Saturday, August 5, 2017

Saturday, August 5th: It's All About The High Hands This Saturday

ICYMI: (Tournament results from Friday, August 4th to be posted shortly)

Tournaments: There are two tournaments on the calendar today, the first of which begins at 11:00am ($100 No Limit Hold'em "Big Stack Turbo Bounty" $3,000 GTD).  Players in the event will be sitting down to starting stacks of 18,000 units, and playing levels of (15) minutes throughout.  This "staple" weekend event has been in this day/time slot for a long while, and continues to be a favorite of the players.

The evening tournament, which gets underway at 6:00pm, is a $120 No Limit Hold'em event.  The tournament is structured with 25,000 unit starting stacks, and levels that are 20/25 minutes in length.  The levels start at (20) minutes while registration is open, and once things close (after Level 8), they transition to (25) minutes in length.


Promotions: The first weekend of the month of August hosts one of the best promotions players will see on the calendar.  From 1:00pm-10:00pm, three different high hands will be awarded each hour:

$500 on the :20
$750 on the :40
$1,000 top of the hour (:00)

The first high hand in this promotion is awarded at 1:20pm.

11:00am - $100 No Limit Hold'em "Big Stack Turbo" w/ $25 Bounties ($3,000 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

6:00pm - $120 No Limit Hold'em

- Players will begin with a 25,000 starting stack
- Late and re-entries for the first (8) levels
- Alternates and late entries will enter with full stacks
- Levels 1-8 are (20) minutes in length, transitioning to (25) minutes Levels 9+