ICYMI: After two days (and four opening flights) of action for the $200 No Limit Hold'em ($100,000 GTD), the "big numbers" were expected yesterday. Flight 1E begins at 11:00am, and ended up being the largest flight to this point. Registration closed with a total of (121) entries, of which (22) players bagged chips for Day 2. Official chip counts from Flight 1E are listed below:
Sheldon Gross - 430,000
Larry Sullivan - 397,500
Pedro Palacio - 269,500
Claudio Kalili - 269,000
Abbey Daniels - 248,500
Tom Gity - 224,000
Gary Fitzgerald - 219,000
Dale Smith - 206,500
Christopher Buggs - 192,000
Steve Bromfield - 174,000
Vincent Scilla - 149,500
Marc Cohen - 139,000
Michael Gariepy - 133,500
Tuan Phan - 125,000
Filodeno Giannino - 103,000
Alex Funes - 101,500
Matthew Hall - 91,500
Michael Marks - 90,500
Michael Nazario - 88,000
Steve Costa - 84,000
Lee Schneider - 55,500
Marc Wolfe - 53,000
Yuan Shen - 40,000
The evening flight (Flight 1F) got underway at 6:00pm, and after eight levels of open registration, the field would close with (98) total entries. From those entries, (98) players bagged chips for tomorrow's Day 2, led by Paulius Bikus (391,000). Official Flight 1F chip counts are listed below:
Paulius Bikus - 391,000
Ido Ashkenazi - 369,000
Michael Newman - 312,500
Matthew Vitale - 306,000
Marla Crumpler - 228,000
Jesse Hatfield - 214,000
Scott Levitt - 205,500
Armando Delpozo - 197,500
Ben Sriqui - 175,000
Michael Mendez - 142,500
Adam Zeltser - 122,500
David Alberston - 111,500
Bobby Leff - 101,000
Kenny Kuhl - 82,500
After six completed flights, the $200 No Limit Hold'em ($100,000 GTD) has attracted a total of (491) entries (of which 86 have bagged chips for Day 2). The current prize pool sits at $78,560, with just (134) entries needed to each the guarantee (which should be eclipsed during today's afternoon flight).
Tournaments: Today's schedule is highlighted by the final pair of starting flights for the $200 No Limit Hold'em ($100,000 GTD). Each of the flights are structured the same: with 30,000 unit starting stacks, (30) minute levels, and registration that is open through Level 8. Play is scheduled to conclude after Level 14, with those that bag, returning on Monday (for Day 2).
Promotions: Almost a week into the month, players are beginning to get familiar with the new promotions, and popular opinion is very positive. As things have every day this month, the room opens (with a 9:00am start on weekends, when open 24 hours) with "Turbo High Hands." The $100 high hands are awarded every (10) minutes...with rollovers!!! The high hands can be made using one or two cards, and even with those rules, we have seen the number get to $1,000 (nine rollovers).
The standard high hand period on Saturday (12:00pm-12:00am) sees $300 awarded every (30) minutes. All jackpot games are eligible for the award, with the qualifying high hands made with one card, receiving a $150 prize. For those players in tournaments, winning high hands are worth $100.
From 12:00am-3:00am, $50 high hands are awarded every (60) minutes.
12:00pm: $200 No Limit Hold'em ($100,000 GTD) Flight 1G
- Players starting with 30,000 tournament chips
- Late and re-entries for the first (8) levels
- Alternates and late entries will sit down to full stacks
- Levels will last (30) minutes
6:00pm: $200 No Limit Hold'em ($100,000 GTD) Flight 1H
- Players starting with 30,000 tournament chips
- Late and re-entries for the first (8) levels
- Alternates and late entries will sit down to full stacks
- Levels will last (30) minutes
