Monday, May 8th: Yesterday's "Post-Derby" Trifecta, Big $25,000 GTD Tap This Evening

ICYMI: Sunday's tournament schedule, as have the numerous Sunday to pass this year, had one tournament on the schedule ($150 No Limit Hold'em).  A total of (19) players made up what was an "intimate" field, giving those in the event a $2,185 prize pool to battle it out for.  Four spots were scheduled to be paid in the event, and once Katherine Hoyle (West Palm Beach, FL) was eliminated in fourth place, the remaining three players agreed to a deal.  Jeffrey Silverstein (Delray Beach, FL), an accomplished tournament player with over $144,000 in career earnings, was declared the tournament's "winner" in the deal.  The full results of the event are listed below, with the "Week In Review" feature to be published in the next (24) hours, giving a look into all of the tournament results from this past week.

1. Jeffrey Silverstein (Delray Beach, FL) $735
2. Hosney Boutros (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $685
3. Scott Michener (Lauderdale By The Sea, FL) $408
4. Katherine Hoyle (West Palm Beach, FL) $357

Tournaments: There are two tournaments on the schedule for the day, with the first an everyday staple on the Monday slate.  The $80 No Limit Hold'em w/ $10 Bounties ($2,000 GTD) gets underway at 11:00am, and has seen some larger field in the past few weeks.  The evening event, which begins at 6:00pm, is the tournament that players have had circled.  It's a $130 No Limit Hold'em event with a $25,000 guarantee...the largest guarantee of the month long schedule (outside of the "special" $100,000 GTD that runs this weekend.

Promotions: Outside of the "standard" high hand promotion, the weeks gets a "quick" start with "Turbo High Hands," offering $100 every (10) minutes from the period of 9:00am-12:00pm.  Rollovers do apply with this promotion (with each game in the house eligible), so it's not uncommon to see a player pick up anywhere from $100-$500 during the promotion.

11:00am - $80 No Limit Hold'em w/ $10 Bounties ($2,000 GTD)

- Players will begin with a 10,000 starting stack

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

- Option player "add-on" at the end of Level 8 ($20 for 8,000 tournament chips), with 100% of the "add-on" going to the prize pool 

- Levels are (20) minutes in length

6:00pm - $130 No Limit Hold'em ($25,000 GTD)

- Players will begin with a 16,000 starting stack

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

- Alternates and late entries will receive full stacks

- Levels are (20) minutes in length throughout