Saturday, September 28, 2019

Saturday, September 28th: "Chip Buster" Expected To Attract Big Crowds, $500 High Hands Return In The Evening

ICYMI: Yesterday, The $175 No Limit Hold'em "Chip Buster" ($100,000 GTD) entered it's weekend action, with a pair of Friday starting flights.  Flight 1E, which got underway at 10:00am, ended up attracting a total of (65) entries (making it the largest of the three afternoon flights to have been played).  After sixteen levels of play, the flight would wrap up with (10) players reaching the bagging process, with the official chip counts listed below:

Eduardo Christ - 879,000
Karin Powsner - 462,000
George Dominguez - 429,000
Elliot Merlin - 256,000
Giz Guadalpi - 256,000
Jifan Luo - 250,000
Stuart Greenbaum - 236,000
Tim Shane - 189,000
Jaime Wiegrefe - 182,000
Richard Russ - 168,000

Flight 1F ended up attracting the largest field of the three evening flights to have been played, as registration closed with (84) entries.  Just like Flight 1E, (10) players would reach the bagging process, with the official chip counts listed below:

Guillermo Reyes - 848,000
Michael Harley - 713,000
Mutoz Channsoui - 552,000
Charbel Beyrouti - 512,000
Lunique Pefiote - 479,000
Jonathan Marcu - 309,000
Luke Rosenberg - 305,000
Bradley Grossman - 240,000
Michael May - 188,000
David Seager - 100,000

As the "Chip Buster" passes the the midway point (of the starting flights), there have been (343) combined entries, of which (51) players bagged chips for Day 2.  The current prize pool sits at $46,305, with (398) entries needed to reach the posted guarantee of $100,000.  

Tournaments: The $175 No Limit Hold'em "Chip Buster" ($100,000 GTD) continues today, with the fourth pair of starting flights.  There is an 10:00am flight (Flight 1G), and 5:00pm flight (Flight 1H), with a satellite sandwiched in between.  The "Chip Buster" is structured with 50,000 unit starting stacks, has (30) minute levels, and registration that is open through Level 8.  Players that bag chips in one of the ten starting flights (Wednesday-Sunday), will return on Monday afternoon (12:00pm), for Day 2 action.  The above mentioned satellite has a $45 buy-in, and gets underway at 2:00pm (for the next five days).

Promotions: Things begin with the "Full House Promo," which opens the doors seven day a week!!!  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 $150 every (20) minutes (from 9:00am-6:00pm).  Every jackpot game is eligible for the same amount, with the full $150 being rewarded, regardless of one or two cards being used to make the high hand.  For those players in tournaments, two-card high hands are worth $100, with one-card high hands walking away with $50.

From 6:00pm-12:00am, the high hands will still be awarded every (30) minutes, but the winning amount goes up to $500 (for high hands using both cards).  Those winning high hands that are made using one card (during that time period), will be awarded $250.

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

10:00am - $175 No Limit Hold'em "Chip Buster" ($100,000 GTD) Flight 1G

- 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
- Day 2 on Monday (September 30th)

5:00pm - $175 No Limit Hold'em "Chip Buster" ($100,000 GTD) Flight 1H

- 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
- Day 2 on Monday (September 30th)