Sunday, January 7th: Players Return For Day 2 Of The "January $100,000," Ready To Crown A Winner

ICYMI: Yesterday's tournament schedule hosted the final pair of opening flights for the "January $100,000" ($360 No Limit Hold'em), and it's no surprise that we saw the largest fields.  Flight 1E began at 11:00am, and after twelve levels of play, saw registration close with (123) entries.  That ended up being the largest flight of the six, and also saw the largest number of players heading to Day 2 (14).  Tom Millward (Boca Raton, FL) ended up bagging the flight's chip lead (270,000), a number that would all but guarantee him one of the four chip lead bonuses.  There were also some other large stacks to come out of the flight, belonging to Jose Parra (245,000), Jerry Erickson (242,500), and Marc Sacheli (225,000).  A full listing of the chip counts from the flight can be found by clicking here.

Flight 1F was the final opportunity for players to try and bag chips for the event, and while it wasn't the largest flight, we did see three of the top four overall chip counts come from it.  There were a total of (106) entries in the flight, with (13) players successfully reaching the bagging process.  Topping the counts (and earning seats into the end of month $2,500 No Limit Hold'em Single Ante) were Sheldon Gross (364,500), Al Gomez (273,000), Lukas Pribyl (247,500).  A full list of the players to have bagged chips from Flight 1F can be found by clicking here.

The first multi-flight event of the year attracted a total of (485) entries, and an official prize pool of $135,500.  The payouts were listed earlier in the morning, with first place scheduled to take home $28,995.

Tournaments: Players from the "January $100,000" that bagged chips for today's Day 2 will be returning at 12:00pm, reach to play down to a winner.  The tournament's structure sees no changes, as levels will last (30) minutes over the course of the afternoon/evening.

There is a second tournament on today's tournament schedule, with the $120 No Limit Hold'em "Turbo Bounty" ($2,500) beginning at 6:00pm.  The event is structured with starting stacks of 14,000 units, and levels that last (15) minutes.  There is an optional add-on at the end of registration (Level 10), seeing a return of 10,000 units for $25.

Promotions: From (9:00am-10:00am), the high hand will award $150 every (30) minutes.  The high hands will then transition from 10:00am-12:00am (midnight), with the opportunity to win $400 every (30) minutes.  During that period, the promotion sees tournament players eligible (Isle Open events not eligible for high hand) each half-hour for $100 high hands, 2/2 limit hold'em players eligible for $200 high hands, 2/4 limit hold'em players eligible for $300 high hands, and all other raked games (1/2-5/10 NLH, 4/8 Omaha 8B, 6/12 O.E., etc.) eligible for $400 high hands.  From 12:00am-9:00am, players are eligible for $100 high hands every hour.

It should also be noted that started back on November 1st, players are able to win the high hand using only one card in their hand!!!  The payouts for those that use one card are different than the standard numbers listed above, and can be found (full listing of one-card payouts on flyers in the poker room).

12:00pm - $360 No Limit Hold'em ($100,000 GTD) Day 2

- Players start with 18,000 in tournament chips

- Late and re-entries for the first (12) levels

- Alternates and late entries will start with a full stack

- Levels will last (30) minutes

- All Day 1's will play (15) complete levels or until 10% of the field remains (whichever comes first)

- The top four stacks, after all of the starting flights have been completed, will earn entry into the $2,500 No Limit Hold'em Single-Ante ($100,000 GTD) on January 26th.

6:00pm - $100 No Limit Hold'em "Turbo" w/ $25 Bounties ($3,000 GTD)

- Players will begin with a 14,000 starting stack

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

- Levels are (15) minutes in length

- 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