Championship Day 1A: Arunas Sapitavicius Leads 237 Survivors

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 11:  1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining:  237 of 655

Day 1A Chip Leader Arunas Sapitavicius

Day 1A comes to an end with 237 players remaining from a Day 1A field of 655 entries, and the chip leader is Arunas Sapitavicius with 575,000 (230 big blinds).

The full list of official chip counts will be posted later tonight, but in the meantime, here’s an unofficial top five:

1.  Arunas Sapitavicius  –  575,000  (230 bb)
2.  Tommy Tran  –  479,000  (192 bb)
3.  Rayan Chamas  –  419,000  (168 bb)
4.  Luciano Nardi  –  400,000  (160 bb)
5.  Aleksandrs Zenkovs  –  350,000  (140 bb)

With 655 entries on Day 1A, there is already nearly $2.1 million in the prize pool, and we should surpass the $3 million guarantee early in the day tomorrow.

Players are allowed unlimited re-entries, and registration will remain open tomorrow until the start of Level 9, around 9:15 pm.

Day 1B begins tomorrow at 11:00 am, so stay tuned to SHRPO.com for our continuing coverage of the WPT Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open Championship.

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