Thursday, February 27, 2020

Thursday, February 27th: After Trending Steadily Upward, "Chip Buster" Headlines Thursday's Tournament Schedule

ICYMI: Wednesday's tournament scheduled kicked off at 11:00am, with a $60 No Limit Hold'em "Bounty" event.  Registration for the tournament closed with (13) entries, and an official prize pool of $416 (bounties not included).  Two spots were scheduled to reach the money, with the tournament playing down to an outright winner.  David Herzog bested Melissa Hunt during heads-up play, with the official results listed below:
  1. David Herzog (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $270
  2. Melissa Hunt (Boca Raton, FL) $146
The evening time slot hosted a $125 No Limit Hold'em "Green Chip Bounty" tournament, which ended up attracting a nice sized field.  Registration closed with (26) entries, and an official prize pool of $1,820 (not including bounties).  Four places were scheduled to reach the money, with a three-way chop agreed to, after one in-the-money elimination.  Official results from the tournament are listed below:
  1. Celso Leroy (Delray Beach, FL) $584
  2. David Wernikoff (New York, NY) $555
  3. Greg Roberts (Orlando, FL) $481
  4. Matt Paul (Boca Raton, FL) $200
Tournaments: In the evening time slot, 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