Friday, February 12th: "Double Green Chip" Bounty Ends In Three-Way Chop, As "Weekend Swing" Officially Begins!

ICYMI: Pre-pandemic, a successful Thursday evening tournament would attract somewhere between (28-45) entries.  Since this $150 No Limit Hold'em "Double Green Chip Bounty" ($5,000 GTD) returned to the schedule, it has eclipsed (100) entries on a consistent basis.  Last night's installment saw registration close with (103) entries, and an official prize pool of $6,695 ($5,150 bounty pool).  Action ended in a three-way chop, with Ioan Nasleu (Delray Beach, FL) taking home first place money.  Official results from the tournament are listed below:

1. Ioan Nasleu (Delray Beach, FL) $1,643
2. Brian Baris (Deerfield Beach, FL) $1,213
3. Danny Blackburn (Tamarac, FL) $1,212
4. David Maddox (Boynton Beach, FL) $502
5. Igor Esveev (Hallandale Beach, FL) $392
6. Vladimir Grechnikov (Coconut Creek, FL) $313
7. Edward Shea (Slingerland, NY) $266
8. Darkham Botabayev (Sunny Isles, FL) $231
9. Mike Baline (Pompano Beach, FL) $204
10. Stoyko Koley (Oakland Park, FL) $184
11. Marie Scorro-Pappa (New Jersey) $184
12. Walter Buss (Brussels, Belgium) $167

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