Thursday, January 16th: The $130 No Limit Hold'em ($100,000 GTD) Begins Today, With First Pair Of Opening Flights!!! Additionally, First PartyPokerLive Step-Satellite On Schedule!

ICYMI: Wednesday's tournament slate kicked off with a $60 No Limit Hold'em "Bounty" event, which got underway at 11:00am.  Registration for the tournament closed with (16) entries in the field, and an official prize pool of $512 (which does not include the $10 bounties).  Two players were scheduled to reach the money, but players ended up agreeing to a four-way deal short of the money-bubble.  Official results from the tournament are listed below:

1. Gerald Hertz (Pompano Beach, FL) $161
2. Stephen Singer (Delray Beach, FL) $145
3. Christopher Buggs (Margate, FL) $116
4. Antonio De Araujo (Deerfield Beach, FL) $90

The evening tournament (6:00pm) was a $125 No Limit Hold'em "Green Chip Bounty," awarding $25 for each player elimination.  The event closed with (25) entries in the field, and an official prize pool of $1,750.  Three players were scheduled to reach the money, but players agreed to a four-way deal on the money bubble, with the official chip counts listed below:

1. Billie Cruz (Miramar, FL) $582
2. Carlos Ardila Forero (Coconut Creek, FL) $532
3. Christopher Buggs (Margate, FL) $443
4. Steve Varela (Miami, FL) $193

Tournaments: After a successful multi-flight tournament to open the month ($200 No Limit Hold'em $100,000 GTD during the first week of January), it is time for the second!!! Today begins the $130 No Limit Hold'em ($100,000 GTD), which will run Thursday-Monday.  There will be starting flights at 11:00am and 6:00pm, over the next four days, with Day 2 resuming on Monday.  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 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, $100 high hands will be awarded every (60) minutes.

11:00am: $130 No Limit Hold'em ($100,000 GTD) Flight 1A

- 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 1B

- 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