Monday, March 1st: Poker Room Opening At 10:00AM Moving Forward, And Lots More To Talk About As We Welcome March!!!

ICYMI: Sunday normally wraps up the "Weekend Swing," but yesterday's $130 No Limit Hold'em "Monster Stack" ($3,000 GTD) was this week's penultimate event.  The $3,000 guaranteed tournament tripled the posted number number, after a total of (90) entries equated to a $9,000 prize pool.  The prize pool was scheduled to be spread across twelve pay-spots, with action ending in a five-way chop...and if your first name didn't start with the letter "J," you were not part of the chop.  Official results from the tournament are listed below:

1. John Marzulli (Coconut Creek, FL) $1,813
2. Jonathan Marcu (Coconut Creek, FL) $1,550
3. Jordan Shamah (Delray Beach, FL) $1,210
4. Joshua Multack (Delray Beach, FL) $1,177
5. Jacque Shamah (Delray Beach, FL) $1,132
6. Kathleen Richard (Lake Worth, FL) $428
7. Alexey Kashirin (Sunrise, FL) $360
8. Alfred Berchielli (Boynton Beach, FL) $315
9. Erwin Smith (Pompano Beach, FL) $286
10. Deborah Dana (Pompano Beach, FL) $261
11. Peter Martin (Ft. Myers, FL) $243
12. Joseph Dutchman (Miami, FL) $225

Tournaments: Monday hosts a tournament for the first time in almost a year, and players have been buzzing about it for days.  At 6:00pm this evening, the $250 No Limit Hold'em ($10,000 GTD) "Final Table Finish" is hosted for the first time ever.  It's not often that a new tournament variant is introduced, but this event is about as fresh and forward-thinking as they come.  

The event is structured with 20,000 chip starting stacks, (25) minute levels, and has open registration through Level 8 (and the break that follows).  The new wrinkle comes into play when discussing payouts, as the tournament will pay out just the final table, regardless of how many entries.  Exact payout percentages are as follows (final tables are now eight-handed):

1. 40%
2. 20%
3. 10%
4. 7%
5. 7%
6. 6%
7. 5%
8. 5%

If the field is larger than the number needed to reach the guarantee...those final table payouts just grow and grow!!! It's an incredible incentive to set that initial goal...make the final table...then focus on the win!

Promotions: From 11:00am (the minute the doors open) until 11:00pm, $300 high hands will be awarded every (30) minutes. These high hands must be aces-full or better, use both hole cards, and be the winning hand (in a pot that has at least $10).  From 11:00pm until close, $100 high hands will be awarded every (30) minutes.

6:00pm: $250 No Limit Hold'em "Final Table Finish" ($10,000 GTD)

• Players start with 20,000 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 (25) minutes