$1,100 PPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3:  200/400 with a 400 ante
Flight A Entries:  55

Level 3 is wrapping up and players are about to take their first break with nearly 60 here already. Nice start for a Thursday.

They’ll enjoy their 15-minute break and play three more levels before they get another.

$1,100 PPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3:  200/400 with a 400 ante
Flight A Entries:  48

The entry count is creeping up and they will be taking their first break at the end of this level, good time to jump in the game.

Some more friends in the field include Peter Walsworth, Tony March, Nashaat Antonious, and Kevin Blewitt.

$1,100 PPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 2:  200/300 with a 300 ante
Flight A Entries:  42

The Championship field is growing as we hit the afternoon hours; players are waking and joining with plenty of time to get in the game with late registration available until 5:45 pm.

Some early familiar faces including Frank Weigel (coming off a third-place finish in Event 3 last night), Mitch Mitchell, Shane Melert, Jason Block, and Jeff Morzella.

$1,100 PPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  100/200 with a 200 ante
Flight A Entries:  25

Cards are in the air for the 2023 Pinktober Poker Open Championship with 25 entries at the start and many more expected for the $1,100 buy-in tournament. The first goal is the $200,000 guarantee and build from there.

They will play three 40-minute flights before taking their first break and registration will close at 5:45 pm before Level 10.

Primary Event Schedule

11AM: Day 1A – $1,100 PPO Championship (Re-Entry)

• $200,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 30,000 in chips
• Day 1 & 2 level last 40 minutes; Day 3 levels last 60 minutes
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 10 (5:45pm)
• Day 1 will end when 12.5% of field remains
• Championship Structure Sheet

Secondary and Satellite Schedule

6PM: $140 Championship Satellite (1-in-10)

• Two seats guaranteed into PPO Championship Day 1B
• Players begin with 15,000 in chips
• Levels last 20 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 7 (8:15pm)
• Structure Sheet

2023 Pinktober Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Tampa, Florida
Event 3
$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed
Entries: 256
Prize Pool: $75,710
October 23 – 25, 2023

Pinktober Poker Open Event 3 was the last warmup tournament on the schedule before kicking off the Championship. It drew 256 entries to beat its $50,000 guarantee and Nick Scholz took the top spot with an outright win for $16,860.

Scholz began the final table among the leaders but dropped to less than five big blinds when they were three-handed. Former Tampa champ went out in third and Scholz was down 7-to-1 versus Alexander Grassia but came all the way back to capture the title.

Congrats Nick and good luck in the Championship!

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 26:  50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante

Alexander Grassia began heads-up play with a big chip lead but Nick Scholz came back to take the title after a few big hands including flush over flush.

Grassia took home $11,220 for his runner-up finish while Nick Scholz earned $16,860 along with his first career trophy.

1st: Nick Scholz – $16,860 + PPO Trophy
2nd: Alexander Grassia – $11,220

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 26:  50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 226

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 26:  50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 226

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 26:  50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 226

The four remaining players were sent on a 15-minute break while the 5K chips were colored out of play.

Seat 2: Nick Scholz – 1,575,000 (21 bb)
Seat 3: Frank Weigel – 2,125,000 (28 bb)
Seat 6: Fred Paradis – 1,150,000 (15 bb)
Seat 7: Alexander Grassia – 1,975,000 (26 bb)

1st: $16,860 + PPO Trophy
2nd: $11,220
3rd: $8,140
4th: $5,990
5th: Gabriel Fuller – $4,480
6th: Walter Thornton – $3,390
7th: Jason Block – $2,610
8th: Jeevan Nomula – $2,040
9th: Yan Jiang – $1,620