Saturday, April 22nd: Heads-Up Chop Of The Friday $10k, "Big Bounty" $15,000 GTD On Tap

ICYMI: Last night's installment of the $150 No Limit Hold'em ($10,000 GTD) had a field of (70) total entries, and an official prize pool of $10,000.  The payouts would see seven players reach the money, with $450 for a min-cash and $3,610 up top.  The tournament would end in a chop, but not the "multi-way" versions that are seen more often than not.  Once the money was reached, and a handful of eliminations left only two players remaining, and heads-up chop was agreed to.  Jason Chambers (Pembroke Pines, FL) took "first place," and would earn $3,000 for the finish (opposed to the posted $3,610).  Jacob Lipton (Rocklin, CA) took home $2,820 for his "runner-up finish," over $600 more than the $2,210 posted prize.

1. Jason Chambers (Pembroke Pines, FL) $3,000
2. Jacob Lipton (Rocklin, CA) $2,820
3. Justin Fiorilli (Boynton Beach, FL) $1,440
4. Kevin Safagun Corleto (Hialeah, FL) $1,000
5. Ethel Garcia (Weston, FL) $730
6. Ronald Sorci (Parkland, FL) $560
7. Tony Boutros (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $450

Tournaments: Saturday's tournament action starts at 10:00am (a little earlier than the norm), and is a $100 No Limit Hold'em w/ $25 Bounties event, with a $3,000 guarantee.  The tournament has a starting stack of 18,000, and a "turbo-like" feel with (15) minute levels throughout the event.  The evening event (6:00pm) is a "special" tournament, a $240 No Limit Hold'em w/ $50 Bounties, which carries with it a $15,000 guarantee.  This "big bounty" tournament has the same starting stack as earlier in the day (18,000), but a "deeper" feel with (25) minute levels throughout.  It's the last "daily" tournament Saturday of the month, with the $360 No Limit Hold'em ($100,000 GTD) taking over the final weekend's schedule.

Promotions: The high hand promotions take another "breather" today, between yesterday's (11) hours worth of "turbo" high hands, tomorrow's (7) hours of $300 high hands (awarded every 15 minutes).  The "standard high hand" procedure is in place, awarded prizes to qualifying high hands every (30) minutes (with rollovers).

10:00am - $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

- 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

6:00pm - $240 No Limit Hold'em w/ $50 Bounties ($15,000 GTD)

- Players will start with 18,000 in tournament chips 

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

- Alternates and re-entries will start with a full stack

- Levels are (25) minutes in length