Saturday, December 23rd: Impressive Numbers For The Nightly, With Saturday's Tournaments Offering Some "Stocking Stuffers" Of Their Own

ICYMI: Friday's tournament action began with the $100 No Limit Hold'em "Monster Stack" ($3,000 GTD) which got underway at 11:00am.  The event would end up attracted a total of (25) entries, and saw the prize pool fall directly on the $3,000 number.  Four spots were scheduled to get paid, and once the money bubble burst, the players remaining agreed to a deal.  Marc Wolfe (Miami, FL) would be the tournament's declared winner ($842), with the full results of the chop listed below.

1. Marc Wolfe (Miami, FL) $842
2. William Underdown (Boca Raton, FL) $774
3. Don Gordon (Boynton Beach, FL) $766
4. Stacy Thomas (Jupiter, FL) $618

The evening event is where we saw some eye-popping numbers, as (252) entries made up the field for the $75 No Limit Hold'em ($10,000 GTD).  After the optional add-ons were included into the official prize pool, the tournament would see registration close with a prize pool of $14,380.  The tournament clock then started scrolling the payouts, with those interested learning that (32) players would reach the money, and first place would look to earn $3,300.  Action played through the final table, and deep into the night, with a six-way deal agreed to well past midnight.  David Hixson (Hollywood, FL) would top the payouts, taking home $2,333 for his first place share of the chop.  The details of the deal (along with final table payouts) are listed below.

1. David Hixson (Hollywood, FL) $2,333
2. Jeffrey Underwood (Plantation, FL) $1,880
3. Sam Lashin (Coral Springs, FL) $1,480
4. Pedro Palacio (Delray Beach, FL) $1,474
5. Nathaniel Hooker (Coral Springs, FL) $1,115
6. Bart Lino (Coral Springs, FL) $977
7. Ken Reid (Pompano Beach, FL) $482
8. Raymond Millard (Davie, FL) $403
9. Lawrence Komhaber (Deerfield Beach, FL) $330
10. Raymond Winters (Jupiter, FL) $281

Tournaments: The holiday weekend schedule continues with two solid tournaments, the first of which begins at 11:00am.  The $100 No Limit Hold'em "Big Stack Turbo Bounty" boasts a $3,000 guaranteed prize pool, and a very player-friendly structure for a "turbo" event.  Players sit down to starting stacks of 18,000 units, and play levels that last (15) minutes over the course of the afternoon. There is also an optional add-on at the end of registration (after Level 8), with $25 seeing a return of 10,000 units (100% of add-on money goes towards the prize pool).  

It's not the same tournament as last night, but we should see numbers just a large, as action for the $130 No Limit Hold'em ($10,000 GTD) begins at 6:00pm.  The tournament is structured with starting stacks of 16,000 units, and levels that last (20) minutes over the course of the night.

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 - $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 

6:00pm - $130 No Limit Hold'em ($10,000 GTD)

- Players will begin with a 16,000 starting stack

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

- Levels are (20) minutes in length

- All late registrants and re-entries will receive a full stack