Monday, July 8th: Event #1 Players Return To Play For The Trophy (And Over $27,000 Up Top), As The FSPC Continues On

ICYMI: Yesterday was the final pair of starting flights for Event #1 ($175 No Limit Hold'em), with the players showing up in droves.  The two flights would amass a total of (449) entries, of which (54) players were successfully able to bag chips for Day 2.  The official totals for the tournament, with all starting flights completed, saw the number of entries reach 1,227.  The prize pool ballooned to $165,645, which soared past the posted guarantee, and now offers up a first place prize of $27,560.  Of the (142) players that will be returning at 12:00pm for Day 2, (109) of them will reach the money, with the top three pay spots scheduled to walk away with five-figure scores.

The action during yesterday's place was exciting (as expected), with Irwin Block bagging Flight 1G chip lead.  His 352,000 Day 2 stack sees him returning in the top ten, and also helped him win an Event #9 seat ($1,100 No Limit Hold'em).  He bested his nearest opponent by a sizable amount, as Jeanocson Dalcy bagged up the second largest stack, with 298,000.

The overall Day 2 chip leader would come out of Flight 1H, as Daniel Pearlman packed away 470,000 for today's play.  He also earned himself an Event #9 seat for his display, besting Adel Jo by over 37,000 chips when the bagging process was completed.

This opening event has by far an away been a success, and it will be interesting to see how things play out during today's Day 2.  Live blogged coverage will bring you all of the updates throughout the afternoon/evening, as we play down to a scheduled winner.

Tournaments: As mentioned above, Monday's FSPC schedule sees the Day 2 players from Event #1 returning at 12:00pm.  The structure holds strong for the rest of the event, with levels lasting (25) minutes all the way through.  Action is scheduled to play down to an outright winner, as we award the first trophy of the series.

Event #2 then follows at 3:00pm, as the cards get in the air for the $200 No Limit Hold'em "Green Chip Bounty," which boasts a $10,000 guaranteed prize pool.  The event is scheduled to be one-day, and is structured with starting stacks of 15,000 units, and levels that last (30) minutes throughout.  Registration is open through Level 8 (and the break that follows), allowing for players to join the action until approximately 7:20pm.

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, 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 - 2018 Florida State Poker Championship Event #1 (Day 2) | $175 No Limit Hold'em ($100,000 GTD) 

- Players 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 will last (25) minutes

- All Day 1's will play (16) complete levels or until 10% of the field remains (whichever comes first)

3:00pm - 2018 Florida State Poker Championship #2 | $200 No Limit Hold'em "Green Chip Bounty" ($10,000 GTD) 

- Players start with 15,000 in tournament chips

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

- Alternates and late entries will start with a full stack

- Levels will last (30) minutes