ICYMI: Thursday's $200 No Limit Hold'em ($15,000 GTD) was a resounding success for the second time, surpassing the posted guarantee, and handing out healthy payouts to those who cashed. Registration for the tournament closed with a total of (80) entries, and after the optional add-ons were included in the prize pool, the final number closed at $17,200. A total of ten players were scheduled to reach the money, with action playing down to heads-up play, at which point a chop was agreed to. Jonathan Jimenez and Angelo Castaldi each walked away with at least $4,400, with official results from the tournament listed below (along with an updated Player of the Month leaderboard):
- Jonathan Jimenez (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $4,802
- Angelo Castaldi (Sunrise, FL) $4,400
- James Tomblin (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $2,098
- Omar Sader (Pompano Beach, FL) $1,419
- Eran Ben Ezra (Aventura, FL) $1,075
- David Albertson (Coral Springs, FL) $860
- Philip Whitaker (Miami, FL) $757
- Thomas Millward (Boca Raton, FL) $688
- Dylan Malcomson (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $585
- Daniel Quesada (Miami, FL) $516
Tournaments: With the arrival of the weekend, comes the $80 No Limit Hold'em ($4,000 GTD)...a new event that replaces the $160 No Limit Hold'em ($5,000 GTD). The cards get in the air at 6:00pm, with players sitting down to starting stacks of 12,000. Levels will last (20) minutes throughout the evening, with registration open through Level 8 (and the break that follows). At the end of registration, players will have the opportunity to add-on for $40 (receiving an additional 15,000 chips).
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 - $40 No Limit Hold'em ($4,000 GTD)
- Players start with 12,000 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
- Optional $40 add-on at the end of registration (15,000 chips)
