Sunday, May 26th: With The $175 No Limit Hold'em ($100,000 GTD) Growing, Players Have Their Final Opportunities To Join The Action

ICYMI: Saturday hosted the third pair of starting flights for the $175 No Limit Hold'em ($100,000 GTD), which ended up being the two largest (in terms of entries).  Flight 1E saw registration close with (131) total entries, of which (14) players bagged chips for Day 2 (with 11:54 remaining in Level 16).  Official Flight 1A chip counts are listed below:

Chad Graber - 395,000
Jaime Tran - 207,000
Sean Shah - 186,000
Blaine McRae - 185,000
Elliot Zaydman - 182,000
Sachar Gazburg - 179,000
Michael Hedge - 135,000
Amir Baron - 118,000
Allan Bieler - 114,000
Susan Lichtenstein - 105,000
John Oujian - 62,000
Fabrice Mace - 57,000
Jordan Shamah - 14,000
Bruce Simberg - 12,000

Flight 1F (6:00pm) was almost a mirror image of it's afternoon counterpart, as the field closed with a total of (132) entries.  From that number, a total of (14) players would bag chips for tomorrow's Day 2, with the official Flight 1F chip counts listed below: 

Vincent Green - 454,500
Lee Harrison - 271,500
Vito Polera - 179,500
Michael Ralyea - 175,500
Cody Ferguson - 169,500
Thao Le - 142,500
Sharon Pickard - 142,000
Theo Lawson - 119,500
James McCaffrey - 95,000
Jose Silva - 89,500
Engelberth Varela - 86,000
Sandeer Badesha - 77,000
Dave Recke - 73,000
Rob Kessler - 62,000

With two flights remaining, the tournament has seen a total of (615) entries, and has a current prize pool of $83,025.  The $100,000 guarantee should be eclipsed during today's afternoon flight, with the overall number potentially reaching $120,000.

Tournaments: As mentioned above, today is the final opportunity for players to join the action in the $175 No Limit Hold'em ($100,000 GTD).  There are two flights (Flight G and Flight 1H, at 11:00am and 6:00pm respectively). 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 1G

- 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 1H

- 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