Saturday, December 16, 2017

Saturday, December 16th: "Saturday...In The (Pompano) Park, I Think It Was The Final Flights"

ICYMI: Friday's Isle Classic schedule was all about Event #18 ($175 No Limit Hold'em $100,000 GTD), with the second pair of starting flights, which attracted some large fields.  Flight 1C saw registration close with (133) entries, and after the scheduled sixteen levels were finished, (28) players would be heading to Day 2 from the afternoon flight.  The number of players remaining was a little surprising (it was a very high number), but a first look at the chip counts help shed light into why.  Frank Scala bagged the Flight 1C chip lead with 181,500, and was packing up chips alongside names like David MacDonald (168,000), Joseph Mancuso (160,000), Preecha Taepakdee (159,500), Marc Sacheli (106,500), and Kevin Scarola (93,000).  There were no massive stacks, which helped the total chips from the flight get spread across that large numbers of players.

Flight 1D started just as the bagging process for Flight 1C was wrapping up, and ended with the largest field of the four starting flights to that point.  A total of (170) entries made up the field, with (20) players heading to Day 2.  Isle Poker tournament regular Pedro Palacio bagged the flight's chip lead, taking a pillow sized bag of 462,000 chips to Day 2.  Also heading to Day 2 from Flight 1D, were Bret Grebow (268,000), Elliot Zaydman (255,000), Elias Nassif (206,000), and Paul Louis (76,500).

After four completed starting flights, Event #18 has (493) total entries, with (76) players scheduled to return for Day 2.  The numbers equate to $66,555, meaning the final two starting flights need to average (124) entries each to reach the posted guarantee.

Tournaments:  Event #18 wraps up today, with the final 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 tomorrow'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 1E) | $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 1F) | $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)

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