Saturday, February 27th: Willie Wiggins Tops Friday Night's Four-Way Chop, "Monster Stack" Sunday Is Here!

ICYMI: Friday night's are known for strong tournament turnouts, with last night's $150 No Limit Hold'em ($5,000 GTD) no exception.  The event would end up attracting a total of (111) entries, which equated to a prize pool of $12,765.  Fourteen players were scheduled to reach the money, with some healthy payouts for the final table.  Action played down to the point where four players remained, with the tournament concluding in a four-way chop.  Willie Wiggins took home first place money in the deal, worth just under $2,900.  Official results from the event are listed below:

1. Willie Wiggins (Pembroke Pines, FL) $2,847
2. Mark Nimirovsky (Morganville, NJ) $2,307
3. Larry Stoddard (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $1,805
4. Robert Kessler (Parkland, FL) $1,575
5. David Albertson (Coral Springs, FL) $715
6. Pete Martin (Ft. Myers, FL) $587
7. Karen Powsner (Pompano Beach, FL) $498
8. Joseph Nolin (Sunrise, FL) $434
9. Arnold Erenstoft (Coconut Creek, FL) $383
10. Danny Blackburn (Deerfield Beach, FL) $338
11. Richie Maiorino (Delray Beach, FL) $338
12. Myrna Albert (Boca Raton, FL) $338
13. Robert Flacco (Ambler, PA) $300
14. Scott Wyler (Ocean Ridge, FL) $300

Tournaments: Saturday night is when the train to "value town" is scheduled, as the $100 No Limit Hold'em ($5,000 GTD) returns at 6:00pm. This event has the most impressive return of any tournament on the weekly schedule, with prize pools consistently eclipsing $10,000!!!  The tournament is structured with 12,000 unit starting stacks, (20) minute levels, and has registration open through Level 8 (as well as the short break that follows).  Last week's Saturday night tournament attracted a total of (147) entries, and had a prize pool of $11,025!

Promotions: Saturday's high hand promotion stays the same from open to close...awarded $200 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 ($5,000 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