Thursday, December 15th: Three More Flights For The $75,000 GTD

If last night's Flight 1A of the $130 No Limit Hold'em ($75,000 Guarantee) was a precursor of things to come, we have a pretty solid little tournament shaping up for the weekend.  Yesterday's flight saw a total of (83) entries, which is already above the pace needed to eclipse the guaranteed prize pool posted on the event.  The night ended with (8) players bagging chips for Sunday's Day 2, including Karin Powsner (170,000) and Josh Wasserman (306,500).  There were a few different storylines to follow as the night played out, but Raymond Ruszkowski (Miami, FL) continually stole the spotlight, on his way to bagging the chip lead bonus of $500 (328,000).

There are three more "chip lead bonus" races to follow this afternoon, as Flights 1B-1D are on the schedule for the day.  While there will be official chip counts and "numbers breakdown" for each and every flight of this tournament, the "middle" flight will be the one receiving "live blogging coverage" for the day.  Flight 1C gets underway at 3:00pm, with the bagging process beginning somewhere around 10:10pm.

11:00am - Flight 1B $130 No Limit Hold'em ($75,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool):

- Players will receive 18,000 in tournament units
- Alternates and late entries will be allowed to enter for the first (8) levels
- All entrants will start with a full starting stack
- Levels will last (25) minutes
- Day 1's will play (16) levels, or down to 8% of the field

3:00pm - Flight 1C $130 No Limit Hold'em ($75,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool): (Live Blog Coverage)

- Players will receive 18,000 in tournament units
- Alternates and late entries will be allowed to enter for the first (8) levels
- All entrants will start with a full starting stack
- Levels will last (25) minutes
- Day 1's will play (16) levels, or down to 8% of the field

7:00pm - Flight 1D $130 No Limit Hold'em ($75,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool):

- Players will receive 18,000 in tournament units
- Alternates and late entries will be allowed to enter for the first (8) levels
- All entrants will start with a full starting stack
- Levels will last (25) minutes
- Day 1's will play (16) levels, or down to 8% of the field