2025 Pinktober Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Tampa, Florida
Event 7
$1,200 PPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed
Entries: 322
Prize Pool: $338,100
October 23 – 26, 2025

The 2025 Pinktober Poker Open Championship headlined the series, and the $1,200 buy-in tournament drew 322 entries, turning the $200,000 guarantee into a prize pool worth $338,100. After conquering a stacked final table, Rafael Reis took the top spot outright after defeating Patrick Ibrahim (chip leader for most of the day) heads-up.

Reis earned $70,800 for the title and another trophy for his growing hardware collection.

Congrats Rafael!

$1,200 PPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool: $338,100  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 25:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante

After Stuart Phillips was eliminated in third, there was a brief discussion about a chop with Rafael Reis holding seven million of the nine million chips in play. Patrick Ibrahim decided to take a shot to win it all but fell short after a short heads-up match.

Ibrahim earned $47,050 for his runner-up finish, while Rafael Reis took home more than $70K plus the PPO trophy.

1st: Rafael Reis – $70,810 + PPO Trophy
2nd: Patrick Ibrahim – $47,050

Congrats Rafael!

$1,200 PPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool: $338,100  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 25:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 322

$1,200 PPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool: $338,100  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 25:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 322

Seat 1: Patrick Ibrahim – 4,050,000 (68 bb)
Seat 4: Rafael Reis – 4,675,000 (78 bb)
Seat 8: Stuart Phillips – 950,000 (16 bb)

1st: $70,810
2nd: $47,050
3rd: $34,430
4th: Clyde Maliauka – $25,490
5th: Sanjib Acharya – $19,100
6th: Luis Medina – $14,480
7th: Roberto Melo – $11,110
8th: Igor Tretyakov – $8,630
9th: Alfredo Leiva Basu – $6,770
10th: Patrick Harder – $6,770
11th: Matthew Leecy – $5,500
12th: Vamsi Dodda – $5,500
13th: Brian Ray – $4,540
14th: Manny Minaya – $4,540
15th: Harvey Vandeven – $3,820
16th: Ricardo Eyzaguirre – $3,820
17th: Drew Dodge – $3,270
18th: Michael Cole – $3,270
19th: Curtis King – $3,270
20th: Adam Weingard – $3,270
21st: Dan Clemente – $2,860
22nd: Hyndi Khomutetsky – $2,860
23rd: Ryan Hogan – $2,860
24th: William Criego – $2,860
25th: George Hortelano – $2,550
26th: Mitch Mitchell – $2,550
27th: Woodrow Pass – $2,550
28th: David Moses – $2,550
29th: Matt Duffy – $2,550
30th: Sandro Vianna De Sa – $2,550
31st: Steven Sinclair – $2,550
32nd: John Kennedy – $2,550
33rd: Landon Sorrels – $2,330
34th: Alan Hamza – $2,330
35th: Frank Miceli – $2,330
36th: Andy Anderson – $2,330
37th: Brett Apter – $2,330
38th: Chris Holland – $2,330
39th: Jack Bittker – $2,330
40th: Sam Ronalds – $2,330
41st: Michael Fine – $2,180

$1,200 PPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool: $338,100  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 24:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 322

$1,200 PPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool: $338,100  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 24:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 322

$1,200 PPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool: $338,100  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 23:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 322

$1,200 PPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool: $338,100  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 23:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 322

$1,200 PPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool: $338,100  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 23:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 322

$1,200 PPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool: $338,100  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 23:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 322