$1,100 PPO Championship (Re-Entry) $200,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 1: 100/200 with a 200 ante
Cards are in the air for the final flight of the 2023 PPO Championship with only a little work to get done before the prize pool surpasses the $200,000 guarantee.
They will play the first three levels of the day before taking a break and registration is open until the start of Level 10 at 5:45 pm.
$1,100 PPO Championship (Re-Entry) $200,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 15: 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante Flight B Players Remaining: 10 of 87
With 13 players remaining and only 11 moving on, action ground to a halt, and it looked like they were in for a grind to make the money.
Then things went wonky.
On Table 21, Jason Klapman found himself in huge pot with pocket kings against ace-king and ace-queen. The kings held, the chips were counted down, and Klapman sent both opponents out to put the field in the money officially.
But there was still a hand on Table 22. Over there, Brian Arbaugh had a player at risk, but it was looking like a double up for the shorter stack. Arbaugh was behind with pocket queens against pocket kings but jumped into the lead when a queen hit the flop.
Since you need to bag to advance to the money stage, his opponent was eliminated, and Flight B had only ten players move to Day 2 in the money.
Brett Apter bagged the lead, Frank Weigel is trying for his second big final table of the series, and the full chip count list will be posted shortly.
$1,100 PPO Championship (Re-Entry) $200,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 13: 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante Flight B Players Remaining: 16 of 87
Flight B of the PPO Championship took another break, likely the last for the day, with 16 players remaining and 11 booking a Day 2 seat. Brett Apter leads the field with 443,000 and a dangerous player with chips.
$1,100 PPO Championship (Re-Entry) $200,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 10: 1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante Flight B Players Remaining: 32 of 87
Registration closed for Flight B of the PPO Championship with 87 entries, exactly the same as yesterday, and the combined total is now 174. Only 39 more entries are needed in Flight C tomorrow and that’s a lock with it starting at 11 am and closing registration for good at 5:45 pm.
Flight B will continue until 11 players remain and they will bag chips for Day 2 on Sunday at 11 am. Players must bag chips to make it into the money.
$1,100 PPO Championship (Re-Entry) $200,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 9: 800/1,600 with a 1,600 ante Flight B Entries: 85
Level 9 is here and the last chance to register for Flight B of the PPO Championship. They will play out this level, take a 15-minute break, and registration will close at 5:45 pm when they return to the action.
$1,100 PPO Championship (Re-Entry) $200,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 8: 600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante Flight B Entries: 75
You have a little over one hour to get the Poker Room if you want to be part of Flight B of the PPO Championship. Registration will close at the start of Leve 10 at 5:45 pm and if you miss it, you’ll only have Flight C tomorrow to make a bag.
More friends are in the field including Ken O’Donnell, WSOP bracelet winner Brett Apter (next to fellow WSOP winner AJ Kelsall), Joseph Orsino, John Dolan, and Lewis Gallo Jr.
$1,100 PPO Championship (Re-Entry) $200,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 7: 500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante Flight B Entries: 73
Players returned to their seats after the second break and Michael Silva was the next to join the leadership group at the top.
Mohamad Alhalwani was second at the first break but now first at the second break with 131,300. Jeevan Nomula is now third with 96,100 and Silva sits between them with 123,500.
$1,100 PPO Championship (Re-Entry) $200,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 6: 400/800 with a 800 ante Flight B Entries: 65
Level 6 is coming to an end which means another break is on the horizon. They are edging up to 70 entries this afternoon and time is running out for Flight B if you want some Friday afternoon action.