$1,700 Pinktober Championship (Re-Entry) $400,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 15: 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante Players Remaining: 53 of 358
Terri-Anne Crawford
With the board reading , Terri-Anne Crawford bet 35,000 and John O’Neal called. The river came , Crawford bet another 80,000 and O’Neal called leaving only 31,000 behind.
Crawford tabled for a flopped set of nines and O’Neal mucked his hand. He was left short but found a double on the next hand as we approach the bubble.
$1,700 Pinktober Championship (Re-Entry) $400,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 15: 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante Players Remaining: 59 of 358
Jonathan Betancur
Jonathan Betancur open-shipped for 67,000 from middle position and it folded to Rafael Reis in the small blind. He thought for two minutes, folded his hand, and then saw Jebhar Patterson instantly call with a monster in the big.
Patterson: Betancur:
Betancur was in a lot of trouble, missed the flop, but picked up a spade draw. The board finished with the turn and river and he missed both to exit early on Day 2.
Jebhar Patterson – 522,000 (87 bb) Jonathan Betancur – Eliminated
$1,700 Pinktober Championship (Re-Entry) $400,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 15: 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante Players Remaining: 62 of 358
Jeremy Becker (left), Michael Laake (center), and Jake Ferro (right) wearing pink for Pinktober
Tournament staff put cards back in the air for Day 2 of the 2022 Pinktober Poker Open Championship with 62 players remaining, 45 getting paid, and $111K up top.
Blinds are 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante and the average stack is about 231,000 (39 bb).
$1,700 Pinktober Championship (Re-Entry) $400,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 15: 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante Players Remaining: 62 of 358
Matthew Leecy
The 2022 Pinktober Poker Open Championship drew 358 entries over two starting flights and 62 players advanced to Day 2. They return at noon to begin playing down to the final table, but first, they need to burst the bubble.
The tournament created a prize pool worth $537,000 (the biggest for this tournament) and 45 players will make the money sometime this afternoon. They are looking at a min-cash of $3,100 but all shooting for the $111K top prize.
Former Tampa Poker Classic Main Event champ Matthew Leecy leads the return with 2021 Pinktober Poker Open winner Ken O’Donnell sitting in second.
They return with blind levels now lasting 60 minutes each and will stay that way until the tournament is heads-up for the title. The schedule has the field playing down to the final table this evening and those nine players return tomorrow to find our champ.
$1,700 Pinktober Championship (Re-Entry) $400,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Return to Level 15: 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante Players Remaining: 62 of 358
Flight A: 151 Entries; 26 Advanced Flight B: 207 Entries; 36 Advanced Day 2: Sunday at noon
$1,700 Pinktober Championship (Re-Entry) $400,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Return to Level 15: 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante Players Remaining: 62 of 358
Flight A: 151 Entries; 26 Advanced Flight B: 207 Entries; 36 Advanced Day 2: Sunday at noon
$1,700 Pinktober Championship (Re-Entry) $400,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 14: 3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante Day 1B Players Remaining: 37 of 207
Matthew Leecy
As Flight B was winding down, former Tampa Poker Classic Main Event champ Matthew Leecy took a few huge pots to jump into the overall lead coming back for Day 2 with 682,000.
Players are bagging up their chips and we will post the Day 2 counts and seat draw as soon as it is available.
$1,700 Pinktober Championship (Re-Entry) $400,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 13: 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante Day 1B Players Remaining: 51 of 207
Jebhar Patterson
We mentioned Shane Barnard leading near the last break but dropped before they left the tables. Tablemate Jebhar Patterson owned the biggest stack with 389,000 while Barnard was down to 279,000. Ryan Thompson sits in second with 354,000 and they are all trying to set a nice stack for Day 2.
, Terri-Anne Crawford bet 35,000 and John O’Neal called. The river came 
, Crawford bet another 80,000 and O’Neal called leaving only 31,000 behind.
for a flopped set of nines and O’Neal mucked his hand. He was left short but found a double on the next hand as we approach the bubble.
flop, but picked up a spade draw. The board finished with the 
turn and 
river and he missed both to exit early on Day 2.
