$1,100 PPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 2: 200/300 with a 300 ante
Day 1B Entries: 28
The entry count began to climb faster once we hit the afternoon hours, and now we can start prognosticating the guarantee mark. It won’t be today but the $200K mark should hit early tomorrow on a busy Saturday.
Some early friends today include Gabe Fuller, Kevin Blewitt, Wagner Wysotchanski, Woodrow Pass, Jordan Joeckel, Tony March, and Richard Smith.
$1,100 PPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 100/200 with a 200 ante
Cards are in the air for Flight B of the PPO Championship and the $1,100 buy-in field will get closer to its $200,000 guarantee. With a busy weekend expected, it should be a very nice prize pool.
Players sit with 30K stacks and all levels last 40 minutes until the tournament gets down to the last two players. Late registration is available until the start of Level 10 at 6 pm and players may refire as often as they wish during that time.
Flight B will continue until 12.5% of the field remains and players with chips at that point will bag them up and return Sunday at 11 am to play it out for the trophy.
Primary Event Schedule
11AM: Day 1B – $1,100 PPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Secondary and Satellite Schedule
3PM: $140 PPO Championship Satellite (1-in-10)
6PM: $140 PPO Championship Satellite (1-in-10)
$1,100 PPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 13: 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 11 of 82
Flight A: 82 Entries; 11 Advanced
Flight B: Friday at 11 am
Flight C: Saturday at 11 am
Day 2: Sunday at 11 am
| Rank | First Name | Last Name | City | State | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Allan | Hedin | Sarasota | FL | 455,000 |
| 2 | Drew | Dodge | Spring Hill | FL | 347,000 |
| 3 | Carlo | Amenta | Tampa | FL | 296,000 |
| 4 | Josh | Nicholson | Winter Haven | FL | 296,000 |
| 5 | Matthew | Leecy | Tampa | FL | 262,000 |
| 6 | Daniel | Li | Valrico | FL | 214,000 |
| 7 | Bill | Criego | Nokomis | FL | 203,000 |
| 8 | Daniel | Murray | Tampa | FL | 164,000 |
| 9 | Shane | Melert | Brandon | FL | 112,000 |
| 10 | Fred | Paradis | Oldsmar | FL | 58,000 |
| 11 | Edwards | Muniz | Tampa | FL | 54,000 |
$1,100 PPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 13: 2,000/4,000 with a 2,500 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining: 11 of 82
After a short pause in hand-for-hand action to color off the purple chips, James McKinnon was eliminated by Matthew Leecy on the bubble in a cooler. The shorter-stacked McKinnon flopped a pair of aces with his ace-four but Leecy was better with ace-queen.
Allan Hedin was the big stack in the latter parts of the day and bagged up 455,000 for the early leader coming back.
We will post the full chip count list as soon as it is available.
$1,100 PPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 11: 1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining: 16 of 82
Flight A quickly dropped down to the last two tables of the day with 16 players remaining and money bubble action going into play when 12 are left in the game.
They are moving quickly, they might be the next break.
$1,100 PPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10: 1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining: 24 of 82
Registration closed for Flight A of the 2024 PPO Championship, with 82 entries, putting nearly $80,000 toward the $200,000 guarantee. We have two more flights to go with the next on Friday at 11 am.
Flight A will continue until 11 players remain and survivors will return on Sunday at 11 am to play for the title. Players must bag chips to cash in the tournament.
| Flight | Day | Entries | Advanced |
| A | Thurs @ 11a | 82 | TBD |
| B | Friday @ 11a | — | — |
| C | Sat @ 11a | — | — |
| Total | 82 | TBD |
$1,100 PPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10: 1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Day 1A Entries: 82
The dinner break ended, players returned to action in the Championship, and registration closed for Flight A. The tournament clock shows 82 entries and we will report the official numbers as soon as they are locked in.
Jordan Lowery is the new leader in the field with 186,000 followed by Josh Nicholson, Allan Hedin, Bill Criego, and Wayne Leonard.
Jordan Lowery – 186,000 (93 bb)
Josh Nicholson – 179,500 (90 bb)
Allan Hedin – 178,500 (89 bb)
Bill Criego – 176,500 (88 bb)
Wayne Leonard – 134,500 (67 bb)
$1,100 PPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9: 800/1,600 with a 1,600 ante
Day 1A Entries: 78
The clock is heading down toward the end of Level 9 and players will enjoy a 30-minute dinner break when it runs out. Tournament staff will color off the black chips and registration will close when they return at 6 pm.
$1,100 PPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8: 600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Day 1A Entries: 75
Flight A is cruising right along and the entry count is snowballing a little as players (unfortunately) lose their stack. More than a few have decided to use their re-entry option to jump back into the fray.
More friends in the field include WPT/WSOP champ James Calderaro, Stephen Brite, Clyde Maliauka, and John Tyler Kennedy.
