Saturday, July 16th: Friday's $4,000 GTD Continues To Shine, Leaderboard Race Reaches The Halfway Point

ICYMI: Friday's $80 No Limit Hold'em ($4,000 GTD) continues to be a fan favorite, threatening to eclipse the century mark once again (it's likely to happen soon).  Registration for the tournament closed with a total of (89) entries, and after the optional add-ons were tallied, the official prize pool grew to $6,055.  Of the players remaining when Level 9 started (post-registration), a total of (12) were scheduled to reach the money.  The evening's action played down to a heads-up final table, with things concluded in a heads-up chop.  Official results are listed below, along with an updated Player of the Month leaderboard:

1. Jonathan Jimenez (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $1,536
2. Julio Esponda (Margate, FL) $1,536
3. Jason Puzacke (Ft. Pierce, FL) $727
4. Tyler Gray (Boca Raton, FL) $469
5. Eric Jones (Cooper City, FL) $363
6. James Newcomb (Coral Springs, FL) $288
7. Daniel Berg (Oakland Park, FL) $242
8. Michael Sutfin (Boynton Beach, FL) $212
9. Adam Mammon (Lauderhill, FL) $192
10. Nicholas Ricci (Boynton Beach, FL) $176
11. Andrew Kern (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $163
12. Omar Sader (Pompano Beach, FL) $151

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 15,000 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 9:00am (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.

In addition to the high hands, there is a "bonus" promotion in place, which offers $1,000 to the highest hand from the 9:00am-12:00pm time period.  If a player makes a straight flush in the 9:00am-9:30am qualifying period, and that is the best qualifying high hand from 9:00am-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: $130 No Limit Hold'em ($5,000 GTD)

• Players start with 15,000 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