Thursday, July 20th: Ladies' Champion Crowned, Event #14 Begins Today

ICYMI: Yesterday was the second of two "specialized" tournaments on the 2017 Florida State Poker Championships schedule, with the Ladies' NLH Championship in the afternoon time slot (11:00am).  The $175 buy-in event boasted an $8,000 guaranteed prize pool, and attracted (39) total entries.  Of the four ladies we saw at the Event #7 final table, only Nancy Thomas (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) was in attendance for the event.  The "official final table" would reach the money (nine players), with all eyes on the $3,280 first place prize.  The final table would see a handful of eliminations, before the remaining players began the discussions of a deal.  Eventually, players would come to terms of a deal, with Debbie Underhill-Hiorns (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) crowned the champion.  It would be Debbie's first every tournament win, and the third largest cash of her career.

1. Debbie Underhill-Hiorns (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $1,658
2. Leticia Galinis (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $1,385
3. Nancy Bernstein (Delray Beach, FL) $1,364
4. Melissa Mancini (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $884
5. Valerie Coolidge (Ausable Forks, NY) $650
6. Paula Holder (Pompano Beach, FL) $640
7. Janet Solov (Pompano Beach, FL) $597
8. Sharon Pickard (Wilton Manors, FL) $579
9. Kelly Elliot (Lake Worth, FL) $243

Last night's event was a $130 No Limit Hold'em Satellite Into Event #14, which had (10) guaranteed seats up for grabs.  The tournament ended up getting (131) entries, and would award (13) seats, along with $110 cash to the player busting in fourteenth.  The following players earned a "discounted" entry in Event #14:

1. Kyle Taddei
2. Evan Teitelbaum
3. Kenneth Fagioli
4. Michael Horton
5. Arthur Gallinaro
6. Joseph Duchman
7. Ryan Gianquitti
8. Robyn Marshman
9. Rodney Moet-Rojas
10. Danilo Parada
11. Adam Koppel 
12. Robert Perniola
13. Steven Wallerstein
14. Jason Prest ($110)

Tournaments: Today begins the third "major" of the series, as Event #14 ($1,100 No Limit Hold'em $150,000 GTD) gets underway at 11:00am.  The tournament boasts a structure with starting stacks of 20,000, and levels of (40) minutes (Level 1-6), that then transition to (50) minutes (Levels 7+).  Late registration is open through twelve levels, with the opportunity to buy in before the cards are in the air for Day 2.  The chip leader from each flight will win a $1,500 FSPC Main Event seat, which wraps up the series next week.

There is also another satellite to Event #14 this evening, a $130 No Limit Hold'em event that offers up (8) guaranteed seats.

Promotions: Today's "special" promotion (outside of the standard high hands), is the Limit Hold'em Early Bird, in which the first (50) full houses (in a limit hold'em game) are paid the minimum buy-in for the designated game.  Those players in the 2/2 LHE game will receive $20 for each "winning" full house (or better), while those in 2/4 LHE will receive $40.

11:00am - FSPC Event #14 (Flight 1A): $1,100 No Limit Hold'em ($150,000 GTD) 

- Players start with 20,000 in tournament chips

- Late and re-entries for the first (12) levels, to include before the 1st card on Day 2

- Alternates and late entries will start with a full stack

- Level will last (40) minutes (Levels 1-6), transitioning to (50) minutes Levels 7+

- All Day 1's will play (12) complete levels or until 13% of the field remains (whichever comes first)

6:00pm - $130 No Limit Hold'em Super Satellite Into Event #14 (8 Seats Guaranteed)

- Players start with 12,000 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 (20) minutes throughout the event