Friday, February 14th: Feel The Love (And All Of The Other Emotions Of. Poker), During A Busy Weekend At The Isle!!!!

ICYMI: Yesterday's tournament schedule hosted the second pair of starting flights for the $200 No Limit Hold'em ($100,000 GTD), with the action picking up significantly.  Flight 1C would see registration close with (78) entries, of which (18) players bagged chips for Sunday's Day 2.  Official chip counts from Flight 1C are listed below:

Frank Scala - 297,000
Tom Gity - 204,000
Stuart Greenbaum - 197,000
Dut Nguyen - 186,000
David Coughlin - 178,000
Alex Kripitz - 150,000
Pedro Cortez - 148,000
George Dolofan - 128,000
Charles Odenz - 128,000
Tim Shane - 116,000
Allan Bieler - 112,000
Eric Piderit - 100,000
Richard Paradis - 99,000
Aftab Shakoor - 90,000
Oleksandr Losentev - 66,000
Thomas Gari - 58,000
Chyk Chhoeu - 52,000
Bill Napien - 22,000

After a combined total of (100) entries, Flight 1D attracted more than that, in the evening flight alone.  Registration for the flight closed with (103) entries, of which (12) players bagged chips after Level 16 (the scheduled end of the flight).  Chris Brown bagged the flight's chip lead (519,000), which also leads the entrie group, that has already bagged for Day 2 (281 entries).  An official list of Flight 1D chip counts are listed below:

Chris Brown - 519,000
Robert Transue - 465,000
Greg Shain - 463,000
Marc Wolfe - 304,000
Manuel Alvaro - 274,000
Karen Duffy - 261,000
Yoslav Petrov - 189,000
Elizabeth Hagensick - 159,000
Shawn Fasan - 149,000
Bruno Forte - 137,000
Joseph Romero - 101,000
Paul Kern - 70,000

As mentioned above, there have been a total of (281) entries over the first four starting flights, with (48) players scheduled to return for Day 2.  The current prize pool sits at $44,960, and with the weekend now here, we should see the guaranteed number eclipsed with ease.

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 1E), and a flight at 6:00pm (Flight 1F), 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 "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: $200 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 (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 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 (25) minutes