ICYMI: Friday's $80 No Limit Hold'em ($5,000 GTD) tournament got underway at 6:00pm, with players settling back in to the recurring tournament schedule. Registration for the event closed with a total of (73) entries, and after the optional add-ons were included into the prize pool, the total number closed at $5,295. Ten players were scheduled to reach the money, with action playing through the money bubble, and down to a five-handed final table (at which point a chop was agreed upon). Official results from the tournament are listed below, along with an updated Player of the Month leaderboard:
- Celso Leroy (Delray Beach, FL) $1,060
- Roberto Alvarado (Pompano Beach, FL) $1,006
- Debra Neser (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $882
- Blaine McRae (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $704
- William Conforte (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $594
- Kevin Montagna (Lauderhill, FL) $265
- Robert Gelin (Boynton Beach, FL) $233
- Amir Baron (Coral Springs, FL) $212
- Ursula Buffa (Pompano Beach, FL) $180
- Christopher Sweeney (Coconut Creek, FL) $159
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 $599 to the highest hand from the 9:00am-3:00pm time period (broken down into 9:00am-12:00pm and 12:00pm-3:00pm). 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 $599 (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
- There is a $500 bonus for the players with the largest stack at registration's close (after Level 8)
