ICYMI: Saturday hosted the final pair of starting flights for the $200 No Limit Hold'em ($100,000 GTD), with the numbers jumping off the charts!!! Flight 1G got underway at 11:00am, and just a few hours into registration, it was clear that this flight was different than those that came before it. Open registration eventually closed with (156) entries, of which (24) players would bag chips for Day 2. Official Flight 1G chip counts are listed below: Jordan Shamah - 485,000 Marc Sachel - 424,000 Jonathan Marks - 375,000 Troconis Reincapo - 345,000 Rudy Vazquez - 259,000 Brandon Lalleo - 246,000 Joe Caraffa - 244,000 Diane Linke - 237,000 Rodney Victor - 221,000 Benjamin Robinson - 200,000 Eric Kolodny - 168,000 David Facenang - 155,000 David Clark - 150,000 Michael Bonsignore - 128,000 Michelle Shah - 120,000 Yi Ding - 104,000 Daniel Genachte - 104,000 Shamica Lamar - 91,000 Tom Curtis - 89,000 Anthony Bruno - 77,000 Jose Pereira - 61,000 Lee Harrison - 60,000 Michael Scheinberg - 58,000 The evening action ended up attracting an even larger field, as Flight 1H drew a total of (166) entries, with (31) players reaching the bagging process. A full list of chip counts from the tournament's final flight is listed below: Thao Le - 585,000 David Poces - 372,000 Pedro Olivo - 269,000 Perla Ojeda - 259,000 Lou Ojeda - 250,000 Luis Guarda - 239,000 Donald Williams - 220,000 Kenneth Carl - 207,000 Mike Ortiz - 200,000 Robert Hofstetter - 172,000 Steven Bennett - 167,000 Dania Ellis - 165,000 Joseph Duchman - 155,000 Jason Buff - 151,000 Brandon Markland - 148,000 Jose Ordonez - 148,000 Raymond Ruszkowski - 135,000 Saber Sakum - 121,000 Joseph Kearns - 114,000 Cory Gallagher - 113,000 Lesley Cutler - 106,000 Michael Goodman - 99,000 Jose Cabrera - 93,000 Joseph Nolin Jr. - 90,000 Donna Bennett - 86,000 Rafael Rodriguez - 79,000 Michael Goldfarb - 78,000 Derrick Cutler - 75,000 Theo Lawson - 72,000 Tom Dosdourian - 52,000 Rodolfo Miret - 29,000 The overall numbers are in for this installment of the $200 No Limit Hold'em ($100,000 GTD). The tournament's registration closed with (740) total entries, of which (124) are returning for Day 2 (today at 12:00pm). The official prize pool closed at $118,400, with (75) players reaching the money. Official Day 2 seating assignments (by chip counts) can be found by CLICKING HERE, with full payouts to be posted shortly. Tournaments: Eight starting flights are now in the books for the $200 No Limit Hold'em ($100,000 GTD), which began back on Wednesday. Those players that succesfully bagged chips, will be returning to play at 12:00pm for Day 2, which is scheduled to play down to a winner. There are no structural changes to speak of, as play will resume in Level 17, with blinds of 3,000/6,000 (and a big blind ante of 6,000). 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. 12:00pm: $200 No Limit Hold'em ($100,000 GTD) Day 2
- 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
