2023 Pinktober Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Tampa, Florida
$1,100 PPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed
Entries: 298
Prize Pool: $283,100
October 26 – 30, 2023

Registration closed for the 2023 Pinktober Poker Open Championship with 298 entries, creating a prize pool worth $283,100. The last 37 spots will be paid with $2,160 for a min-cash and $60,190 up top for the PPO Champion.

Thanks for the great turnout and good luck!

1st: $60,190 + PPO Trophy
2nd: $40,070
3rd: $29,190
4th: $21,550
5th: $16,130
6th: $12,240
7th: $9,410
8th: $7,340
9th-10th: $5,800
11th-12th: $4,740
13th-14th: $3,940
15th-16th: $3,350
17th-20th: $2,900
21st-24th: $2,570
25th-32nd: $2,330
33rd-37th: $2,160

$1,100 PPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 14:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Flight C Players Remaining:  16 of 124

Two big hands were playing on the bubble and both determined the outcome of the day. On Table 21, Karl Manouchakian was all in versus Brad Williams with his looking to win a flip against .

Williams flopped top two on the board but Manouchakina nailed the turn for a set of queens. The river was safe and he doubled on the bubble.

On the other table, our defending champion Matthew Leecy was the last player to exit in the tournament on the bubble.

The last 16 players are bagging their chips with Anthony Bertuccio the biggest with 547,000. We will post the complete Day 2 seat draw as soon as it is available.

$1,100 PPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 14:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Flight C Players Remaining:  17 of 124

After a bit of a grind, Flight C reached its money bubble with 17 players remaining and 16 seats reserved for Day 2. They will continue playing hand-for-hand until one player is eliminated and players must bag to make the money.

$1,100 PPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 13:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Flight C Players Remaining:  23 of 124

Players returned from what is likely the last break of the day with 23 players remaining and 16 booking a seat in Day 2 tomorrow. If they make it to another break, things really slowed down.

Asif Mohammed is the new chip leader with 348,000 and he’s been at or near the top all day. Maha Ahmad is stacked up to 310,000 and Anthony Bertuccio has 261,000.

$1,100 PPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 11:  1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Flight C Players Remaining:  30 of 124

We heard a ruckus at Table 22 and got there in time to see the end of a special kind of hand.

Jerry Silva was all in for 39,500 with against and in trouble. The first AHHHH came when Silva made a set of sixes on the flop.

His opponent provided the next exclamation when he hit a two-out on the turn to retake the lead with a set of aces.

But they weren’t done there. The last six in the deck was the and it landed on the river for the one-out crazy double up.

$1,100 PPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 11:  1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Flight C Players Remaining:  35 of 124

Registration closed for the final flight of the PPO Championship with 124 entries putting the combined total at 298. The prize pool reached $283,100 and we will post the payout information after bagging this evening.

Flight C will continue until 16 players remain and they will move on to Day 2 tomorrow at 11 am in the money. Players must bag chips to advance into the money.

$1,100 PPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Flight C Entries:  124

The third break ended and registration closed for the 2023 PPO Championship. Tournament staff are counting and we’ll post the official numbers as soon as they are available.

Anthony Bertuccio is the latest to take the top spot in the chip counts. He leads with 219,500 and Fred Paradis is closest with 205,500. Saif Keshwani (191,000), Bradley Williams (188,500) and Khahn Truong (181,000) make up the rest of the top five.

$1,100 PPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  800/1,600 with a 1,600 ante
Flight C Entries:  114

Level 9 has rolled around which means time is really really running out if you want to join the PPO Championship. On previous days, you always had another flight on another day but that ends today.

Registration will officially close for the tournament at 5:45 pm and the prize pool is nearing $275K.

$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.