After another great week of poker ended yesterday with the two bounty events (and "turbo" high hands from 2:00-9:00pm), we turn the page and look forward to the first full week of December poker. Monday starts off very strong, with the $100 high hands awarded every (10) minutes, from the hours of 9:00am-12:00pm. We've mentioned it before here on the blog, and we will say it once again, that's some great incentive to show up at the poker room's opening (9:00am)...when there are only two or three tables active across the entire room. The odds of ending up with a qualifying high hand (that holds up) get a little bit stronger when the competition is "intimate."
The tournament schedule kicks off at 11:00am with the return of the ever-popular "Structure Beast," an event that offers a "major" tournament structure, for an extremely reasonable buy-in ($150). The tournament boasts a guaranteed prize pool of $20,000, and if the past is anything to go off of, we should see that number eclipsed well before registration closes. Registration for the tournament is open for close to six hours, even giving those with day jobs the opportunity to head over after work and jump in on the action.
At 6:00pm, we see what could be considered a "second chance" tournament on the schedule, with the $130 No Limit Hold'em ($5,000 Guaranteed) bookending the day. Between the players that bust the afternoon event, and those arriving to the poker room for the first time, this event commonly attracts some solid numbers for an early week tournament.
11:00am - $150 No Limit Hold'em "Structure Beast" ($20,000 Guaranteed):
- Players will start with 12,000 in tournament chips
- Late and re-entries for the first (12) levels
- Alternates and late entries will start with a full stack
- Levels will be (30) minutes in length
6:00pm - $130 No Limit Hold'em ($5,000 Guaranteed):
- Players will start with 20,000 in tournament chips
