Saturday, September 2, 2017

Saturday, September 2nd: Saturdays Are For The...Poker

ICYMI: Friday's tournament schedule saw a single event in the evening, with the $75 No Limit Hold'em event getting underway at 6:00pm.  Even though there was no posted guarantee on the tournament, the prize pool still reached $4,048, comprised of (64) total entries.  The posted payouts were spread across seven pay spots, but once the final table reach eight-handed play, a deal was agreed amongst the remaining players.

  1. Welly Duroseau (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $823
  2. Susan Krowitz (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $719
  3. Michael Corbett (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $566
  4. Marc Morris (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $574
  5. Stephen Bromfield (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $453
  6. Leroy Beckford (Tamarac, FL) $411
  7. David Miller (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $356
  8. Alexey Kashrin (Aventura, FL) $146

Tournaments: Saturday's tournament action begins at 11:00am with the "Big Stack Turbo Bounty," a $100 No Limit Hold'em event with $25 bounties.  The tournament is structured with 18,000 unit starting stacks, and (15) minute levels through the event's entirety.

That tournament is followed at 6:00pm, by a $120 No Limit Hold'em that offers a super-deep structure.  Players in the event sit down to starting stacks of 20,000, with levels of (20) minutes while registration is open.  Once the cards get in the air for Level 9 (and registration is closed), those levels transition to (25) minutes.

Promotions: The high hands on Saturday usually run under the "standard" format, whereas the cash awarded ($200 for NLH/$100 for LHE) is given away every (30) minutes (to the qualifying high hand).  While the morning hours will begin that way (9:00am-1:00pm), what follows from the 1:00pm-10:00pm time period is anything but "standard."  

The "bonus promotion" for Saturday is $500 awarded to the qualifying high hands every (20) minutes, from the hours of 1:00pm-10:00pm.  

11:00am - $100 No Limit Hold'em "Big Stack Turbo" w/ $25 Bounties:
- 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 - $120 No Limit Hold'em

- Players will begin with a 25,000 starting stack
- Late and re-entries for the first (8) levels
- Alternates and late entries will enter with full stacks
- Levels 1-8 are (20) minutes in length, transitioning to (25) minutes Levels 9+