$1,200 PPO Championship (Re-Entry
$200,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 5:  300/600 with a 600 ante
Flight C Entries:  129

The entry count is snowballing as we get deeper into the afternoon and we should have a $300,000 prize pool before we hit the next break. Only nine more needed for that mark than we start aiming to top our results from last year.

Some more friends in today’s field include Ryan Hogan, Igor Tretyakov, Gerry and Michael Silva, Nick Scholz, Adam Weingard, Steve Blackmon, and Justin Fawcett.

$1,200 PPO Championship (Re-Entry
$200,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 4:  300/500 with a 500 ante
Flight C Entries:  102

Cards are back in the air after the first break and the entry count hit triple digits while they were gone. The prize pool is now over $262K and it will continue to grow until registration closes for good at 6 pm.

$1,200 PPO Championship (Re-Entry
$200,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 3:  200/400 with a 400 ante
Flight C Entries:  92

The first break is about to hit, and we have more than 90 entries and are quickly approaching more milestones, including a chance to build up a $300,000 prize pool.

$1,200 PPO Championship (Re-Entry
$200,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 2:  200/300 with a 300 ante
Flight C Entries:  85

We have a very nice field building as we move into the afternoon hours. Plenty of local favorites are mixing with out-of-town friends, and the numbers are building.

Some early players include Willie Wiggins, Mo Alhalwani, Marvin “Duckman” Karlins, Tony March, Chris Mo, Marsha Wolak, Marie Harrell, Hyndi Khomutetsky, Gabe Fuller, and Roberto Melo.

$1,200 PPO Championship (Re-Entry
$200,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 1:  100/200 with a 200 ante
Flight C Entries:  43

We knew it wouldn’t take long to surpass the $200,000 guarantee but it got there even quicker than we predicted. Less than 15 minutes into the day, we had entry 43 take a seat in the tournament ot put the combined total at 191 and the prize pool officially topped its guarantee.

Now they run it up until registration closes at 6 pm.

Primary Event Schedule

11AM: Day 1C – $1,200 PPO Championship (Re-Entry)

• $200,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 30,000 in chips
• Levels last 40 minutes
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 10 (6:00pm)
• Day 1 will end when 12.5% of field remains
• Championship Structure Sheet

Secondary and Satellite Schedule

9AM: $150 Last Chance PPO Championship Satellite (1-in-10)

• Players begin with 10,000 in chips
• Levels last 10 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 7 (10:10am)
• Structure Sheet

$1,200 PPO Championship (Re-Entry
$200,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 13:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining:  19 of 148

Flight A: 69 Entries; 9 Advanced
Flight B: 79 Entries; 10 Advanced
Flight C: Saturday at 11 am
Day 2: Sunday at noon

$1,200 PPO Championship (Re-Entry
$200,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 13:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Flight B Players Remaining:  10 of 79

Flight B of the 2025 PPO Championship ended as Level 13 was nearing an end. Matt Duffy led most of the way today but visiting pro Ricardo Eyzaguirre bagged the biggest stack when they were done, his 568,000 good enough for the overall lead so far.

The last flight gets underway tomorrow at 11 am and the field will quickly surpass the $200,000 guarantee.

Ricardo Eyzaguirre – 568,000 (142 bb)
Matt Duffy – 340,000 (85 bb)
Brian Ray – 324,000 (81 bb)
Matthew Leecy – 288,000 (72 bb)
Mitch Mitchell – 252,000 (63 bb)
Stuart Phillips – 214,000 (54 bb)
Michael Cole – 142,000 (36 bb)
Alfredo Leiva Basu – 141,000 (35 bb)
Andy Anderson – 94,000 (24 bb)
Landon Sorrels – 11,000 (3 bb)

$1,200 PPO Championship (Re-Entry
$200,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 10:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Flight B Players Remaining:  27 of 79

Registration closed for Flight B of the 2025 PPO Championship with 79 entries, putting $155,400 toward the $200,000 guarantee and only 43 new entries tomorrow to get there.

Flight A will continue until ten players remain and they will advance to Day 2 on Sunday at noon. Players must bag chips to cash in the tournament.

$1,200 PPO Championship (Re-Entry
$200,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 9:  800/1,600 with a 1,600 ante
Flight B Entries:  78

Flight B players are about to head on their 30-minute dinner break, time to refresh and grab a bite and the Snack Bar (get the double smash burger).

Registration will close when they return at 6 pm and we’ll know our target number for the guarantee tomorrow.