$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
End of Level 10:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining:  186 of 573

Day 1A of the $5,250 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Championship drew 573 entries, almost reaching the $3 million guarantee in the opening flight.  There were 186 players who survived and have locked up a seat for Day 2.

Sean Perry is the Day 1A chip leader, bagging a stack of 418,500.

Here is an unofficial top five of the leaderboard:

1. Sean Perry  –  418,500 (209 bb)
2. Jake Daniels  –  316,500 (158 bb)
3. Nick Petrangelo  –  315,000 (158 bb)
4. Ed McPike  –  310,000 (155 bb)
5. Mark Dube  –  307,000 (154 bb)

Also surviving the day was defending  SHRPO champion Sean Winter with 102,500, as well as the original SHRPO champion Blair Hinkle, bagging 180,500. The 186 players who survived will return on Sunday at noon.

Full chip counts from Day 1A will be posted later tonight.