- Fred Alesi (Delray Beach, FL) $569
- Francois Gagne (Hillsboro Beach, FL) $552
- Zaki Lichaa (Pompano Beach, FL) $429
- Anthony James (Boynton Beach, FL) $211
- William Gordon (Coral Springs, FL)
Action continued at 6:00pm, with the $120 No Limit Hold'em evening event, a tournament that attracted (52) entries. Even without a guarantee on the event, the prize pool reached $4,420, with a posted $1,635 first place prize. Seven players were scheduled to reach the money, with play pausing just before three-handed play began. A deal was then made at that point, with Pasquale Caiazza (Davie, FL) declared the tournament's winner.
- Pasquale Caiazza (Davie, FL) $1,183
- Shalom Elharar (Miami, FL) $1,130
- Robert Perniola (Pompano Beach, FL) $891
- Carlos Torres Vazquez (Weston, FL) $420
- Jane Forsythe (Palm Beach Gardens, FL) $332
- (Did Not Report) (Tamarac, FL) $265
- Roberto Alvarado (Pompano Beach, FL) $199
Tournaments: The Labor Day Weekend tournament action continues Sunday with two events on the schedule, the first of which begins at 11:00am. The $150 No Limit Hold'em event has been a staple Sunday tournament (except when multi-day tournaments are running), and boasts a very attractive structure. Players in the tournament sit down to starting stacks of 20,000 units, and play levels lasting (25) minutes throughout the event.
That tournament is followed at 6:00pm, by the $130 No Limit Hold'em "Hard Stop, ICM Chop" ($2,500 GTD). The event is structured with a 20,000 unit starting stack, and (20) minute levels throughout the evening. The wrinkle comes towards the "end" of the tournament, as remaining players will enter a "hand-for-hand" process after Level 16. Once that process is completed, the player's that are left will have their chip counts entered into an ICM calculator, and a chop will conclude the tournament. The attraction of the tournament is the idea that it begins at 6:00pm, and has a definitive end time just after midnight.
Promotions: For a number of months, Sunday's high hand promotion has been of the "turbo" format, with $300 awarded every (15) minutes from 2:00pm-9:00pm (rollovers apply). While that promotion is still in place this afternoon, there will be an extra six hours of "turbo" high hands, with $100 awarded every (10) minutes, from 8:00am-2:00pm (rollovers apply). However you break it down, it's $600 worth of high hands up for grabs over the span of (13) hours. Both tournaments are high hand eligible, adding even more appeal to the events.
12:00pm - $150 No Limit Hold'em
- Players will start with 20,000 in tournament chips
- Late and re-entries for the first (8) levels
- Alternates and late entries will start with a full stack
- Levels are (25) minutes
6:00pm - $100 No Limit Hold'em "Hard Stop, ICM Chop"
- Players will start with 20,000 in tournament chips
- Late and re-entries for the first (8) levels
- Alternates and late entries will start with a full stack
- Levels are (20) minutes
- At the end of Level 16, tables will be balanced and tournament will play (10) more hands, in hard-for-hand format. Tables will be re-balanced after (5) hands.
- At the end of (10) hands, tournament play will end, and all remaining players will chop the prize pool using an ICM calculation.
