Monday, July 12th: Rodney Moret Takes Home Over $9,000 In Sunday's $400 No Limit Hold'em ($20,000 GTD), With The "Final Table Finish" Expected to Draw Similar Numbers!

ICYMI: Whenever a new tournament is added to the calendar, there is always a question about how it will succeed.  When the tournament has a $400 buy-in, the interest in the outcome is even higher.  Yesterday's $400 No Limit Hold'em ($20,000 GTD) clearly peaked the interest of the local crowd, as the event ended up with a prize pool that more than doubled the guarantee.  Registration for the tournament closed with a total of (132) entries, and an official prize pool of $46,200.  A total of (17) players were scheduled to reach the money, with the evening's action ending in a six-way deal.  Rodney Moret walked away with the lion's share of the deal, collecting $9,100 for first place money.  Full results from the tournament are listed below:

1. Rodney Moret (Boca Raton, FL) $9,100
2. Joseph Duchman (Miami Beach, FL) $6,255
3. Phillip West (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $5,805
4. Donald Williams (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $5,160
5. David Albertson (Coral Springs, FL) $3,737
6. William Romano (Coral Springs, FL) $3,383
7. Sedarrien Coley (Miramar, FL) $1,686
8. Joseph Kearns (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $1,478
9. Roni Zelichonok (Aventura, FL) $1,305
10. David Coughlin (Lighthouse Point, FL) $1,155
11. Brenda Nelson (West Palm Beach, FL) $1,155
12. Cathy Miller (Jupiter, FL) $1,155
13. Scott Zakheim (Ft., Lauderdale, FL) $1,016
14. Itwaru Deonarine (New York, NY) $1,016
15. Frank Scala (Boca Raton, FL) $1,016
16. Kenneth Bruno (Lake Worth, FL) $889
17. Syed Shah (Delray Beach, FL) $889

Tournaments: At 6:00pm this evening, the $250 No Limit Hold'em ($10,000 GTD) "Final Table Finish" returns, with a little wrinkle.  This particular tournament had such a good structure, that the final table action ran into the closing time of the poker room (players are then faced with chopping, or bagging for a Day 2).  To keep that from occurring, there will be some slight changes moving forward.

The event will be structured with 25,000 chip starting stacks, (20) minute levels, and open registration through Level 8 (and the break that follows).  The new format-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%

Promotions: From 10:00am (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.

In addition to the high hands, there is a "bonus" promotion in place, which offers $1,000 to the highest hand from the 10:00am-12:00pm time period.  If a player makes a straight flush in the 10:00am-10:30am qualifying period, and that is the best qualifying high hand from 10:00am-12:00pm, they will earn an extra $1,000 (in addition to the $300 they were awarded for the half-hour time period).

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

• Players start with 25,000 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