Sunday, October 6th: The Time Has Come, To Award The First Trophy Of The 2019 Isle Open...Event #1 Registration Still Open!!!

ICYMI: Saturday hosted the final pair of starting flights for Event #1 of the Isle Open ($400 No Limit Hold'em $100,000 GTD).  It was the last chance for players to try and bag a chip lead bonus (top three stacks headed to Day 2 earned a seat into the Isle Open Main Event.  We knew things would be busy, so it was no surprise that the Flight 1G action wrapped up with (85) entries in the field.  A total of (19) players bagged chips from the flight, with the official chip counts listed below:

Francis Margaglione - 522,500
Mihaly Lukacs - 510,000
Gil Nagar - 492,000
Michael Newman - 417,500
Bo Umphrey - 310,500
Tony Ruberto - 270,000
Matthew Yorra - 200,000
Roy Cohen - 186,500
Chad Vetstein - 178,000
Michale Tait - 160,000
Eric Polirer - 156,000
Mark Dube - 150,000
Stewart Yanick - 129,000
Roy Siegel - 127,000
Zack Milchman - 113,000
Stefania DeLuca - 105,000
Michael Weinberg - 85,000
Aftab Shakoor - 66,500
Cary Hecker - 58,500

The final flight of the tournament (Flight 1H) got underway at 6:00pm, and ended up attracting a total of (60) entries.  At the conclusion of Level 14, the bags were brought out, with (15) players bagging chips for today's Day 2.  The official Flight 1H chip counts are listed below:

Joseph Tuchman - 434,000
Jerrold Solov - 347,000
Jose Delcid - 346,000
Evgeny Kharchenkov - 335,000
David Moreno - 323,000
Brandon Miller - 283,000
Muamet Polozani - 201,000
Guy Hayun - 199,000
Chris Basset - 181,000
Nagui Yassa - 162,000
Noam Ben-Arie - 158,000
Gabirel Pardo - 138,000
Rob Kessler - 88,000
Eduardo Christ - 87,000
Bob Peoples - 77,000

Event #1 of the Isle Open ($400 No Limit Hold'em $100,000 GTD) wrapped up it's eight starting flights with a total of (382) entries, and an official prize pool of $131,790.  There are (94) players returning for Day 2 (at 12:00pm), with registration open through the first two levels of the day (closes after Level 16).  

Tournaments: Today's tournament schedule starts with Day 2 of Event #1 ($400 No Limit Hold'em $100,000 GTD), which gets underway at 12:00pm.  As mentioned above, registration is still open for the first two levels of the day, closing after Level 16.  The only notable transition to the structure, will see levels move to (40) minutes for the entirety of Day 2.  

After Day 2, there is a $510 No Limit Hold'em (rake-free) satellite into Event #4 ($2,500 No Limit Hold'em), which gets underway at 3:00pm.  There is a one-seat guarantee for the satellite.

At 6:00pm, there is a $90 No Limit Hold'em (step-satellite) Main Event Mega, with the funneled tournament running on 10/16 (with three seats guarantee).

Promotions: Things begin with the "Full House Promo," which will open the doors on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday in October).  The proceedings begin once the doors of the poker room open, with the first (25) full houses made, earning a $50 prize.  Each jackpot eligible cash game is included in the promotion, with two rules to keep in mind, when thinking about winning the $50.  In order to be eligible, the full house must be made using two cards, and must be the winning hand.

The "standard" high hands will be awarding $300 every (30) minutes (from 9:00am-12:00am).  Every jackpot game is eligible for the same amount, with the full $150 being rewarded to those that use one card to make the high hand.  For those players in tournaments, high hands are worth $100.

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

12:00pm: 2019 Isle Open | Event #1 $400 No Limit Hold'em ($100,000 GTD) Day 2

- Players start with 50,000 in tournament chips

- Late and re-entries for the first (16) levels

- Alternates and late entries will start with a full stack

- Levels will last (30) minutes on Day 1, (40) minutes on Day 2

- Day 2 on Sunday (September 6th)

3:00pm: 2019 Isle Open | $510 No Limit Hold'em Satellite (Rake-Free) into Event #4 ($2,500 No Limit Hold'em)

6:00pm: 2019 Isle Open | $90 No Limit Hold'em (Step-Satellite) into Main Event Mega Satellite