Monday, June 4, 2018

Monday, June 4th: Kicking Off The Second Week Of June, Headlined By The $175 No Limit Hold'em ($100,000 GTD)

ICYMI: Sunday's tournament action kicked off (at 11:00am) with the $120 No Limit Hold'em "Monster Stack," which had a $3,000 guaranteed prize pool.  The registration period would see a total of (27) entries at it's close, which equated to a prize pool that was exactly on the number.  Four spots were scheduled to get paid, with a three-way deal agreed to, after the in-the-money elimination of Robert Kline (Ft. Lauderdale, FL).  Official results from the event are listed below:
  1. Arian Barcan (Buenos Aires, Argentina) $890
  2. Robert Dobbs (Delray Beach, FL) $890
  3. Robert Bass (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $890
  4. Robert Kline (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $330
Last night's evening event was a $130 No Limit Hold'em "Turbo Bounty," which also boasted a $3,000 guaranteed prize pool.  After ten levels of open registration, the field would official close with (34) entries, and a $2,618 prize pool (not including bounties).  Five pay spots were scheduled to get paid, but when action was on the money bubble, players agreed to a six-way deal.  Tournament regular Oleg Efremov (Oakland Park, FL) took home first place money, which was worth $644.  The results from the tournament are listed below:
  1. Oleg Efremov (Oakland Park, FL) $644
  2. Andreas Athanasopolous (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $544
  3. Pamela Neaman (St. Petersburg, FL) $476
  4. Ralph Spadafore (Boynton Beach, FL) $421
  5. Gregg Weiss (Delray Beach, FL) $273
  6. Dan Kolchkov (Pompano Beach, FL) $260
Tournaments: Monday's tournament schedule begins (at 11:00am) with an $80 No Limit Hold'em event, that boasts a $2,500 guaranteed prize pool.  The tournament is structured with starting stacks of 12,000 units, and levels that last (20) minutes throughout the afternoon.  Registration is open through Level 8, which means players have until just before 2:00pm to join the action.

The evening tournament, which begins at 6:00pm, mirrors the event that came before.  It's an $80 No Limi Hold'em ($2,500 GTD) "double," each Monday in the month of May.

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 - $80 No Limit Hold'em ($2,500 GTD)

- Players will begin with a 12,000 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 - $80 No Limit Hold'em ($2,500 GTD)

- Players will begin with a 12,000 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