$1,700 WPO Championship
$300,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Return to Level 14:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  27 of 214

Flight A:  71 Entries; 9 Advanced
Flight B:  143 Entries; 18 Advanced
Flight C:  Saturday at 11 am
Day 2:  Sunday at 11 am

$1,700 WPO Championship
$300,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 13:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Day 1B Players Remaining:  27 of 143

Cards are back in the air with 27 players remaining at three tables and 18 of them will put a bag together for Day 2.

Ryan Hogan is the late frontrunner, ahead of everyone with 480,000. Curtis King is second with 402,000 and Mitch Garshofsky is third with 325,000.

$1,700 WPO Championship
$300,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 12:  1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Day 1B Players Remaining:  28 of 143

The last break of Flight B is just about here, or should be the last break with 28 remaining and 18 moving on to Day 2.

They will return and play down to the money bubble and survivors will book their Sunday seat.

$1,700 WPO Championship
$300,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 10:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Day 1B Players Remaining:  59 of 143

Registration closed for Flight B of the 2026 WPO Championship, with 143 entries, bringing the combined total to 214 and the prize pool to $321,000.

Flight C starts tomorrow at 11 am with late registration available until 5:45 pm.

Action will continue until 18 players remain and survivors return on Sunday at 11 am for Day 2. Players must bag chips to cash in the tournament.

Chip counts through Flight A

$1,700 WPO Championship
$300,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 8:  600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Day 1B Entries:  129

With only a few seconds left in Level 8, today’s entry count hit 129 to put the combined total at 200 for the Championship. We have officially hit the $200,000 guarantee and now the prize pool will continue to climb.

Registration closes for Flight B at 5:45 pm and Flight C starts tomorrow at 11 am.

$1,700 WPO Championship
$300,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1B Entries:  118

The second break ended and players returned to action with 118 entries in the game and we are sniffing the $200,000 guarantee already, with two hours left to register Flight B plus a busy Sunday flight tomorrow.

Bill Soscia is the new leader in the room with Roberto Melo still doing just fine in second. Here are some more counts from around the field at break:

Bill Soscia – 216,700 (217 bb)
Roberto Melo – 168,500 (169 bb)
Wayne Leonard – 139,900 (140 bb)
Elizabeth McKane – 117,600 (118 bb)
John Kennedy – 112,500 (113 bb)
Mo Alhawani – 111,000 (111 bb)
Wasim Assaf – 108,800 (109 bb)
Ken O’Donnell – 90,500 (91 bb)
Jennifer Frankenstein  –  84,000 (84 bb)
Julio Delgado – 82,600 (83 bb)
Tony March – 70,900 (71 bb)
John O’Neal – 69,300 (69 bb)
David Sweeley – 69,200 (69 bb)
Nick Scholz  –  54,000 (54 bb)
Drew Dodge – 50,700 (51 bb)
Mitch Garshofsky – 47,500 (48 bb)
Ryan Hogan – 46,400 (46 bb)
Mark Zhang – 46,100 (46 bb)
Curtis King – 43,300 (43 bb)
Aaron Speer – 43,200 (43 bb)
James McKinnon – 43,000 (43 bb)
John Dolan – 40,800 (41 bb)
Sun Choi – 40,000 (40 bb)
Mitch Mitchell – 38,200 (38 bb)
Rusty Wadsworth – 33,300 (33 bb)
Brian Arbaugh – 33,300 (33 bb)
Tarun Gulati – 28,800 (29 bb)
Ricardo Eyzaguirre – 24,200 (24 bb)
Stuart Phillips – 21,300 (21 bb)
Fred Paradis – 21,200 (21 bb)
Matthew Leecy – 20,000 (20 bb)
Aaron Thivyanathan – 19,800 (20 bb)

$1,700 WPO Championship
$300,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 6:  400/800 with a 800 ante
Day 1B Entries:  105

The entry count pipped up over 100 before the second break and we sure to top the number from last year’s Flight B with ease.

Some new faces in the field including WPT Champ Nitis Udornpim, Rusty Wadsworth, Wasim Assaf, Ken O’Donnell, Ryan Hogan, and Tony Hoang.

$1,700 WPO Championship
$300,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 4:  300/500 with a 500 ante
Day 1B Entries:  83

Players returned to action after the first break and put another ten on the board while they were away. A great turnout on a Friday afternoon and tomorrow is really going to be something.

Roberto Melo looks like the early front-runner with just shy of 150K after three levels. Nice spin-up. Here’s a look at some of the other counts around the room:

Robert Melo – 149,500 (299 bb)
Jennifer Frankenstein – 80,600 (161 bb)
Tyler Beaver – 78,300 (157 bb)
David Sweeley – 66,000 (132 bb)
Sun Choi – 60,400 (121 bb)
John O’Neal – 59,900 (120 bb)
Aaron Speer – 54,100 (108 bb)
Wayne Leonard – 51,400 (103 bb)
Julio Delgado – 48,200 (96 bb)
Mitch Garshofsky – 46,900 (94 bb)
Brian Arbaugh – 43,600 (87 bb)
Mitch Mitchell – 43,200 (86 bb)
Mark Zhang – 37,600 (75 bb)
Mo Alhalwani – 36,000 (72 bb)
Hassan Hakim – 35,900 (72 bb)
Tony March – 35,900 (72 bb)
Harvey Vandeven – 24,800 (50 bb)
Matthew Leecy – 24,500 (49 bb)
Brian Ray – 24,500 (49 bb)
Fred Paradis – 20,600 (41 bb)
Ricardo Eyzaguirre – 18,500 (37 bb)
Gabe Fuller – 16,300 (33 bb)
John Dolan – 8,500 (17 bb)

$1,700 WPO Championship
$300,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 3:  200/400 with a 400 ante
Day 1B Entries:  72

Flight B is just about ready to take their first break and the entry is already over the complete total from yesterday. A great turnout and even more are showing up as the afternoon moves on.

Some early friends in action include Ricard Eyzaguirre, Hassan Hakim, Mitch Mitchell, Tony March, Brian Arbaugh, Sun Choi, Matthew Leecy, and John Dolan.

The last time Eyzaguirre played a hand in the Poker Room, he won the DeepStack Challenge title.

$1,700 WPO Championship
$300,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 1:  100/200 with a 200 ante
Day 1B Entries:  36

Cards are in the air for Flight B of the WPO Championship with 36 players in their seats and many more expected on a busy Friday.

They will play the first three levels before getting a break and we’re seeing people already moving the registration desk.