2018 Battles At The Beach Schedule "Preview," Over $1,000,000 In Guaranteed Prize Pools

The official "documents" are to be released in just a few days, but we are giving blog followers (along with Twitter followers) the first look at this year's Battles At The Beach schedule.  Widely known as one of the Isle Poker Room's "premier" tournament series, this year's installment has a little bit of everything for players, including large multi-flight tournaments, single-ante events, PLO, and mixed game action.

The series runs from March 11th through March 29th, with (18) trophy events, as well as six satellites into some of the "majors."  There are three multi-flight tournaments, with Event #1 ($175 NLH $100,000 GTD) running from March 11th-14th, and Event #16 ($360 NLH $100,000 GTD) running from March 26th-29th.

Sandwiched between those two tournaments, is the $1,500 No Limit Hold'em Battles Of The Beach Main Event, which boasts a $500,000 guaranteed prize pool (March 22nd-26th).  The single-ante format is also prevalent on the schedule, with the series culminating with the $2,500 No Limit Hold'em Single-Ante (Event #18), which has a $100,000 posted guarantee.

Live coverage of the entire series will be offered here on the poker room's blog, including live tournament updates, official chip counts from the multis, results from each and every event, and of course...player's photos and features.  Pictured below is a "peak" at the schedule, which should be considered "unofficially released."

February's Second Multi Begins Tomorrow, A $250 No Limit Hold'em ($50,000 GTD)

The second of three February multi-flight events begins tomorrow, with the $250 No Limit Hold'em event boasting a $50,000 guaranteed prize pool.  There are two flights total for the tournament, with an 11:00am afternoon flight (Flight 1A), and a 6:00pm evening flight (Flight 1B).  Players who successfully bag chips from those flights, will return on Saturday afternoon (12:00pm) to play down to a winner.

The tournament is structured with starting stacks of 18,000 units, and levels that last (40) minutes over the course of the event.  The opening flight action is scheduled to play through Level 10, with registration open for the entirety of the day, including before the first cards are pitched on Day 2 (Saturday).

There will be live-blogged coverage of tomorrow's afternoon flight (Flight 1A), with live "look-ins" of the evening flight (Flight 1B), along with detailed Day 2 coverage.

Thursday, February 15th: On The Heels Of The Month's Second Multi, The Mixed-Game And Bounty Hunters Headline Thursday's Action

ICYMI: Wednesday's tournament action kicked off at 11:00am, with a $150 No Limit Hold'em event that boasted a $5,000 guaranteed prize pool.  The tournament's registration ended up closing with (32) entries, with four players scheduled to grab a piece of the $5,000 prize pool.  The Valentine's Day love was evident at the final table, as player's agreed to chop those four pay-spots ten ways!! Shlomo Maman (Miami Gardens, FL) took home the most money in the deal, as he earned $849 for first place.  The rest of the results from the tournament are listed below:

1. Shlomo Maman (Miamim Gardens, FL) $849
2. George Lukawski (Parkland, FL) $813
3. Zaki Lichaa (Pompano Beach, FL) $704
4. Michel Gariepy (Okechobee, FL) $684
5. Gene Groenke (Brainerd, MN) $542
6. William Reich (Pompano Beach, FL) $404
7. Brian Haines (Southwest Ranches, FL) $283
8. Joakim Dag (Pompano Beach, FL) $278
9. Joseph Mancuso (Deerfield Beach, FL) $260
10. Dwight Pinkerton (Boca Raton, FL) $183

The evening time slot (6:00pm) hosted a $150 Pot Limit Hold'em event, which carried a $3,000 guarantee.  The field was comprised of (21) entries, with the $3,000 prize pool scheduled to be spread across three pay-spots.  This tournament would actually reach the money, with aheads-up deal agreed to after the elimination of Linda Kinhult (Sweden).  Andrew Davey and Tommy Berg then shook on an even deal, with both of them walking away with $1,200.   The official results of the tournament are listed below:

1. Andrew Davey (Pompano Beach, FL) $1,200
2. Tommy Berg (Sweden) $1,200
3. Linda Kinhult (Sweden) $600

Tournaments: Thursday's recurring tournament schedule begins with a mixed event, as the cards get in the air at 11:00am, for the $130 H.O.R.S.E. ($2,500 GTD).  The tournament is structured with starting stacks of 15,000 units, and levels that last (20) minutes over the course of the afternoon.  Registration for the event is open until the beginning of Level 9.

No limit returns at 6:00pm, with a $150 No Limit Hold'em "Double Green Chip Bounty," that boasts a $5,000 guarantee.  This tournament was phased from the schedule years back, but is now making it's triumphant return.  Players in the event will be sitting down to starting stacks of 16,000 units, and playing levels that last (20) minutes.  There is a $50 bounty for every player elimination, just adding to the potential return for deep runs.

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 - $130 H.O.R.S.E. ($2,500 GTD)

- Players will begin with a 12,000 starting stack

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

- Alternates and late entries will receive full stacks

- Levels are (20) minutes in length

6:00pm - $150 No Limit Hold'em "Double Green Chip Bounty" ($5,000 GTD)

- Players will begin with a 16,000 starting stack

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

- Levels are (20) minutes in length

- All late registrants and re-entries will receive a full stack

- Each player in the tournament will carry a $50 "bounty," which will be awarded to the opponent that eliminates them.