$1,700 WPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 11:  1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Day 1C Players Remaining:  88 of 263

Registration closed for the final flight of the WPO Championship with another 263 entries, putting the final count at 529 for the tournament, and the prize pool reached a very nice $793,500.

Flight C will continue until 33 players remain, and survivors will advance to Day 2 tomorrow at noon in the money. Players must bag chips to cash in the tournament.

Chip counts through Flight B

$1,700 WPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Day 1C Entries:  263

Cards are back in the air after the third break and registration closed with an unofficial 263 showing on the tournament clock. We will post the count once the math is complete, a great turnout for the WPO Championship.

Karl Manouchakian continues to lead Day 1C with 318,500 followed by Rob Garcia’s 302,000. Jason Block is the third player over 300K with Michael Rossi trying to catch them with 262,500.

$1,700 WPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8:  800/1,600 with a 1,600 ante
Day 1C Entries:  243

Time is almost up; we are into the last level of the WPO Championship with open registration. They will play these 40 minutes, take a 15-minute break, and close registration when cards go back in the air.

We found a few more friends slinging chips this afternoon, including Jamie Smith, Brett Apter, James Calderaro, and Teresa Ramsey (who finished in fourth place in the $700 Deep Stack Challenge).

$1,700 WPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1C Entries:  223

The second break ended, players are back in their seats and the clock is ticking down on this big final flight of the WPO Championship. There are 223 entries today and the prize pool is up to $733,500 with two hours left for late registration.

Karl Manouchakian is the big stack in the room after six levels, up to 235,900 and two-time WSOP bracelet winner Dan Heimiller is in second with 221,000. There’s still a lot of time to build a big bag so they’ll have to keep grinding to stay on top.

Karl Manouchakian – 235,900 (236 bb)
Dan Heimiller – 221,000 (221 bb)
Sanjib Acharya – 199,500 (200 bb)
Kyle Beatty – 184,300 (184 bb)
Antonio Fernandez – 165,500 (166 bb)

$1,700 WPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6:  400/800 with a 800 ante
Day 1C Entries:  205

With 205 entries in today’s flight and 471 combined, the WPO Championship prize pool cruised past $700,000 with three more hours to run it up. We are quickly building this into one of biggest Championship/Main Event fields outside the big Event Center tournaments.

Other friendly faces in the field today include Karl Manouchakian (with a very nice 165,000 in front already), Allen “Chainsaw” Kessler, Dion Jagroo, Mark Winchell, David Tuthill, David DiBernardi, Tarun Gulati, Brett Apter, Hyndi Khomutetsky, Amie Martini, three-time WPT champ Eric Afriat, and NFL pro bowler Calais Campbell.

$1,700 WPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4:  300/500 with a 500 ante
Day 1C Entries:  164

The first break ended and players returned to their seats with a big field in the early afternoon. The count stands 164 for Flight C and the total prize pool is up to $645,000.

And they can spin that up until registration closes at 5:45 pm.

Some early friends include Tony March, Dan Heimiller, Elanit Hasas (fresh off deep runs in the WPT Prime and Championship in Vegas and LHPO Championship in Hollywood), Walter Thornton, Maurice Hawkins, Michael Wang, Josias Santos, Dan Clemente, Jerry Silva, and Event 1 champ Antuan Bunkley.

$1,700 WPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  100/200 with a 200 ante

The last flight of the 2024 WPO Championship gets underway at 11 am and it will be the biggest of the three starters. The $1,700 buy-in tournament already crushed its $300,000 guarantee and the field is only one new entry away from putting the prize pool over $400,000.

But our players will push it much higher than that with late registration available until 5:45 pm.

It will be a busy day in the Poker Room; get down here and get a seat!

• $300,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 40,000 in chips
• Day 1 and 2 levels last 40 minutes; Day 3 levels last 60 minutes
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 10 (5:45pm)
• Day 1 will end when 12.5% of field remains
• Championship Structure Sheet

Primary Event Schedule

11AM: Day 1C – $1,700 WPO Championship (Re-Entry)

• $300,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 40,000 in chips
• Day 1 and 2 levels last 40 minutes; Day 3 levels last 60 minutes
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 10 (5:45pm)
• Day 1 will end when 12.5% of field remains
• Championship Structure Sheet

Secondary and Satellite Schedule

9AM: $200 WPO Championship Last Chance Satellite (1-in-10)

• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Levels last 20 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 7 (2:15pm)
• Structure Sheet

$1,700 WPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Return to Level 15:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  34 of 266

Flight A: 125 Entries; 16 Advanced
Flight B: 141 Entries; 18 Advanced
Flight C: Saturday at 11 am
Day 2: Sunday at noon
Day 3: Monday at 2 pm

$1,700 WPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 13:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Day 1B Players Remaining:  27 of 141

Players took what is likely their last break with 27 players remaining and 18 advancing to Day 2. But weirder things have happened before and they might make it through another two hours before getting there.

Anthony Bertuccio is the new big stack with 501,000 with former leader Matthew Leecy still doing just fine at second with 491,000. Jake Ferro, Gabriel Fuller, John O’Neal, and Mo Alhalwani are also stacking big late in the day.

We will return with the end-of-day counts once play has wrapped for the evening.

Anthony Bertuccio – 501,000 (125 bb)
Matthew Leecy – 491,000 (123 bb)
Jake Ferro – 485,000 (121 bb)
Gabriel Fuller – 461,000 (115 bb)
John O’Neal – 380,000 (95 bb)
Mo Alhalwani – 367,000 (92 bb)