Sunday, September 3rd: Full Tournament Slate, And "Turbo" High Hands Headline Labor Day Sunday

ICYMI: The tournament action started on Saturday with the $100 No Limit Hold'em "Big Stack Turbo Bounty."  The event closed with a $1,914 prize pool, with a field that was comprised of (37) total entries.  When the payouts were posted, players would learn that five spots would reach the money in the event.

1. Fred Alesi (Delray Beach, FL) $569
2. Francois Gagne (Hillsboro Beach, FL) $552
3. Zaki Lichaa (Pompano Beach, FL) $429
4. Anthony James (Boynton Beach, FL) $211
5. William Gordon (Coral Springs, FL) 

Action continued at 6:00pm, with the $120 No Limit Hold'em evening event, a tournament that attracted (52) entries.  Even without a guarantee on the event, the prize pool reached $4,420, with a posted $1,635 first place prize.  Seven players were scheduled to reach the money, with play pausing just before three-handed play began.  A deal was then made at that point, with Pasquale Caiazza (Davie, FL) declared the tournament's winner.

1. Pasquale Caiazza (Davie, FL) $1,183
2. Shalom Elharar (Miami, FL) $1,130
3. Robert Perniola (Pompano Beach, FL) $891
4. Carlos Torres Vazquez (Weston, FL) $420
5. Jane Forsythe (Palm Beach Gardens, FL) $332
6. (Did Not Report) (Tamarac, FL) $265
7. Roberto Alvarado (Pompano Beach, FL) $199

Tournaments: The Labor Day Weekend tournament action continues Sunday with two events on the schedule, the first of which begins at 11:00am.  The $150 No Limit Hold'em event has been a staple Sunday tournament (except when multi-day tournaments are running), and boasts a very attractive structure.  Players in the tournament sit down to starting stacks of 20,000 units, and play levels lasting (25) minutes throughout the event.

That tournament is followed at 6:00pm, by the $130 No Limit Hold'em "Hard Stop, ICM Chop" ($2,500 GTD).  The event is structured with a 20,000 unit starting stack, and (20) minute levels throughout the evening.  The wrinkle comes towards the "end" of the tournament, as remaining players will enter a "hand-for-hand" process after Level 16.  Once that process is completed, the player's that are left will have their chip counts entered into an ICM calculator, and a chop will conclude the tournament.  The attraction of the tournament is the idea that it begins at 6:00pm, and has a definitive end time just after midnight.

Promotions: For a number of months, Sunday's high hand promotion has been of the "turbo" format, with $300 awarded every (15) minutes from 2:00pm-9:00pm (rollovers apply).  While that promotion is still in place this afternoon, there will be an extra six hours of "turbo" high hands, with $100 awarded every (10) minutes, from 8:00am-2:00pm (rollovers apply).  However you break it down, it's $600 worth of high hands up for grabs over the span of (13) hours.  Both tournaments are high hand eligible, adding even more appeal to the events.

12:00pm - $150 No Limit Hold'em 

- Players will 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

- Levels are (25) minutes

6:00pm - $100 No Limit Hold'em "Hard Stop, ICM Chop"

- Players will 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

- Levels are (20) minutes

- At the end of Level 16, tables will be balanced and tournament will play (10) more hands, in hard-for-hand format.  Tables will be re-balanced after (5) hands.

- At the end of (10) hands, tournament play will end, and all remaining players will chop the prize pool using an ICM calculation.