Friday, May 14th: Jesse Koven And Ryan Estrada Get To Keep Their Bounty, After Heads-Up Chop Of Thursday's "Double Green Chip Bounty"

ICYMI: The tournament action returned last night, with the $150 No Limit Hold'em "Double Green Chip Bounty" ($5,000 GTD).  The event saw registration close with a total of (107) entries, and an official prize pool of $6,955 (bounty pool of $5,350).  A total of (14) players were scheduled to reach the money, with action playing down to the final two...at which point a heads-up deal was agreed to.  Jesse Koven took home first place money in the deal, along with 27.26 leaderboard points.  Official results from the tournament are listed below:

1. Jesse Koven (Deerfield Beach, FL) $1,772
2. Ryan Estrada (Sunrise, FL) $1,604
3. Chris Underwood (Lantana, FL) $772
4. Alexander Obed (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $504
5. Scott Davidson (Vero Beach, FL) $389
6. Martin Borras (Sunny Isles, FL) $320
7. Angel Rivera (West Palm Beach, FL) $271
8. Robert Gelin (Boynton Beach, FL) $236
9. Eric Landau (Chattanooga, TN) $209
10. Millicent Berman (Pompano Beach, FL) $184
11. Dennis Gilman (Pompano Beach, FL) $184
12. Brian Dunn (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $184
13. Miguel Briganty (Sunrise, FL) $163
14. Kimberly Franchi (Pompano Beach, FL) $163

Tournaments: The train to "value town" departs the station at 6:00pm, when the cards get in the air for the $100 No Limit Hold'em ($5,000 GTD).  Last week's Saturday evening tournament attracted (125) entries, and had a prize pool of $9,375...for a $100 buy-in.  The payouts offered solid returns on investment, with first place taking home $1,805 (as part of a five-way chop).

The tournament is structured with 12,000 unit starting stacks, (20) minute levels, and has registration open through Level 8 (as well as the short break that follows). 

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: $100 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