$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

$1,700 Pinktober Championship (Re-Entry)
$400,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  15 of 358

Here’s a look at the lineup at the last two tables of the Championship. We will update the full list of chip counts while they are away for dinner.

Table 21
Seat 1: Justin McNeil
Seat 2: RJ Sullivan
Seat 3: Igor Tretyakov
Seat 4: Alain Medesan
Seat 5: Fred Paradis
Seat 6: Matthew Leecy
Seat 7: Debbie Lee
Seat 8: Yazdi Mehta

Table 22
Seat 1: Sanjib Acharya
Seat 2: Ryan Luker
Seat 3: Richie Smith
Seat 4: Filipp Khavin
Seat 5: Jamie Smith
Seat 6: Jebhar Patterson
Seat 7: David DiBernardi
Seat 8: — Empty —

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-14th: $6,970
15th: $5,810
16th: Ryan Thompson – $5,810

$1,700 Pinktober Championship (Re-Entry)
$400,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  16 of 358

The flop was out and reading and Jake Ferro checked. Yazdi Mehta bet 75,000 and Ferro called to see the turn. Ferro put his remaining 390,000 in the middle and Mehta had the WPT POY at risk.

Ferro:
Mehta:

Ferro flopped a ten and turned a straight but Mehta was ahead with his club flush. The river finished the board and Ferro was eliminated in 17th place.

With Ferro’s elimination, Table 20 has its players dispersed among the other two tables. There are 16 players with the dinner break approaching.

Yazdi Mehta – 2,285,000 (114 bb)

17th: Jake Ferro – $4,930
18th: Jason Block – $4,930
19th: John O’Neal – $4,930
20th: Chris Stanton – $4,930

$1,700 Pinktober Championship (Re-Entry)
$400,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  18 of 358

Level 19 came to an end with 18 players remaining and two knockouts from breaking another table. David DiBernardi is the latest to make a run, sitting with 1,140,000 after sending Chris Stanton out not long after he doubled.

Blinds are now 10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante and the average stack is about 795,000 (40 bb). They will play out the next level before taking a one-hour dinner break.

$1,700 Pinktober Championship (Re-Entry)
$400,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  20 of 358

Players were getting their chips in quick after the break and three tough players were already out before another big hand.

With the flop reading , Shane Barnard found himself all in and at risk for 325,000 and Sanjib Acharya quickly called.

“Oh. I guess I’m behind,” Barnard said.

Acharya:
Barnard:

Both paired their jack but Acharya was way ahead with the ace kicker and spade redraw. Barnard had two outs twice and blanked the turn and river to go out in 21st.

Sanjib Acharya – 1,215,000 (81 bb)

21st: Shane Barnard – $4,260
22nd: Ken O’Donnell – $4,260
23rd: Aaron Thivyanathan – $4,260
24th: Justin Zaki – $4,260

$1,700 Pinktober Championship (Re-Entry)
$400,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  24 of 358

On the last hand before the break, Chris Stanton was in the big blind and all in for 247,000 against Ryan Luker and in bad shape.

Stanton:
Luker:

Stanton needed a lot of help and found it right on the flop. Both players flopped an unlikely full house but Stanton was best with aces full of kings. Luker was drawing dead and Stanton doubled up.

Chris Stanton – 515,000 (34 bb)
Ryan Luker – 260,000 (17 bb)

After the hand, tournament staff sent the field on break as they colored off the 1K chips and introduced the 100K variant. Yazdi Mehta continued to lead with 1,840,000 while the others were trying to reach a million.

$1,700 Pinktober Championship (Re-Entry)
$400,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  24 of 358

Nicholas Scholz was eliminated in 25th place and the Championship is down to 24 players. Tournament staff paused the clock and they redrew seats at the last three tables of the tournament.

They will play out the last five minutes of Level 18 before a color up break.

25th: Nicholas Scholz – $3,750
26th: Tarun Gulati – $3,750
27th: Phi Nguyen – $3,750
28th: Ryan Hogan – $3,750
29th: James Carmadella – $3,750
30th: Michael Rossi – $3,750
31st: James Calderaro – $3,750
32nd: Jason Klapman – $3,750

$1,700 Pinktober Championship (Re-Entry)
$400,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  25 of 358

Table 11 is running through players; most of it is Yazdi Mehta taking them out. The most recent was Phi Nguyen, all in for 113,000 and Mehta had him at risk.

Mehta:
Nguyen:

Nguyen was ahead but Mehta paired his ten on the flop to take the lead. The turn and river finished it up and Mehta added to his huge chip lead of 1,822,000.

$2,500 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level: 100/100 with a 100 ante

Day 2 of the Pinktober Poker Open Championship isn’t the only big game in the Poker Room today; we also have Day 1 of the $2,500 Deep Stack at 4 pm with a $100,000 guaranteed prize pool.

Players start with 30K out front and the first 12 levels last 30 minutes, increasing to 40 from Level 13 forward. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 8:30 pm.

Event 11 will continue into the evening and come to an end when the nine-handed final table is reached. Those players will bag their chips and return on Monday at 2 pm to play it out.

• $100,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 30,000 in chips
• Levels 1-12 last 30 minutes; Levels 13+ last 40 minutes
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9 (8:30pm)
• Day 1 will end when nine players remain
• Event 11 Structure Sheet

$1,700 Pinktober Championship (Re-Entry)
$400,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  6,000/12,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  28 of 358

Ryan Luker and James Carmadella were heads up with the flop reading . Carmadella checked from the big blind, Luker bet 60,000 and Carmadella moved all in for 275,000. Luker though for a minute and called.

Luker:
Carmadella:

Carmadella caught two pair against Luker’s aces and ahead for a big double up. But the turn changed things with Luker counterfeiting the two pair for a big one, aces and kings. Carmadella jumped out of his seat and was eliminated after the river.

Ryan Luker – 867,000 (72 bb)
James Carmadella – Eliminated in 29th Place ($3,750)