Sunday, January 19th: With Day 2 Of $130 No Limit Hold'em ($100,000 GTD) Tomorrow, Players Have Final Chances To Try And Bag Chips

ICYMI: Saturday hosted the third pair of starting flights for the $130 No Limit Hold'em ($100,000 GTD), with the afternoon flight attracting the largest field of the six to have been completed.  Flight 1E got the cards in the air at 11:00am, and by the time the registration window had closed, the tournament clock showed (174) entries.  From that impressive turnout, (34) players bagged chips for Monday's Day 2, led by Willie Wiggins (580,000).  Full chip counts from Flight 1E are posted below:

Willie Wiggins - 580,000
Oscar Arrieche - 366,000
Marcosa Newhawk - 312,000
Michael Freer - 287,000
Frank Traino - 214,000
Fernando Pages - 200,000
Pedro Palacio - 193,000
Julien Durthy - 191,000
Stuart Greenbaum - 189,000
Leroy Jones - 182,000
Arthur Smith - 181,000
Yuriy Kazinsky - 180,000
Wilmer Diou - 180,000
Martin Robbins - 178,000
Cathy Miller - 169,000
Alejandro Fines - 125,000
Joseph Hernon - 123,000
Dut Nguyen - 122,000
Justin Levy - 116,000
Yi Ding - 112,000
Steve Caldwell - 110,000
John Magnetta - 101,000
Mo Mbaid - 99,000
Donlad Francois - 90,000
Arlene Wenisier - 88,000
Glen Canelstein - 86,000
Nesly Jean-Baptiste - 81,000
Doug Mazzola - 68,000
Charles Odenz - 67,000
Vigor Dancherntitt - 59,000
Robert Flacco - 51,000
Larry Sullivan - 49,000
Morris Heider - 49,000
Jozef Szivos - 20,000

The Flight 1F action began a 6:00pm, and while the field didn't grow to the size that it's afternoon counterpart did, the (132) entries was still a respectable showing.  A total of (22) players bagged chips from the sixth starting flight, with the official counts listed below:

Anthony Bennett - 436,000
Bruce Kahn - 435,000
Waleed Abdelraheem - 377,000
Bartolome Lino - 354,000
Jason Buff - 312,000
Jordan Flaschner - 225,000
Cathey Rankin - 223,000
Mario Jimenez - 153,000
Brian Darrow - 152,000
Charles Marik - 149,000
John Magnetta - 146,000
Jason Abolsky - 146,000
Mark Miller - 138,000
Metin Guner - 126,000
Christopher Elenbass - 114,000
Mario James - 103,000
Courtney Rome - 102,000
Michael Krumenacker - 101,000
Stephen Plant - 80,000
Cornelius Rogers - 73,000
Craig Caffro - 67,000
Paul Freedman - 56,000

With six flights now in the books, the $130 No Limit Hold'em ($100,000 GTD) has a combined total of (797) entries, of which (143) are scheduled to return for tomorrow's Day 2.  The $77,309 prize pool is on pace to eclipse the guarantee, with today's pair of flights needing to average (117) entries per.

Tournaments: Today's schedule hosts the final pair of flights for the $130 No Limit Hold'em ($100,000 GTD), giving those who haven't bagged chips for tomorrow's Day 2, their final opportunities.  Each of the starting flights carry the same structure: with 30,000 unit starting stacks, (30) minute levels, and registration open through Level 8.  The opening flights are scheduled to end after Level 14, or if the remaining field reaches the 10% mark (whichever comes first).  As mentioned above, any player that succesfully bags chips, will return to play on Monday (January 20th). 

Promotions: The "Turbo High Hands" were well received in December, and they have found a home in January as well. Beginning at 9:00am (every day of the week), $100 high hands will be awarded every (10) minutes, with rollovers applying. Because of those rollovers, we have seen the 9:00am-12:00pm period award prizes of $400...$700...even $1,000, over the past month.

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, $100 high hands will be awarded every (60) minutes.

11:00am: $130 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: $130 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