Rivers Tops Day 1B Field at WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown

The Season XIII WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown continued on Friday with Day 1B of the Main Event. A total of 404 entries took part in the action, bringing the total field size to 906 entries. 150 players bagged up, joining the 182 Day 1A survivors. Leading the Day 1B bunch is Ryan Rivers…

Frank Nava
Apr 18, 2015

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The Season XIII WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown continued on Friday with Day 1B of the Main Event. A total of 404 entries took part in the action, bringing the total field size to 906 entries. 150 players bagged up, joining the 182 Day 1A survivors.

Leading the Day 1B bunch is Ryan Rivers (pictured above) with 226,900. Also bagging big stacks were Brian Green (226,000), Brian Hastings (213,200), Champions Club members Kevin Eyster (199,600), Jared Jaffee (191,000), and Chris Moorman (189,300), Mohammed Jaafar (162,900), Jonathan Duhamel (161,900), and Rex Clinkscales (161,500).

Other notables who survived include Champions Club member Cornel Cimpan (135,500), Chad Eveslage (109,000), Jamie Gold (89,000), Tony Cousineau (74,400), Kelly Minkin (73,300), Champions Club member Taylor Paur (64,000), Ebony Kenney (52,300), and David Paredes (49,600).

Among those who failed to survive the day include Aaron Massey, Vanessa Selbst, Zo Karim, Hans Winzeler, Jake Schwartz, Joe Kuether, and Champions Club members Olivier Busquet, Ravi Raghavan, Ravee Mathee Sundar, Michael Mizrachi, and Keven Stammen.

Day 1C is scheduled to start at 12pm ET Saturday, so be sure to tune back in tomorrow for updates on all of the action.