Chris Spencer Leads the Day 1E Field; Guillermo Reyes Still Holds the Overall Day 1 Chip Lead

The Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open (SHRPO) at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida resumed on Saturday with Days 1D and 1E. With 798 and 785 entries, respectively, Saturday’s action brought the total field size to 3,391 entries. After five Day 1 flights, 697 of those entries remain. First place is set at $133,664 and 306 players make the money.

Chris Spencer amassed the biggest stack on Saturday, bagging up 376,600, and he sits in third place overall. Day 1C chip leader Guillermo Reyes remains the overall chip leader with 437,500. Also surviving Saturday’s action were Pedro “Pete” Rios (255,000), Rex Clinkscales (221,100), Jason Sackler (201,700), and John Holley (89,000). Among those who failed to survive the Day 1D and 1E flights were Adam Levy, Chino Rheem, Fred Goldberg, Dan Buzgon, Cord Garcia, Raj Vohra, and Alex Bolotin.

Play resumes at 1 p.m. Sunday afternoon with Day 2 action where the plan is to play down to a winner, though a Day 3 is expected to be necessary. Be sure to keep it here for updates.