$2,500 SPS Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8: 600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Day 1B Entries: 162
The last level of the day is here with 162 entries and a prize pool worth $612,000. They will finish up this level and survivors will bag their chips for a Day 2 return tomorrow at noon.
Registration will remain open overnight and close at 1:15 pm on Sunday after the first break.
$2,500 SPS Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7: 500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1B Entries: 154
Cards are back in the air for the last two levels of the day with 154 entries in the game and a few more expected before they back up in two hours.
We’ve had a different leader after each break and this time is no different. James Calderaro is the fresh face at the top of the counts with 217,200 followed by Ken O’Donnell with 198,000. Always steady, Bin Weng is quietly (as possible as you can with Steve Buckner at your table) up to 115,000.
$2,500 SPS Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6: 400/800 with a 800 ante
Day 1B Entries: 153
Level 6 is nearing its end and that means players will be sent on the last break of the day. We have 153 entries so far for a prize pool worth $591,750 and registration is open until tomorrow at 1:15 pm.
$2,500 SPS Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4: 400/800 with a 800 ante
Day 1B Entries: 147
We have a great group of regulars in today’s field and grinding up a stack. Friends like Prital Virdee, Clyde Maliauka, Riley Price, Joel Deutsch, and Karl Manouchakian trying to keep the title here it the room.
Virdee, Price, and Maliauka also have a little more at stake; they are the top three in points on the SPS Leaderboard trying to take home a sweet new 2024 Dengo Rover XL golf cart.
$2,500 SPS Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5: 300/600 with a 600 ante
Day 1B Entries: 137
Players returned from the second break with 137 entries in the field and the prize pool up to $555,750. We are at the midpoints of the day with four more levels remaining and one ore break.
Will Malphus is the new leader in the room with 140,100 and Wayne Leonard looks to be the second biggest with 1160,000. Not surprising anyone, the newly arrived Bin Weng ran his 40K starting stack up to 103,600 in less than two levels.
$2,500 SPS Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4: 300/500 with a 500 ante
Day 1B Entries: 125
We are cruising right along toward the second break and more friends made the trek to town to compete in the Championship.
New friends in the crowd include former GPI Female Player of the Year Nadya Magnus, WSOPC Main Event champ David Tuthill, and WPT/WSOP winner James Calderaro.
$2,500 SPS Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3: 200/400 with a 400 ante
Day 1B Entries: 113
It took a little under three levels today to reach 113 entries, putting the combined total at 223 for the Championship, for the prize pool to officially top the $500,000 guarantee.
From now until we close registration tomorrow at 1:15 pm, the prize pool will continue to climb.
$2,500 SPS Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3: 200/400 with a 400 ante
Day 1B Entries: 107
The SPS Championship field just got a little tougher when Big Weng took a seat at Table 9. The WPT Poker Showdown Champ (and WSOPC National Champ) joined a lineup that was already tough with Steve “Cuz” Buckner, Paul Stanechewski, Chad Lipton, Jerry Silva, Shane Melert, and Sanjib Acharya.
Weng captured the WPT Poker Showdown title in 2023 for $1,128,250 and followed that up with a $2,227,054 Everyone for One Drop win a few months later. He has over $9,000,000 in career earnings and a favorite in any tournament he enters.
$2,500 SPS Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3: 200/400 with a 400 ante
Day 1B Entries: 98
There were few remarkable stacks at the empty tables during the break, some hovering just under 100K, until we came upon Gabe Fuller’s seat. The Tampa favorite is up to 125,000 after two levels after more than 3x-ing his 40K starting stack and leading early action with a long way to go.
$2,500 SPS Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 2: 200/300 with a 300 ante
Day 1B Entries: 92
The first break is on deck and our first chance to look for some early big stacks. The entry count is up to 92 and we should surpass the $500,000 before they take their second break.
Then it starts climbing.