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Championship Day 1B: Registration Closed with 87 Entries

$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.

FlightDayEntriesAdvanced
AThurs 11a8711
BFriday 11a87TBD
CSaturday 11a
Total17411

Championship Day 1B: Time Running Out

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

Ken O’Donnell

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.

Brett Apter

Championship Day 1B: Michael Silva Joins the Leaders

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

Michael Silva

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.

Championship Day 1B: More Familiar Faces

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

Karl Manouchakian

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.

Ryan Luker

Championship Day 1B: Jeevan Nomula Leads Early

$1,100 PPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4:  300/500 with a 500 ante
Flight B Entries:  52

Jeevan Nomula

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.

Mohamad Alhalwani

Championship Day 1B: More Friends

$1,100 PPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3:  200/400 with a 400 ante
Flight B Entries:  41

Marvin “Duckman” Karlins

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.

Igor Tretyakov

Championship Day 1B: Early Friends

$1,100 PPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 2:  200/300 with a 300 ante
Flight B Entries:  35

Tony March

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.

Terri-Anne Crawford