$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8:  600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Flight E Entries:  233

Flight E players are about ready to take their second break and registration will close when they return. The prize pool is already over $300,000 with two huge flights to go.

A few more friendly faces today include Rusty Wadsworth, Harry Binda, Tarun Gulati, Frank Weigel, Fred Paradis, Jacob Naumann, and Marcus Gurley.

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Flight E Entries:  210

The entry count jumped over 200 after the second break and they tournament is very close to putting the prize pool over $300,000 with one flight tonight and a massive gathering tomorrow on a Saturday afternoon.

A few early friends in action include Ashley Spring, Ok Haselton, and pickleball champ Marsha Wolak.

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5:  300/600 with a 600 ante
Flight E Entries:  180

Flight E players returned from their first break with 180 entries and the $250,000 guarantee far in the rearview mirror. This is already the biggest flight of the tournament with two more hours to spin it up, another flight tonight at 6 pm, and one massive session tomorrow.

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Return to Level 14: 3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  85 of 677

Flight A: 171 Entries; 21 Advanced
Flight B: 155 Entries; 20 Advanced
Flight C: 175 Entries; 22 Advanced
Flight D: 176 Entries; 22 Advanced
Flight E: Friday at 11 am
Flight F: Friday at 6 pm
Flight G: Saturday at 11 am
Day 2: Sunday at 11 am

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  100/200 with a 200 ante

We have four flights of the SPS opener locked up and the $400 buy-in tournament is on the verge of surpassing its $250,000 guarantee.

With 677 entries in the game so far and only 81 more needed, they will get there in a hurry this afternoon and some huge fields expected this weekend.

Players sit down to 30K starting stacks and the first 19 levels last 30 minutes. Late registration and re-entries available until the start of Level 9 at 3:30 pm.

Flight E will play down to the last 12.5% and survivors will bag their chips for a Day 2 return on Sunday at 11 am in the money.

• $250,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 30,000 in chips
• Levels 1-19 last 30 minutes; Levels 20+ last 40 minutes
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9 (3:30pm)
• Day 1 will end when 12.5% of field remains
• Event 1 Structure Sheet

Primary Event Schedule

11AM: Event 1 Flight E – $400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

• $250,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 30,000 in chips
• Levels 1-19 last 30 minutes; Levels 20+ last 40 minutes
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9 (3:30pm)
• Day 1 will end when 12.5% of field remains
• Event 1 Structure Sheet

6PM: Event 1 Flight F – $400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

• $250,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 30,000 in chips
• Levels 1-19 last 30 minutes; Levels 20+ last 40 minutes
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9 (10:30pm)
• Day 1 will end when 12.5% of field remains
• Event 1 Structure Sheet

Secondary and Satellite Schedule

2PM: $70 SPS Event 1 Satellite (1-in-8)

• Two seats guaranteed into $250,000 GTD SPS Event 1
• Players begin with 10,000 in chips
• Levels last 15 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 7 (3:45pm)
• Winners will be registered into the first available flight and chips will be in play when tournament starts
• Structure Sheet

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9: 1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Flight D Players Remaining:  64 of 176

Registration closed for Flight D of SPS Event 1 with 176 entries taking the combined total for the tournament up to 677 with three more flights to go. They’ve put $223K toward the $250,000 guarantee and that mark will be hit early tomorrow.

Flight D will continue until 22 players remain and survivors will return on Sunday at 11 am for Day 2 in the money. Players must bag chips to cash in the tournament.

We will publish the complete chip count list in the morning.

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Return to Level 14: 3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  64 of 501

Flight A: 171 Entries; 22 Advanced
Flight B: 155 Entries; 20 Advanced
Flight C: 175 Entries; 22 Advanced
Flight D: Thursday at 6 pm
Flight E: Friday at 11 am
Flight F: Friday at 6 pm
Flight G: Saturday at 11 am
Day 2: Sunday at 11 am

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 14: 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Flight C Players Remaining:  22 of 175

After a long, slow parade to the bubble, the final 22 players were set to advance to Day 2 on Sunday with Thomas Kornechuk leading so far after three flights.

He put 845,000 in his bag for the overall chip lead with four more flights to go. We will post the complete chip count list as soon as it is available.

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 14: 3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Flight C Players Remaining:  30 of 175

Flight C pumped the breaks after the last brake, slowing down at still at four tables when the other two flights were bagging chips. At this pace, they might see another break against the odds.