Championship Day 1B: Peter Fellows Leads 276 Survivors

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 11:  1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Day 1B Players Remaining:  276 of 792

Day 1B Chip Leader Peter Fellows

Day 1B comes to an end with 276 players remaining from the field of 792 entries, and the chip leader is Peter Fellows with 528,000 (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.  Peter Fellows  –  528,000  (211 bb)
2.  Kenny Han  –  446,000  (178 bb)
3.  Guy Naimi  –  421,000  (168 bb)
4.  Michael Stashin  –  394,500  (158 bb)
5.  Federico Molina  –  394,000  (158 bb)

With 655 entries on Day 1A, and another 792 today for Day 1B, the total field size is 1,447, which generated a prize pool of $4,630,400. The final 181 players will finish in the money, and the top prize is $752,500, which includes a seat into the WPT World Championship.

Day 2 begins tomorrow at noon with 513 players returning, so stay tuned to SHRPO.com for our continuing coverage of the WPT Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open Championship.

Photo by Joe Giron / PokerPhotoArchive.com / Courtesy of World Poker Tour