$1,100 PPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Flight C Entries:  102

Players are back in their seats and chasing a few big stacks with only two more hours left to register.

Khanh Truong leads them all with 180,900 with Asif Mohammed in second holding 166,000 followed by Alan Thomas with 145,000. There’s still plenty of time to catch them but they have a good head start.

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

The entry count ticked over to 100 before the end of Level 6 and the prize pool topped $250,000. And there’s still time to spin that number up.

More friends in the field today include Marie Harrell, Karl Manouchakian, Kevin Blewitt, Alan Thomas, Tom Nguyen, Ken Fishman, Jerry Silva, and Peter Walsworth.

$1,100 PPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3:  200/300 with a 300 ante
Flight C Entries:  74

After a fast three levels, players are ready to take their first break of the day. They’ll get 15 minutes to unwind or fill their bellies at the snack bar before returning for another three levels.

$1,100 PPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3:  200/300 with a 300 ante
Flight C Entries:  70

The pace is much faster today, easier to get to the Poker Room on a Saturday afternoon and we have 70 here already. A great start to the day with registration open until 5:45 pm.

A few familiar faces in early action include Thomas Downing, Barbara Cardin, Marsha Wolak, Walter Thornton, Fred Paradis, and Alan Thomas.

$1,100 PPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  100/200 with a 200 ante
Flight C Entries:  37

It didn’t take long to get there this morning, just a click over ten minutes for entry 37 to get in the game to officially push the prize pool over the $200,000 guarantee.

It will continue to climb throughout the day until registration closes at 5:45 pm.

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

Cards are in the air for the final flight of the 2023 PPO Championship with only a little work to get done before the prize pool surpasses the $200,000 guarantee.

They will play the first three levels of the day before taking a break and registration is open until the start of Level 10 at 5:45 pm.

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.