Wednesday, January 29, 2020

Wednesday, January 29th: $200 No Limit Hold'em ($100,000 GTD) Begins Today, With First Pair Of Starting Flights!!!

ICYMI: Tuesday tournament schedule began at 11:00am (at it usually does), with the $120 Omaha 8B Hi/Lo ($2,000 GTD) event.  The tournament's field would grow to (27) entries by registration's end, equating to an official prize pool of $2,619.  The proceedings eventually ended in a five-way chop, with Thomas Murphy (West Hartford, CT) finnding himself atop the payouts.  Official results from the afternoon event are listed below:
  1. Thomas Murphy (West Hartford, CT) $735
  2. Mark Kottler (Boynton Beach, FL) $650
  3. Ricardo Quintero (Miramar, FL) $500
  4. Stanley Oremland (Parkland, FL) $413
  5. Stacy Thomas (Jupiter, FL) $321
The day's headlining tournament was in the 6:00pm time slot, with players circling the $130 No Limit Hold'em "Chip Buster" ($3,000 GTD) on their schedules.  Registration for the event would close with (49) entries, and an official prize pool of $4,753.  A total of seven players were scheduled to reach the money, with action playing down to an outright winner.  Full results of the "Chip Buster" (and Jairo Carrillo's win) are listed below:
  1. Jairo Carrillo (Pompano Beach, FL) $1,758
  2. Glenn Bechtel (Kingston, ON) $1,046
  3. Joshua Viveros (Plantation, FL) $642
  4. Jose Cabera (Coral Springs, FL) $452
  5. Zaki Lichaa (Pompano Beach, FL) $356
  6. Scott Bailey (Loxahatchee, FL) $285
  7. Frank Giordano (Pompano Beach, FL) $214
Tournaments: Today begins the third (of three) multi of January, with Flight 1A of the $200 No Limit Hold'em ($100,000 GTD) getting undereway at 11:00am.  The tournament is structured with 30,000 unit starting stacks, (30) minute levels, and has registration open through Level 8.  Action is scheduled to play through Level 14, with those players that remain at that point, bagging up chips for Day 2 (on Monday).  

There are a total of nine flights for this event, the second of which (Flight 1B) is in the 6:00pm time slot (this evening).  For those looking to enter the tournament for a fraction of the price, there is a $45 No Limit Hold'em Satellite at 2:00pm.

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: $200 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


2:00pm: $45 No Limit Hold'em Satellite Into $200 No Limit Hold'em ($100,000 GTD)

6:00pm: $200 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

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