Friday, September 1st: Kicking Off A Holiday Weekend Of Poker Action

ICYMI: Thursday's tournament action began with a "mixed" event, as the $130 Omaha 8B Hi/Lo ($2,000 GTD) event got underway at 11:00am.  In one of the more surprising showings of the month of August, (55) entries made up the field, more than doubling the guarantee, with a $5,500 prize pool.      When the payouts were posted, a total of seven spots were scheduled to reach the money, but discussions of a chop began with ten players remaining.  A deal was eventually made, with three extra players making money in the event, and Myra Albert (Boca Raton, FL) topping the payouts.

1. Myra Albert (Boca Raton, FL) $821
2. Brian Gelrod (Wellington, FL) $734
3. Gerald Blum (Boca Raton, FL) $704
4. Jeffrey Levitt (Delray Beach, FL) $651
5. Allen Green (Weston, FL) $643
6. Errol Massey (Hollywood, FL) $621
7. Gary Axelrod (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $566
8. Timothy Patrus (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $475
9. Thomas Nasuti (North Palm Beach, FL) $150
10. Gail Cohen (West Palm Beach, FL) $135

The tournament month of August would close with the $130 No Limit Hold'em ($20,000 GTD) event, which began at 6:00pm.  The $20,000 prize pool was comprised of (177) entries, many of which were familiar to followers of the blog.  A total of (23) players would reach the money in the tournament, with action playing down to an outright winner.  David Coughlin (Lighthouse Point, FL), a player with over $52,000 in live tournament cashes, earned the largest cash of his career with the win.

1. David Coughlin (Lighthouse Point, FL) $5,181
2. Kevin Chan (Coconut Creek, FL) $3,475
3. Brunel Sicar (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $2,050
4. Adam Velez (Lilbum, GA) $1,247
5. John Bilas (Oakland Park, FL) $963
6. Earl Gallegos (West Palm Beach, FL) $798
7. Patricia Conrad (Delray Beach, FL) $680
8. Dmitry Agrachov (Delray Beach, FL) $598
9. Mahendran Ramanathan (Pembroke Pines, FL) $518
10. Leo Birov (Chicago, IL) $440

Tournaments: The Labor Day weekend begins today with one tournament on the schedule, a $75 No Limit Hold'em event.  The structure sees players sitting down to starting stacks of 15,000 units, with levels of (20) minutes throughout the event.

Promotions: From the moment the doors to the poker room open, the "bonus" high hands are in effect.  Things start with the "Turbo High Hands," with $100 awarded to the qualifying high hand every (10) minutes.  With less tables in the morning hours, we usually see rollovers on a consistent basis, some of which get as high as $600-$700.  The ten minute high hands run from 9:00am-12:00pm, and then transition to a different promotion. 

Things are still "turbo-ish," with $250 high hands awarded every (20) minutes, from the hours of 12:00pm-4:00pm.  The promotion only gets richer after that, as one last transition sees $500 awarded every (20) minutes, from the hours of 4:00pm-12:00am.

6:00pm - $75 No Limit Hold'em

- Players will begin with a 15,000 starting stack

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

- Alternates and late entries will receive full stacks

- Levels are (20) minutes in length throughout