$1,100 PPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3: 200/400 with a 400 ante
Day 1A Entries: 40
Flight A players are about ready to take their first break, with 40 entries in the mix and quickly building. It’s a great start on a Thursday morning/afternoon, and we’ll walk among the tables to see who had a good start to their day.
$1,100 PPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 2: 200/300 with a 300 ante
Day 1 Entries: 25
The PPO Championship is off and running with 25 entries and plenty of time to run it up with reg open until 6 pm after the dinner break. Plus two more flights and a handful of satellites to get to the $200,000 guarantee.
Some early friends in the field include Karl Manouchakian, Wagner Wysotchanski, James McKinnon, Marie Harrell, Edwards Muñiz, Fred Paradis, and Shane Melert.
$1,100 PPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 100/200 with a 200 ante
The preliminaries are wrapped up and it is time to roll out the 2024 Pinktober Poker Open Championship with Flight A getting underway at 11 am. The $1,100 buy-in tournament has a $200,000 guarantee prize pool and three starting flights.
Players sit down to 30K stacks and all levels last 40 minutes until the tournament reaches heads-up. Late registration is available until the start of Level 10 at 6 pm following the 30-minute dinner break.
Flight A will continue until 12.5% of the field remains and survivors will return on Sunday at 11 am for Day 2.
Primary Event Schedule
11AM: Day 1A – $1,100 PPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Satellite Schedule
3PM: $140 PPO Championship Satellite (1-in-10)
6PM: $140 PPO Championship Satellite (1-in-10)
2024 Pinktober Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Tampa, Florida
Event 3
$600 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed
Entries: 131
Prize Pool: $68,775
October 21 – 23, 2024
| Place | First Name | Last Name | City | State | Prize Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fred | Paradis | Oldsmar | FL | $17,575 |
| 2 | Tarun | Gulati | Tampa | FL | $11,720 |
| 3 | Gabriel | Fuller | Tampa | FL | $8,190 |
| 4 | Hyndi | Khomutetsky | Orlando | FL | $5,880 |
| 5 | Richard | Smith | Bradenton | FL | $4,360 |
| 6 | Carlo | Amenta | Tampa | FL | $3,310 |
| 7 | Oleg | Rutskin | Tampa | FL | $2,600 |
| 8 | Elias | Kiwan | Wesley Chapel | FL | $2,100 |
| 9 | Matthew | Sundberg | Eagan | MN | $1,760 |
| 10 | Patrick | Hu-A-Kam | Bowmanville | ON | $1,760 |
| 11 | Kenneth | O 'Donnell | St Petersburg | FL | $1,520 |
| 12 | Robert | Fregosi | Clearwater | FL | $1,520 |
| 13 | Jeffrey | Morzella | Tampa | FL | $1,370 |
| 14 | Steven | Sinclair | Tampa | FL | $1,370 |
| 15 | Drew | Dodge | Spring Hill | FL | $1,250 |
| 16 | Dorian | Rios Pavon | Las Vegas | FL | $1,250 |
| 17 | James | McKinnon | Saint Petersburg | FL | $1,250 |
$600 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 23: 20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
PPO Event 3 drew 131 entries for the $600 buy-in tournament and produced a final table full of Tampa poker legends. Two of them ended heads-up for the title with Fred Paradis taking the top spot over Tarun Gulati.
1st: Fred Paradis – $17,575 + PPO Trophy
2nd: Tarun Gulati – $11,720
$600 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19: 10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining: 4 of 131
Seat 3: Fred Paradis – 1,690,000 (113 bb)
Seat 4: Gabe Fuller – 495,000 (33 bb)
Seat 6: Hyndi Khomutetsky – 1,190,000 (79 bb)
Seat 9: Tarun Gulati – 555,000 (37 bb)
1st: $17,575 + PPO Trophy
2nd: $11,720
3rd: $8,190
4th: $5,880
5th: Richard Smith – $4,350
6th: Carlo Amenta – $3,310
7th: Oleg Rutskin – $2,600
8th: Eli Kiwan – $2,100
9th: Matt Sundberg – $1,760
10th: Patrick Hu-A-Kam – $1,760
11th: Ken O’Donnell – $1,520
12th: Robert Fregosi – $1,520
13th: Jeff Morzella – $1,370
14th: Steven Sinclair – $1,370
15th: Drew Dodge – $1,250
16th: Dorian Rios – $1,250
17th: James McKinnon – $1,250
