Monday, October 4th: "Final Table Finish" Offering Healthiest Payouts Of The Week, As The First Weekly Leaderboard Race Heats Up!

ICYMI: Sunday's $400 No Limit Hold'em ($20,000 GTD) has found a comfortable home in the Sunday afternoon time slot, offering a larger buy-in tournament, that also has a player-friendly structure.  Yesterday's event attracted a total of (87) players, an had an official prize pool of $30,276.  The top eleven players were scheduled to reach the money, with the evening's action playing down to a three-handed final table.  After the elimination of Michael Newman in fourth place, a chop was agreed to, with Shamica Lamar taking home first place money ($8,145).  Official results from the tournament are listed below, along with an updated Weekly Tournament Leaderboard:

1. Shamica Lamar (Wellington, FL) $8,145
2. Robert Kessler (Parkland, FL) $6,642
3. Stephen Thomas (Coral Springs, FL) $4,552
4. Michael Newman (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $2,483
5. Scott Bailey (Loxahatchee, FL) $1,892
6. Marc Roth (Plantation, FL) $1,514
7. David Coughlin (Lighthouse Point, FL) $1,256
8. Robert Williams (Miami Gardens, FL) $1,060
9. William Beasley (Davie, FL) 4976
10. Alexey Kashirin (Sunny Isles, FL) $908
11. Brian Dunn (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $848

October Weekly Leaderboard (October 1st-October 5th)

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 nine-handed):

1. 40%
2. 18%
3. 10%
4. 7%
5. 7%
6. 6%
7. 6%
8. 3%
9. 3%

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: $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