Friday, December 15th: "May The Flight Be With You," Event #18 Of The Isle Classic Continues On

ICYMI: Yesterday's Isle Classic schedule saw the first two flights of Event #18, a $175 No Limit Hold'em tournament with a $100,000 guaranteed prize pool.  Flight 1A began at 11:00am, and after eight levels of open registration, officially attracted a total of (91) entries.  David Coughlin (Lighthouse Point, FL) and Iluta Sutra (Sunny Isles Beach, FL) spent most of the day sitting next to each other at Table 5, and although they split up once the table broke, the pair ended up back together again when they chip counts were made official.  A total of (13) players from the (91) entries reached the bagging process, with David Coughlin (239,500) leading the way.  Some other notables headed to Sunday's Day 2 include James Wang (177,000), Juan Rodriguez (140,500), Jacquelyn Scott (133,000), and Joe Basso (92,000).

The Flight 1B of Event #18 saw a field that was comprised of (99) entries, of which (15) players were able to reach the bagging process.  The group was led by tournament veteran TJ Shulman (Boynton Beach, FL), who bagged an impressive 402,000.  Shulman was joined by a large group of notables when the bagging process began, including Paulius Bikus (209,000), Kevin McGillicuddy (157,000), Tom Gity (78,000), and Abbey Daniels (68,000).

The first full day of Event #18 had combined numbers of (190) entries, with (28) players booking trips to Day 2.  The next four flights need to average (138) entries per in order to reach the $100,000 guarantee, with today's showing a good barometer of what will happen moving forward.

Tournaments:  Event #18 begins continues afternoon, with the second pair of six starting flights, for the $175 No Limit Hold'em ($100,000 GTD) event.  Players in the tournament sit down to starting stacks of 20,000 units, and will be playing (25) minute levels throughout the entire event.  Registration for each flight is open until the end of Level 8 (and the break that follows), with action scheduled to play a full sixteen levels (or until 10% of the field remains, whichever comes first).  Players that remain will then bag chips for Sunday's Day 2 (12:00pm), which also happens the be the start of Event #19 ($100 No Limit Hold'em $50,000 GTD), with cards flying at 6:00pm.

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 started back on 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 - 2017 Isle Classic Event #18 (Flight 1C) | $175 No Limit Hold'em ($100,000 GTD) 

- Players 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 will last (25) minutes

- All Day 1's will play (16) complete levels or until 10% of the field remains (whichever comes first)

6:00pm - 2017 Isle Classic Event #18 (Flight 1D) | $175 No Limit Hold'em ($100,000 GTD) 

- Players 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 will last (25) minutes

- All Day 1's will play (16) complete levels or until 10% of the field remains (whichever comes first)