Saturday, August 7th: McNealy Vaults To The Second Spot, After Topping Three-Way Deal In Friday's $5,000 GTD!

ICYMI: This week as seen some new tournament buy-ins rolled out to the poker playing public, which have offered up some sizable prize pools.  Last night's $160 No Limit Hold'em ($5,000 GTD) attracted a total of (149) entries which equated to an official prize pool of $18,178.  A total of (19) players were scheduled to reach the money, with many players focused on grabbing those leaderboard points, in hopes of winning the WSOP $10,000 Main Event seat.  Just like Thursday's results, there were numerous names that are familiar to the room, but the one on top was new to the blog.  Gregory McNealy (Lakeland, FL) topped a three-way deal, taking home an even $4,500, along with 36.89 leaderboard points.  That result alone, puts Gregory in second place on the leaderboard, and proves that all you need to do is show up and win (in order to be in contention for the seat).  Official results from the tournament are listed below:

1. Gregory McNealy (Lakeland, FL) $4,500
2. Irwin Block (Pompano Beach, FL) $2,786
3. Sergio Alvez (West Palm Beach, FL) $2,785
4. Marc Roth (Plantation, FL) $1,137
5. Gili Prizament (Biscayne Park, FL) $882
6. Anthony Albano (Deerfield Beach, FL) $728
7. Brandon Woodburn (Coconut Creek, FL) $636
8. James Tomblin (Wilton Manors, FL) $568
9. David Inselberg (Boca Raton, FL) $502
10. Jorge Torres (Doral, FL) $436
11. Sharon Pickard (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $436
12. Stephen Devault (Tampa, FL) $436
13. Anthony Gist (West Palm Beach, FL) $373
14. Sergio Amato (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $373
15. Richard Blume (Delray Beach, FL) $373
16. Tyler Gray (Bradenton, FL) $318
17. Arlene Blackman (Miami, FL) $318
18. William Romano (Pompano Beach, FL) $318
19. Joseph Kearns (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $273

Tournaments: Saturday's 6:00pm tournament is one of the most popular on the schedule, as it offers an incredibly affordable buy-in, that always sees some great returns.  The $130 No Limit Hold'em ($5,000 GTD) event has consistently crushing the posted guarantee, as the prize pool reaches five-figures on a weekly basis.  

The tournament is structured with starting stacks of 12,000 chips, and levels that last (20) minutes throughout the event.  Registration is open through Level 8, allowing for almost three hours of play, prior to the window closing for the night.  

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.

6:00pm: $130 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