ICYMI: Friday's $160 No Limit Hold'em ($5,000 GTD) started off slowly, but as the registration window began to close, the field grew to (53) entries. The $6,466 prize pool helped eclipse the posted guarantee, and was scheduled to be spread across the final seven spots. After the money bubble, action played down to a four-handed final table, at which point a chop was agreed to. Brian Dunn (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) returned to the winner's circle, with official results from the tournament listed below (as well as an updated Player of the Month leaderboard:
- Brian Dunn (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $1,492
- Jonathan Gordon (Coral Springs, FL) $1,376
- Hector Caraballo (Hialeah, FL) $1,350
- Jeffre Dana (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $1,084
- Anthony Casas (Miami, FL) $485
- Robert Souaid (Gulf Stream, FL) $388
- Mohamad Mbaied (Boca Raton, FL) $291
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 12,000 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 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
