Friday, January 22nd: Zaki Lichaa Tops The Inaugural "Double Green Chip Bounty" Event, As The "Weekend Swing" Takes Form

ICYMI: Yesterday saw the first running of the $150 No Limit Hold'em "Double Green Chip Bounty," which carried a $5,000 guaranteed prize pool.  It was clear pretty early, that the numbers needed were going to be easily attained, and players were definitely happy with the new addition to the schedule.  At the time of registration's close, the tournament clock showed a total of (66) entries, and an official prize pool of $4,290 (with a bounty pool of $3,300, equating to a total prize pool of $7,590).  Isle Casino Pompano Park tournament regular Zaki Lichaa (Pompano Beach, FL) ended up taking home first place money, in an agreed chop that ended the event.  Official results of the tournament are listed below:

1. Zaki Lichaa (Pompano Beach, FL) $866
2. Salvatore Accardi (Pompano Beach, FL) $745
3. Walter Buss (Brussels, Belgium) $669
4. Markus Petteway (Miami Beach, FL) $581
5. Brian Dunn (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $560
6. Simon Dembiec (Harland, WI) $354
7. Stoyko Kolev (New York, NY) $193
8. Chrystie Dario (Lake Worth, FL) $172
9. Steven Dembiec (Hartland, WI) $150

Tournaments: The "Weekend Swing" continues, with what has become the highlighting tournament of the four that make up the "swing."  The $150 No Limit Hold'em ($5,000 GTD) gets underway at 6:00pm, and offers a very player-friendly structure.  Those in the tournament will sit down to starting stacks of 15,000 units, with (20) minute levels throughout, and registration open through Level 8 (and the ten minute break that follows).  

Promotions: With the $300 high hand promotion running Sunday through Thursday, there is a short "break" on Friday and Saturday.  That being said, today's high hand promotion is our "standard," which means $100 high hands will be awarded every (30) minutes.  Qualifying high hands must be aces-full or better, using both hole cards, as one-card high hand no longer qualify.

6:00pm - $150 No Limit Hold'em ($5,000 GTD)

• Players start with 15,000 in tournament chips
• Levels will last (20) minutes 
• Late and re-entries for the first (8) levels
• Alternates and late entries will start with a full stack