Saturday, February 8th: Another Big Day At The Isle, With Day 2 Of $400/$40,000 GTD, $130/$10,000 GTD, And $500 High Hands!!!

ICYMI: Yesterday's tournament schedule hosted the $400 No Limit Hold'em ($40,000 GTD), a tournament that ran for the first time.  There were two starting flights on the schedule (at 11:00am and 6:00pm), along with a $60 buy-in satellite at 3:00pm.  The event attracted a total of (103) entries (47 during Flight 1A, and 56 during Flight 1B), of which (20) players bagged chips for today's Day 2 (at 12:00pm).  A full list of chip counts from the starting flights are posted below, along with seating assignments for Day 2:

First	Last	Chips	Flight	Table	Seat
Scott	Efron	351,000	B	3	9
Michael	Stewartson	288,000	A	2	5
David	Albertson	253,000	B	2	6
Thomas	Gari	233,000	A	3	4
Eric	Piderit	226,000	A	2	9
Paul	Freedman	192,000	B	3	1
Marc	Freund	174,000	A	1	9
Joseph	Hernon	160,000	A	1	4
Sabos	Ferrer	158,000	B	1	6
Scott	Levitt	155,000	B	3	2
Alejandro	Funes	130,000	A	2	2
Alberto	Rodriguez	122,000	B	3	5
Scott	Baumstein	114,000	A	1	3
Shawn	Fagan	111,000	B	3	3
Nicholas	Baurichter	106,000	A	1	2
Richard	Shoemaker	106,000	B	1	7
Marshall	Grinstead	102,000	B	1	5
Brenno	Alencastro	90,000	B	2	8
Michael	Angelini	52,000	B	3	7
Victor	Kovacher	26,000	B	2	1

The (103) entries were just twelve short of the number needed to reach the tournament's guarantee, but it was still a nice showing for the event.  The $40,000 prize pool will be spread across (11) spots, with first place scheduled to take home $12,900 (official payouts listed below):

Tournaments: The (20) players to have bagged chips, will be returning for Day 2 of the $400 No Limit Hold'em ($40,000 GTD) at 12:00pm.  The only structural change to mention is in regards to the length of levels, as they transition to (40) minutes through the conclusion of the tournament.

Saturday's headlining tournament is in the 6:00pm time, and is a $130 No Limit Hold'em event, that boasts a $10,000 guarantee!! The event is structured with 30,000 unit starting stacks, (20) minute levels, and has registration open through Level 8.  This tournament has been super succesful since it was reintroduced to the schedule, crushing the guarantee each and every time.

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 hands will be awarding $300 every (30) minutes (from 12:00pm-6:00pm).  Every jackpot game is eligible for the same amount, with the full $150 being rewarded to those that use one card to make the high hand.  For those players in tournaments, high hands are worth $100.

At 6:00pm, the high hands grow even larger, as $500 will be awarded every (30) minutes.  The winning high hands made with one card (during the 6:00pm-midnight period) will be awarded $250.

From 12:00am-9:00am, the high hand will be awarded $100 every (60) minutes.

11:00am: $400 No Limit Hold'em ($40,000 GTD) Day 2

- 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, transitioning to (40) minutes on Day 2

6:00pm - $130 No Limit Hold'em ($10,000 GTD)

- Players start with 30,000 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