$2,500 SPS Championship (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $591,750  |  Structure
Level 5:  300/600 with a 600 ante
Day 1B Entries:  122

We started the break by looking at Mike Ahmad and Brian Ray’s stacks, the two big ones at the first break. Ahmad is doing just fine with 166,300 and Ray has plenty with 147,700.

But one table over, we found 19-time WSOP Circuit winner Maurice Hawkins getting up from his seat. And in front of his seat was a big pile of chips, adding up to 290,200 and the clear lead and the midpoint of the day.