2023 Pinktober Poker Open Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa, Florida Event 8 $250 Seniors 50+ NLH (Re-Entry) $10,000 Guaranteed Entries: 149 Prize Pool: $30,545 October 30, 2023
2023 Pinktober Poker Open Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa, Florida Event 8 $250 Seniors 50+ NLH (Re-Entry) $10,000 Guaranteed Entries: 149 Prize Pool: $30,545 October 30, 2023
Registration closed for the $250 Seniors 50+ Event with 149 entries more than tripling the $10,000 guarantee. The combined for a prize pool worth $30,545 and the last 17 spots will be paid. A min-cash is worth $480 and the winner will earn $7,575 plus the PPO trophy.
$250 Seniors 50+ NLH (Re-Entry) $10,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 1: 100/200 with a 200 ante
The last day of the 2023 Pinktober Poker Open is here, with the last new tournament on the schedule. And it’s a fun one. The $250 Seniors 50+ Event gets underway at 11 am with a $10,000 guarantee and good time expected.
Players start with 30K in their stacks and all levels last 30 minutes for the one-day tournament. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 3:30 pm. They will enjoy a 30-minute dinner at 7:45 pm and return to find our Seniors Champ.
$10,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
Players begin with 30,000 in chips
Levels last 30 minutes
Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9 (3:30pm)
This is a one-day tournament and plays to completion
2023 Tampa Poker Classic Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa, Florida Event 8 $400 Mixed PLO (Re-Entry) Entries: 71 Prize Pool: $23,785 September 10, 2023
David Prociak
David Prociak is no stranger to success on the tournament circuit with over $2 million in earnings on his poker resume. He claimed another $7,525 and the SPS trophy tonight at Seminole Hard Rock Tampa when he won Event 8 around 2 am.
“It feels good to close one out, I’ve had a lot of seconds and thirds lately,” said Prociak after the win. When he was asked about the heads-up final coming down to him and Donny Maloney, he responded, “Absolutely, when it started I was like it’s going to be me and Donny, that’s what I was thinking. During the heads-up he was just so short, there was nothing could do, he just had to shoot and go with it.”
Prociak said that it was a slow grind to double his stack on the way to the final table after Level 7, and then from there he won a three-way all-in followed by a series of chipping up. He took full advantage of the bubble as well, chipping up from 200k to 400k along the way. “It wasn’t really that long of a bubble, but because we were four-handed, you had to play a lot of hands, and the other guys had to fold a lot,” said Prociak.
“As far as the final table there was a hand where I had bottom set versus top set and I hit quads; and I was able to double up through the guy who had the most chips. That was super key. When a big hand comes up like that and it swings one way, that’s the whole tournament really,” said Prociak when he was asked about his most pivotal hands at the final table. He continued, “That’s why I like to gamble in some spots and get a stack, and you can turn it into a win.”
Prociak is a mixed-game connoisseur, and he has been targeting that caliber of events on the SPS schedule. “I love it, if it wasn’t for these, I wouldn’t. I didn’t even play the $1 million guarantee, I’ve just played the Big O and this so far. These are the fun ones, these are what I like to play. I definitely appreciate it, I wish they had one every day,” said Prociak.
When he was asked about his plans for the rest of the tournament series, here was Prociak’s response, “I pretty much have decided I’m going to play everyday. I will play whatever tomorrow is, and just keep going that way. The main event is the only one I would choose over a mixed event. Other than that it’s mixed games over hold’em.”
$400 Mixed PLO (Re-Entry) Structure | Payouts Level 17: 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante Players Remaining: 1 of 71
David Prociak
Donny Maloney was all in short with in the hole, and David Prociak had him covered holding on the button.
The final board read , and Maloney was eliminated in second place, good for $5,010. That made Prociak the champion, and he took home $7,525 in prize money along with the SPS guitar pick trophy.
Stay tuned for a winner’s photo and interview with the champion.
2023 Tampa Poker Classic Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa, Florida Event 8 $400 Mixed PLO (Re-Entry) Entries: 71 Prize Pool: $23,785 September 10, 2023
Registration has closed in Event 8 at the SPS Series with 71 entries when the final bell tolled . The total prize pool is $23,875 with $7,525 to the winner, and a min-cash worth $780. Here is a look at the full payout structure:
$400 Mixed PLO (Re-Entry) Structure Level 1: 100/200 with a 200 ante
We are closing today’s schedule with some more Omaha in the Event Center at 6 pm. Event 8 is a $400 Mixed PLO tournament that will rotate games between Pot Limit Omaha, Pot Limit Omaha 8, and Big O.
Players sit down to 20K stacks and all levels last 20 minutes. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 7 at 8:15 pm. This one will be full of action and we will crown a new SPS champion later this evening.
Players begin with 20,000 in chips
Levels last 20 minutes
Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 7 (8:15pm)
This is a one-day tournament and plays to completion