$1,100 Pinktober Main Event (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6: 300/500 with a 500 ante
Flight A Entries: 78

With the flop reading and 7,500 already in the pot, Nathaniel Palombo checked on the button and his opponent bet 13,500. Palombo pulled a check-raise all in for 23,600 which prompted his opponent to stand up from his chair.

After talking and thinking it through, Palomob got the call he wanted.

Palombo:
Opponent:

Both players hit the flop but Palombo’s bottom set had a virtual lock on the hand against top pair/top kicker. The turn left his opponent drawing dead to the river and Palombo moved up to 54,700.

$1,100 Pinktober Main Event (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5: 200/400 with a 400 ante
Flight A Entries: 70

We had another handful of entries jump into the Main Event to hit a 70 spot on the tournament board. With a full Friday and Saturday left to go, this is a nice start.

Anthony Dianaty and John O’Neal are in today’s field and both have some nice results here. Dianaty is one min-cash away from pushing his career earnings over $300,000 while O’Neal made two big Tampa final tables; seventh place in the 2016 Winter Poker Open Championship and eighth place in the 2018 WPTDeepStacks Tampa Main Event.

$1,100 Pinktober Main Event (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4: 200/300 with a 300 ante
Flight A Entries: 66

The first break is complete and we have our first big stack of the Main Event. Mitch Smith began his day with a 30,000 starting stack but sits atop the counts after the first break with 70,400 after three levels. There are several stacks not far behind so he’ll some competition with 11 more levels to go today.

$1,100 Pinktober Main Event (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3: 100/200 with a 200 ante
Flight A Entries: 60

The clock is ticking down in Level 3 and players will soon take their first break of the day. There are 60 entries so far with a lot of time to push it higher.

While they are away, we will take our first opportunity to see who ran up an early stack in the Main Event.

$1,100 Pinktober Main Event (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3: 100/200 with a 200 ante
Flight A Entries: 50

The blinds are up and the entry count hit an even 50 before noon for a good start to the day. We expect more to join (or rejoin if needed) before registration closed more than six hours from now.

Peter Walsworth wasted no time getting in his seat. The Tampa regular has more than $1,000,000 in career earnings including a nice win here in the August Deep Stack tournament. Walsworth has a couple six-digit scores on the east coast at our sister room in Hollywood and he made the Event 4 final table two days ago.

$1,100 Pinktober Main Event (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 2: 100/100 with a 100 ante
Flight A Entries: 39

The seats are filling in nicely while the morning moves into the afternoon. Players are waking up, getting to the poker room, and getting into the action.

Woodrow Pass was here early and working up his stack. The SHR Tampa regular had a nice September at these tables with five cashes, four final table and two wins. One of those final tables was a second place finish and another for third place.

Pass picked up one of his four guitar trophies last October when he won the Triple Stack Pinktober Poker Open tournament.

$1,100 Pinktober Main Event (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 100/100
Flight A Entries: 30

Once players were settled in their seats and tournament staff read them the rules, cards are in the air for the 2019 Pinktober Poker Open Main Event.

They will play three 40-minute levels before taking the first break of the day.

 $1,100 Pinktober Main Event (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 100/100

One week is down in the 2019 Pinktober Poker Open and that means the headliner is up. The biggest tournament on the schedule is the $1,100 buy-in Main Event and it gets underway this morning at 11 am with the first of three starting flights.

The Main Event features a $300,000 guaranteed prize pool, deep stacks, and a slow structure to give players plenty of bag for their buck.

They’ll sit down to 30,000 starting stacks and blind levels last 40 minutes from the start. Levels will increase to 60 minutes starting with Level 18 and jump to 90 minutes when 27 players remaining. Deep and slow.

Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 10 at approximately 6:30 pm following a one-hour dinner break. Each starting flight will play through 14 levels with the survivors returning on Sunday for Day 2 at 2 pm.

Since this is a “best stack forward” tournament, players may enter and bag multiple flights and will play their biggest on Day 2.

Cards will go in the air shortly and we will be here all day with them bringing the updates.

• $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

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