Wednesday, May 23, 2018

Wednesday, May 23rd: Last Day Of Recurring Events For The Week, As The $200 NLH ($100,000 GTD) Begins Tomorrow

ICYMI: Tuesday's tournament action kicked off with a $100 No Limit Hold'em ($2,500 GTD), which ended up with an official field of (24) entries.  The $2,500 prize pool was scheduled to be spread across three payspots, but those numbers were altered, when players agreed to an eight-way chop.  Paula Holder (Pompano Beach, FL) earned first place money in the deal ($460), with the rest of the numbers listed below:
  1. Paula Holder (Pompano Beach, FL) $460
  2. Joseph Mancuso (Deerfield Beach, FL) $375
  3. Ira Horowitz (Miami, FL) $353
  4. Mark Tuckett (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $313
  5. Arlene Vazquez (Parkland, FL) $288
  6. Aaron Friedman (Boca Raton, FL) $273
  7. George Lukawski (Parkland, FL) $264
  8. Walter Swirski (Delray Beach, FL) $174
The 6:00pm event on yesterday's schedule was an $80 No Limit Hold'em tournament, which also had a $2,500 guaranteed prize pool.  The field would see registration close with (36) entries, of which five players were scheduled to reach the money.  There would be no deal making though, as action played down to an outright winner, with Karin Powsner besting Roberto Desogos during heads-up play.  Official results from the tournament are listed below:
  1. Karin Powsner (Pompano Beach, FL) $1,025
  2. Roberto Desogos (Pompano Beach, FL) $625
  3. Samuel Sternfield (Coral Springs, FL) $375
  4. Luis Aberdrabbo (Deerfield Beach, FL) $275
  5. Robert Dobbs (Delray Beach, FL) $200
Tournaments:  The action begins this afternoon at 11:00am, with a $100 No Limit Hold'em event ($2,500 GTD), which is sure to attract a nice size field. The tournament is structured with 14,000 unit starting stacks, and levels that last (20) minutes.  Registration is open through Level 8, allowing players to join the action up until just before 2:00pm.

The second tournament of the day is a $60 No Limit Hold'em ($2,000 GTD) event, which begins at 6:00pm.  The tournament is structured with 10,000 unit starting stacks, and levels that last (20) minutes.  Player can join the action until just before 9:00pm, as registration closes once Level 9 begins.


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 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 ($2,500 GTD)

- Players will begin with a 14,000 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 

6:00pm - $60 No Limit Hold'em ($2,000 GTD)

- Players will begin with a 10,000 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