Friday, July 7th: FSPC Event 1 Continues, "Turbo High Hands" Return

ICYMI: Yesterday's tournament schedule hosted a second pair of Event 1 flights, with both Flight 1C and Flight 1D besting the numbers from the day prior.  Flight 1C (11:00am) had a total of (105) entries, with (14) players successful in reaching the bagging process.  Steven Cohen used a mixture of aggression and run good on the final hand of the day, to bag the flight's chip lead (377,500).  Cohen earned himself entry in Event 14 ($1,100 No Limit Hold'em $150,000 GTD), but more importantly, put himself into position to enter Day 2 with a top stack.  Some other notables to bag in the afternoon flight included Jaime Wiegrefe (253,000), Elias Nassif (152,500), and Thomas Gari (106,000).

Flight 1D earned the distinction of being the largest flight of the four to have been played, with a total of (160) entries making up the field.  After sixteen complete levels of play, (22) players remained when the bagging process began.  Scott Sommer (Jupiter, FL) earned the chip lead bonus after bagging 492,500, besting his nearest competitor by over 100,000 chips (Pedro Palacio - 363,000).  Some others to bag from Flight 1D included Andrew Blake (160,500), Michael Marks (143,500), and Russell Stampler (58,500).

At the midway point of Event 1 starting flights, there has been a total of (512) entries, with (69) players already having booked tickets to Sunday's Day 2.  That equates to $71,680 towards the overall prize pool, and a pace that may see the tournament's guarantee eclipsed today, with two more flights on the schedule.

Tournaments: The first of those two flights begins at 11;00am, when the cards get in the air for Flight 1E.  The afternoon flight will have "live blogged coverage," and will continue with the same structure as the completed flights to come before it.  Those who are unable to make it to the poker room during the day, can look forward to entering the evening flight (Flight 1F), which gets underway at 6:00pm (and has open registration until just before 9:00pm).

Promotions: The weekend kicks off with a day that's full of bonus high hands, starting the moment the doors open.  From 9:00am-12:00pm, $100 will be awarded every (10) minutes to qualifying high hands, with rollovers.  This promotion is very exciting, as we've seen rollovers that are worth between $500-$1,000 on a consistent basis.  

That period is followed by some "richer" high hands, with $250 awarded every (20) minutes from 12:00pm-4:00pm, and $500 awarded every (20) minutes from 4:00pm-12:00am.  Rollovers apply with this promotion as well, but with so many tables in play, it's not something that happens as often.

11:00am - FSPC Event #1 (Flight 1E): $175 No Limit Hold'em ($100,000 GTD) 

- Players 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

- Level will last (25) minutes throughout the event

- All Day 1's will play (16) complete levels or until 13% of the field remains (whichever comes first)

6:00pm - FSPC Event #1 (Flight 1F): $175 No Limit Hold'em ($100,000 GTD)

- Players 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

- Level will last (25) minutes throughout the event

- All Day 1's will play (16) complete levels or until 13% of the field remains (whichever comes first)