$1,700 Pinktober Championship (Re-Entry)
$400,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 15:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  62 of 358

Tournament staff put cards back in the air for Day 2 of the 2022 Pinktober Poker Open Championship with 62 players remaining, 45 getting paid, and $111K up top.

Blinds are 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante and the average stack is about 231,000 (39 bb).

$1,700 Pinktober Championship (Re-Entry)
$400,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 15:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  62 of 358

The 2022 Pinktober Poker Open Championship drew 358 entries over two starting flights and 62 players advanced to Day 2. They return at noon to begin playing down to the final table, but first, they need to burst the bubble.

The tournament created a prize pool worth $537,000 (the biggest for this tournament) and 45 players will make the money sometime this afternoon. They are looking at a min-cash of $3,100 but all shooting for the $111K top prize.

Former Tampa Poker Classic Main Event champ Matthew Leecy leads the return with 2021 Pinktober Poker Open winner Ken O’Donnell sitting in second.

They return with blind levels now lasting 60 minutes each and will stay that way until the tournament is heads-up for the title. The schedule has the field playing down to the final table this evening and those nine players return tomorrow to find our champ.

Top 10 returning stacks:

1. Matthew Leecy – 682,000 (114 bb)
2. Ken O’Donnell – 568,000 (95 bb)
3. Hal Rotholz – 559,000 (93 bb)
4. Shane Barnard – 557,000 (93 bb)
5. Jebhar Patterson – 449,000 (75 bb)
6. Ryan Luker – 445,000 (74 bb)
7. Fred Paradis – 382,000 (64 bb)
8. Ryan Thompson – 357,000 (60 bb)
9. Jake Ferro – 352,000 (59 bb)
10. Yzadi Mehta – 337,000 (56 bb)

Day 2 Seats | Day 2 Chips | Payouts

Primary Event Schedule

12PM: Day 2 – $1,700 PPO Championship (Re-Entry)

• Championship Day 2 Chip Counts
• Championship Day 2 Table and Seat Assignments
• Championship Payouts

4PM: Event 11 Day 1 – $2,500 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

• $100,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 30,000 in chips
• Levels 1-12 last 30 minutes; Levels 13+ last 40 minutes
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9 (8:30pm)
• Day 1 will end when nine players remain
• Event 11 Structure Sheet

$1,700 Pinktober Championship (Re-Entry)
$400,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Return to Level 15:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  62 of 358

Flight A: 151 Entries; 26 Advanced
Flight B: 207 Entries; 36 Advanced
Day 2: Sunday at noon

$1,700 Pinktober Championship (Re-Entry)
$400,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Return to Level 15:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  62 of 358

Flight A: 151 Entries; 26 Advanced
Flight B: 207 Entries; 36 Advanced
Day 2: Sunday at noon

$1,700 Pinktober Championship (Re-Entry)
$400,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 14:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Day 1B Players Remaining:  37 of 207

As Flight B was winding down, former Tampa Poker Classic Main Event champ Matthew Leecy took a few huge pots to jump into the overall lead coming back for Day 2 with 682,000.

Players are bagging up their chips and we will post the Day 2 counts and seat draw as soon as it is available.

$1,700 Pinktober Championship (Re-Entry)
$400,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 13:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Day 1B Players Remaining:  51 of 207

We mentioned Shane Barnard leading near the last break but dropped before they left the tables. Tablemate Jebhar Patterson owned the biggest stack with 389,000 while Barnard was down to 279,000. Ryan Thompson sits in second with 354,000 and they are all trying to set a nice stack for Day 2.

$1,700 Pinktober Championship (Re-Entry)
$400,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 12:  1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Day 1B Players Remaining:  56 of 207

The clock is ticking down towards the last break of the day with seven tables, 56 players, and Shane Barnard is the latest to top the counts.

He is up to 405,000 with a little over two levels to go and some tough players not far behind.

2022 Pinktober Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Tampa, Florida
$1,700 Pinktober Championship (Re-Entry)
$400,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  358
Prize Pool:  $537,000
October 14-17, 2022

Registration closed for the 2022 Pinktober Poker Open with 358 entries over two starting flights. They combined to turn the $400,000 guarantee into a prize pool worth $537,000. That number represents our biggest PPO Championship prize pool ever, topping the $447,360 from the 2019 tournament.

The last 45 spots will be paid with $3,100 for a min-cash and $111,240 awaiting the winner.

1st: $111,240 + Guitar trophy
2nd: $73,950
3rd: $54,340
4th: $40,340
5th: $30,250
6th: $22,910
7th: $17,530
8th: $13,540
9th-10th: $10,550
11th-12th: $8,510
13th-14th: $6,970
15th-16th: $5,810
17th-20th: $4,930
21st-24th: $4,260
25th-32nd: $3,750
33rd-40th: $3,370
41st-45th: $3,100

$1,700 Pinktober Championship (Re-Entry)
$400,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Day 1B Entries:  207

Registration close for the 2022 Pinktober Poker Open Championship with another 207 entries putting the combined total at 358. The prize pool hit $537,000 and we will post the payout information as soon as it is available.

Chip counts through Flight A