$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 13:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining:  13 of 122

Flight A: 122 Entries; 13 Advanced
Flight B: Wednesday at 6 pm
Flight C: Thursday at 10 am
Flight D: Thursday at 6 pm
Flight E: Friday at 10 am
Flight F: Saturday at 10 am
Day 2: Sunday at noon

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  100/100

The second of six starting flights for Pinktober Poker Open Event 1 gets underway at 6 pm. The $400 buy-in tournament drew 122 entries in the starting flight and the tournament features a $200,000 guaranteed prize pool.

Players start with 30K stacks and all Day 1 levels last 30 minutes, going up to 40 at the start of Day 2. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 10:30 pm. They will play down this evening until 10% of the field remains and those players will advance to Day 2 on Sunday.

• $200,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 30,000 in chips
• Day 1 levels last 30 minutes; Day 2 levels last 40 minutes
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9 (10:30pm)
• Day 1 will end when 10% of field remains
• Event 1 Structure Sheet

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 13:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  13 of 122

It took less than a level after the break to settle the matter in Flight A, mostly thanks to Ryan Hogan. He bagged a huge lead with 626,000 coming back for Day 2 on Sunday.

We will post the complete Flight A chip counts as soon as they are available.

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 12:  1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  16 of 122

Level 12 came around and Flight A players were sent on their last break of the day. The field quickly dropped down to the last two tables with 16 players remaining and 13 advancing to Day 2.

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 11:  1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  31 of 122

Flight A of Event 1 is down to the last four tables of the day with 31 players remaining and 13 advancing to Day 2 on Sunday in the money.

They will play through Level 12 before taking what is likely their last break of the flight.

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Flight A Entries:  122

Registration closed for Flight A of Pinktober Poker Open Event 1 with 122 entries putting $40,870 in the prize pool with five more flights to reach the $200,000 guarantee. Flight B gets underway this evening at 6 pm with two more flights on Thursday and one each on Friday and Saturday.

Flight A will play down this evening until the last 13 players remain and they will advance to Day 2 on Sunday in the money.

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8:  600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Flight A Entries:  121

Level 8 is coming to an end and tournament staff will send players on their second break. They will take 15 minutes away from the tables and return with registration closed for this flight.

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Flight A Entries:  111

The Flight A entry count topped 100 after the first break, a great number for a Wednesday afternoon and we can expect a few more throughout the day plus Flight B at 6 pm.

A few more faces in the crowd include Fred Paradis, Ryan Hogan, Mark Wiser, and Jason Block.

The last time we saw Paradis, it was a month ago at the WPT Tampa Championship final table where he finished second for more than $400K.

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5:  300/600 with a 600 ante
Flight A Entries:  94

Play resumed for Flight A of Event 1 with 94 entries now in the game and a huge chip leader. It wasn’t hard to find the big stack, Jim Collins had a couple barrels of 5K chips after four levels to lead the way with 218,700.

Not a bad start to his day.

They will play four more levels, take another break, and registration will close for Flight A when they return for Level 9.

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4:  300/500 with a 500 ante
Flight A Entries:  88

Four levels are in the books and Flight A players were sent on the first break of the day. We have a lucky 88 entries in the tournament so far and it will continue to climb until registration closes at 2:30 pm.