Saturday, July 8th: Final FSPC Event 1 Flights, Prize Pool Already $130,000!!

ICYMI: The fifth (Flight 1E) and sixth (Flight 1F) flights of Event 1 are officially in the books, which means that there are only two more opportunities for players to try and bag chips.  To this point, there has been a total of (923) entries, which equates to $129,200 towards the overall prize pool.  Considering the expected size of today's flights, we could see a pool over $175,000 when everything is said and done, and a first place prize over $30,000.

Yesterday's afternoon flight (Flight 1E) had a total of (191) entries, with (26) players bagging chips for Sunday's Day 2.  Brent Granda (Aventura, FL) continued his pattern of "annual run good" during the Florida State Poker Championships, a feat that he has accomplished in 2013, 2014, and 2016.  Isle Poker tournament regular Luke Rosenberg also experienced the better side of variance, using some critical spots to finish up with 241,500 in the bag.  Others to bag from Flight 1E were Mikael Lundell (245,500), Kevin Scarola (176,000), and Alberto Niebla (124,500).

Last night's flight (Flight 1F) was the largest of the six to have been played, with (220) entries making up the field.  The clock was paused with 10:15 minutes showing, as 13% of the field remained (29 players), and the bagging process began.  Steve Raemen was over 100,000 chip clear of his nearest competitor, bagging the chip lead with 428,500.  Also bagging last night was Robert Transue (264,500), Tom Gity (153,500), Luminita Petric (122,000).

Tournaments: The final pair of flights for Event 1 are on the schedule today, with Flight 1G beginning at 11:00am, and Flight 1H "putting a bow" on things at 6:00pm.  That also means that there are two more chip lead bonuses to be awarded, worth $1,100 each (and potentially much more than that).  The structure for each flight mirrors those that came before it, with starting stacks of 20,000 units, and levels of (25) minutes.  "Live blogged coverage" will be offered for Flight 1G, with updates starting the moment the cards get in the air.

Promotions: The high hand promotions take another "breather" today, between yesterday's (11) hours worth of "turbo" high hands, tomorrow's (7) hours of $300 high hands (awarded every 15 minutes).  The "standard high hand" procedure is in place, awarded prizes to qualifying high hands every (30) minutes (with rollovers).

11:00am - FSPC Event #1 (Flight 1G): $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 1H): $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)