$1,100 PPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4: 300/500 with a 500 ante
Flight B Entries: 52
The first break ended and players returned to the action in Flight B with 52 entries now in the game. Registration remains open until the start of Level 10 at 5:45 pm.
Jeevan Nomula (fresh off an eighth-place finish in Event 3) leads the way with 91,800 with Mohamad Alhalwani in second with 75,7000 and Amie Martini is not far behind with 71,200.
$1,100 PPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3: 200/400 with a 400 ante
Flight B Entries: 41
Flight B is starting to look forward to its first break and we should be thinking about finding some chip leaders in the field. We topped 40 entries after crossing the noon mark with more lining up at the registration cage.
Some more friends in today’s field include Marvin “Duckman” Karlins (with the famous duck call), Igor Tretyakov, Jeevan Nomula, and Hyndi Khomutetsky.
$1,100 PPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 2: 200/300 with a 300 ante
Flight B Entries: 35
The tables are filling and we have 35 friends working the early action as we look to the afternoon hours. They’ve put more than $100K toward the $200,000 guarantee with some big numbers expected today and tomorrow.
Some early familiar faces include Tony March, Terri-Anne Crawford, Amie Martini, Jason Klapman, Brian Arbaugh and Frank Weigel.
$1,100 PPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 100/200 with a 200 ante
Flight B Entries: 20
Cards are in the air for Flight B of the PPO Championship with 20 entries at the start and many more expected as we get deeper into the day. Registration is open until 5:45 pm, so plenty of time to get in the action.
$1,100 PPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 100/200 with a 200 ante
We are rolling into the last weekend of the Pinktober Poker Open and today we have the second of three flights of the Championship. The $1,100 buy-in tournament drew 87 entries in Flight A and the $200,000 guarantee is within easy reach with two big flights to go.
Players start with 30K deep stacks and all last 40 minutes until they reach the final table. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 10 at 5:45 pm. Flight B will continue until 12.5% of the field remains and those players will advance to Day 2 on Sunday at 11 am in the money.
Primary Event Schedule
11AM: Day 1B – $1,100 PPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Secondary and Satellite Schedule
3PM: $140 Championship Satellite (1-in-10)
6PM: $140 Championship Satellite (1-in-10)
$1,100 PPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 15: 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining: 11 of 87
Shane Melert went big late in Flight A and finished his night leading the Championship. After the last break, he doubled through Bo Gray and increased his stack to 545,000 for a healthy lead over second place Denis Ramic’s 383,000.
Flight B gets underway on Friday at 11 am and the last flight goes on Saturday at the same time.
| Rank | First Name | Last Name | City | ST | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shane | Melert | Brandon | FL | 545,000 |
| 2 | Denis | Ramic | Odessa | FL | 383,000 |
| 3 | Daniel | Zappulla | Ruskin | FL | 334,000 |
| 4 | Stephen | Brite | Bradenton | FL | 297,000 |
| 5 | Forrest | Raleigh | Lawrenceville | GA | 279,000 |
| 6 | Curtis | King | Tampa | FL | 238,000 |
| 7 | David | Atrubin | Tampa | FL | 154,000 |
| 8 | Bo | Gray | Saint Petersburg | FL | 151,000 |
| 9 | Brenda | Lane-Worley | Riverview | FL | 96,000 |
| 10 | Amelio | Amato | Sarasota | FL | 79,000 |
| 11 | Travis | Hall | Parrish | FL | 75,000 |
$1,100 PPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 15: 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining: 11 of 87
After a long bubble, Stephen Brite opened to 65,000 from the button, Ami Rubin shipped for about 100K from the big blind, and Brite snapped a call.
Brite had pocket aces against Rubin’s pocket eights and they held to burst the bubble with 11 players remaining. The rest of the field is in the money and will return on Sunday for Day 2 at 11 am.
We will post the complete chip counts as soon as they are available.
$1,100 PPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 14: 3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining: 12 of 87
The slowdown finally hit and players are taking their time with money on the line. They reached 12 players and are currently playing hand-for-hand until one player is eliminated, with two minutes coming off the clock for each hand.
$1,100 PPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 13: 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining: 13 of 87
The last break rolled around with the field very close to the money bubble. Only 13 players remain and 11 will move on to Day 2 but it should really slow down now. The average stack is 50 big blinds and hand-for-hand is coming up.
Bo Gray is the latest to take the top spot, sitting with 334,000 and Daniel Zappulla is not far behind with 290,000.
