$2,200 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 52

Ken Fishman opened to 20,000 from early position and Tony March moved all in for 95,000 next to act. It folded back around the Fishman and he called.

March:
Fishman:

“Those are mine,” Fishman joked about switching the pairs.

March was in great shape with the bigger pair and his nines held as the board ran .

Tony March – 210,000 (26 bb)
Ken Fishman – 205,000 (26 bb)

$2,200 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 52

“Geronimo,” Jose Reyes said when he moved all in after the dinner break. No one called that time but the next time he moved all in for 63,000 he picked up a call from Asif Mohammed.

Mohammed:
Reyes:

Reyes was in a lot of trouble on the bubble but took the lead when he paired his eight on the flop.

“Keep in clean!” Reyes asked the dealer.

The turn was safe for Reyes but Mohammed hit the river to send Reyes out on the money bubble.

Asif Mohammed – 245,000 (31 bb)
Jose Reyes – Eliminated

$2,200 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 52

The eight players at the final table will return to continue working into the money with James Calderaro leading and Jose Reyes needing to make a move.

Seat 1: Michael Jagroo – 127,000 (16 bb)
Seat 2: Jose Reyes – 43,000 (5 bb)
Seat 3: Asif Mohammed – 179,000 (22 bb)
Seat 4: James Calderaro – 433,000 (54 bb)
Seat 5: Matias Chervin – 254,000 (32 bb)
Seat 6: Ken Fishman – 266,000 (33 bb)
Seat 7: Tony March – 147,000 (18 bb)
Seat 8: Ryan Hogan – 139,000 (17 bb)

$2,200 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 52

Short-stacked Mike Hernandez went out at the start of the final table but not much happened after. The eight remaining players were sent on a 40-minute dinner break and will return to continue play on the money bubble.

$2,200 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 14:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 52

Event 9 reached its nine-handed final table with a tough lineup and only seven of them set to make the money.

Seat 1: Michael Jagroo – 235,000 (59 bb)
Seat 2: Jose Reyes – 86,000 (22 bb)
Seat 3: Asif Mohammed – 350,000 (88 bb)
Seat 4: Mike Hernandez – 75,000 (19 bb)
Seat 5: James Calderaro – 135,000 (34 bb)
Seat 6: Matias Chervin – 245,000 (61 bb)
Seat 7: Ken Fishman – 160,000 (40 bb)
Seat 8: Tony March – 66,500 (17 bb)
Seat 9: Ryan Hogan – 185,000 (46 bb)

1st: $35,350 + PPO Championship seat
2nd: $23,560
3rd: $15,710
4th: $10,890
5th: $7,870
6th: $5,940
7th: $4,680

$2,200 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 13:  1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining:  13 of 52

Players returned from another break as tournament staff pulled the black chips out of play. Asif Mohammed was leading at the time but Matias Chervin pulled it away when they came back after the two mixed it up.

Chervin has the biggest stack of the 13 remaining players with 262,500 while Ryan Hogan is now second with 183,000.

$2,200 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 12:  1,200/2,400 with a 2,400 ante
Players Remaining:  16 of 52

Even with an average stack right around 50 big blinds, Event 9 quickly hit 16 players remaining and tournament staff paused the clock to redraw seats for the last two tables.

Ryan Hogan, PPO Event 1 champ, is making another run this evening and sits with a big stack worth around 235,000 late in the day.

We closed the door on the last of the preliminary event, nothing stands between now and the 2022 Pinktober Poker Open headliner. The PPO Championship kicks off tomorrow morning at 11 am with the first of two starting flights.

The tournament has a $1,700 buy-in with a $400,000 guaranteed prize pool. Flight A runs on Friday at 11 am with Flight B on Saturday at 11 am. Players start with 40K stacks and levels last 40 minutes on Day 1 and 60 minutes for Days 2 and 3.

Late registration is available until the start of Level 10 at 6:30 pm following the one-hour dinner break and both flights will play through 14 levels. Those who bag chips will return for Day 2 on Sunday at noon and play down to the final table.

Those nine players will come back on Monday to find our 2022 PPO Champion!

• $400,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 40,000 in chips
• Day 1 levels last 40 minutes; Days 2 and 3 levels last 60 minutes
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 10 (6:30pm)
• Day 1 will come to an end after Level 14
• Championship Structure Sheet

$2,200 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10:  800/1,600 with a 1,600 ante
Players Remaining:  24 of 52

With some tough competition, the pace is slower than you see in some tournaments but the field eventually hit 24 players remaining. Tournament staff broke a table to leave three in play and still to get done before they think about making some money.

2022 Pinktober Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Tampa, Florida
Event 9
$2,200 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  52
Prize Pool:  $104,000
October 13, 2022

Registration closed for Event 9 with 52 entries in the $2,200 buy-in tournament to put the prize pool at $104,000. The last seven players will make the money with $4,680 for a min-cash and $35,350 plus a $1,700 PPO Championship seat to first place.

1st: $35,350 + PPO Championship seat
2nd: $23,560
3rd: $15,710
4th: $10,890
5th: $7,870
6th: $5,940
7th: $4,680