Sunday, December 15th: Putting A Bow On The Second Week Of December, Preparing For Another Busy Week Of Poker Action

ICYMI: Yesterday's tournament schedule began at 11:00am, with an $80 No Limit Hold'em event, that had a $1,500 guaranteed prize pool.  Registration for the tournament closed with (35) entries, and an official prize pool of $1,925, which would scheduled to be paid out across five spots.  Official results from the tournament are listed below:

1. Vincent Lo Bianco (Coconut Creek, FL) $789
2. Francois Gagne (Hillsboro Beach, FL) $481
3. Joseph Mancuso (Deerfield Beach, FL) $289
4. Blaine McCrae (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $212
5. Erez Fishman (Boca Raton, FL) $154

The evening tournament, which got underway at 12:00pm, was a $130 No Limit Hold'em ($10,000 GTD) event.  When this event ran last (two weeks ago), the guarantee was made by just one entry...that was not the case last night.  Registration closed with (119) entries, and an official prize pool of $11,543.  Payouts for the tournament were very healthy, with (15) players making the money, and first place scheduled to walk away with just over $3,400.  The tournament ended in an eight-way chop, with the official results listed below:

1. James Newcomb (Parkland, FL) $1,885
2. Patricia Conrad (Delray Beach, FL) $1,459
3. David Coughlin (Lighthouse Point, FL) $1,248
4. Steve Varela (Pembroke Pines, FL) $1,233
5. Steve Raemen (Boca Raton, FL) $1,120
6. David Brainard (Deerfield Beach, FL) $921
7. Jacob Fields (Coral Springs, FL) $846
8. Jose Aldorino (Miami, FL) $810
9. Richard Coppola (Plantation, FL) $341
10. Alain Teffaud (France) $300
11. Ross Willner (Boca Raton, FL) $300
12. Danielle Bastarache (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $300
13. Stephen Caplan (Toronto, Canada) $260
14. Markus Petteway (Jacksonville, FL) $260
15. Jeremiah Pinto (Coral Springs, FL) $260

Tournaments: Today's schedule focuses on the $80 No Limit Hold'em "Sit-N-Go" once again.  These single-table tournaments are paying out two spots, with the first and second place finishers earning $350 (adding an element of "survivor" to the proceedings).  Players that are interested in these "Sit-N-Gos" can put their name on the list (at the brush stand), and once ten names are collected, the tournament will begin.

Promotions: The day's promotions begin at 9:00am, with three hours of "Turbo High Hands," as $100 will be awarded every (10) minutes (rollovers apply).  The promotion runs from 9:00am-12:00pm, and has quickly become popular with the players (as the rollovers have seen some high hands reach the $1,000 mark!!!).

The standard high hand promotion then takes over, and runs from 12:00pm-12:00am.  Qualifying high hands will be awarded $300, given away every (30) minutes (no rollovers).  During that period, if the winning high hand is made using one card, a $150 prize will be awarded.  For those players playing in a tournament, winning high hands will be paid out $100.

From 12:00am-3:00am, $50 high hands will be awarded every (60) minutes.

All Day: $80 No Limit Hold'em "Sit-N-Go" (Top Two Spots Win $350)