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

We are down to the final flight of the 2026 Pinktober Poker Open Championship and the first order of business will be hitting the first milestone. With 125 entries so far, only 66 new entries are needed today to put the $1,200 buy-in tournament over the $200,000 guarantee.

Since we expect double that on a busy Saturday, we should beat that mark early, and we’ll start building the prize pool.

Players sit with 30K in their stacks and all levels last 40 minutes. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 10 at 5:45 pm.

Action will continue until 12.5% of the field remains and survivors return tomorrow 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 1C – $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

9AM: $150 Last Chance Championship Satellite (1-in-10)

• Players begin with 10,000 in chips
• Levels last 10 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 7 (10:10am)
• 1-in-10 wins a seat into Flight C of the PPO Championship
• Structure Sheet

$1,200 PPO Championship
$200,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Return to Level 15:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  17 of 125

Flight A: 59 Entries; 8 Advanced
Flight B: 66 Entries; 9 Advanced
Flight C: Saturday at 11 am
Day 2: Sunday at 11 am

$1,200 PPO Championship
$200,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 15:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Day 1B Players Remaining:  9 of 66

After a long hand-for-hand process, more than an hour, Flight B of the PPO Championship burst the money bubble with nine players remaining.

Wayne Leonard was the big stack through the second part of the day and bagged the overall chip lead with one more flight to go.

Wayne Leonard – 442,000 (74 bb)
Ken Fishman – 358,000 (60 bb)
Aaron Mederos – 226,000 (38 bb)
Julio Delgado – 223,000 (37 bb)
John Kamis – 202,000 (34 bb)
Bob Gallo – 174,000 (29 bb)
Ricardo Eyzaguirre – 149,000 (25 bb)
Drew Dodge – 133,000 (22 bb)
Todd Wild – 82,000 (14 bb)

$1,200 PPO Championship
$200,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 13:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Day 1B Players Remaining:  14 of 66

Flight B of the PPO Championship is slowly grinding its way closer to the money bubble and the 14 remaining were sent on break as the purple chips were taken out of play.

Wayne Leonard increased his big lead and holds 422,000 while no one else is over 200K. He is in position to bag the overall lead but there’s a lot of talent trying to get his chips.

$1,200 PPO Championship
$200,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 10:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Day 1B Players Remaining:  20 of 66

Wayne Leonard is the new leader at the third break, sitting atop the counts with 268,500. It looks like he took a chunk off former lead Sandro Vianna, who dipped to around 100K.

Bob Gallo, Cheri Ivan, Drew Dodge, and Ken O’Donnell fill out the top five with 20 players remaining and nine advancing.

Wayne Leonard – 268,500 (134 bb)
Bob Gallo – 164,500 (82 bb)
Cheri Ivan – 150,500 (75 bb)
Drew Dodge – 140,000 (70 bb)
Ken O’Donnell – 137,500 (69 bb)

$1,200 PPO Championship
$200,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 10:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Day 1B Entries:  66

Registration closed for Flight B of the 2026 PPO Championship with 66 entries, putting the combined total at 125 for the tournament, with another 66 needed tomorrow to reach the $200,000 guarantee.

Flight B will continue until nine players remain and survivors will bag their chips for a Day 2 return on Sunday at 11 am.

$1,200 PPO Championship
$200,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 8:  800/1,600 with a 1,600 ante
Day 1B Entries:  64

We are heading into the ninth level and time is running out to join the second of three flights in the PPO Championship. There are 64 entries so far and we should pick up a couple more before we close registration at 5:45 pm.

We found some more familiar faces in the crowd including Ken O’Donnell, Nick Scholz, and Ken Fishman.

$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.