$200 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Flight E Players Remaining:  43 of 182

Registration closed for Flight E of the PPO opener with another 182 entries pushing the combined total to 879. The prize pool is now $140,640 with one big flight to go tomorrow at 10 am.

Get here early!

Flight E will play down to the last 19 players and they will advance to Day 2 on Sunday at 11 am in the money. Players must bag chips to cash in the tournament.

Chip counts through Flight D

$200 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Flight E Entries:  182

The second break ended, and players returned to action with 182 entries showing on the clock and Steve Kaplan leads the way. He sits with 155,500 after eight levels and the top stack to chase down.

We will post the official numbers as soon as the count is complete and see where the prize pool stands.

$200 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8:  600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Flight E Entries:  171

The clock is ticking down on the penultimate flight of the PPO opener with 171 entries adding more money to the growing prize pool.

They will play out Level 8, take a 15-minute break, and return to action with registration closed. That means there will be only one more chance to advance and that is tomorrow’s huge final flight.

$200 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 14:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  71 of 697

Flight A: 129 Entries; 13 Advanced
Flight B: 225 Entries; 23 Advanced
Flight C: 147 Entries; 15 Advanced
Flight D: 196 Entries; 20 Advanced
Flight E: Friday at 10 am
Flight F: Saturday at 10 am
Day 2: Sunday at 11 am

$200 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  100/200 with a 200 ante

Flight E of Pinktober Poker Open Event 1 begins at 10 am and the first order of business has already been settled. The $200 buy-in tournament had a $100,000 guarantee and Flight D put the prize pool over that mark last night.

Now we just spin it up higher.

Players start with 20,000 in their stacks and the first 25 levels last 30 minutes, increasing to 40 minutes in Level 26. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 2:30 pm. Flight E will play down to the last 10% of the field and they will return on Sunday at 11 am in the money for Day 2.

We expect a big day, get your seat early!

• $100,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Levels 1-25 last 30 minutes; Levels 26+ last 40 minutes
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9 (2:30pm)
• Day 1 will end when 10% of field remains
• Event 1 Structure Sheet

Primary Event Schedule

10AM: Event 1 Flight E – $200 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

• $100,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Levels 1-25 last 30 minutes; Levels 26+ last 40 minutes
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9 (2:30pm)
• Day 1 will end when 10% of field remains
• Event 1 Structure Sheet

$200 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 14:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  51 of 501

Flight A: 129 Entries; 13 Advanced
Flight B: 225 Entries; 23 Advanced
Flight C: 147 Entries; 15 Advanced
Flight D: Thursday at 6 pm
Flight E: Friday at 10 am
Flight F: Saturday at 10 am
Day 2: Sunday at 11 am

$200 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 14:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Flight C Players Remaining:  15 of 147

Unlike Flight A, the money bubble was a quick ordeal this afternoon. It took two hands to get the Flight C field into the money and onto Day 2 with 15 players advancing and Matt Sundberg leading.

Not only was he the big stack today, but he put the overall chip lead in the bag with 667,000, topping the 657,000 of Ed Johnston last night.

We will post the complete chip count list as soon as it is available.

$200 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 13:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Flight C Players Remaining:  21 of 147

The last break ended and players are back in their seats looking at finishing their day before too long. They lost two players as soon as action was back underway and only a half dozen knockouts from advancing.

Milan Cyprich was the chip leader at the second break and he improved his stack to 246,000 to stay up top.

$200 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 12:  1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Flight C Players Remaining:  23 of 147

Flight C players are on their last break of the day with three tables remaining and 23 players in contention for one of the 15 spots for Day 2.

They’ll return and continue playing until down to two tables and then go into money bubble play.