Primary Event Schedule

11AM: Day 1C – $1,100 PPO Championship (Re-Entry)

• $200,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 30,000 in chips
• Day 1 & 2 level last 40 minutes; Day 3 levels last 60 minutes
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 10 (5:45pm)
• Day 1 will end when 12.5% of field remains
• Championship Structure Sheet

Secondary and Satellite Schedule

9AM: $140 Last Chance 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

$1,100 PPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 15:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  21 of 174

Flight A: 87 Entries; 11 Advanced
Flight B: 87 Entries; 10 Advanced
Flight C: Saturday at 11 am
Day 2: Sunday at 11 am

$1,100 PPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 15:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Flight B Players Remaining:  10 of 87

With 13 players remaining and only 11 moving on, action ground to a halt, and it looked like they were in for a grind to make the money.

Then things went wonky.

On Table 21, Jason Klapman found himself in huge pot with pocket kings against ace-king and ace-queen. The kings held, the chips were counted down, and Klapman sent both opponents out to put the field in the money officially.

But there was still a hand on Table 22. Over there, Brian Arbaugh had a player at risk, but it was looking like a double up for the shorter stack. Arbaugh was behind with pocket queens against pocket kings but jumped into the lead when a queen hit the flop.

Since you need to bag to advance to the money stage, his opponent was eliminated, and Flight B had only ten players move to Day 2 in the money.

Brett Apter bagged the lead, Frank Weigel is trying for his second big final table of the series, and the full chip count list will be posted shortly.

$1,100 PPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 13:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Flight B Players Remaining:  16 of 87

Flight B of the PPO Championship took another break, likely the last for the day, with 16 players remaining and 11 booking a Day 2 seat. Brett Apter leads the field with 443,000 and a dangerous player with chips.

$1,100 PPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Flight B Players Remaining:  32 of 87

Registration closed for Flight B of the PPO Championship with 87 entries, exactly the same as yesterday, and the combined total is now 174. Only 39 more entries are needed in Flight C tomorrow and that’s a lock with it starting at 11 am and closing registration for good at 5:45 pm.

Flight B will continue until 11 players remain and they will bag chips for Day 2 on Sunday at 11 am. Players must bag chips to make it into the money.

$1,100 PPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  800/1,600 with a 1,600 ante
Flight B Entries:  85

Level 9 is here and the last chance to register for Flight B of the PPO Championship. They will play out this level, take a 15-minute break, and registration will close at 5:45 pm when they return to the action.

$1,100 PPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8:  600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Flight B Entries:  75

You have a little over one hour to get the Poker Room if you want to be part of Flight B of the PPO Championship. Registration will close at the start of Leve 10 at 5:45 pm and if you miss it, you’ll only have Flight C tomorrow to make a bag.

More friends are in the field including Ken O’Donnell, WSOP bracelet winner Brett Apter (next to fellow WSOP winner AJ Kelsall), Joseph Orsino, John Dolan, and Lewis Gallo Jr.

$1,100 PPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Flight B Entries:  73

Players returned to their seats after the second break and Michael Silva was the next to join the leadership group at the top.

Mohamad Alhalwani was second at the first break but now first at the second break with 131,300. Jeevan Nomula is now third with 96,100 and Silva sits between them with 123,500.

$1,100 PPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6:  400/800 with a 800 ante
Flight B Entries:  65

Level 6 is coming to an end which means another break is on the horizon. They are edging up to 70 entries this afternoon and time is running out for Flight B if you want some Friday afternoon action.

$1,100 PPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5:  300/600 with a 600 ante
Flight B Entries:  60

Flight B reached 60 players after the break and it is growing at a steady pace. It will get close to the $200,000 guarantee today but we’ll have to wait for that mark until tomorrow when we expect a huge field.

More friends in the field today include Karl Manouchakian, Ryan Luker, Juan Ramirez, Fred Paradis, and defending champ Matthew Leecy.