2025 Pinktober Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Tampa, Florida
Event 7
$1,200 PPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed
Entries: 322
Prize Pool: $338,100
October 23 – 26, 2025

Registration closed for the 2025 Pinktober Poker Open Championship, with 322 entries across three starting flights, turning the $200,000 guarantee into a prize pool of $338,100.

The last 41 players returning for Day 2 are in the money with $2,180 for a min-cash and $70,810 plus the PPO trophy awaiting the winner.

1st: $70,810 + PPO Trophy
2nd: $47,050
3rd: $34,430
4th: $25,490
5th: $19,100
6th: $14,480
7th: $11,110
8th: $8,630
9th-10th: $6,770
11th-12th: $5,500
13th-14th: $4,540
15th-16th: $3,820
17th-20th: $3,270
21st-24th: $2,860
25th-32nd: $2,550
33rd-40th: $2,330
41st: $2,180

$1,200 PPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool: $338,100  |  Structure
Level 10:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Flight C Players Remaining:  21 of 174

After a big heater in the latter stages of the day, Patrick Ibrahim bagged huge. Big enough for overall lead with 964,000 coming back tomorrow for Day 2. Roberto Melo stuck around in second with 543,000 and will be third at the restart.

We will post the complete seat draw and payouts shortly.

$1,200 PPO Championship (Re-Entry
Prize Pool: $338,100  |  Structure
Level 10:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Flight C Players Remaining:  59 of 174

Walking among the empty tables during the dinner break, it was pretty easy to find our chip leader. Robert Melo has more than an average stack in 25K chips alone, and his 351,500 would be good enough for a top-five stack starting Day 2.

But play isn’t done; he could run it higher and catch overall chip leader Rafael Reis or people could catch up to him.

$1,200 PPO Championship (Re-Entry
Prize Pool: $338,100  |  Structure
Level 10:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Flight C Players Remaining:  60 of 174

Registration closed for Flight C of the 2025 PPO Championship with 174 entries, putting the combined total at 322 for the tournament and a prize pool worth $338,100. We will post the payout information as soon as Flight C bags this evening.

Flight C will continue until 22 players remain and they will advance to Day 2 on tomorrow at noon. Players must bag chips to cash in the tournament.

$1,200 PPO Championship (Re-Entry
$200,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 9:  800/1,600 with a 1,600 ante
Flight C Entries:  167

Players are now on their 30-minute break, catch a bit of fresh air and/or gnoshing on some goods from Poker Snack Bar.

They will return at 6 pm and registration will close for the PPO Championship.

$1,200 PPO Championship (Re-Entry
$200,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 9:  800/1,600 with a 1,600 ante
Flight C Entries:  164

Only one hour remains if you wish to join the 2025 PPO Championship. We will play out Level 9, send players on a 30-minute dinner break, and close registration when they return at 6 pm.

The total entry count is up to 312 for a prize pool worth $327,600 and it will climb a bit more before they are done.

$1,200 PPO Championship (Re-Entry
$200,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Flight C Entries:  146

Cards are back in the air after the second break with 146 entries and a prize pool worth $308,700. Registration remains open over the next three levels plus a 30-minute dinner break, closing at 6 pm.

$1,200 PPO Championship (Re-Entry
$200,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 6:  400/800 with a 800 ante
Flight C Entries:  138

$300,300 to be exact.

That’s the current size of the prize pool as they prepare for the second break of the day. A very nice number that will increase over the next three hours of open registration.

$1,200 PPO Championship (Re-Entry
$200,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 5:  300/600 with a 600 ante
Flight C Entries:  129

The entry count is snowballing as we get deeper into the afternoon and we should have a $300,000 prize pool before we hit the next break. Only nine more needed for that mark than we start aiming to top our results from last year.

Some more friends in today’s field include Ryan Hogan, Igor Tretyakov, Gerry and Michael Silva, Nick Scholz, Adam Weingard, Steve Blackmon, and Justin Fawcett.

$1,200 PPO Championship (Re-Entry
$200,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 4:  300/500 with a 500 ante
Flight C Entries:  102

Cards are back in the air after the first break and the entry count hit triple digits while they were gone. The prize pool is now over $262K and it will continue to grow until registration closes for good at 6 pm.