of up to 10 years and the actual amortization amount is proportionate based on actual revenues to date compared to estimated ultimate revenues. WPT’s experience is that the weighted average amortization period is generally in the 3 -5 year time frame, because most of the ultimate revenues are generated in the earlier periods.

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cc:       Mr. Ken DeCubellis