Saturday, January 23rd: Anderson Patino Wins Friday's Tournament Outright, As The "Weekend Swing" Rolls On!!!

ICYMI: Friday nights continue to be the most popular, in regards to tournament action, as the $150 No Limit Hold'em ($5,000 GTD) had another great showing yesterday evening!  The tournament's registration window closed with a total of (102) entries, and an official prize pool of $11,730.  Looking back at this particular tournament, and the numbers over the past few months, it reaches the $10,000 mark on the regular.  Now while the action usually ends in a chop, last night's installment was a little different, as things played down to an outright winner.  Anderson Patino (Miami, FL) bested Joseph Douquette (Lake Worth, FL) during heads-up play, to take down the $3,577 first place prize.  Official results from the tournament are listed below:

1. Anderson Patino (Miami, FL) $3,577
2. Joseph Douquette (Lake Worth, FL) $2,199
3. Darkhan Botabatev (Sunny Isles, FL) $1,349
4. Alfred Berchielli (Delray Beach, FL) $880
5. Alexander Thomas (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $686
6. Karlo Lopez (Puerto Rico) $548
7. James Kane (West Palm Beach, FL) $466
8. Joseph Degli (Delray Beach, FL) $405
9. Christopher Wray (Coral Springs, FL) $358
10. Larry Stoddard (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $323
11. Steven Flacco (Delray Beach, FL) $323
12. Salvatore Accardi (Pompano Beach, FL) $323
13. Randall Wagnon (Boca Raton, FL) $293

Tournaments: Tonight's schedule hosts a $100 No Limit Hold'em ($3,000 GTD), which gets underway at 6:00pm.  Of the events that make up the "Weekend Swing," this tournament offers up the best value, as the returns on the $100 buy-in are pretty substantial.  The tournament is structured with 12,000 unit starting stacks, (20) minute levels, and has registration open through Level 8 (and the short break that follows).

Promotions: Saturday's high hand promotion stays the same from open to close...awarded $100 every (30) minutes, to the qualifying high hand (must be aces-full or better).  In order to make a qualifying high hand, players must use both hole cards, as one-card high hands are no longer eligible.

6:00pm: $100 No Limit Hold'em ($3,000 GTD)

• Players start with 12,000 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