Sunday, March 19th: "Turbo High Hands," And A $10,000 Guarantee

ICYMI: Yesterday's afternoon event ($100 No Limit Hold'em "Big Stack Turbo Bounty" $3,000 GTD) drew a crowd of (44) total entries, ending with an official prize pool of $3,693.  There were six spots getting paid in the event, and when the field reached that point, the players agreed to an even chop (well...as close to even as possible).  Alan Dobrow (Melville, NY) took home $433 for first place money, while the rest of the group earned $432 (Edgard Mendes, David Miller, John Sherman, Rahamim Ezra, and Curtis "Ace" Dehart).

Edgard Mendes (Deerfield Beach, FL) then pulled the "double" later in the evening, a feat that not many players have accomplished.  After essentially taking first place money in the tournament earlier in the day, Mendes was awarded first place money in an eight-way chop of the evening event ($120 No Limit Hold'em "New Monster Stack").  The event, which attracted a total of (117) entries, finished with prize pool of $9,945).  "Corona" (Edgard's nickname) ended up making another $1,514, in addition to his earlier cash from the afternoon.  The rest of the tournament's results and payouts will be posted tomorrow afternoon, in the "Week In Review" feature.

Tournaments: There is one tournament on the schedule this afternoon, a $150 No Limit Hold'em ($10,000 GTD) event.  The levels are (25) minutes throughout the tournament, and offers players a 20,000 starting stack. 

Promotions: Outside of the "standard" high hands during the day, the "Turbo High Hands" return, with $300 awarded to qualifying high hands from 2:00pm-9:00pm (every 15 minutes).

12:00pm - $150 No Limit Hold'em ($10,000 GTD)

- Players will start with 20,000 in tournament chips

- Late and re-entries for the first (8) levels

- Alternates and late entries will start with a full stack

- Levels are (25) minutes