$1,200 PPO Championship
$200,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1B Entries:  56

Players returned to action after the second break, and they are all chasing Sandro Vianna, who has the biggest stack. By a lot.

After six levels, Vianna turned his 30K starting stack into 175,900 and holds a big lead on the rest of the field. He’s not even very far off what the average stack will be when they bag up this evening.

But there’s still time to catch him and anyone can jump in with registration open until 5:45 pm.

$1,200 PPO Championship
$200,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 6:  400/800 with a 800 ante
Day 1B Entries:  55

The second break is coming up shortly with 55 entries in the game, four tables in action, and plenty of space for anyone who wants to get down here for the Championship.

The satellite is going strong on the other side of the room with three seats already up for grabs and registration available until 4:15 pm.

$1,200 PPO Championship
$200,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 4:  300/500 with a 500 ante
Day 1B Entries:  46

The entry count is creeping up towards 50 after the first break and some talent showed up in the recent batch of players.

Some new friends in the field include Ricardo Eyzaguirre, Adam Weingard, John Dolan, Michael Rossi, Juan Catala, and Cheri Ivan.

Also underway on the other side of the room, the $150 satellite kicked off with two seats guaranteed into the Championship with late registration available until 4:15 pm.

$1,200 PPO Championship
$200,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 3:  200/400 with a 400 ante
Day 1B Entries:  37

Three levels are in the books and players are on their first 15-minute break of the day. We have 37 entries so far and the field is growing at a consistent pace this afternoon.

With registration available until 5:45 pm and another big, full flight tomorrow, they will surpass the $200,000 early on Saturday.

$1,200 PPO Championship
$200,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 2:  200/300 with a 300 ante
Day 1B Entries:  26

We have a fun group of players in early action in Flight B and more are rolling in as we close to the afternoon hours.

Roberto Melo took a seat after taking yesterday off. He became the first player in our history to win three major titles in the same series and we only had ten trophy events to that point.

Roberto won the opening event to kick off the series, then went back-to-back, winning the $400 PLO and $600 Six-Max on Tuesday and Wednesday. Nice run.

Other friendly faces include Wayne Leonard, Kevin Blewitt, Julio Delgado, and Pedro Perez.

$1,200 PPO Championship
$200,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 1:  100/200 with a 200 ante
Day 1B Entries:  14

Cards are in the air for Flight B of the 2026 Pinktober Poker Open Championship with 14 entries and many more expected as we cruise into the weekend.

Registration is open until 5:45 pm with a busy day tomorrow for the last flight.

$1,200 PPO Championship
$200,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 1:  100/200 with a 200 ante

One flight down for the 2026 Pinktober Poker Open with the second set to go at 11 am. The $1,200 buy-in tournament has a $200,000 guaranteed prize pool and they won’t get there today, but it will set up for a big final flight tomorrow.

They’ll start out with 30K in their stacks and all levels last 40 minutes. Late registration is available until the start of Level 10 at 5:45 pm and players may refire as often as they wish during that time.

Flight B will continue until 12.5% of the field remains and those with chips will return on Sunday at 11 am for Day 2.

• $200,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 30,000 in chips
• Levels last 40 minutes
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 10 (5:45pm)
• Day 1 will end when 12.5% of field remains
• Championship Structure Sheet

Primary Event Schedule

11AM: Day 1B – $1,200 PPO Championship (Re-Entry)

• $200,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 30,000 in chips
• Levels last 40 minutes
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 10 (5:45pm)
• Day 1 will end when 12.5% of field remains
• Championship Structure Sheet

Secondary and Satellite Schedule

2PM: $150 Championship Satellite (1-in-10)

• Two seats guaranteed into $1,200 buy-in/$200K GTD PPO Championship
• Players begin with 15,000 in chips
• Levels last 20 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 7 (4:15pm)
• 1-in-10 wins a seat into Flight C of the PPO Championship
• Structure Sheet

6PM: $150 Championship Satellite (1-in-10)

• Two seats guaranteed into $1,200 buy-in/$200K GTD PPO Championship
• Players begin with 15,000 in chips
• Levels last 20 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 7 (8:15pm)
• 1-in-10 wins a seat into Flight C of the PPO Championship
• Structure Sheet

$1,200 PPO Championship
$200,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 15:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining:  8 of 59

It took a grind to get there but Flight A of the PPO Championship reached eight players to put them in the money.

Last year, Rafael Reis bagged the first flight chip lead and went on to win the title. Once again, he has the biggest stack at the end of the first flight with a chance to go back-to-back.

Rafael Reis – 330,000 (55 bb)
Robert Aseter – 282,000 (47 bb)
Gabriel Fuller – 279,000 (47 bb)
Dominick Minaya – 265,000 (44 bb)
Huicun Qiao – 195,000 (33 bb)
Khanh Truong – 184,000 (31 bb)
Curtis King – 119,000 (20 bb)
Luis Medina – 117,000 (20 bb)

$1,200 PPO Championship
$200,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 13:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining:  9 of 59

The ten remaining players were sent on (what should be) the final break of the day while tournament staff color off the purple chips.

They returned, played a few hands, and Tony March was eliminated. The nine remaining players redrew seat at one table and they will continue until one more player is eliminated, sending the other eight on to Day 2.