Saturday, November 18th: Weekend Action Continues, As We Head Towards A Big Holiday Week

ICYMI: Friday's tournament action started (11:00am) with the $60 No Limit Hold'em ($2,000 GTD) event, which ended up attracting a field of (39) entries.  The prize pool would officially close at $2,000, after the optional add-ons were included in the number.  As many of the afternoon events do, this tournament ended in a chop, with six players walking away with a share of the prize fund.  Auber Andrade (Wilton Manors, FL) would be declared the tournament's winner, taking home $525 for his efforts.

1. Juber Andrade (Wilton Manors, FL) $525
2. Jeffrey Shepard (Weston, FL) $336
3. Brian Haines (Southwest Ranches, FL) $294
4. Zaki Lichaa (Pompano Beach, FL) $290
5. Scott Michener (Lauderdale By The Sea, FL) $280
6. Glen Canelstein (Coconut Creek, FL)

The $80 No Limit Hold'em ($5,000 GTD) was in the 6:00pm time slot, and ended up with a pretty nice showing.  A total of (92) entries were in the field, and after players were given the option to add-on, the official prize pool would close at $5,644.  We would see another six-way chop to end the event, with Peter Bejusca (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) declared the tournament's winner ($804).

1. Peter Bejusca (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $804
2. Gregg Jaffy (Boca Raton, FL) $756
3. Alifeleti Mapa (Mishawaka, IN) $756
4. Ryan Laiche (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $756
5. Dan Kolchov (Hollywood, FL) $756
6. Michael Sugg (Boca Raton, FL) $756

Tournaments: The first tournament on the Saturday schedule is the $100 No Limit Hold'em "Big Stack Turbo Bounty" ($3,000 GTD), which gets underway at 11:00am.  Players begin the tournament with an 18,000 unit starting stack, and play levels that last (15) minutes throughout the event.  There is an optional add-on at the end of registration (after Level 10), with $25 seeing a return of 10,000 units (100% of add-on money goes towards the prize pool).  For every player elimination, a $25 bounty is awarded.

That event is followed at 6:000pm by the $120 No Limit Hold'em "Monster Stack" ($3,000 GTD), a "weekday" event that is finding it's way to a weekend time slot.  The structure stays the same for the tournament, with starting stacks of 25,000 units, and levels that last (20) minutes throughout the event.  This is one of the more generous structures a player will find in a daily tournament, so it's interesting to see what the turnout with be on a weekend evening.

Promotions: From (9:00am-10:00am), the high hand will award $150 every (30) minutes.  The high hands will then transition from 10:00am-12:00am (midnight), with the opportunity to win $400 every (30) minutes.  During that period, the promotion sees tournament players eligible (Isle Open events not eligible for high hand) each half-hour for $100 high hands, 2/2 limit hold'em players eligible for $200 high hands, 2/4 limit hold'em players eligible for $300 high hands, and all other raked games (1/2-5/10 NLH, 4/8 Omaha 8B, 6/12 O.E., etc.) eligible for $400 high hands.  From 12:00am-9:00am, players are eligible for $100 high hands every hour.

It should also be noted that since November 1st, players are able to win the high hand using only one card in their hand!!!  The payouts for those that use one card are different than the standard numbers listed above, and can be found (full listing of one-card payouts on flyers in the poker room).

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

- Levels are (15) minutes in length

- 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 

6:00pm - $100 No Limit Hold'em "Monster Stack" ($3,000 GTD)

- Players start with 25,000 in tournament chips

- Late and re-entries for the first (8) levels

- Alternates and late entries will start with a full stack

- Level will last (20) minutes throughout the event