Saturday, January 18th: $130 No Limit Hold'em ($100,000 GTD) Continues To Grow Larger, $500 High Hands Make Their Return At 6:00PM!!

ICYMI: Yesterday was the second day of action for the $130 No Limit Hold'em ($100,000 GTD), and as expected, the numbers grew pretty dramatically.  Flight 1C got underway at 11:00am, and by the time registration closed, the tournament clock would show (120) entries.  A total of (24) players bagged chips from the flight, led by William Underdown (400,000), with a full list of Flight 1C counts listed below:

William Underdown - 400,000
Ebrahim Figuera - 384,000
Marcel Dechamps - 255,000
Michael Corbett - 248,000
Garrick Young - 216,000
Trent Smith - 162,000
David Feiergauson - 161,000
Ahmet Aida - 160,000
Henry Billete - 150,000
Joakim Dag - 122,000
Raymond Rickard - 120,000
William Swikicki - 115,000
Sergi Noskov - 113,000
Mohammed Serry - 109,000
Alejandro Reyes - 105,000
Michael Decesare - 99,000
Jason Ginsberg - 92,000
Marc Wolf - 90,000
Michael Boykin - 84,000
Robert Gelia - 80,000
Frank Nerat - 68,000
Wongduan Nannong - 65,000
Zachary Krempler - 60,000
John Quillon - 42,000

Flight 1D followed at 6:00pm, and ended up becoming the largest of the flights to have been completed, as registration closed with (166) entries.  A total of (30) players bagged chips at the end of play, led by Tom Gity, who packed away an impressive stack of 730,000 (which is the overall chip lead).  A full list of Flight 1D chip counts are listed below:

Tom Gity - 730,000
Steven Marcos - 333,000
Charles Goodale - 305,000
Steven Bennett - 297,000
Jonathan Jimenez - 288,000
Willie Rosenberg - 237,000
Marcin Plewinski - 207,000
Shamoca Lamar - 203,000
Raymond Gallagher - 197,000
David Kelon - 188,000
Tom Markless - 180,000
Jozef Wlaky - 151,000
Manuel Amaro - 149,000
David Goldfarb - 146,000
Pavarez Bristol - 137,000
Marla Crumpler - 134,000
Engjel Roshi - 133,000
Serban Tomuta - 107,000
Bernhard Schmidt - 99,000
Elliot Goldman - 96,000
Juan Barbosa - 96,000
Robert Transue - 92,000
Juan Ferrer - 90,000
Saber Salum - 82,000
Peter Odiot - 80,000
Jacob Becerra - 79,000
Tierwick Nunez - 67,000
Perry Werbel - 64,000
Jason Puzacke - 63,000
Gary Susswein - 22,000

To this point in the tournament, there has been a total of (491) entries, of which (87) players are scheduled to return for Day 2 (on Monday at 12:00pm).  The current prize pool of $47,627 is just under half the way to the $100,000 guarantee, with four flights remaining.

Tournaments:  The $130 No Limit Hold'em ($100,000 GTD) is now at it's halfway mark, with four flights in the books, and four yet to have been played.  Today's action sees Flight 1E at 11:00am, and Flight 1F at 6:00pm.  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). 

At 3:00pm, we see the first "step-satellite" for the $550 No Limit Hold'em PartyPokerLive Millions South America Satellite.  In case you were unaware, the Isle Casino Pompano Park has partnered with PartyPokerLive, and the both are sending at least three players to the Millions South America event (a $10,300 No Limit Hold'em tournament, that boasts a $5,000,000 guarantee!!!).  

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: $130 No Limit Hold'em ($100,000 GTD) Flight 1E

- 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

3:00pm: $80 No Limit Hold'em "Step-Satellite" Into $550 No Limit Hold'em PartyPokerLive Millions South America Satellite

6:00pm: $130 No Limit Hold'em ($100,000 GTD) Flight 1F

- 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