Friday, January 29th: Botabayev Becoming A Familiar Name, "Weekend Swing" Headliner On Tonight's Schedule!

ICYMI: Yesterday evening hosted the second running of our $150 No Limit Hold'em "Green Chip Bounty" ($5,000 GTD), which got underway at 6:00pm.  After a solid showing last week, the event ended up attracting a total of (80) entries, surpassing the numbers from just seven days ago.  Of those entries, a total of ten would reach the money, with action playing down to an outright winner.  Darkhan Botabayev (Sunny Isles, FL) has quickly become a familiar name, consistently cashing in this "Weekend Swing" events.  Full results from the tournament are listed below:

1. Darkhan Botabayev (Sunny Isles, FL) $1,768
2. Walter Buss (Brussels, Belgium) $1,104
3. Demoy Thomas (Port St. Lucie, FL) $634
4. Ryan Panjian (Deerfield Beach, FL) $429
5. Zaki Lichaa (Pompano Beach, FL) $325
6. Mohammed Mbaied (Pompano Beach, FL) $260
7. Frederick Hall (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $229
8. Scott Bailey (Loxahatchee, FL) $208
9. Jasmine Schofill Nuss (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $177
10. Dragan Mihajlovski (Port St. Lucie, FL) $156

Tournaments: The $150 No Limit Hold'em ($5,000 GTD) headlines today's schedule, with the action getting underway at 6:00pm.  The tournament is structured with 15,000 unit starting stacks, (20) minute levels, and has registration open through Level 8 (and the break that follows).  This particular event is the "Weekend Swing" headliner, attracted fields over (100) entries, and boasting prize pools that consistently surpass the $10,000 mark!

Promotions: With the $300 high hand promotion running Sunday through Thursday, there is a short "break" on Friday and Saturday.  That being said, today's high hand promotion is our "standard," which means $100 high hands will be awarded every (30) minutes.  Qualifying high hands must be aces-full or better, using both hole cards, as one-card high hand no longer qualify.

6:00pm - $150 No Limit Hold'em ($5,000 GTD)

• Players start with 15,000 in tournament chips
• Levels will last (20) minutes 
• Late and re-entries for the first (8) levels
• Alternates and late entries will start with a full stack