$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17: 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  114 of 1,655

Action folded to Aaron Speer in the cutoff and he moved all in for 53,000. Tahsin Kelekci called on the button and the blinds folded.

Kelekci:
Speer:

Speer was ahead for his double but needed to fade Kelekci’s live suited cards. The flop and turn were safe for Speer but Kekekci paired his eight on the river to send Speer out while he climbed over one million in his stack.

Tahsin Kelekci – 1,109,000 (92 bb)
Aaron Speer – Eliminated in 115th Place ($780)

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17: 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  136 of 1,655

The Event 1 field is down to 136 players and they reached another pay jump with everyone now guaranteed at least $720.

137th: Mhd Al Kemeh – $670
138th: Matthew Leecy – $670
139th: Alexandra Starr – $670
140th: John Devine – $670
141st: Daniel Kusnerak – $670
142nd: Saif Keshwani – $670
143rd: Eran Golan – $670
144th: frank Markim – $670
145th: Tony Hatley – $670
146th: Gerard Day – $670
147th: Khanh Truong – $670
148th: Harry Binda Jr – $670
149th: Nathan Seifert – $670
150th: Custis King – $670
151st: Herbert Nairn – $670
152nd: Chad Kitchen – $670

153rd: Rowland Evans – $630
154th: Woodrow Pass – $630
155th: Zachary Booth – $630
156th: John Kennedy – $630
157th: Anthony Pathman – $630
158th: Sudharshan Karanam – $630
159th: Adam Barclay – $630
160th: Vincent Baldassarre – $630
161st: Sheik Mohamed – $630
162nd: Michael Francisco – $630
163rd: Lacey Cannon – $630
164th: Naresh Parwani – $630
165th: Donald Gibbs – $630
166th: Reese Combs – $630
167th: Tyler Pruitt – $630
168th: Fred Paradis – $630

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17: 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  145 of 1,655

Victor Nissim was among the returning chip leaders and now he’s the big stack it the room with 145 players remaining. We have three players knocking on the door to cross over one million; Nissim leads with 963,000 followed by Randy Raji with 945,000 and David Howard with 915,000.

They will play three more levels, take a break while the orange chips come out of play, and levels increase to 40 minutes when they return.

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 16: 4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  145 of 1,655

After two levels and change, players were sent on the first 15-minute break of the day with 145 remaining and the payouts climbing.

We’ll take a walk among the table and see who’s made moves early in the day.

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 16: 4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  168 of 1,655

Catching up on our paperwork, here’s the list of those who made the money in SPS Event 1 so far:

169th: John Ammons – $600
170th: Dylan Malavia – $600
171st: Jordan Holt – $600
172nd: Marco Grasso – $600
173rd: Charles Bragg – $600
174th: Austin Johnson – $600
175th: Caleb Piderit – $600
176th: Matthew Zimmerman – $600
177th: Ross Fischer – $600
178th: John Gordon – $600
179th: Brandon Crawley – $600
180th: Eric Piderit – $600
181st: Johnathan Westra – $600
182nd: Joel Deutsch – $600
183rd: Mahmoud Ahmad – $600
184th: Elizabeth McKane – $600

185th: Michael Feurer – $580
186th: Willie Wiggins – $580
187th: Tal Moseri – $580
188th: Robert Gill – $580
189th: Justin Colmes – $580
190th: Sandro Vianna – $580
191st: Vamsi Dodda – $580
192nd: Dante Cianfarra – $580
193rd: Matthew Sundberg – $580
194th: David “Ape” Howard – $580
195th: David Moore – $580
196th: James D’Arcangelis – $580
197th: Nathan Graddy – $580
198th: Nadeem El Alami – $580
199th: Patrick Anastasia – $580
200th: Aaron Mederos – $580
201st: Tanner Schneiweis – $580
202nd: Spencer Sweisford – $580
203rd: Noah Honetschlager – $580
204th: Wilbert Malphus – $580
205th: Greg Osborne – $580
206th: Jason Ray – $580
207th: Phillip Krnyaich – $580
208th: Curtis King – $580

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$25,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  100/200 with a 200 ante

The first Sunday of the series is here and we have a little something for you to play at noon while watching football on one of the many TVs around the room. Event 2 is a $400 buy-in one-day trophy event with a $25,000 guarantee that is perfect for those who fell short in Event 1 or need something done in a day.

Players start with 30K in their stacks and all levels last 30 minutes. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 4:30 pm and they have a 30-minute dinner break scheduled at 6:30 pm.

• $25,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 30,000 in chips
• Levels last 30 minutes
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9 (4:30pm)
• This is a one-day tournament and plays to completion
• Event 2 Structure Sheet

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 15: 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  179 of 1,655

In one of the first pots of the tournament, Eric Piderit put his stack in the middle against Frank Brigham for a lot of chips.

Brigham:
Piderit:

The king of coolers and Piderit was unable to find a save on the board. They counted down the stacks and Brigham was the player at risk. He doubled up, Piderit was left with 13K and was eliminated in 180th even after running it back up to 130,000.

Frank Brigham – 350,000 (70 bb)
Eric Piderit – Eliminated in 180th Place ($600)

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 14: 3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  200 of 1,655

Sandro Vianna opened to 11,000 from early position and Alexander Orlov moved all in for 53,000 from middle position. It folded back around to Vianna and he called to put Orlov at risk.

Orlov:
Vianna:

Orlov, our former TPC Championship final table member, was in trouble against the bigger pair but turned it around when he made a set on the flop. The board finished and to send him a double.

Alexander Orlov – 119,000 (24 bb)
Sandro Vianna – 140,000 (28 bb)

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 14: 3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  200 of 1,655

Maroun Akiki opened to 14,000 from under the gun and it folded to Karl Manouchakian in the small blind. He moved all in for 85,000 and Akiki called with the bigger stack.

Manouchakian:
Akiki:

Manouchakian found a cooler in a good spot and his big slick held on the board for an early double.

Karl Manouchakian – 180,000 (36 bb)
Maroun Akiki – 80,000 (16 bb)

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 14: 3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  206 of 1,655

Cards are in the air for Day 2 of SPS Event 1 with 206 players remaining, all in the money, and guaranteed at least $580 with $86K waiting up top.

They will continue with 30-minute levels until the start of Level 20 when they go up to 40.