Primary Event Schedule
11AM: Event 1 Day 2 – $400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
12PM: Event 2 – $200 Bankroll Builder NLH (Re-Entry)
2023 Pinktober Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Tampa, Florida
Event 2
$600 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$30,000 Guaranteed
Entries: 106
Prize Pool: $55,650
October 22, 2023
Pinktober Poker Open Event 2 was a one-day $600 buy-in Deep Stack tournament, perfect for a Sunday in the Poker Room. The game drew 106 entries and Tampa legend Karl Manouchakian added to his growing list of accomplishments after taking the title in a heads-up deal with Jerry Silva.
Manouchakian already owns the top spot for most cashes in our tournaments, now extending it to 107 all-time. This is his second major title, joining a 2016 WPTDeepStack trophy, but he has more wins in the room than we can count.
On top of that mark, this cash puts Manouchakian less than $10K away from hitting $1,000,000 earned all-time in his career. That’s a big number.
Congrats Karl!
| Place | First Name | Last Name | City | State | Prize Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Karl | Manouchakian | Tampa | FL | $12,700 * |
| 2 | Jerry | Silva | Tampa | FL | $12,700 * |
| 3 | Vamsi | Dodda | Thonotosassa | FL | $6,900 |
| 4 | Kenneth | O 'Donnell | St Petersburg | FL | $4,870 |
| 5 | Enzo G | Romano | Riverview | FL | $3,560 |
| 6 | Jovan | Jojic | Beograde | $2,710 | |
| 7 | An-Ming | Hwang | Lakeland | FL | $2,150 |
| 8 | Richard | Pressler | Orlando | FL | $1,780 |
| 9 | Josias | Cardoso Dos Santos | Kent | WA | $1,530 |
| 10 | Nicholas | Scholz | Tampa | FL | $1,530 |
| 11 | Robert | Lenhart | Parker | CO | $1,360 |
| 12 | Carl | Coppola | Tampa | FL | $1,360 |
| 13 | George | Hortelano | Plantation | FL | $1,250 |
| 14 | Marie | Harrell | Tampa | FL | $1,250 |
* – denotes results of a heads-up deal
2023 Pinktober Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Tampa, Florida
Event 2
$600 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$30,000 Guaranteed
Entries: 106
Prize Pool: $55,650
October 22, 2023
Registration closed for PPO Event 2 with 106 entries pushing the $30,000 guarantee into a prize pool worth $55,650. The last 14 spots will be paid with a min-cash worth $1,250 and the winner will earn $15,240 plus the PPO trophy
1st: $15,240 + PPO Trophy
2nd: $10,160
3rd: $6,900
4th: $4,870
5th: $3,560
6th: $2,710
7th: $2,150
8th: $1,780
9th-10th: $1,530
11th-12th: $1,360
13th-14th: $1,250
$600 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$30,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 100/200 with a 200 ante
If you fell short in PPO Event 1 or just looking for a one-day trophy event, we have the game for you starting at noon. Event 2 is a $600 buy-in Deep Stack tournament with a $30,000 guaranteed prize pool that will award a trophy later this evening.
Players start with 30K deep stacks and all levels last 30 minutes. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 4:30 pm. They will take a 30-minute dinner break around 8:45 pm and return to find our Event 2 champ.
Primary Event Schedule
11AM: Event 1 Day 2 – $200 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
12PM: Event 2 – $600 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
2023 Tampa Signature Poker Series
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Tampa, Florida
Event 2
$400 Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Entries: 135
Prize Pool: $45,225
September 6, 2023
A field of 135 entries entered the $400 buy-in pot-limit Omaha event on opening night at the Seminole Hard Rock Tampa Signature Poker Series, creating a prizepool worth more than $45,000. The final battle between local players Doug Marro and Hoang Tran proved to be the toughest match of the night, with Marro doubling up four times to claim his spot at the top of the tournament.
