Sunday, October 1st: As The Calendar Turns Over, A New Promotion Begins

ICYMI: The $100 No Limit Hold'em "Big Stack Turbo Bounty" ($3,000 GTD) kicked off the action yesterday, with a field that was comprised of (45) total entries.  Once the optional add-ons were included into the official prize pool, the number would close at $3,515 (bounties included).  The payouts would be posted with six spots reaching the money, and first place scheduled to take home $932.  Play would resume once the money-bubble would burst, with action continuing until heads-up play was reached.  At that point, Sandra Meyer (Weston, FL) and Zaki Lichaa (Pompano Beach, FL) would agreed to a heads-up chop, with Meyer crowned the tournament's winner.

1. Sandra Meyer (Weston, FL) $800
2. Zaki Lichaa (Pompano Beach, FL) $682
3. Shamir Patel (Boca Raton, FL) $335
4. Jose Arvelo (Pompano Beach, FL) $239
5. Phillip Tuttle (Delray Beach, FL) $191
6. Pedro Palacio (Delray Beach, FL) $143

Saturday night's $120 No Limit Hold'em tournament has been growing in popularity each week, with last night's installment seeing registration close with (63) total entries.  The $5,355 prize pool boasted a $1,926 first place prize, and would see (8) spots scheduled to get paid.  The event would also end in a deal, as Donna Papa-Yacobellis, Lev Binik, and Franklin Rojas each walked away with at least $1,220.

1. Donna Papa-Yacobellis (Lake Worth, FL) $1,322
2. Lev Binik (Boca Raton, FL) $1,227
3. Franklin Rojas (Plantation, FL) $1,220
4. Jared Carter (Pompano Beach, FL) $482
5. Ralph Spadafore (Boynton Beach, FL) $375
6. Roberto Desogos (Pompano Beach, FL) $295
7. Steven Cocoros (Boynton Beach, FL) $241
8. Jeffrey Davidson (Brighton, MI) $193

Tournaments: It may be a new month, but it's the same Sunday schedule when it comes to the "daily tournaments."  Things get started at 12:00pm, with $150 No Limit Hold'em tournament that attracts an average field of 25-35 entries.  Those numbers may seem surprising, considering that the tournament boasts one of the best structures for a daily.  Players sit down to starting stacks of 20,000 units, with levels of (25) minutes over the course of the event.  The extended level length allows for deep play throughout the afternoon, especially in the later stages.

Following that tournament (at 6:00pm) is the $130 No Limit Hold'em "Hard Stop, ICM Chop," an event that carries with it a $2,500 guarantee.  This is another event that has become very popular with the players, as it assures that the tournament will conclude no later than 12:15-12:30am.  The player-friendly structure offers up starting stacks of 20,000 units, along with levels of (20) minutes.  After (16) levels are played, a hand-for-hand process will begin, with the tournament ended in an ICM chop after those hands are finished.  There are still standard payouts leading up to that point, and the tournament can be chopped even before the determined "hard stop" is reached.

Promotions: One of the new wrinkles in October, is the introduction of a high hand promotion that is in place each and every day.  Players can look forward to winning up to $400 every (30) minutes (with rollovers), from the hours of 9:00am-12:00am (midnight).  The all-day promotions sees tournament players eligible 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, players are eligible for $100 high hands every hour.

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.