Saturday, August 19th: Final Pair Of "August $150,000" Flights Headline Schedule

ICYMI: The "August $150,000" numbers keep climbing with each day that passes, as Friday's flights saw a total of (219) entries.  The day's first flight (Flight 1E) was comprised of (92) entries, with (17) players successful in bagging chips for Sunday.  Nigel Murray (Miami Gardens, FL) was the standout player from the flight, chipping up to 100,000 by Level 6, and ended the night as the chip leader with 327,000.  Daniel Navarrete was second in chips with 211,500, showing how dominating Murray's performance actually way.  Others to bag in Friday's afternoon flight included Alan Saltzman (180,000), Erik Christensen (168,000), and Troy Parra (143,500).

Flight 1F ended up at the largest of the six starting flights to be played, ending up with (127) entries once registration closed.  Once the bagging process started, we saw another player that calls Brazil home bag the lead (Ana Clara Freitas), following in the footsteps of Marco Cantizani (Flight 1C).  The only difference...Freitas bagged the overall chip lead, with a massive stack of 444,500.  Some other players to book a ticket to Day 2 included Megan Endres (240,000), Steve Moreno (186,000), and Chad Vetstein (111,000).

To this point, there have been (485) entries, with (69) having already bagged chips for Sunday.

Tournaments: Today is the last pair of flights for the "August $150,000," with Flight 1G beginning at 12:00pm, and Flight 1H following at 6:00pm.  The structure for the $360 No Limit Hold'em ($150,000 GTD) event is the same as yesterday, with players sitting down to 20,000 unit starting stacks, and playing levels of (30) minutes.  The day's play is scheduled to conclude after Level 16, or until 10% of the field remains (whichever comes first). 

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).

12:00pm - "August $150k GTD" (Flight 1G): $360 No Limit Hold'em ($150,000 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 (30) minutes during Day 1 flights, transitioning to (40) minutes on Day 2

- All Day 1's will play (15) complete levels or until 13% of the field remains (whichever comes first)

6:00pm - "August $150k GTD" (Flight 1H): $360 No Limit Hold'em ($150,000 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 (30) minutes during Day 1 flights, transitioning to (40) minutes on Day 2

- All Day 1's will play (15) complete levels or until 13% of the field remains (whichever comes first)