Friday, May 24th: Holiday Weekend In Full Swing, With $175 No Limit Hold'em ($100,000 GTD)

ICYMI: The $175 No Limit Hold'em ($100,000 GTD) started yesterday, with the first pair of opening flights for the event.  Flight 1A began at 11:00am, and got things off to a nice start, as registration closed with a total of (74) entries.  Of those entries, (8) players bagged chips for Monday's Day 2, with the official chip counts listed below:

Rolando Garcia - 218,000
Dylan Malcomson - 204,000
Jonathan Perez - 176,000
Hugh Hardy - 165,000
Hal Pawluk - 133,000
Stephen Bristow - 115,000
Jairo Velasquez - 95,000
Courtland Twyman - 79,000

As players from Flight 1A were bagging up their chips, action was getting underway for Flight 1B (6:00pm), which closed with a total of (80) entries.  From that number, (8) bagged chips for Day 2, with official counts listed below:

Roberto DeSogos - 285,000
Scott Levitt - 235,000
Nick Kamen - 206,000
Kevin McGillicuddy - 165,500
Ron Sorci - 142,000
Steven Thoman - 98,000
Chris Arnon - 96,000
Stephen Ibrahim - 78,000

The (154) total entries from yesterday equate to a running prize pool of $20,790, which is a great number to start the tournament.  There are two more flights on today's schedule, along with four more to follow this weekend.

Tournaments: Friday we see the second day of action open for the final multi of the month of May, a $175 No Limit Hold'em event, that boasts a $100,000 guaranteed prize pool.  There are six flights (remaining) over the next three days (two flights each day), with players that bag chips scheduled to return on Monday (at 1:00pm).  Each of the flights have the same structure, with players sitting down to starting stacks of 16,000 units, and levels that last (30) minutes in length.  Registration for each flight is open through Level 8, with action scheduled to conclude after Level 16.  Today's flights begin at 11:00am (Flight 1A) and 6:00pm (Flight 1B).  

For those players looking to join the action for a fraction of the price, there will also be a $50 No Limit Hold'em Satellite each day (guaranteeing three seats into the tournament).  The satellite begins at 3:00pm each afternoon.

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).

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 16,000 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 (30) minutes

3:00pm - $50 No Limit Hold'em Satellite Into $175 No Limit Hold'em ($100,000 GTD) 3 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 16,000 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 (30) minutes