2024 Pinktober Poker Open

Event 1 Flight F: Registration Closed with 151 Entries

$250 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$150,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Flight F Entries:  151

Registration closed for Flight F of the PPO $250 buy-in opener with 151 entries setting the combined total at 640 for the tournament. We have one more flight to go, tomorrow at 11 am, and only need 110 entries to hit the $150,000 guarantee.

Play will continue until 19 remain and survivors will return on Sunday at 11 am for Day 2. Players must bag chips to cash in the tournament.

FlightDayEntriesAdvanced
AWeds 11a10413
BWeds 6p10413
CThurs 11a8010
DThurs 6p9512
EFriday 11a10614
FFriday 6p151TBD
GSaturday 11a
Total64062

Event 1 Flight F: Teasing the Guarantee

$250 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$150,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  100/200 with a 200 ante

The sixth of seven flights for PPO Event 1 gets underway at the top of the hour and the $250 buy-in tournament will tease the $150,000 guarantee. It might not get there tonight but it will get there tomorrow with a busy Saturday flight to close it out.

Players start with 25K stacks and the first 23 levels last 30 minutes before jumping up to 40 for the rest of the tournament. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 10:30 pm.

  • $150,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
  • Players begin with 25,000 in chips
  • Levels 1-23 last 30 minutes; Levels 24+ last 40 minutes
  • Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9 (10:30pm)
  • Day 1 will end when 12.5% of field remains
  • Event 1 Structure Sheet

Event 1 Flight E: Registration Closed with 106 Entries

$250 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$150,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Flight E Players Remaining:  38 of 106

Registration closed for Flight E of PPO Event 1 with 106 entries pushing the combined total up to 489 for the tournament. There’s still some work to get done for the $250 buy-in tournament to reach the $150,000 guarantee. We have a flight at 6 pm and the last flight tomorrow at 11 am.

Play will continue until 14 remain and survivors will return on Sunday at 11 am for Day 2. Players must bag chips to cash in the tournament.

FlightDayEntriesAdvanced
AWeds 11a10413
BWeds 6p10413
CThurs 11a8010
DThurs 6p9512
EFriday 11a106TBD
FFriday 6p
GSaturday 11a
Total48948

Event 1 Flight E: Nearing 100

$250 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$150,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Flight E Entries:  98

Ok Haselton (left) and Marie Harrell (right)

Fight E is closing in on 100 entries with just under one hour to join the field. We are seeing more people join as we move deeper into Friday action and we should have a fun group in the evening flight starting at 6 pm.

More friends in the field include Ok Haselton, Marie Harrell, Shane Meleter, Jason Block, Carlos Loving, and Nicole Diaz.

Shane Melert

Event 1 Flight E: Back from Break

$250 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$150,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5:  300/600 with a 600 ante
Flight E Entries:  75

Chad Kitchen

Flight E players returned from their first break with 75 entries in the field and we’re building something nice this afternoon. They are working their way toward the $150,000 guarantee and a lot of friends are here today.

We found Chad Kitchen, Anthony Astarita, Frank Weigel, Marshall Morris, Will Thornton, and Riley Price grinding and having fun.

Anthony Astarita
Frank Weigel
Marshall Morris
Will Thornton

Event 1 Flight E: First Weekend Action

$250 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$150,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  100/200 with a 200 ante

The first weekend of Pinktober Poker Open action is here and we have two more flights of the $250 buy-in opener. The tournament will tease the $150,000 guarantee today and we expect a huge field tomorrow on a Saturday afternoon.

Players sit down with 25K in their stacks and the first 23 levels last 30 minutes before going up to 40 minutes for the rest of the tournament. Late registration is available until the start of Level 9 at 3:30 pm and players may re-enter as often as needed during that time.

Flight E will continue until 12.5% of the field remains and survivors will return on Sunday at 11 am for Day 2.

