Thursday, May 25th: Even Chop Of The "Big Stack Turbo Bounty," $20,000 GTD Event This Evening

ICYMI: The $100 No Limit Hold'em "Big Stack Turbo Bounty" ($5,000 GTD) was the only tournament on the schedule yesterday, with the cards getting in the air at 6:00pm.  Once the registration period ended, a total of (42) entries made up the $5,000 prize pool ($3,950 prize pool and $1,050 bounty pool).  The payouts would see six spots schedule to get paid, with a min-cash earning $237, and first place taking home $1,540.  After four final table eliminations, the money would be reached, but it wasn't until three "in the money" bustouts that a discussion of chop began.  The top two players agreed to an even amount (Jason Maltz and Michael Spinosa), with third place taking a few hundred dollars less.

1. Jason Maltz (Latham, NY) $1,101
2. Michael Spinosa (Staten Island, NY) $1,101
3. Phil Lifschitz (Livingston, NJ) $800
4. Gyorgy Cseke (Tamarac, FL) $395
5. Danny Blackburn (Deerfield Beach, FL) $316
6. Medeni Kose (Hallandale Beach, FL) $237

Tournaments: Things get started at 11:00am in the poker room, as the cards get in the air for the $80 No Limit Hold'em w/ $10 Bounties ($1,500 GTD).  This tournament is the same as the standard afternoon event on Monday's, and almost alway sat tracts a nice sized crowd.  After the success of this past Monday's $25,000 GTD, it's tonight's event that many players have circled on their calendar.  The $130 No Limit Hold'em ($20,000 GTD) tournament begins at 6:00pm, and offers players a pretty solid structure.  Entrants sit down to starting stacks of 12,000 units, and play (20) minute levels throughout the tournament.  With Monday's prize pool besting the number by almost $5,000, it would be no surprise to see a similar turnout this evening.

Promotions: After an exciting day of wheel spins, Thursday offers up the Early Bird No Limit Hold'em high hand promotion, paying $60 to the first (50) full houses of the day (eligible players must be playing no limit hold'em).  The "standard high hand" promotion runs throughout the day as well, from 9:00am-12:00am.

11:00am - $80 No Limit Hold'em w/ $10 Bounties $1,500 GTD

- Players will begin with a 12,000 starting stack

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

- Option player "add-on" at the end of Level 8 ($20 for 8,000 tournament chips), with 100% of the "add-on" going to the prize pool 

- Levels are (20) minutes in length

6:00pm - $130 No Limit Hold'em ($20,000 GTD)

- Players will begin with a 16,000 starting stack

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

- Alternates and late entries will receive full stacks

- Levels are (20) minutes in length throughout