Event 1 - $175 No Limit Hold'em ($100,000 GTD)
Level 1 (Blinds 25/50)
Total Flight 1A Entries: N/A
Players have had this date circled on their calendars for months, as the cards get in the air for the first event of the 2017 Florida State Poker Championship. The $175 No Limit Hold'em event carries with it a $100,000 guaranteed prize pool, a number that will likely be surpassed long before registration closes on Saturday night. This "deep stack" event will be hosting two flights per day (Wednesday-Saturday), with those successful in bagging chips returning on Sunday (July 9th) at 12:00pm for Day 2.
Players in these opening flights will be sitting down to starting stacks of 20,000 tournament chips, and playing levels of (25) minutes (levels will be the same length through the duration of the tournament). Late registration and re-entry will be open through Level 8 of each flight, with the day scheduled to end after the conclusion of Level 16 (or until 13% of the field remains). The "chip lead bonus" returns for this event, as each of the opening flight chip leaders will be earning a seat into Event 14 ($1,100 No Limit Hold'em $150,000 GTD).
Last year's equivalent to this event was Event 2 ($140 No Limit Hold'em $200,000 GTD), and was won by Jeff Burdeen ($20,102), who took first place money in a ten-way chop of the tournament. We will see if Burdeen returns to defend his title, and will also be on the lookout for the many Isle Poker notables that will be in attendance this afternoon. "Live blogged coverage" will continue through the bagging process of this opening flight, and will be offered for Flight 1C, Flight 1E, and Flight 1G (all of the afternoon flights), along with Day 2.
It's going to be an action packed month of July, as a total of (22) trophies will be handed out to tournament winners, including the first post-WSOP "major championship" (Event 20 - $1,500 No Limit Hold'em FSPC Championship).
No comments:
Post a Comment