“It’s definitely ironic, because the guys here know that I give a lot of action in PLO normally, so it’s going to be funny that I won,” said Marro after the victory.
There was a fun community feeling at the final table, especially when things got down to three-handed action; and even more so when it was heads-up for the title. There were even players from Flight B in Event 1 shouting across the room for chip count updates at different times. Various local players kept stopping by to peek in on the action as well.
“Yeah, yeah, I don’t like too much of that, but it was fun. I’m a big fan of the guy that I was playing with, he just moved here recently and we had joked around the last couple months so it was cool that we were heads-up like that. I’m glad it was him because I was actually able to have fun, and not be too serious” said Marro when he was asked about the heads-up final against Tran. He continued, “As the guys know, I like to say ‘trust the process’ and they’ll know what that means [laughs].”
“I think we have a really good poker director Pablo. I have a good relationship with him, and he definitely understands poker, which is very important. He made our cash room a lot better. I normally play cash, and he did a really good job with that so shout out to him,” said Marro when he was asked what he enjoys about consistently returning to the SHR Tampa poker scene.
Even though he primarily plays cash, Marro also said that he will definitely be back for the Championship event and a few other tournaments during the SPS series. He also wanted to say one last thing at the end of his winner’s interview, “Everything that I learned in PLO I learned from Charlie K [laughs].”
Final Results:
1st: Doug Marro – $11,565 + SPS trophy
2nd: Hoang Tran – $7,710
3rd: Zee Kurdi – $5,390
4th: Marshall Morris – $3,870
5th: Michael Laake – $2,860
6th: Daquon Wilson – $2,180
7th: John Casaubon – $1,710
8th: Alexandru Ivan – $1,380
9th: Jonathan Gold – $1,150
10th: Dustin Peglow – $1,150
11th: Barry Blakely – $1,000
12th: Matthew Tedesco – $1,000
13th: Wally Maddah – $900
14th: Alexander Orlov – $900
15th: William Wallace – $820
16th: Joseph Battaglia – $820
17th: Braedon Brown – $820
$400 Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 23: 25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining: 1/135
Hoang Tran was at a disadvantage in chips when he moved all in with 
in the hole, and Doug Marro had him covered holding 
.
The final board read 
, and Tran was eliminated in second place, good for $7,710. That makes Marro the champion of the tournament, and he takes home $11,565 and the SPS trophy for the victory. Stay tuned for the winner’s interview.
$400 Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 23: 25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining: 2/135
The flop read 
when Doug Marro got all in holding 
, and Hoang Tran had him covered holding 
. The turn and river fell 
, and Marro doubled up again to the tune of 1.25 million. Tran was at 2,125,000 after the hand.
Hoang Tran – 2,125,000 (42 bb)
Doug Marro – 1,250,000 (25 bb)
$400 Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 22: 20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining: 2/135
Doug Marro has claimed back-to-back double ups to give him a fighting chance in the heads-up finale.
His first dance with the devil in the pale moonlight that made it through came when he held 
against the 
of Hoang Tran on a final board reading 
. That got Marro up to 530,000 with Tran at 2,845,000.
The second double up saw Marro all in on a flop reading 
with 
in the hole. Tran covered him once again holding 
this time around, and the turn and river fell 
.
Marro doubled up again with a second flush to take his stack up to 1.4 million, and Tran held 1,975,000 after the dust settled.
Doug Marro – 1,400,000 (35 bb)
Hoang Tran – 1,975,000 (49 bb)
$400 Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 21: 15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining: 2/135
Zee Kurdi was all in short for 100,000 preflop holding 
, and Doug Marro had him covered holding 
. The final board read 
, and Kurdi was eliminated in third place, good for $5,390.
That gave Marro 470,000 heading into the final match against Hoang Tran. Marro will have his work cut out for him facing the stack of 2,905,000 held by Tran.
Doug Marro – 2,905,000 (96 bb)
Zee Kurdi – Eliminated in Third Place ($5,390)