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PPO Day 2 Schedule

Primary Event Schedule

11AM: Event 1 Flight C – $300 Monster Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

  • $100,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
  • Players begin with 100,000 in chips
  • Levels 1-24 last 30 minutes; Levels 25+ last 40 minutes
  • Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9 (3:30pm)
  • Day 1 will end when 12.5% of field remains
  • Event 1 Structure Sheet

6PM: Event 1 Flight D – $300 Monster Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

  • $100,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
  • Players begin with 100,000 in chips
  • Levels 1-24 last 30 minutes; Levels 25+ last 40 minutes
  • Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9 (10:30pm)
  • Day 1 will end when 12.5% of field remains
  • Event 1 Structure Sheet

2025 Pinktober Poker Open Schedule and Results

Event 1 Flight B: Registration Closed with 71 Entries

$300 Monster Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 9:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Flight B Entries:  71

Registration closed for Flight B of the PPO Monster Stack with 71 entries, putting the combined total at 155 for the tournament so far with five big flights left to go.

Action will continue in Flight B until 9 players remain and survivors return on Sunday at 11 am for Day 2 in the money. Players must bag chips to cash in the tournament.

FlightDayEntriesAdvanced
AWeds 11a8411
BWeds 6p71TBD
CThurs 11a
DThurs 6p
EFriday 11a
FFriday 6p
GSaturday 11a
Total15511

Event 1: Chip Counts Through Flight A

$300 Monster Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 16:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  11 of 84

Flight A: 84 Entries; 11 Advanced
Flight B: Late reg till 10:30 pm
Flight C: Thursday at 11 am
Flight D: Thursday at 6 pm
Flight E: Friday at 11 am
Flight F: Friday at 6 pm
Flight G: Saturday at 11 am

RankFirst NameLast NameCityStateChip Count
1TamNguyenTampaFL1,320,000
2RobertFioreSeminoleFL1,310,000
3LuisTorresWindermereFL1,100,000
4JohnWolfeRiverviewFL945,000
5FabioLozanoOcalaFL905,000
6SamRonaldsSarasotaFL775,000
7JuanRodriguezSt PetersburgFL730,000
8MarkWiserLand O LakesFL420,000
9CharlesShoafClearwaterFL370,000
10MarcoCapaccioliClearwaterFL345,000
11JamesMorrisseyLand O LakesFL220,000

Event 1 Flight A: Tam Nguyen and Robert Fiore Bag Big

$300 Monster Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 16:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  11 of 84

Tam Nguyen

After a long, drawn out money bubble with 12 players remaining, several hanging out tough with shorter stacks, they finally dropped a players out and the 11 remaining players bagged their chips.

Robert Fiore was the chip leader for much of the later parts of the day and bagged 1,310,000. But Tam Nguyen, the bubble burster, nipped him at the end and bagged the early Monster Stack lead with 1,320,000.

Full chip counts will be posted as soon as they are available.

Robert Fiore

Event 1 Flight B: Night Flight

$300 Monster Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 1:  500/500 with a 500 ante

After a great start in the first flight of the PPO Monster Stack, we have our second ready to get underway at 6 pm and build on that turnout. We had 84 entries in Flight A, way ahead of the pace needed for the $300 buy-in tournament to reach its $100,000 guarantee, and there are some big turnouts expected this weekend.

Players sit with huge 100K stacks and the first 24 levels last 30 minutes before increasing to 40 for the duration. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 10:30 pm.

Play will continue until 12.5% of the field remains and survivors will return on Sunday at 11 am for Day 2.

  • $100,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
  • Players begin with 100,000 in chips
  • Levels 1-24 last 30 minutes; Levels 25+ last 40 minutes
  • Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9 (10:30pm)
  • Day 1 will end when 12.5% of field remains
  • Event 1 Structure Sheet

Event 1 Flight A: Registration Closed with 84 Entries

$300 Monster Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 9:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Flight A Entries:  84

Registration closed for Flight A of the 2025 PPO Monster Stack with 84 entries, a great start to the series and $21K toward the $100,000 guarantee with six huge flights to go.

Action will continue in Flight A until 11 players remain and survivors return on Sunday at 11 am for Day 2 in the money. Players must bag chips to cash in the tournament.

FlightDayEntriesAdvanced
AWeds 11a84TBD
BWeds 6p
CThurs 11a
DThurs 6p
EFriday 11a
FFriday 6p
GSaturday 11a
Total84TBD

Event 1 Flight A: Last Level to Register

$300 Monster Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 8:  1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Flight A Entries:  80

Flight A of the PPO Monster Stack reached Level 8 and time is running out if you want to join this session. We have 80 entries in the mix and expect to pick up a few more before closing registration at 3:30 pm.

If you missed out on Flight A, you have another chance to jump into the game with Flight B starting at 6 pm.

Event 1 Flight A: Friends in Action

$300 Monster Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 6:  1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Flight A Entries:  72

Matt Leecy

They put another ten entries on top of the break count and the tournament is going to smash the $100K guarantee when the big fields show up this weekend.

Some friends in the field include former PPO Champion Matt Leecy, Grant Missonis, Jeremy Becker, Maribeth Hilliard, David Meagher, and Frank Weigel.

Grant Missonis
Jeremy Becker
Maribeth Hilliard
David Meagher

Event 1 Flight A: Kicking off the Series

$300 Monster Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 1:  500/500 with a 500 ante

We are kicking off the 2025 Pinktober Poker Open with a big one, featuring huge money and massive starting stacks. Event 1 has a $300 buy-in with a $100,000 guaranteed prize pool and a ton of chips.

They’ll sit with 100K monster stacks and the first 24 levels last 30 minutes, increasing to 40 in Level 25. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 3:30 pm.

Play will continue until 12.5% of the field remains and survivors return on Sunday at 11 am for Day 2 in the money.

  • $100,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
  • Players begin with 100,000 in chips
  • Levels 1-24 last 30 minutes; Levels 25+ last 40 minutes
  • Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9 (3:30pm)
  • Day 1 will end when 12.5% of field remains
  • Event 1 Structure Sheet