Tuesday, February 27th: Monday Was About Dealing-Making, As Single-Ante Headlines Today's Schedule

ICYMI: The week's tournament schedule started at 11:00am yesterday afternoon, as the cards were in the air for an $80 No Limit Hold'em event ($2,500 GTD).  The field grew very large for an event in the afternoon time slot, as (76) entries made up the field at registration's close.  The prize pool closed at $4,332, which is one of the largest we've seen for this particular event.  The action eventually ended in a final table chop, which ten players walking away with at least $332.  Zak Lichaa (Pompano Beach, FL) took the largest share of the deal, as his first place finish was worth $669.  Listed below are the results from the tournament: 

1. Zaki Lichaa (Pompano Beach, FL) $669
2. David Echavarria (Bay Harbor Island, FL) $519
3. Donald Williams (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $445
4. George Lukawski (Parkland, FL) $445
5. George Berindei (Boca Raton, FL) $424
6. Joshua Rittenberg (Delray Beach, FL) $423
7. Joseph Mancuso (Deerfield Beach, FL) $389
8. Athanasios Datseriws (Parkland, FL) $343
9. Alan Werner (Cooper City, FL) $343
10. Arthur Rodriguez (Pembroke Pines, FL) $332

Just a short while after the midday event wrapped up, the action for the 6:00pm event began, a $150 No Limit Hold'em ($5,000 GTD).  After eight levels of open registration, the field would close with (46) entries, and an official prize pool of $5,152.  Six players were scheduled to reach the money, with first place in line to walk away with just over $2,000.  Action would continue through the money bubble, but ended up being paused when four players remained.  At that point, the group agreed to a deal, with Michael Perlen and Daniele Nucci both earning the same amount of first place" money.  The official results from the tournament are listed below:

1. Michael Perlen (Chicago, IL) $1,250
2. Daniele Nucci (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $1,250
3. Rajesh Desai (Miami, FL) $1,023
4. Stephen Bromfield (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $908
5. Alan Symonds (Canada) $412
6. Mohammed Hossain (Imokalee, FL) $309

Tournaments: Tuesday's tournament schedule is a big one, with the "Single-Ante" returning in the evening time slot.  But first, the afternoon event gets underway at 11:00am, a $100 No Limit Hold'em tournament.  The event carries a $3,000 guarantee, and is structured with 14,000 unit starting stacks, along with (20) minute levels.  

The headlining event of the day, which is the $175 No Limit Hold'em Single-Ante, the follows at 6:00pm.  The tournament, which has quickly become a favorite of the players, boasts a very healthy $25,000 guaranteed prize pool.  The structure for the event sees players sitting down to starting stacks of 24,000 units, and levels that last (20) minutes over the course of the evening.

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).

11:00am - $100 No Limit Hold'em ($3,000 GTD)

- Players start with 14,000 in tournament chips

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

- Alternates and late entries will start with a full stack

- Level will last (20) minutes throughout the event

6:00pm - $175 No Limit Hold'em Single-Ante ($25,000 GTD)

- Players start with 24,000 in tournament chips

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

- Alternates and late entries will start with a full stack

- Level will last (20) minutes throughout the event

- Ante to be posted by the big blind (as a single ante), and in an all-in situation, the big blind is to be considered as having been posted first.