Saturday, May 25th: Day Starts With $250 "Turbo" High Hands, As The $175 No Limit Hold'em ($100,000 GTD) Continues

ICYMI: Friday's tournament schedule hosted the second pair of flights for the $175 No Limit Hold'em ($100,000 GTD), with the numbers growing larger from Thursday's opening action.  Flight 1C ended up with (97) total entries, of which (10) players bagged chips (with 21:29 remaining in Level 15).  Official chip counts from the tournament's third flight are listed below:

Marc Sacheli - 258,000
James Scott - 258,000
Andrew Davis - 201,000
Tracy Scala - 181,000
Richard Reisman - 158,000
Jean Roberto Forges - 145,000
Fred White - 114,000
Russ Friedman - 94,000
Alvaro Grisales - 90,000
Ron Levy - 74,000

Flight 1D got underway at 6:00pm, and by the time registration closed, there would be a total of (101) total entries.  The flight would reach it's ten-percent mark (with 8:26 remaining in Level 15), with Guy Hajun bagging a massive chip stack (which leads all of the players to have bagged to this point).  Official chip counts from the flight are listed below:

Guy Hajun - 530,500
Scott Wyler - 221,500
Sabas Ferrer - 165,000
Josh Kunkel - 156,000
Robert Transue - 141,000
Daniel Chlimper - 84,000
Justo Gomez - 82,000
Michael Larkin - 70,000
Jim Sullivan - 66,500
Eric Kessler - 56,000
Patty Conrad - 38,500

Tournaments: We have reached the halfway point of the $175 No Limit Hold'em ($100,000 GTD), and are about to reach the "homestretch."  There are four flights (remaining) over the next two 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 1E) and 6:00pm (Flight 1F).  

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.

It should be noted, that from 9:00am-2:00pm, there will be $250 high hands awarded every (15) minutes.  The winning high hands that are made using two cards will be awarded the full $250 prize, while those using one card will be awarded $125.

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

- 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 1F

- 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