$2,500 SPS Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5: 300/600 with a 600 ante
Day 1A Entries: 100
Nick Raio was the big stack at the first break and he’s still riding high after two more levels, but not the top stack in the room. That belongs to Carlos Bermudez at the other end of his table, he leads with 158,600 while Raio is still right there with 140,700.
Players are schedule to work through two more levels before another break rolls around.
$2,500 SPS Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4: 300/500 with a500 ante
Day 1A Entries: 94
The second break is coming up as the field nears triple digits and a great start to the Championship. They are nearly halfway to the $500,000 guarantee with half of today left and a full, busy Saturday tomorrow.
We found James Casement and Jeremy Becker seated side-by-side only a few hours after they finished first and second in the $1,100 SPS tournament. Casement won the heads-up match, earning $27,980 plus a seat in today’s flight, while Becker took second for $18,650 and had to pay his way today.
$2,500 SPS Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3: 200/400 with a 400 ante
Day 1A Entries: 69
Michael Silva opened the action from early position and Shawn Cunix moved all in from middle position. It folded around to Nathan Papp in the big blind, he called at risk for 39,600 and Silva folded ace-jack face up.
“I don’t know if that’s good for me or not,” Papp said before tabling 
. He was flipping against Cunix with 
and the 
flop was safe for his hand.
Papp found the case jack on the 
turn to leave Cunix drawing dead to the 
river.
Nathan Papp – 81,000 (162 bb)
Shawn Cunix – 11,900 (24 bb)
$2,500 SPS Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3: 200/400 with a 400 ante
Day 1A Entries: 69
It was real easy to find the big stack after two levels; Nick Raio had bunches more than the rest. Per the dealer at his table, Raio’s jacks held against ace-king and ace-queen and he sits with 177,800 to lead the field.
Michael Silva is second with 92,900 followed by Elizabeth McKane’s 83,800 and Jeremy Herauf’s 79,700.
$2,500 SPS Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 2: 200/300 with a 300 ante
Day 1A Entries: 60
Day 1A players are about ready to take their first break with 60 in the game and a long time to build it higher.
They’ll enjoy 15 minutes away from the action and we’ll scope out the stacks to see who’s having a good start to their Championship.
$2,500 SPS Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 100/200 with a 200 ante
Day 1A Entries: 46
We have a nice turnout this morning, nearly 50 entries before we roll into the afternoon hours. Players have plenty of time to join with ten hours of play today, tomorrow, and two hours into Day 2.
Some early friends include Carlos Bermudez, Gabe Fuller, John Dolan, Ryan Hogan, Wayne Leonard, Hassan Hakim, and Marsha Wolak (winning her seat in last night’s Milestone satellite).
$2,500 SPS Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 100/200 with a 200 ante
Day 1A Entries: 31
Cards are in the air for the first flight of the 2025 SPS Championship with 31 in their seats and many more expected. They will play nine hour-long levels today with a break every two levels.
Registration is open until the first break on Day 2.
$2,500 SPS Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 100/200 with a 200 ante
The way is over, the preliminaries are wrapped up, and today we roll out the 2025 Signature Poker Series Championship with Flight A at 11 am. The $2,500 buy-in tournament features a $500,000 guaranteed prize pool and one more flight tomorrow.
Players start with huge 40K stacks and all levels last 60 minutes. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 12 at 1:15 pm on Sunday after two levels on Day 2.
Play is schedule for nine levels on Day 1 and Day 2 and they will play to the champ on Day 3.
Primary Event Schedule
11AM: Day 1A – $2,500 SPS Championship (Re-Entry)
Secondary and Satellite Schedule
3PM: $280 Milestone Championship Satellite (1-in-10)
6PM: $280 Milestone Championship Satellite (1-in-10)