Thursday, November 16th: "Let's Make A Deal," Mixed Games Enter The Tournament Schedule

ICYMI: Yesterday's tournament action started at 11:00am, with the $120 No Limit Hold'em "Monster Stack" ($3,000 GTD).  The event would see registration close with (30) entries, and a prize pool that fell directly on the $3,000 number.  When the payouts were posted, the filed learned that five players would reach the money, and once that occurred, the remaining handful agreed to a deal.  Mike Stuwatson (Pompano Beach, FL) held a sizable chip lead at the time of the discussions, and would end up taking home a lion's share of the deal ($934).

1. Mike Stuwatson (Pompano Beach, FL) $934
2. Dan Wayson (Annapolis, MD) $578
3. Francois Gagne (Hillsboro Beach, FL) $548
4. Sean Lyen (Coral Springs, FL) $478
5. Zaki Lichaa (Pompano Beach, FL) $462

The evening tournament (6:00pm) was an $80 No Limit Hold'em event, which attracted a field of (49) entries.  The prize pool would close at $2,793, and offer a posted first place prize of $1,034, with seven players reading the money.  This tournament would also end in a chop, but it would be of the heads-up variety, with Anthony Vulpis (Pompano Beach, FL) and Brandt Wilkerson (Buford, GA) altering the top two spots.

1. Anthony Vulpis (Pompano Beach, FL) $890
2. Brandt Wilkerson (Buford, GA) $758
3. Robert Blanchette (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $377
4. Linda Labt (Boca Raton, FL) $265
5. Bruno Fortin (Canada) $209
6. Denis Dumaresq (Canada) $168
7. Barry Price (North Palm Beach, FL) $126

Tournaments: Thursday's tournament action sees the return of non-no limit action at 11:00am, with the $130 Limit Omaha 8B Hi/Lo ($2,000 GTD) sure to bring out all of the notable mixed-game players.  The event is structured with 14,000 unit starting stacks, and levels that offer deep play towards the tournament's later stages.  The levels start at (15) minutes while registration is open (until the end of Level 8), and then transition to (20) minutes the rest of the way out.

The "daily tournament" schedule continues (at 6:00pm) with the $100 No Limit Hold'em "Big Stack Turbo Bounty" ($3,000 GTD).  Players begin the tournament with an 18,000 unit starting stack, and play levels that last (15) minutes throughout the event.  There is an optional add-on at the end of registration (after Level 10), with $25 seeing a return of 10,000 units (100% of add-on money goes towards the prize pool).  For every player elimination, a $25 bounty is awarded.

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-9:00am, players are eligible for $100 high hands every hour.

It should also be noted that since November 1st, players are able to win the high hand using only one card in their hand!!!  The payouts for those that use one card are different than the standard numbers listed above, and can be found (full listing of one-card payouts on flyers in the poker room).

11:00am - $130 Omaha/Stud 8B Hi/Lo ($2,000 GTD)

- Players will begin with a 14,000 starting stack

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

- Alternates and late entries will receive full stacks

- Levels 1-8 are (15) minutes in length, with Levels 9+ lasting (20) minutes

6:00pm - $100 No Limit Hold'em "Big Stack Turbo" w/ $25 Bounties ($3,000 GTD)

- Players will begin with a 18,000 starting stack

- Late and re-entries for the first (10) levels

- Levels are (15) minutes in length

- 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