Wednesday, August 29th: Nader Bahhur Tops Nine-Way Deal Of $175 NLH ($25,000 GTD), As "New Early Bird" Promotions Returns

ICYMI: Yesterday's headlining tournament was the 6:00pm event, which was a $175 No Limit Hold'em ($25,000 GTD).  After ten levels of open registration, the field would official close with (188) entries, of which (24) players were scheduled to make the money.  The $25,756 prize pool ended up boasting a first place prize of $6,258, with the top six spots all scheduled to earn over $1,028.  Those numbers ended up being altered though, as players agreed to a nine-way chop, with Nader Bahhur (Boca Raton, FL) being awarded first place money.  Official results from the final table are posted below:

1. Nader Bahhur (Boca Raton, FL) $3,145
2. Jeffrey Morrison (Boca Raton, FL) $2,833
3. Steve Varela (Coral Springs, FL) $2,492
4. Aaron Klausman (Wellington, FL) $2,194
5. John Freidkes (Parkland, FL) $2,149
6. Eric Kolodny (Sunny Isles, FL) $2,088
7. Armando Del Pozo (Wellington, FL) $1,810
8. Ido Ashkenazi (Hollywood, FL) $1,652
9. Vasili Schita (Oakland Park, FL) $1,426
10. Seymour Weiner (Boca Raton, FL) $564

Tournaments: Wednesday's tournament schedule begins at 11:00am, with a $60 No Limit Hold'em event, that has a $1,500 guarantee.  Players in the event will sit down to starting stacks of 10,000 units, with levels that last (15) minutes.  Registration is open through Level 8, and the ten minute break that follows.

The evening time slot (6:00pm) hosts an $80 No Limit Hold'em tournament, which will be running without a guarantee.  The event is structured with 12,000 unit starting stacks, and levels that last (20) minutes.  Registration for the tournament is open through Level 8, and the ten minute break that follows.

Promotions: Today's promotions start with the every-popular Full House Early Bird, but every Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday (after August 27th)...it's the "New Early Bird."  Starting at 9:00am, the first (25) full houses of the day will be awarded $40.  Players must use both cards in their hands in order to be awarded the "full house" prize (and it must be the winning hand).

The standard high hands begin at 10:00am (because off the full house promotion), with the opportunity to win $400 every (30) minutes. During that period , the promotion sees tournament players eligible 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.  The standard high hands will stay that way until 12:00am, with players 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 - $60 No Limit Hold'em ($1,500 GTD)

- Players start with 10,000 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 (15) minutes

6:00pm - $80 No Limit Hold'em

- Players start with 12,000 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 (20) minutes