Thursday, December 19th: Recurring Tournament Favorite Returns, "Chip Buster" Headlines The Schedule (At 6:00PM)

ICYMI: Wednesday's tournament schedule hosted two bounty events, the first of which got underway at 11:00am.  The $60 No Limit Hold'em (w/ $10 Bounties) tournament saw registration close with (17) entries, and an official prize pool of $544.  Three spots were scheduled to get paid, and after the money bubble burst, a deal was agreed to.  The details of the three-way chop are listed below:

1. Austin Mel (Andover, MD) $182
2. Daniel Genachte (Deerfield Beach, FL) $181
3. Mike Zwerin (Lake Worth, FL) $181

The evening time slot (6:00pm) hosted a $125 No Limit Hold'em "Green Chip Bounty" event, which attracted a totasl of (9) entries.  The $630 prize pool was scheduled to be paid out across two spots, with action playing down an outright winner.  Jairo Carillo bested Greg Weiss during heads-up play, with the official numbers posted below:

1. Jairo Carillo (Pompano Beach, FL) $409
2. Greg Weiss (Delray Beach, FL) $221

Tournaments: In the evening time slot, we have the $130 No Limit Hold'em "Chip Buster" ($3,000 GTD), one of (if not) the most popular recurring tournaments on the schedule.  The event is structured with 50,000 unit starting stacks, (20) minute levels, and registration that is open through Level 8.

Promotions: The doors open at 9:00am, with three hours of "Turbo High Hands," as $100 will be awarded every (10) minutes (rollovers apply).  The promotion runs from 9:00am-12:00pm, and has quickly become popular with the players (as the rollovers have seen some high hands reach the $1,000 mark!!!).

The standard high hand promotion then takes over, and runs from 12:00pm-12:00am.  Qualifying high hands will be awarded $300, given away every (30) minutes (no rollovers).  During that period, if the winning high hand is made using one card, a $150 prize will be awarded.  For those players playing in a tournament, winning high hands will be paid out $100.

From 12:00am-3:00am, $50 high hands will be awarded every (60) minutes.

6:00pm - $130 No Limit Hold'em "Chip Buster" ($3,000 GTD)

- 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 (20) minutes