Saturday, February 11, 2017

Saturday, February 11th: Saturday Starts With Bounty Hunting, Ends With "New Monster Stack"

After a day full of high hand promotions (and a $10,000 GTD tournament), the schedule "calms down" for (24) hours.  The word calm is being used lightly though, as there are still high hands given away every (30) minutes (for the entire day).  No limit players earn $200, Omaha and O/E players earn $150, while limit players (and eligible tournaments) earn $100 (with rollovers).

There are two tournaments on the schedule, with the $100 No Limit Hold'em "Big Stack Bounty" w/ $25 Bounties at 11:00am, followed by the "New Monster Stack" ($120 No Limit Hold'em $8,000 GTD).  Last week's "New Monster Stack" was one of the largest fields of the week, attracting a total of (189) entries, and ending up with an official  prize pool of $16,065...doubling the posted guarantee.  First place was originally just under $5,000, but the tournament ended in a four way-deal, with Brian Sparks (Oklahoma City, OK) earning $3,754 for the win.

11:00am - $100 No Limit Hold'em "Big Stack Turbo" w/ $25 Bounties ($5,000 GTD):

- Players will begin with a 18,000 starting stack
- Late and re-entries for the first (10) levels
- Option player "add-on" at the end of Level 10 ($25 for 10,000 tournament chips), with 100% of the "add-on" going to the prize pool 
- Levels are (15) minutes in length

6:oopm - $120 No Limit Hold'em "New Monster Stack" ($8,000 GTD):

- Players will start with 25,000 in tournament chips 
- Late and re-entries for the first (8) levels
- Alternates and re-entries will start with a full stack
- Levels are (25) minutes in length