Event 1: Day 2 Going; 218 remain, 171 pay with $135K and a Ring Up Top

$580 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
25:27 Left in Level 15: 1,200/2,400 with a 400 ante
Players Remaining: 218 of 1,612

Chip leader Luiz De Farias Guimaraes unbags his stack prior to Day 2 kickoff

Day 2 of the $580 World Series of Poker Circuit opener is here and cards are in the air at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida. From a starting field of 1,612, just 218 remain with the top 171 scooping a payday. Out in front of the field as the only player claiming over 300,000 chips is Luiz De Farias Guimaraes. Guimaraes sits on a solid stack of 319,600 edging out second place Manny Minaya’s 270,100 by a margin. Coming in third to start the day is Vytautas Semaska with 247,200.

Tampa’s Manny Minaya begins the day second in chips

Lithuania’s Vytautas Semaska begins the day third in chips

There’s a strong local contingency in the game as well. Seminole Hard Rock Poker team members Jessica Dawley and Stewart Newman, Abbey Daniels, Daren Stabinski, Charlemagne Benjamin, Ory Hen, Nancy Birnbaum and Michael Newman are all still going and eying Circuit gold.

Day 2 Chip Counts | Day 2 Table Draws

A min-cash in the event earns $975 while the tournament champion is set to pocket $135,022 along with a WSOP Circuit gold ring. Complete payouts are available by clicking the “Payouts” link in the header of this post.

Tournament updates throughout the day will be available right here at SHRPO.com.