Thursday, February 13th: Schedule Headlined By Second Pair Of $200 No Limit Hold'em ($100,000 GTD) Flights

ICYMI: Wednesday's tournament schedule hosted the opening pair of flights for the $200 No Limit Hold'em ($100,000 GTD).  Flight 1A got underway at 11:00am, and starting things off in strong fashion, as registration closed with (55) total entries.  From that number, (10) players successfully bagged chips for Sunday's Day 2, with the official Flight 1A chip counts listed below:

Yuriy Kozinsky - 480,000
Dwight Pinkerton - 228,000
Paul Darpino - 214,000
Jean Pierre - 198,000
Hollander Preap - 138,000
Alan Levin - 110,000
Katz Vladislav - 103,000
Jordan Flaschner - 70,000
Patrick McLaughlin - 61,000
Jean Ferrer - 42,000

As players were coming down the homestretch of the afternoon flight, cards got in the air for Flight 1B, which began at 6:00pm.  Registration closed with (45) total entries, of which (8) players bagged chips for Day 2.  Official Flight 1B chip counts are listed below:

Claudio Khalil - 234,000
Sean Prince - 232,000
Steve Olivier - 223,000
Gary Fitzgerald - 222,000
Glenn Rerro - 157,000
Walter West - 150,000
Andrew Daire - 90,000
Jose Garcia - 42,000

The first day of the $200 No Limit Hold'em ($100,000 GTD) attracted a total of (100) entries, with (18) players bagging chips for Sunday's Day 2 (at 12:00pm).

Tournament: The $200 No Limit Hold'em ($100,000 GTD) event has a total of eight starting flights, two of which are on today's schedule. There is a flight at 11:00am (Flight 1A), and a flight at 6:00pm (Flight 1B), both carrying the same structure.  Players will be sitting down to stacks of 30,000 units, with levels that last (25) minutes, and registration that is open through Level 8.  Those players that are succesful in bagging chips, will return to Day 2 on Sunday (at 12:00pm).

For those that would like to join the action for a lesser price, there is a $45 No Limit Hold'em Satellite into the $200 No Limit Hold'em ($100,000 GTD), which begins at 2:00pm.  The satellite is structured with 8,000 unit starting stacks, (15) minute levels, and registration that is open through Level 8.

Promotions: The day's promotions begin 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.

11:00am: $200 No Limit Hold'em ($100,000 GTD) Flight 1C

- 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 (25) minutes

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

- Players starting with 8,000 tournament chips
- Late and re-entries for the first (8) levels
- Alternates and late entries will sit down to full stacks
- Levels will last (15) minutes

6:00pm: $200 No Limit Hold'em ($100,000 GTD) Flight 1D

- 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 (25) minutes