Friday, December 6th: Two Flights In The Books For $200 NLH ($100,000 GTD), With Two More On Tap Today...$500 High Hands Highlight The Evening Action

ICYMI: The $200 No Limit Hold'em ($100,000 GTD) began yesterday afternoon (at 11:00am), with the first of eight starting flights (Flight 1A).  Things got off to a solid start, as registration for Flight 1A closed with a total of (52) entries.  By the time play reached the end of Level 14 (scheduled last level of the day), (11) players remained to bag up chips.  Vigorn Dancharnjitt bagged up the chip lead (339,500), with official counts from the flight listed below:

Vigorn Dancharnjitt - 339,500
Martins Polakous - 192,500
Yeujian Wang - 180,500
Roman Ojeda - 166,000
Thomas Gari - 138,500
Rick Scola - 116,500
German Zaga - 99,000
Israel Borjas - 92,000
Zaki Lichaa - 84,500
Jonathan Steward - 80,000
Aaron Berman - 71,500

The evening flight (Flight 1B) got underway at 6:00pm, with the field size growing to (64) entries.  The night's play ended with (14) players remaining, led by Evan Teitelbaum (342,500), who bagged the chip lead (and current overall chip lead).  A full list of Flight 1B chip counts are listed below:

Evan Teitelbaum - 342,500
Jerome Neloms - 243,000
Gary Fitzgerald - 219,000
Matthew Zarcadoolas - 184,500
Melissa Hunt - 155,000
Carlos Torres Vazquez - 145,500
Robert Transue - 137,000
Alik Sitnyakovsky - 133,000
Craig Browne - 100,000
Jonathan Martin - 86,000
Partrcia Conrad - 60,500
Rafael Perez Geurrero - 43,000
Aaron Vinein - 42,000
Bruno Fortin - 34,000

In total, Thursday attracted a total of (116) entries, of which (25) players bagged chips for Day 2.  The current prize pool sits at $18,560, with (509) entries still needed to reach the posted guarantee.

Tournaments: The $200 No Limit Hold'em ($100,000 GTD) continues today, with the second pair of starting flights (Flight 1C at 11:00am, and Flight 1D at 6:00pm).  The tournament is structured with starting stacks of 30,000 units, (30) minute levels, and registration that is open through Level 8.  There is an 11:00am and 6:00pm flight (Thursday through Sunday), with those players that bag, returning for play on Monday (12:00pm).

Promotions: With the calendar changing over to December, there are some changes in promotions to take note of.  Every day, from 9:00am through 12:00pm, the high hands will be $100 every (10) minutes.  The "turbo" high hands will have rollovers, meaning we will see some healthy payouts over the course of the three hour period.  Qualifying high hands can be made using one or two cards, and will receive the same $100 payout (or whatever the rollover amount is for the period).  

The "standard" high hands will be awarding $300 every (30) minutes (from 12:00pm-6:00pm).  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.

At 6:00pm, the high hands grow even larger, as $500 will be awarded every (30) minutes.  The winning high hands made with one card (during the 6:00pm-midnight period) will be awarded $250.

From 12:00am-9:00am, the high hand will be awarded $50 every (60) minutes.

11:00am - $200 No Limit Hold'em ($100,000 GTD) Flight 1C

- Players start with 30,000 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

6:00pm - $200 No Limit Hold'em ($100,000 GTD) Flight 1D

- Players start with 30,000 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