Friday, March 17th: High Hand Promotions Garner Today's Attention

Ryan Baroff (Ft. Lauderdale, FL)

ICYMI: Yesterday's afternoon event had an "intimate" field of (23) entries, all competing for their piece of the $2,000 prize pool.  Once play was four-handed, the remaining players agreed to a chop, with Ryan Baroff (Ft.Lauderdale, FL) the declared "winner," earning himself $630 for his share of the deal.  Charles MacClennan (Boca Raton, FL) took home $475 for second place, Gerald Bloom walked away with $342 for third place, and William Catlett (Lisbon, OH) rounded out the deal with $323 for fourth place.

The evening event ($60 No Limit Hold'em $12,000 GTD) was where the big numbers were, with a total of (265) entries getting involved in the action before the registration window closed.  One registration wrapped up, the players were vying for their piece of a $13,290 prize pool, with (27) spots getting paid.  A quick scan of the results would yield a lot of new names (to followers of the blog), and while we usually see this event make a deal once the final table is reached, action played down until four players remained.  Just like the afternoon tournament, the four players that were left agreed to a deal, with Charles Marik (Coconut Creek, FL) declared the "winner" taking home just one dollar more ($2,195) than the "second place" finisher, Felix Acevedo Beltre ($2,194). Both Nivaldo Gutierrez (Hialeah, FL) and Eric Goldstein (Boca Raton, FL) earned $2,000 for their third and fourth place finishes respectively.

Tournaments: There is one tournament on the schedule this evening, beginning at 6:00pm.  The $150 No Limit Hold'em has a $10,000 guarantee, and has surpassed that number each Friday more months.  It's the first of four events for the weekend, and is tied for the largest guarantee as well.

Promotions: With a one day "breather" on Thursday, the high hand promotions are back in full swing to start the weekend, beginning with the "Turbo High Hands."  From the moment the doors open at 9:00am, until 12:00pm, $100 will be awarded to the qualifying high hand every (10) minutes (with rollovers).  

At noon, the high hands transition to $250 every (20) minutes, lasting until 4:00pm (with rollovers)...at which point they ladder up $500 every (20) minutes (with rollovers), running from 4:00pm-12:00am.  It's well over $16,000 in high hand money ready to be awarded over the course of the day, and with the NCAA tournament going on as well, the poker room will surely be buzzing.

6:00pm - $150 No Limit Hold'em  $10,000 GTD

- Players will begin with a 20,000 starting stack

- Late and re-entries for the first (12) levels

- Alternates and late entries will start with a full stack

- Levels are (25) minutes in length