$250 Seniors 50+ No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$10,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  100/100 with a 100 ante

Today is the last on the Pinktober Poker Open schedule but we wouldn’t close it down without running the popular Seniors 50+ Event. The PPO version runs at 11 am in the Poker Room with a $250 buy-in and $10,000 guaranteed prize pool.

Our seniors will sit down to 20,000 starting stacks and all levels last 30 minutes. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 3:30 pm. They have a dinner break schedule at 7:45 pm and return to find out PPO Seniors Champion later this evening.

• $10,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Levels last 30 minutes each
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9 (3:30pm)
• This is a one-day tournament and plays to completion
• Event 12 Structure Sheet

Primary Event Schedule

11AM: Event 12 – $250 Seniors 50+ NLH (Re-Entry)

• $10,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Levels last 30 minutes each
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9 (3:30pm)
• This is a one-day tournament and plays to completion
• Event 12 Structure Sheet

2PM: Day 3 – $1,700 PPO Championship (Re-Entry)

• Championship Day 3 Seats and Chip Counts
• Championship Payouts

2PM: Event 11 Day 2 – $2,500 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

• Event 11 Day 2 Chip Counts and Seats
• Event 11 Payouts

$2,500 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 16: 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 34

Event 11 played down to the money late on Sunday and five players return on Monday at 2 pm to find our Event 11 champion. RJ Sullivan leads followed by Ryan Brown, Jason Min, Marsha Wolak, and Andre Karas.

They are guaranteed at least $8,950 but looking to lock up the $37,520 top prize

Seat 1: RJ Sullivan – 304,000 (51 bb)
Seat 2: Ryan Brown – 230,000 (38 bb)
Seat 3: Jason Min – 230,000 (38 bb)
Seat 4: Andre Karas – 88,000 (15 bb)
Seat 5: Marsha Wolak – 168,000 (28 bb)

1st: $37,520
2nd: $25,020
3rd: $16,680
4th: $11,830
5th: $8,950

$1,700 Pinktober Championship (Re-Entry)
$400,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 22:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 358

The 2022 Pinktober Poker Open Championship final table is set with nine players remaining and $111K awaiting the winner.

Matthew Leecy began Day 2 with the chip lead and ended the day with the chip lead, but it was not an easy path getting into the final nine. He had a rollercoaster ride after the dinner break but will come back with a chance for his second major Tampa title.

Cards go back in the air on Monday at 2 pm with 32:32 remaining in Level 22.

Seat 1: Yazdi Mehta – 845,000 (28 bb)
Seat 2: David DiBernardi – 2,325,000 (78 bb)
Seat 3: Richie Smith – 1,110,000 (37 bb)
Seat 4: Sanjib Acharya – 1,080,000 (36 bb)
Seat 5: Alain Medesan – 555,000 (19 bb)
Seat 6: Jebhar Patterson – 1,235,000 (41 bb)
Seat 7: Jamie Smith – 685,000 (23 bb)
Seat 8: Matthew Leecy – 4,820,000 (161 bb)
Seat 9: Debbie Lee – 1,660,000 (55 bb)

Remaining payouts:

1st: $111,240 + Guitar trophy
2nd: $73,950
3rd: $54,340
4th: $40,340
5th: $30,250
6th: $22,910
7th: $17,530
8th: $13,540
9th: $10,550

$1,700 Pinktober Championship (Re-Entry)
$400,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 22:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 358

While Igor Tretyakov was going out on Table 22 in 11th place, Justin McNeil was all in for 390,000 against Yazdi Mehta and his slightly bigger stack.

Mehta:
McNeil:

It was a final table race and McNeil needed to improve to double up. The dealer ran out the board, McNeil missed it all, and was eliminated in tenth place on the final table bubble.

Yazdi Mehta – 845,000 (28 bb)

Tournament staff paused the clock and player are redrawing seats for the final table on Monday at 9 pm.

