Wednesday, March 29th: Wilson Heads "Tuesday $10k" Chop, "Spin To Win" At Noon

Jeremy Wilson (Apple Valley, MN)

ICYMI: Yesterday's installment of the "Tuesday $10k" attracted one of the largest fields we've seen since the new year, as a total of (443) entries (plus optional add-ons) made up a prize pool of $15,281.  The posted first place prize was just over $4,000, which equates to one-hundred buy-ins in a $40 No Limit Hold'em event!!  A total of (46) spots were being paid in the event, with the "money bubble" bringing some dramatics.  Philip Tyson (West Palm Beach, FL) and Alan Potrzuski (Deerfield Beach, FL) split the 46th place prize ($76), as they were eliminated simultaneously on the bubble.

The field continued to shrink as the night went on, with the final table being reach shortly after midnight.  After the elimination of Paul Smerdon (Oakland Park, FL) in 10th place ($183), the remaining nine players began discussing a deal.  The conversation would take some time, but the players would eventually agree to the numbers, and the "Tuesday $10k" would end in a multi-way chop.  Jeremy Wilson (Apple Valley, MN), who was visiting Florida from his home state of Minnesota, was the "declared winner" ($1,911).  The recorded cash was Jeremy's first since November of 2016, and happened to be his first visit to the winner's circle.  The rest of the final table payouts (deal agreements) are as follows:

1. Jeremy Wilson (Apple Valley, MN) $1,911
2. Ryan Rackleff (Boca Raton, FL) $1,846
3. Anthony Vulpis (Lauderdale By The Sea, FL) $1,685
4. Jon Lane (Davie, FL) $1,572
5. Pat Basilio (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $1,520
6. Angelina Rosario (Branford, CT) $1,067
7. Travis Hawley (Pembroke Pines, FL) $832
8. John Magnetta (Boynton Beach, FL) $545
9. Sharon Pickard (Wilton Manors, FL) $478

Full results from the tournament, along with the afternoon event, will be posted in "Week In Review" feature (posted every Monday afternoon).

Tournaments: With much of the focus on the high hand promotions for the day, there is only one event on the tournament schedule.  At 6:00pm, the $100 No Limit Hold'em "Big Stack Turbo Bounty" ($5,000 GTD) gets underway, offering up 18,000 chip starting stacks, and (15) minute levels throughout the event.  The tournament is a "green chip bounty," meaning players are awarded $25 for every elimination they get over the course of the event.

Promotions: The high hand promotions are in full swing from the moment the doors open this morning, with the "Turbo High Hands" ($100 awarded every 10 minutes from 9:00am-12:00pm, with rollovers) distributing money at a rapid pace.  The transition at 12:00pm begins the "Spin To Win" promotion, which awarded over $15,000 in promotional prize money last week (over a span of eleven hours).  It's the high hand promotion that makes all others jealous, and affords those that have a qualifying high hand (awarded every 30 minutes), an opportunity to spin the ever-popular "Money Wheel."  The total amount awarded...along with hourly breakdown, will be published tomorrow afternoon, here on the blog.

6:00pm - $100 No Limit Hold'em "Big Stack Turbo" w/ $25 Bounties ($5,000 GTD):

- Players will begin with a 18,000 starting stack

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

- 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 

- Levels are (15) minutes in length