Friday, October 27th: Isle Open Championship Continues With Weekend Action

ICYMI: Yesterday was the opening day of action for the 2017 Isle Open $1,500 No Limit Hold'em Championship Event, a tournament with a $500,000 guaranteed prize pool.  Day 1A of Event #21 attracted a total of (92) entries...a mixture of satellite winners, familiar faces from series, and notable names in town for this particular event.  After twelve scheduled levels of play, a total of (23) players remained, bagging up chips for Sunday's Day 2 (12:00pm).  Marc Levy (Boynton Beach, FL) assumed the chip lead just before the dinner break, and while he may have slipped from the top spot at points afterward, he was able to reclaim the position at night's end (255,600).  Rounding out the top five stacks from Day 1A were Barry Hutter (255,000), Matthew Yorra (239,400), Sam Panzica (220,400), and Trent Smith (176,500).

A total of $124,200 from Day 1A will go towards the overall prize pool, with two flights remaining in the event (today's Flight 1B at 12:00pm, and tomorrow's Flight 1C at 12:00pm).  A total of (279) more entries are needed to reach the event's guarantee, which is a number that is surely attainable over the next (48) hours.

Tournaments: Today (12:00pm) is the second of three flights for Event #21, the $1,500 No Limit Hold'em Isle Open Championship, which has a $500,000 guaranteed prize pool.  Each of the opening flights is structured with starting stacks of 30,000 units, and Day 1 levels that last (50) minutes (those levels will transition to 60 minutes on Day 2+).  The day is scheduled to conclude after Level 12, with registration open throughout each opening flight, and until the cards are in the air for Day 2 (Sunday at 12:00pm).

The second event of the day starts at 6:00pm, and is a $175 No Limit Hold'em Super Satellite, awarded a guaranteed (10) seats into the Main Event.  This event's structure has players sitting down to starting stack of 12,000 units, and playing levels that last (20) minutes over the course of the evening.

Promotions: From (9:00am-10:00am), the high hand will award $150 every (30) minutes.  The high hands will then transition from 10:00am-12:00am (midnight), with the opportunity to win $400 every (30) minutes.  During that period, the promotion sees tournament players eligible (Isle Open events not eligible for high hand) each half-hour for $100 high hands, 2/2 limit hold'em players eligible for $200 high hands, 2/4 limit hold'em players eligible for $300 high hands, and all other raked games (1/2-5/10 NLH, 4/8 Omaha 8B, 6/12 O.E., etc.) eligible for $400 high hands.  From 12:00am-3:00am (Friday morning), players are eligible for $100 high hands every hour.

12:00pm - 2017 Isle Open  Event #21 (Day 1B) | $1,500 No Limit Hold'em Isle Open Championship | $500,000 GTD

- Players start with 30,000 in tournament chips

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

- Alternates and late entries will start with a full stack

- Levels will last (50) minutes (Levels 1-12), transitioning to (60) minutes Levels 13+

6:00pm - 2017 Isle Open (Secondary Schedule): $170 No Limit Hold'em Satellite Into Event #21 ($1,500 No Limit Hold'em Ilse Open Championship | $500,000 GTD) | 10 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