ICYMI: With only two tournaments remaining in the month for those hoping to win the Player of the Month title (and a WSOP Main Event seat), big crowds were expected for the weekend. Saturday's $130 No Limit Hold'em ($5,000 GTD) saw registration close with a total of (77) entries, and an official prize pool of $7,200. A total of ten players were scheduled to reach the money, and with the leaderboard points so valuable at the moment, we saw action play down to an outright winer. Peter Cleven bested Jorge Rivera during heads-up play, with official results from the tournament listed below (along with an updated Player of the Month leaderboard:
- Peter Cleven (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $2,448
- Jorge Rivera (Hollywood, FL) $1,404
- Scott Greenberg (Delray Beach, FL) $878
- Luke Rosenberg (Parkland, FL) $594
- Michael Barnnick (Boca Raton, FL) $450
- Phillip West (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $360
- Jaokim Dag (Pompano Beach, FL) $317
- Sharon Pickard (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $288
- Merck Nunez (Coral Springs, FL) $245
- Sergio Amato (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $216
Tournaments: With the success of Sunday's $400 No Limit Hold'em ($20,000 GTD), it was clear that there was a place on the weekly schedule for a larger buy-in event. That being said, Sunday's in June now offer a $600 No Limit Hold'em event with a $30,000 guaranteed prize pool. The event is structured with 20,000 chip starting stacks, (25) minute levels, and has registration open through Level 8 (and the short break that follows.
Those looking to get updates on numbers, can follow the action on the Bravo Poker Live app. All results from this afternoon's action will be recapped tomorrow on the blog.
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.
3:00pm: $600 No Limit Hold'em ($30,000 GTD)
- Players start with 20,000 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 (25) minutes
