Just like the day before, the 6:00pm flight began taking shape when the afternoon's bagging process began, with the Flight 1D field growing at a rapid pace. The evening flight would end up with the largest field of the four flight's to have been played to that point, with a total of (121) entries. After fifteen full levels, the bagging process would being with (14) players, led by Robert Jonsson (Deerfield Beach, FL). Jonsson would not only end up bagging the chip lead bonus, but he'd pack up the largest stack of any player over the first four flights (527,000). Other Flight 1D players to bag chips from the fourth starting flight included Brenda Vaca (250,500), Jason Holzberg (216,500), Clint Bowles (122,500), and Michelle Shah (47,500).
The official numbers to this point have seen a total of (352) entries, with (49) players to have already booked Day 2 seats. The current prize pool sits at $107,360, with today's starting flights needing to average (152) entries in order to reach the $200,000 guaranteed prize pool.
Tournaments: As mentioned above, today's Isle Classic schedule hosts the final pair of opening flights for Event #10, with action beginning at 11:00am. The $360 No Limit Hold'em tournament carries a $200,000 guaranteed prize pool, and has four more flights over the next two days. Each of the starting flights is structured the same, with starting stacks of 20,000 units. Levels 1-15 will be (30) minutes, and will transition to (40) minutes Levels 16+ (which is Day 2). The chip leader from each flight will earn a "bonus," which is entry into Event #16 ($1,100 No Limit Hold'em $50,000 Guaranteed).
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 starting 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 #7 (Flight 1E): $360 No Limit Hold'em ($200,000 GTD)
- Players start with 20,000 in tournament chips
- Late and re-entries for the first (12) levels
- Alternates and late entries will start with a full stack
- Levels will last (30) minutes through Level 15, and will the transition to (40) minutes Level 16+
- All Day 1's will play (15) complete levels or until 10% of the field remains (whichever comes first)
- The chip leader from each flight will earn a seat into Event 16 ($1,100 No Limit Hold'em Single-Ante)
6:00pm - 2017 Isle Classic Event #7 (Flight 1F): $360 No Limit Hold'em ($200,000 GTD)
- Players start with 20,000 in tournament chips
- Late and re-entries for the first (12) levels
- Alternates and late entries will start with a full stack
- Levels will last (30) minutes through Level 15, and will the transition to (40) minutes Level 16+
- All Day 1's will play (15) complete levels or until 10% of the field remains (whichever comes first)
- The chip leader from each flight will earn a seat into Event 16 ($1,100 No Limit Hold'em Single-Ante)
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