  • $150,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
  • Players begin with 25,000 in chips
  • Levels 1-23 last 30 minutes; Levels 24+ last 40 minutes
  • Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9 (3:30pm)
  • Day 1 will end when 12.5% of field remains
  • Event 1 Structure Sheet

Event 1: Chip Counts Through Flight D

$250 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$150,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Return to Level 14:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  48 of 383

Flight A: 104 Entries; 13 Advanced
Flight B: 104 Entries; 13 Advanced
Flight C: 80 Entries; 10 Advanced
Flight D: 95 Entries; 12 Advanced
Flight E: Friday at 11 am
Flight F: Friday at 6 pm
Flight G: Saturday at 11 am
Day 2: Sunday at 11 am

This is a best-stack-forward tournament; players who bag multiple times will receive a min-cash for their smallest stack(s) and play their biggest on Day 2.

RankFirst NameLast NameCityStateChip Count
1BlakeRobinsonTampaFL586,000
2JerrySilvaTampaFL435,000
3GuyPitzSan AntonioFL389,000
4VamsiDoddaThonotosassaFL389,000
5ZacharyRogalskiLutzFL382,000
6EricTarikasTampaFL352,000
7RubenTorresPort CharlotteFL339,000
8AnatolyZharnitsSarasotaFL316,000
9JohnFeeneyTampaFL311,000
10MahmoudAhmadClearwaterFL287,000
11JasonLuxSarasotaFL285,000
12ThomasRobertsonWeeki WacheeFL283,000
13TonyMarchTampaFL256,000
14FarzadRajiClearwater BeachFL246,000
15LuisMedinaWesley ChapelFL229,000
16AlexanderGrassiaPalm HarborFL228,000
17RamonSosa MorilloRiverviewFL219,000
18EliasKiwanWesley ChapelFL204,000
19TonyMarchTampaFL201,000
20RobertFregosiClearwaterFL198,000
21CharlesKahrsPalm HarborFL192,000
22AlfredoLeiva BasultoTampaFL191,000
23RobertFioreSeminoleFL180,000
24JeffreyRussellTampaFL174,000
25DonaldLinskyTampaFL170,000
26ShaneDellusWimaumaFL153,000
27OlegRutskinTampaFL153,000
28JohnPhillipsOcalaFL150,000
29RobertBreznayBeverly HillsFL150,000
30ConnerReynoldsNaplesFL149,000
31KarlManouchakianTampaFL146,000
32MatthewBucklesPlant CityFL139,000
33RuyAlbanoOrlandoFL136,000
34JeffreyKichmanWesley ChapelFL128,000
35TuanNguyenLilburnGA125,000
36JosephVetaSanfordFL121,000
37JamesCieslukTampaFL104,000
38EricChastainJacksonvilleFL102,000
39JosephDi Rosa RojasOrlandoFL100,000
40JoshuaNicholsonWinter HavenFL98,000
41JasonSilvaDerryNH95,000
42GrahamGibsonLargoFL85,000
43MarkWhiteGreensburgPA78,000
44BruceMajidiTallahasseeFL77,000
45ToninoD'AmoreSaint CloudFL76,000
46ChristopherHollandMulberryFL61,000
47ShawnLenneySpring HillFL52,000
48ArlindaJohnsPort Saint LucieFL43,000

PPO Day 3 Schedule

Primary Event Schedule

11AM: Event 1 Flight E – $250 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

  • $150,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
  • Players begin with 25,000 in chips
  • Levels 1-23 last 30 minutes; Levels 24+ last 40 minutes
  • Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9 (3:30pm)
  • Day 1 will end when 12.5% of field remains
  • Event 1 Structure Sheet

6PM: Event 1 Flight F – $250 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

  • $150,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
  • Players begin with 25,000 in chips
  • Levels 1-23 last 30 minutes; Levels 24+ last 40 minutes
  • Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9 (10:30pm)
  • Day 1 will end when 12.5% of field remains
  • Event 1 Structure Sheet

2024 Pinktober Poker Open Series Schedule

Event 1 Flight D: Registration Closed with 95 Entries

$250 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$150,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Flight D Entries: 95

Registration closed for Flight D of PPO Event 1 with another 93 entries taking the combined total up to 383 with a busy weekend ahead of us.

Flight D will play down to the last 12 survivors and they will bag their chips for a Day 2 return on Sunday at 11 am in the money. Players must bag chips to cash in the tournament.

FlightDayEntriesAdvanced
AWeds 11a10413
BWeds 6p10413
CThurs 11a8010
DThurs 6p95TBD
EFriday 11a
FFriday 6p
GSaturday 11a
Total38336