Primary Event Schedule

11AM: Day 1A – $1,100 Pinktober Main Event (Re-Entry)

• $300,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 30,000 in chips
• Levels 1-17 last 40 minutes; Levels 18+ last 60 minutes
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 10
• Players may enter multiple flights and advance their best stack
• Day 1 will end after Level 14 or tournament director discretion
• Main Event Structure Sheet

Secondary and Satellite Schedule

6PM: $140 Pinktober Main Event Satellite (1-in-10)

• 3 seats guaranteed into $300,000 Guaranteed Main Event
• Players begin with 10,000 in chips and 20-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 7
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Structure Sheet

The preliminaries are over and that means it is time to roll out the Pinktober Poker Open headline. The $1,100 buy-in Main Event starts on Thursday with the first of three starting flights as it builds toward its $300,000 guaranteed prize pool.

Players have deep stacks and slow structures to give them a lot of play. The Main Event runs 40-minute levels from the beginning with 30,000 starting stacks. The blind levels increase to an hour starting with Level 18 and they jump to 90 minutes when the tournament hits the last three tables.

Each starting flight will play 14 levels before survivors bag up for Day 2 on Sunday. Since this is a “best stack forward” tournament, players have the opportunity to fire as many of the flights as they wish and play their biggest stack should they bag up more than once.

Cards go in the air at 11 am on Thursday morning with Flight B at the same time on Friday and Flight C on Saturday.

• $300,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 30,000 in chips
• Levels 1-17 last 40 minutes; Levels 18+ last 60 minutes
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 10
• Players may enter multiple flights and advance their best stack
• Day 1 will end after Level 14 or tournament director discretion
• Main Event Structure Sheet

2019 Pinktober Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa
Event 4
$570 No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)
Entries: 57
Prize Pool: $28,215
October 15, 2019

Event 4 was a twist on the current tournament setup; it was a $570 buy-in No Limit Hold’em tournament with a Freeze-Out format. One player, one buy-in, no re-entries should they go bust.

The tournament drew 57 entries for a $28,215 prize pool with a talented final table that included Event 1 Mega Stack winner Brandon Lamora, Ricardo Eyzaguirre, former SHR Tampa winner Peter Walsworth, and popular regular Tony March.

None of them held on the for the top prize as Jeffrey Kelly picked up his first career win after a three-way deal was reached. He earned $7,500 for the victory along with the Pinktober Poker Open guitar trophy.

1st: Jeffrey Kelly – $7,500 *
2nd: Tony March – $5,853 *
3rd: Aaron Cohen – $5,853 *
4th: Peter Walsworth – $2,681
5th: Ricardo Eyzaguirre – $1,933
6th: Jeremy Becker – $1,457
7th: Brandon Lamora – $1,151
8th: John Smith – $954
9th: Kevin Greene – $833
* – Denotes results of three-way deal

2019 Pinktober Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa
Event 3
$250 Seniors Event (Re-Entry)
$10,000 Guaranteed
Entries: 117
Prize Pool: $23,400
October 14, 2019

Monday had one new tournament on the Pinktober Poker Open schedule and it turned out to be a big one. The Seniors Event is always a popular game and the 117 entries more than doubled the $10,000 guaranteed prize pool. In the end, Guy Ward took the title in a heads-up deal with Michael Kerr to win the title along with $5,593.

1st: Guy Ward – $5,593 *
2nd: Michael Kerr – $5,592 *
3rd: James Farnsworth – $2,761
4th: Wilmer Chavira – $2,083
5th: Thomas Hunnicutt – $1,568
6th: John Ripstra – $1,217
7th: Ronald Defina – $1,053
8th: John King – $819
9th: Sandra Brown – $749
10th: Salameh Bahhur – $702
11th: Ok Haselton – $655
12th: Seth Bobet – $608
* – Denotes results of heads-up deal

Primary Event Schedule

11AM: Event 4 – $570 No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)

• Players begin with 20,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
• Late registration available until start of Level 9; No re-entries
• 15% of the field will make the money
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 4 Structure Sheet

Secondary and Satellite Schedule

9AM: $100 Event 4 Satellite

• 3 seats guaranteed in Event 4
• Players begin with 10,000 in chips and 20-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 7
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Structure Sheet

6PM: $185 Triple Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

• $20,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 30,000 in chips and 20-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 11
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Structure Sheet

2019 Pinktober Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa
Event 2
$250 Ladies Event (Re-Entry)
$10,000 Guaranteed
Entries: 65
Prize Pool: $13,000
October 13, 2019

Ladies Event results:

1st: Tonia Williams – $3,044 *
2nd: Sandra Brown – $2,944 *
3rd: Lyra Vance – $2,159 *
4th: So Foster – $2,123 *
5th: Denise Tuck – $1,170
6th: Lori Schulte – $910
7th: Elizabeth Provan – $650
* – Denotes results of a four-way deal

2019 Pinktober Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa
Event 1
$360 Mega Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$150,000 Guaranteed
Entries: 610
Prize Pool: $179,950
October 9-13, 2019

Final table results:

1st: Brandon Lamora – $23,600 *
2nd: Reginald Bautista – $23,369 *
3rd: Daniel Kusnerak – $21,820 *
4th: Steven Lemma – $18,237 *
5th: Li Zhou – $8,445
6th: Hristos Tsironis – $7,040
7th: Gabriella Blanco – $5,866
8th: Chase Kalivas – $4,679
9th: Cheri Beatty – $3,536
* – Denotes results of a four-way deal

Full Event 1 results (PDF)

Primary Event Schedule

11AM: Event 3 – $250 Seniors Event (Re-Entry)

• $10,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 20,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Seniors Event Structure Sheet

Secondary and Satellite Schedule

6PM: $150 Turbo No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

• $5,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 25,000 in chips and 15-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Structure Sheet

2019 Pinktober Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa
Event 2
$250 Ladies Event (Re-Entry)
$10,000 Guaranteed
Entries: 65
Prize Pool: $13,000
October 13, 2019

The Ladies Event was the sole new tournament on the Pinktober Poker Open schedule and the special game drew a great crowd on a Sunday afternoon. There were 65 entries to push the $10,000 guaranteed prize pool up to $13,000.

The last seven players will get paid out with a min-cash earning $650 and the Ladies Event champion will walk away with $4,290 along with the guitar trophy.

1st: $4,290 + Guitar trophy
2nd: $2,730
3rd: $1,820
4th: $1,430
5th: $1,170
6th: $910
7th: $650