$300 No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $168,240  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 20:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  36 of 701

37th: Linglong Yan – $650
38th: Eli Kiwan – $650
39th: William Sanford – $650
40th: Mark Wiser – $650
41st: Jerry Silva – $650
42nd: Christopher Morgan – $650
43rd: Dariel Lane – $650
44th: Geoffrey Bishop – $650
45th: Joshua Krug – $650

46th: Erick Wiedemann De Sali – $610
47th: David Piccolo – $610
48th: Guillermo Ruz Rodriguez – $610
49th: Victoria Ondis – $610
50th: Tony March – $610
51st: Jose Velez – $610
52nd: Luis Medina – $610
53rd: William Ortiz – $610
54th: Forrest Raleigh – $610

$300 No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $168,240  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 20:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  37 of 701

The second break rolled around and we have 37 players still in contention for the trophy. The stacks are still deep so there’s plenty of room to make moves.

We found four stacks over one million and Pedro Perez leads with 1,915,000 followed by Tony Zharnits, Juan Catala, and Jerome Leonardo.

Pedro Perez – 1,915,000 (96 bb)
Tony Zharnits – 1,785,000 (89 bb)
Juan Catala – 1,205,000 (60 bb)
Jerome Leonardo – 1,030,000 (52 bb)

$300 No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $168,240  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 18:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  54 of 701

55th: Cheri Ivan – $570
56th: Kent Dinwiddie-Warth – $570
57th: William Heher – $570
58th: Gregory Goelz – $570
59th: Sadek El Hakim – $570
60th: Robert Wuestner – $570
61st: Karl Manouchakian – $570
62nd: Mitho Amilcar – $570
63rd: Stuart Phillips – $570

64th: Tuck Foong – $540
65th: Wesley Skinner – $540
66th: Mike Traficante – $540

$300 No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $168,240  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 16:  4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  66 of 701

Most of the field made it through an hour and change of action and were sent on their first break. They are guaranteed at least $540 with the big money coming later in the day.

67th: John Kennedy – $540
68th: Rob Cotto – $540
69th: Timothy Helm – $540
70th: Lewis Gallo – $540
71st: Stevenn Collins – $540
72nd: Matthew Brandy – $540

73rd: Jennifer Haselton – $520
74th: Eric Mishkin – $520
75th: James Campbell-French – $520
76th: Sandro Vianna – $520
77th: Peter Martin – $520
78th: Brian Kouba – $520
79th: Garbriel Wajner – $520
80th: Cornelius Walker – $520
81st: Yucheng Zhao – $520

82nd: Vinay Baradi – $510
83rd: Ananth Ganesan – $510
84th: Vincent Baldassarre – $510
85th: Parm Clemente – $510
86th: Tao Choe – $510
87th: Christopher Ayers – $510
88th: Woodrow Pass – $510
89th: Ok Haselton – $510
90th: Glen Hortin – $510

$300 No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $168,240  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 14:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  90 of 701

PPO Event 3 drew 701 entries over seven flights of the $300 buy-in tournament, creating a prize pool worth $168,240 and 90 players return today to play for the top prize of $31K.

Megan Rajablu leads the field with a huge stack of 890,000 while Pedro Perez, Jerry Silva, Ray Mancini, and Dariel Lane round out the top five.

Top ten returning stacks:

1. Megan Rajablu – 890,000 (178 bb)
2. Pedro Perez – 765,000 (153 bb)
3. Jerry Silva – 700,000 (140 bb)
4. Raymond Mancini – 685,000 (137 bb)
5. Dariel Lane – 534,000 (107 bb)
6. Luis Medina – 533,000 (107 bb)
7. Linglong Yan – 500,000 (100 bb)
8. Mo Alhalwani – 495,000 (99 bb)
9. Jonathan Brisee – 491,000 (98 bb)
10. John Wolfe – 473,000 (95 bb)

Day 2 Seats  |  Day 2 Chips  |  Payouts

Primary Event Schedule

11AM: Event 3 Day 2 – $300 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

• Event 3 Day 2 Table and Seat Assignments
• Event 3 Day 2 Chip Counts
• Event 3 Payouts

12PM: Event 4 – $250 Bankroll Builder NLH (Re-Entry)

• $10,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 30,000 in chips
• Levels last 30 minutes
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9 (4:30pm)
• This is a one-day tournament and plays to completion
• Event 4 Structure Sheet

$300 No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $168,240  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Return to Level 14:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  90 of 701

Flight A: 64 Entries; 8 Advanced
Flight B: 47 Entries; 6 Advanced
Flight C: 62 Entries; 8 Advanced
Flight D: 52 Entries; 7 Advanced
Flight E: 107 Entries; 14 Advanced
Flight F: 118 Entries; 15 Advanced
Flight G: 251 Entries; 32 Advanced
Day 2: Sunday at 11 am

$300 No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $168,240  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Return to Level 14:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  90 of 701

Flight A: 64 Entries; 8 Advanced
Flight B: 47 Entries; 6 Advanced
Flight C: 62 Entries; 8 Advanced
Flight D: 52 Entries; 7 Advanced
Flight E: 107 Entries; 14 Advanced
Flight F: 118 Entries; 15 Advanced
Flight G: 251 Entries; 32 Advanced
Day 2: Sunday at 11 am

2026 Pinktober Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Tampa, Florida
Event 3
$300 No-Limit Hold’em
$100,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  701
Prize Pool:  $168,240
October 7 – 11, 2026

Registration closed for PPO Event 3 with 701 entries in the $300 No-Limit Hold’em tournament, beating the $100,000 guarantee and creating a prize pool worth $168,240. The last 90 spots will be paid with $510 for a min-cash and $31,050 plus the PPO trophy to the winner.

1st: $31,050 + PPO Trophy
2nd: $19,140
3rd: $14,200
4th: $10,660
5th: $8,100
6th: $6,230
7th: $4,850
8th: $3,820
9th: $3,050
10th-12th: $2,460
13th-15th: $2,010
16th-18th: $1,670
19th-21st: $1,400
22nd-24th: $1,190
25th-27th: $1,030
28th-30th: $900
31st-33rd: $800
34th-36th: $720
37th-45th: $650
46th-54th: $610
55th-63rd: $570
64th-72nd: $540
73rd-81st: $520
82nd-90th: $510

$300 No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $168,240  |  Structure
Level 9:  1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Flight G Entries:  251

Registration closed for the final flight of PPO Event 3 with 251 entries, putting the combined total at 701 for the tournament and the prize pool reached $168,240. Full payout information will be posted after bagging this evening.

Flight G will continue until 32 players remain and survivors will bag their chips for a Day 2 return tomorrow at 11 am. Players must bag chips to cash in the tournament.