Thursday, February 20th: Turbo High Hands Open The Doors, With The "Chip Buster" Headlining Day's Action

ICYMI: Yesterday's tournament schedule began at 11:00am, with the $60 No Limit Hold'em "Bounty" event, awarding $10 for every player elimination.  Registration for the event closed with (28) entries, and an official prize pool of $896 (not including bounties).  Official results from the tournament are listed below:

1. German Zaga (Tamarac, FL) $350
2. Linda Fortier (Coral Springs, FL) $295
3. George Tardugno (West Palm Beach, FL) $152
4. David Herzog (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $99

The evening time slot hosted a $125 No Limit Hold'em "Green Chip Bounty," which attracted a field of (14) entries.  The $980 prize pool (not including bounties) was scheduled to be paid out across two spots, but players ended up agreeing to a three-way deal on the money bubble.  Official results from the tournament are listed below:

1. Joseph Kearns (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $390
2. Marianne Dewitt (Lauderdale Lakes, FL) $301
3. Luis Abedrabbo (Boca Raton, FL) $289

Tournaments: In the evening time slot (6:00pm), we have the $130 No Limit Hold'em "Chip Buster" ($3,000 GTD), one of (if not) the most popular recurring tournaments on the schedule.  The event is structured with 50,000 unit starting stacks, (20) minute levels, and registration that is open through Level 8.

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.

6:00pm - $130 No Limit Hold'em "Chip Buster" ($3,000 GTD)

- Players start with 50,000 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