Sunday, August 11th: "Chip Buster" Prize Pool Already Over $100,000, With Player's Final Opportunity To Try And Bag Chips

ICYMI: As expected, yesterday's numbers from the $130 No Limit Hold'em "Chip Buster" ($100,000 GTD), were reminiscent of what we saw during the Florida State Poker Championships (when the event almost attracted 2,000 entries).  The 11:00am flight (Flight 1G) closed with (185) total entries, which is the largest of the eight flights to have been played.  There were (27) players to bag chips from the afternoon flight, led by Mike Valdez, who packed away 741,000 for Day 2.  And official list of chip counts from Flight 1G, are listed below:

Mike	Valdez	741,000
Rafael	Calero	692,000
Irwin	Block	635,000
Walter	Strakowski	616,000
Kyle	Robertson	604,000
Michael	Goldfarb	596,000
PJ	Capozziello	590,000
Gary	Fitzgerald	552,000
Borja	Iglesias	402,000
Juan	De Los Santos	370,000
Dimitry	Agrachov	365,000
Mike	Bonsignore	310,000
Jonathan	Marks	305,000
Daniel	Genachte	280,000
Gerald	Blum	258,000
Leroy	Jones	254,000
Robert	Hofstetterr	224,000
Juan	Mubarak	194,000
Jesse	Hatfield	190,000
Emmanuel	Santos	187,000
Quang	Pham	179,000
Terry	Stewart	155,000
Matt	Bretzfield	150,000
Zaki	Lichaa	138,000
Lila	Winterbourne	111,000
Morris	Heider	108,000
Bill	Odemt	78,000

Flight 1H got underway at 6:00pm, and saw the field grow to (162) entries, by the time the registration period closed.  While the flight didn't eclipse the largest number of entries, it did wind up with the two largest Day 2 stacks, as a pair of players bagged more than 1,000,000 chips.  A list of the (20) players to bag chips for tomorrow's Day 2, are listed below:

Miguel	McDonald	1,080,000
Gabriel	Sierra	1,016,000
Gerson	Silva, Jr	923,000
Edward	Medoff	808,000
David	Saban	627,000
Sandy	Sanchez	496,000
Vito	Polero	382,000
Fabio	Santos	359,000
Dylan	Farrell	349,000
Robert	Leff	320,000
Mohan	Navani	283,000
Sahade	Boodwah	261,000
Drew	Culhane	252,000
Joakim	Dag	192,000
Brian	Krinsky	176,000
Alexander	Perez	171,000
Pradeep	Asnane	122,000
Marla	Crumple	116,000
Francis	Margaglione	101,000
Michael	Gutterman	68,000

Tournaments: With over (1,000) entries, and a prize pool that's already eclipsed the $100,000 guarantee, today's final pair of flights are sure to be the largest.  The 11:00am (Flight 1I) and 6:00pm (Flight 1J) flights are the last opportunity for players to try and bag chips for tomorrow's Day 2.  Each of the flights have the same great structure, with 50,000 unit starting stacks, (30) minute levels, and registration open through Level 8.  Official chip counts from each flight will be posted at the end of play every evening.

Promotions: Things for the day begin with the "Full House Promotion," which kicks off the action seven days a week (when the doors open on the weekdays, and at 9:00am on Saturday and Sunday).  Players in all jackpot eligible games are awarded $50 for each full house made.  There are some important rules to think about though, as the full house must be made using two cards, and has to be the winning hand.  

The "standard" high hand process will see $150 up for grabs, every (20) minutes.  From 9:00am-12:00am, players may qualify for the high hand, as long as they are holding aces-full or better (using one or two cards).

From 12:00am-3:00am, the high hand will be awarded $100 every (60) minutes.

11:00am - $130 No Limit Hold'em "Chip Buster" ($100,000 GTD) Flight 1I

- Players start with 50,000 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

11:00am - $130 No Limit Hold'em "Chip Buster" ($100,000 GTD) Flight 1J

- Players start with 50,000 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