$1,700 WPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4:  300/500 with a 500 ante
Day 1C Entries:  164

The first break ended and players returned to their seats with a big field in the early afternoon. The count stands 164 for Flight C and the total prize pool is up to $645,000.

And they can spin that up until registration closes at 5:45 pm.

Some early friends include Tony March, Dan Heimiller, Elanit Hasas (fresh off deep runs in the WPT Prime and Championship in Vegas and LHPO Championship in Hollywood), Walter Thornton, Maurice Hawkins, Michael Wang, Josias Santos, Dan Clemente, Jerry Silva, and Event 1 champ Antuan Bunkley.

$1,700 WPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  100/200 with a 200 ante

The last flight of the 2024 WPO Championship gets underway at 11 am and it will be the biggest of the three starters. The $1,700 buy-in tournament already crushed its $300,000 guarantee and the field is only one new entry away from putting the prize pool over $400,000.

But our players will push it much higher than that with late registration available until 5:45 pm.

It will be a busy day in the Poker Room; get down here and get a seat!

• $300,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 40,000 in chips
• Day 1 and 2 levels 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

Primary Event Schedule

11AM: Day 1C – $1,700 WPO Championship (Re-Entry)

• $300,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 40,000 in chips
• Day 1 and 2 levels 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: $200 WPO Championship Last Chance Satellite (1-in-10)

• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Levels last 20 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 7 (2:15pm)
• Structure Sheet

$1,700 WPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Return to Level 15:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  34 of 266

Flight A: 125 Entries; 16 Advanced
Flight B: 141 Entries; 18 Advanced
Flight C: Saturday at 11 am
Day 2: Sunday at noon
Day 3: Monday at 2 pm

$1,700 WPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 13:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Day 1B Players Remaining:  27 of 141

Players took what is likely their last break with 27 players remaining and 18 advancing to Day 2. But weirder things have happened before and they might make it through another two hours before getting there.

Anthony Bertuccio is the new big stack with 501,000 with former leader Matthew Leecy still doing just fine at second with 491,000. Jake Ferro, Gabriel Fuller, John O’Neal, and Mo Alhalwani are also stacking big late in the day.

We will return with the end-of-day counts once play has wrapped for the evening.

Anthony Bertuccio – 501,000 (125 bb)
Matthew Leecy – 491,000 (123 bb)
Jake Ferro – 485,000 (121 bb)
Gabriel Fuller – 461,000 (115 bb)
John O’Neal – 380,000 (95 bb)
Mo Alhalwani – 367,000 (92 bb)

$1,700 WPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 11:  1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Day 1B Players Remaining:  42 of 141

Registration closed for Day 1B of the 2024 WPO Championship with 141 entries for a combined total of 266. The prize pool reached $399,000 (one entry shy of $400K) and it will blast off with tomorrow’s big flight at 11 am.

Day 1B will continue until 18 players remain and survivors will return Sunday at noon for Day 2 in the money. Players must bag chips to cash in the tournament.

$1,700 WPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Day 1B Entries: 140

Players returned to the action after the third break and we have the same two big stacks at the top. Matthew Leecy increased his stack to 346,000 to lead the field and Gabriel Fuller picked up even more with his 311,500 closing the game.

Two-time Hollywood Lucky Hearts Poker Open trophy winner Edwards Muniz is in third with 236,000 and a few players teasing a 200K stack.

$1,700 WPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  800/1,600 with a 1,600 ante
Day 1B Entries: 135

Level 9 is here and we are just about out of time if you want to join the Friday flight. We have 135 here right now with a few more expected before registration closes at 5:45 pm.

If you miss out today, the last flight starts tomorrow at 11 am.

$1,700 WPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8:  600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Day 1B Entries: 130

Another level down and the entry count up. We are sitting on 130 for the day and that leaves the field only a dozen more before the prize pool tops $400,000.

More friends in the field include Wagner Wysotchanski, NFL pro bowler Calais Campbell, John Dolan, Michael Cohen, Jake Ferro, and Ryan Luker.

$1,700 WPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1B Entries: 120

Players returned to their seats after the second break and Matthew Leecy is pacing the field. He returned to a stack worth 282,700 for a clear lead and more than 100K over second place Gabriel Fuller’s 182,500.

Leecy can set an incredible record if he takes the WPO Championship title. He already owns Championship wins from two of our major series; Leecy won the headliner from the 2019 Tampa Poker Classic and the 2021 Pinktober Poker Open and this would be his third from three different series. He also finished second to David Bradshaw in this event back in 2016.