Monday, January 15, 2018

Monday, January 15th: Today's Action Is In The Afternoon, With A $20,000 GTD At 11:00am

ICYMI: Sunday's tournament action started with a $120 No Limit Hold'em "Monster Stack" ($2,000 GTD), which got underway at 11:00am.  After eight levels of registration, the event would close with (28) total entries, and an official prize pool of $2,716.  Four players were scheduled to reach the money, and after the money bubble burst, we'd see a three-way deal post Bernie Boudle's elimination.  The full results from the tournament are listed below:

  1. Pedro Perez (Miami, FL) $838
  2. Roland Trocher (West Palm Beach, FL) $826
  3. Francois Gagne (Hillsboro Beach, FL) $753
  4. Bernie Boudle (Davie, FL) $299
The "Monster Stack" was followed by a $120 No Limit Hold'em "Turbo Bounty," which had a $2,500 guaranteed prize pool.  A total of (27) entries would make up the field, and after the optional add-ons were included into the official number, the prize pool would close at $2,684 (bounties included).  The event ended in a heads-up chop, with Aleksey Kishirin (Russia) the "declared winner."  Aleksey has now won back-to-back evening tournaments, after heading a deal that ended last night's $150 No Limit Hold'em ($15,000 GTD).  The details of last night's tournament are listed below:
  1. Aleksey Kishirin (Russia) $774
  2. Denise Westerfield (Coconut Creek, FL) $672
  3. Jim Brinson (Lexington, KY) $342
  4. Nasim Tukhi (Philadelphia, PA) $221
Tournaments: With the weekday holiday, Monday's featured tournament is an afternoon event, and is a $150 No Limit Hold'em ($20,000 GTD).  The tournament is structured with 16,000 unit starting stacks, and levels that last (25) minutes.

The evening tournament is an $80 No Limit Hold'em event with a $2,500 guaranteed prize pool.  The structure sees players sitting down to starting stacks of 12,000 units, with levels that last (20) minutes over the course of the night.  There is an optional add-on at the end of registration (Level 8), with $20 seeing a return of 10,000 units (100% of add-on money goes towards the prize pool).


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 started back on 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 - $150 No Limit Hold'em ($20,000 GTD)

- Players will begin with a 16,000 starting stack
- Late and re-entries for the first (8) levels
- Levels are (25) minutes in length
- All late registrants and re-entries will receive a full stack

6:00pm - $80 No Limit Hold'em ($2,500)

- Players will begin with a 12,000 starting stack
- Late and re-entries for the first (8) levels
- Levels are (20) minutes in length
- All late registrants and re-entries will receive a full stack