Saturday, February 1st: $200 No Limit Hold'em ($100,000 GTD) Coming Down The Homestretch, $500 High Hands Return At Night (6:00PM-Midnight)

ICYMI: Friday hosted the third pair of starting flights for the $200 No Limit Hold'em ($100,000 GTD), with the numbers attracted, larger than both Wednesday and Thursday.  Flight 1E got underway at 11:00am, and after eight levels of open registration, the tournament clock showed (87) entries.  From that number, (20) players would reach the bagginbg process, with the official chip counts listed below:

Michael Blue - 261,000
Tim Shane - 226,000
Tom Gity - 217,000
Michael Tait - 216,000
Paraskevas Patstatsis - 168,000
Thomas Gari - 160,000
Paul Darpino - 154,000
Alejandro Funes - 153,000
Ira Horowitz - 152,000
Melissa Hunt - 115,000
Justin Doj - 114,000
Leonardo Gomes - 100,000
Scott Bailey - 98,000
Frank Martin - 90,000
John Morinacci - 89,000
Marcel Deschamps - 78,000
Moises Jahm - 60,000
Eric Piderit - 57,000
Marsha Wolak - 55,000
Dut Nguyen - 44,000

The evening action began at 6:00pm (Flight 1F), and ended up becoming the largest of the six flights to have been completed.  Registration closed with (92) total entries in the field, of which (10) players reached the bagging process (with the official chip counts listed below):

Walter Bravo - 443,000
Robert Transue - 385,000
Charbelel Beyrouti - 350,000
John Devia - 338,000
Scott Levitt - 255,000
Joshua Viveros - 253,000
Frank Giordano - 245,000
Paul Smerdon - 216,000
Louis Chiofalo - 185,000
Arno Kruger - 90,000

Heading into the final three starting flights, the tournament has attracted a total of (445) entries, of which (82) players have bagged chips for Day 2.  The current prize pool sits at $71,200, with action on pace to eclipse the $100,000 guarantee.

Tournaments: The $200 No Limit Hold'em ($100,000 GTD) continues today, with the fourth pair of starting flights (Flight 1G at 11:00am, and Flight 1H at 6:00pm).  Each of flights carries the same structure, with 30,000 unit starting stacks, (30) minute levels, and registration open through Level 8.  Each of the flights are scheduled to conclude after Level 14, with those that remain to bag chips, returning for Monday's Day 2.

There is also a $45 No Limit Hold'em satellite into the event, which begins 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 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: $200 No Limit Hold'em ($100,000 GTD) Flight 1G

- 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 1H

- 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