ICYMI: Thursday's $180 No Limit Hold'em "Double Green Chip Bounty" ($5,000 GTD) ended up attracting a total of (43) entries, which helped surpass the posted guarantee on the event. The $3,913 prize pool (bounty pool was $2,150) was scheduled to be spread across six pay-spots, with the evening's action playing down to a heads-up chop. Marquis Grant and Brett Feldman agreed to a deal that saw Grant take home first place money, and earn 13.47 leaderboard points. Official results from the tournament are listed below:
- Marquis Grant (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $1,226
- Brett Feldman (Boca Raton, FL) $1,200
- Daniel Shortley (Lake Worth, FL) $548
- James Newcomb (Coral Springs, FL) $391
- Francis Bouchard (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $313
- Tim Fiorvante (West Hartford, CT) $235
Tournaments: With the arrival of the weekend, comes the $160 No Limit Hold'em ($5,000 GTD)...the tournament that started this incredible tournament resurgence at the Isle Casino Pompano Park poker room. The cards get in the air at 6:00pm, with players sitting down to starting stacks of 15,000. Levels will last (20) minutes throughout the evening, with registration open through Level 8 (and the break that follows).
Promotions: From 10:00am (the minute the doors open) to 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). The 11:00pm-Close period will then see $100 high hands 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-1:00pm 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 - $160 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
