Saturday, July 1st: New Month...New Promotion, "Unofficial" Start Of The FSPC

ICYMI: The final tournament for the month of June kicked off last night at 6:00pm ($75 No Limit Hold'em $5,000 GTD), and attracted a sizable field.  Once registration closed, there was a total (83) entries, and a prize pool of $5,176.  Eleven spots would reach the money, with a min-cash in the event worth $145, and first place scheduled to take home $1,669.  Isle tournament poker regulars Thomas Millward, Danielle Bastarache, and Chris Zollo each earned another final table score, but fell short of the three-way deal that wrapped up the event.  Richard Linn (Plantation, FL) grabbed "first place" honors in the deal, worth close to three times his career earnings heading into the tournament.  Linn had one cash on his resume before last night, a 55th place finish in a $140 No Limit Hold'em "Monster Stack" event from last September ($472).  The $1,425 score comes at a great time for Linn, as the 2017 Florida State Poker Championships is just around the corner.

1. Richard Linn (Plantation, FL) $1,425
2. Barry Carvin (Deerfield Beach, FL) $1,126
3. Stephen Bromfield (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $755
4. Amanda Weissman (Coral Springs, FL) $424
5. Chris Zollo (Delray Beach, FL) $324
6. Michael Ralyea (Boca Raton, FL) $259
7. Emery Hunt (West Palm Beach, FL) $215
8. Danielle Bastarache (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $181
9. Michael Valenzano (Pompano Beach, FL) $167
10. Thomas Millward (Boca Raton, FL) $155
11. Julia Bindelglass (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $145

Tournaments: There are two tournaments on the schedule today, the second of which is the "unofficial" beginning of the 2017 Florida State Poker Championships.  At 11:00am, the $100 No Limit Hold'em "Big Stack Turbo Bounty" ($3,000 GTD) gets underway.  The tournament offers a "deeper" starting stack of 18,000 units, and "turbo" levels of (15) minutes each throughout the event.  That tournament is followed at 6:00pm by an event that offers what could be the greatest value of any tournament on the schedule.  For a $75 buy-in, players have the opportunity to earn one of five guaranteed FSPC Main Event seats in the No Limit Hold'em Satellite.  The satellite has a player-friendly structure, with a 12,000 unit starting stack, and (20) minute levels played throughout.

Promotions: The first weekend of the month of July hosts some of the best promotions players will see all month, beginning with today's "on the hour" promotion.  From 1:00pm-10:00pm, three different high hands will be awarded each hour:

$500 on the :20

$750 on the :40

$1,000 top of the hour (:00)

11:00am - $100 No Limit Hold'em "Big Stack Turbo" w/ $25 Bounties ($3,000 GTD)

- Players will begin with a 18,000 starting stack

- Late and re-entries for the first (10) levels

- Option player "add-on" at the end of Level 10 ($25 for 10,000 tournament chips), with 100% of the "add-on" going to the prize pool 

- Levels are (15) minutes in length

6:00pm - $75 No Limit Hold'em FSPC Main Event Satellite (5 Seats GTD)

- Players will begin with a 12,000 starting stack

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

- Alternates and late entries will enter with full stacks

- Levels are (20) minutes in length