Saturday, September 16th: Saturday's "Impromptu" High Hand Promotion Is Front And Center

ICYMI: Friday's $75 No Limit Hold'em tournament attracted a field of (37) entries, and after the optional add-ons were applied to the prize pool, it would officially close at $2,344.  When the payouts were posted, four pay spots would be listed, with first place scheduled to take home $960.  Play would never reach that point though, as a five-way deal was agreed to, allowing for a "bubble spot" to be paid.

1. Miguel Briganty (Sunrise, FL) $680
2. Edgard Mendes (Deerfield Beach, FL) $502
3. Stephen Thomas (Coral Springs, FL) $497
4. Charbel Beyrouti (Davie, FL) $477
5. Kevin Hammer (Hayworth, IL) $188

Tournaments: Two events make up Saturday's tournament calendar, with the first getting underway at 11:00am.  The $100 No Limit Hold'em "Big Stack Turbo Bounty" may have a turbo structure, but it still allows for a lot of play as the tournament enters it's later stages.  Players in in the tournament sit down to starting stacks of 18,000 units, with (15) minute levels over the course of the event.  There is an optional add-on at the end of registration (Level 10), with $25 getting players an extra 10,000 units.

The evening tournament, which begins at 6:00pm, is a $120 No Limit Hold'em event.  The structure has players sitting down to starting stacks of 25,000 units, and transitioning levels which start at (20) minutes (Levels 1-8), and finish up at (25) minutes (Levels 9+).  

Promotions: On the original October Promotional Calendar, today was scheduled to run with the "standard high hand" throughout the day (awarded every 30 minutes).  That was until an announcement was made earlier this week, noting that from 12:00pm-10:00pm, $400 high hands will be awarded every (15) minutes.

11:00am - $100 No Limit Hold'em "Big Stack Turbo" w/ $25 Bounties:

- 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 - $120 No Limit Hold'em

- Players will begin with a 25,000 starting stack

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

- Alternates and late entries will enter with full stacks

- Levels 1-8 are (20) minutes in length, transitioning to (25) minutes Levels 9+