10th: Justin McNeil – $10,550
11th: Igor Tretyakov – $8,510
12th: Fred Paradis – $8,510
13th: Ryan Luker – $6,970
14th: RJ Sullivan – $6,970
15th: Filipp Khavin – $5,810
16th: Ryan Thompson – $5,810

$1,700 Pinktober Championship (Re-Entry)
$400,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 22:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  11 of 358

Table 21 was playing some huge pots and not many of them made it past the flop. Yazdi Mehta took the lead from Debbie Lee in a pot with 1,400,000 in the middle that went check/bet/fold after the flop.

Soon after, Mehta opened from early position and Matthew Leecy raised to 235,000 from the big blind. Mehta called, the flop was and both players checked. The turn was , Leecy checked, Mehta announced all in, and Leecy called at risk for 1,085,000.

Leecy:
Mehta:

Leecy’s aces needed to dodge the open-ended straight draw of Mehta (minus the heart outs) and the river was safe for a huge double up.

Matthew Leecy – 4,630,000 (154 bb)
Yazdi Mehta – 400,000 (13 bb)

Fred Paradis – Eliminated in 12th Place ($8,510)

2022 Pinktober Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Tampa, Florida
Event 11
$2,500 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  34
Prize Pool:  $100,000
October 16-17, 2022

Registration closed for Pinktober Poker Open Event 11 came to an end with 34 entries in the $2,500 tournament. They came up short of the $100,000 guarantee and we are paying out the full amount. A min-cash is worth $8,950 and the winner will earn $37,520.

1st: $37,520
2nd: $25,020
3rd: $16,680
4th: $11,830
5th: $8,950

$1,700 Pinktober Championship (Re-Entry)
$400,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  12 of 358

There was little action over the first break after dinner but Debbie Lee made the most of it. She took the lead from Matthew Leecy in two hands without a showdown and sits with 2,600,000.

Ryan Luker was unable to bounce back from two tough beats and went out in 13th place while Jebhar Patterson found a small double through Igor Trevyakov.

$1,700 Pinktober Championship (Re-Entry)
$400,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  13 of 358

They are back underway in the Pinktober Poker Open Championship with 13 players remaining and nine advancing to Day 3 tomorrow afternoon.

Blinds are 15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante and the average stacks is about 1,100,000 (44 bb).

$1,700 Pinktober Championship (Re-Entry)
$400,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  13 of 358

The 13 remaining players were sent on a 60-minute dinner break and return with Matthew Leecy back in the lead. David DiBernardi sits in second and holding court at the shorter-stacked Table 22.

Table 21
Seat 1: Justin McNeil – 750,000 (30 bb)
Seat 2: — Empty —
Seat 3: — Empty —
Seat 4: Alain Medesan – 1,015,000 (41 bb)
Seat 5: Fred Paradis – 665,000 (27 bb)
Seat 6: Matthew Leecy – 2,140,000 (86 bb)
Seat 7: Debbie Lee – 1,700,000 (68 bb)
Seat 8: Yazdi Mehta – 1,645,000 (66 bb)

Table 22
Seat 1: Sanjib Acharya – 750,000 (30 bb)
Seat 2: Ryan Luker – 580,000 (23 bb)
Seat 3: Richie Smith – 580,000 (23 bb)
Seat 4: — Empty —
Seat 5: Jamie Smith – 795,000 (32 bb)
Seat 6: Jebhar Patterson – 520,000 (21 bb)
Seat 7: David DiBernardi – 2,030,000 (81 bb)
Seat 8: Igor Tretyakov – 1,090,000 (44 bb)

1st: $111,240 + Guitar trophy
2nd: $73,950
3rd: $54,340
4th: $40,340
5th: $30,250
6th: $22,910
7th: $17,530
8th: $13,540
9th-10th: $10,550
11th-12th: $8,510
13th: $6,970
14th: RJ Sullivan – $6,970
15th: Filipp Khavin – $5,810
16th: Ryan Thompson – $5,810