$1,200 PPO Championship (Re-Entry
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9: 800/1,600 with a 1,600 ante
Flight B Entries: 78
Time is running out if you want to join the second flight of the PPO Championship. They will finish out this level, take a 30-minute dinner break, and registration will close at 6 pm when they return to action.
$1,200 PPO Championship (Re-Entry
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7: 500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Flight B Entries: 76
The second break ended, players returned to their seats for another three levels before dinner, and they have a new chip leader.
Matt Duffy was only 2K off the lead at the first break but now has comfortable-ish lead with 161,200. Former leader Lisa Chiodini is still sitting nicely with 120,900 with Ori Remen in between holding 127,400.
$1,200 PPO Championship (Re-Entry
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5: 300/600 with a 600 ante
Flight B Entries: 62
Flight B is definitely on pace to top yesterday’s 69 entries, mainly because we are almost there—more than an hour before the next break and several hours before we close reg at 6 pm.
Some more friends in today’s field include Ricardo Eyzaguirre, Mitch Mitchell, Steve Blackmon, Matthew Leecy, and Dion Jagroo.
$1,200 PPO Championship (Re-Entry
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4: 300/500 with a 500 ante
Flight B Entries: 48
Cards are back in the air and we took a look around the tables while they were gone. We found two players with early big stacks, setting themselves up for a nice run into the evening.
Lisa Chiodini leads the field early in the day, sitting behind a stack worth 95,700 with Matt Duffy nearby and only two 1K chips behind with 92,700.
$1,200 PPO Championship (Re-Entry
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3: 200/400 with a 400 ante
Flight B Entries: 42
Three levels down and now players will enjoy their first 15-minute break from the action. They’ll return to play three more levels before the next respite, but they are peacefully grinding through their day.
$1,200 PPO Championship (Re-Entry
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 2: 200/300 with a 300 ante
Flight B Entries: 32
It seems like our players were just waiting until the afternoon hours were here, because we went from 10 entries to 32 in a snap. Plenty of action and a lot of time to join with registration available until 6 pm.
Some early friends include Wayne Leonard, Jerome Leonardo, Mark Zhang, Julio Delgado, Fred Paradis, Tony March, and Stephen Dees.
$1,200 PPO Championship (Re-Entry
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 100/200 with a 200 ante
Flight B Entries: 10
Cards are in the air for Flight B of the PPO Championship with ten early players and many more expected throughout the day.
They will take a 15-minute break after three levels of play and a 30-minute dinner break is scheduled at 5:30 pm.
$1,200 PPO Championship (Re-Entry
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 100/200 with a 200 ante
Flight B of the PPO Championship kicks off at 11 am and looks to build on a good start yesterday. We had 69 entries to put us on pace to fly past the $200,000 guarantee with a flight today and huge turnout expected tomorrow.
Players sit with 30K in their stacks and all levels last 40 minutes. Late registration and re-entries are available until the start of Level 10 at 6 pm, following the 30-minute dinner.
Action will continue until 12.5% of the field remains and survivors return on Sunday at noon for Day 2.
Primary Event Schedule
11AM: Day 1B – $1,200 PPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Secondary and Satellite Schedule
3PM: $150 PPO Championship Satellite (1-in-10)
6PM: $150 PPO Championship Satellite (1-in-10)
$1,200 PPO Championship (Re-Entry
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 13: 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining: 9 of 69
Flight A of the PPO Championship ended with a new leader at the top. Poker pro and WSOP bracelet winner Rafael Reis came out on top after 13 levels of play and bagged the early overall chip lead.
Flight B gets underway on Friday at 11 am where they will get very close to surpassing the $200,000 guarantee, followed by the final flight on Saturday.
Rafael Reis – 408,000 (102 bb)
Drew Dodge – 357,000 (89 bb)
Patrick Harder – 323,000 (81 bb)
Clyde Maliauka – 269,000 (67 bb)
Sandro Vianna De Sa – 186,000 (47 bb)
George Hortelano – 180,000 (45 bb)
William Criego – 171,000 (43 bb)
David Moses – 91,000 (23 bb)
Christopher Holland – 84,000 (21 bb)