Friday, April 19th: $175 No Limit Hold'em ($100,000 GTD) Continues After Strong Start, Along With $500 High Hands!!!

ICYMI: Thursday marked the beginning of the $175 No Limit Hold'em ($100,000 GTD), with the tournament getting off to a very strong start.  Flight 1A play started at 11:00am, and after eight levels of open registration, the field would close with (97) entries.  At the end of Level 14 (which is the point that the bagging process begins), a total of (14) players remained, led by Ty Akbalsi (who bagged 306,000).  Official counts from the opening flight of the event are listed below:

Ty Akbalsi - 306,000

Raymond Ford - 198,000

Rafael Calfro - 170,000

Terri Siele - 162,000

Justin Levy - 142,000

Alexander Goodrich - 118,000

Allan Bieler - 114,000

Zaki Lichaa - 103,000

Patrick Capozzillo - 101,000

Dennis Zollo - 99,000

Rolando Garcia - 92,000

Michael Valdez - 70,000

Daniel Gonzalo - 43,000

Vitaly Chalka - 29,000

The field grew even larger for the evening flight (Flight 1B), as registration closed with a total of (104) entries.  Action for the night wrapped up with (13) players, and Manuel Amaro leading the way.  Official Flight 1B chip counts are posted below:

Manuel Amaro - 327,000

Engelberth Varela - 255,000

Paul Price - 209,000

Cornelius Rodgers - 164,000

Andrew Jones - 161,000

Steven Bennett - 161,000

Stefan Haqq - 145,000

Harry Silver - 111,000

Jonathan Marcu - 107,000

Joshua Feyers - 81,000

Nizar Dajani - 74,000

Eric Mutschler - 40,000

Mitchell Smith - 40,000

Tournaments: Today's tournament schedule mirrors that of yesterday, with two flights for the $175 No Limit Hold'em ($100,000 GTD), and a satellite for the event.  The tournament's flights are structured with 18,000 unit starting stacks, (25) minute levels, and registration that is open through Level 8.  Players that successfully bag chips for Day 2, will return on Monday (April 22nd) at 12:00pm.

The $50 No Limit Hold'em satellite (which carries at 5 seat guarantee), is structured with 10,000 unit starting stacks, (15) minute levels, and registration that is open through Level 8.    

Promotions: The high hands will run from 9:00am-12:00am, 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.  

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).

There is a "special" promotion that starts this evening, that will also run every Friday and Saturday in April (from 6:00pm-10:00pm).  During the listed four-hour time period, high hands will be worth $500, and will be awarded every (20) minutes.  In order for the qualifying high hand to be awarded the $500 prize, the hand must be made using both hole cards.  Qualifying high hands that are made with one-card, will be awarded a $250 prize.

From 12:00am-9:00am, the high hand will be awarded $100 every (60) minutes.

11:00am - $175 No Limit Hold'em ($100,000 GTD) Flight 1C

- Players start with 18,000 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

3:00pm - $50 No Limit Hold'em Satellite Into $175 No Limit Hold'em ($100,000 GTD) 5 Seats 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 - $175 No Limit Hold'em ($100,000 GTD) Flight 1D

- Players start with 18,000 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