$500 No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $255,780  |  Structure
Level 15:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  78 of 609

Flight A: 101 Entries; 13 Advanced
Flight B: 71 Entries; 9 Advanced
Flight C: 115 Entries; 15 Advanced
Flight D: 132 Entries; 17 Advanced
Flight E: 190 Entries; 24 Advanced
Flight F: Friday at 6 pm
Flight G: Saturday at 11 am

$500 No-Limit Hold’em
$250,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 14:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Flight E Players Remaining:  24 of 190

Shawn Cunix’s stack was all over the place today but it ended way ahead of everyone else. After sending out the last three players in the flight, they are done early their action and Cunix bagged the overall chip lead with 978,000.

Mark Glazewski was in line for the flight lead but had to settle for second with 543,000.

We will post the entire chip count list as soon as it is available.

Shawn Cunix – 978,000 (245 bb)
Mark Glazewski – 543,000 (136 bb)
Jesse Mercado – 530,000 (133 bb)
Jacob Naumann – 451,000 (113 bb)
Grant Missonis – 427,000 (107 bb)
Justin Bogeajis – 250,000 (63 bb)
Adam Yellin – 244,000 (61 bb)
Michael Tuttle – 213,000 (53 bb)
Charles Campos – 212,000 (53 bb)
Khanh Truong – 209,000 (52 bb)
Deborah Greenway – 180,000 (45 bb)
Justin Bold – 174,000 (44 bb)
David Moon – 168,000 (42 bb)
William Burdick – 163,000 (41 bb)
Douglas Marro – 162,000 (41 bb)
Onder Ekinci – 144,000 (36 bb)
Sanjib Acharya – 114,000 (29 bb)
Cheri Ivan – 111,000 (28 bb)
Donnie Kidman – 103,000 (26 bb)
Mark Soltysik – 90,000 (23 bb)
John Pointer – 85,000 (21 bb)
Vincent Spadavecchia – 82,000 (21 bb)
Conner Reynolds – 74,000 (19 bb)
Jonathan Bartholomew – 32,000 (8 bb)

$500 No-Limit Hold’em
$250,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 13:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Flight E Players Remaining:  36 of 190

Tournament staff sent players on a 15-minute break as they color the purple chips out of play. There are 36 players remaining at four tables and only 24 of them will bag up chips for Day 2 on Sunday.

$500 No-Limit Hold’em
$250,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 1:  100/200 with a 200 ante

The sixth flight of the 2026 SPS opener kicks off at 6 pm and the $500 buy-in tournament already surpassed its $250,000 guarantee. Now we just build the prize pool higher until we close registration for the final flight tomorrow.

This will be a big one.

Players sit with 30K stacks and the first 19 levels last 30 minutes before going up to 40 for the rest of the tournament. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 10:30 pm.

Play will continue until 12.5% of the field remains and survivors return on Sunday at 11 am for Day 2.

• $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

$500 No-Limit Hold’em
$250,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 9:  1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Flight E Entries:  190

Registration closed for Flight E of Signature Poker Series Event 1 with 190 entries. The combined total for the tournament is now 609 and the prize pool is up to $255,780 with two more big flights to run it up.

Flight E will continue until 24 players remain and they will advance ot Day 2 on Sunday at 11 am. Players must bag chips to cash in the tournament.

$500 No-Limit Hold’em
$250,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 8:  600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Flight E Entries:  179

We were watching the clock tick down toward the second break when the entry count jumped up to 179. That put the combined total for the tournament at 598 and the prize pool officially surpassed the $250,000 guarantee.

Registration remains open through the end of Level 8 and the 15-minute break, closing at 3:30 pm.

$500 No-Limit Hold’em
$250,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 6:  400/800 with a 800 ante
Flight E Entries:  143

We have a big turnout this afternoon and we might go over expectations. We were looking to surpass the $250,000 guarantee in the night flight but, with 143 here so far and 90 minutes more of late registration, we are drawing live to get there in Flight E.

Some friends in the field today include Shawn Cunix, Jacob Naumann, John Gordon, Stuart Phillips, Anibal Pabon, Cheri Ivan, Brian Ray, Tarun Gulati, John Alegria, Chad Kitchen, and Kevin Blewitt.

$500 No-Limit Hold’em
$250,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 4:  300/500 with a 500 ante
Flight E Entries:  117

Flight E players are about to take their first break of the day after a great start to the Friday action. We have 117 entries and the combined total is 536.

Only 70 more entries and we will surpass the $250,000 and start growing this prize pool.

$500 No-Limit Hold’em
$250,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 15:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  54 of 419

Flight A: 101 Entries; 13 Advanced
Flight B: 71 Entries; 9 Advanced
Flight C: 115 Entries; 15 Advanced
Flight D: 132 Entries; 17 Advanced
Flight E: Friday at 11 am
Flight F: Friday at 6 pm
Flight G: Saturday at 11 am

Primary Event Schedule

11AM: Event 1 Flight E – $500 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 – $500 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-10)

• 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