Holiday Shootout Begins First Frame
The Holiday Shootout's first of three $100K GTD frames is underway at Texas Card House Houston!
There will be 12 starting flights for the first frame of the Holiday Shootout between Dec. 3rd and Dec. 10th. The first flight has received 91 entries; 12.5% of the field will finish in the money with 8% advancing to Sunday's 2:30 PM Day Two Restart.
| Flight 1 Payouts | |
| 1st-8th | Day Two |
| 9th-10th | $360 |
| 11th-12th | $320 |
At the close of registration, 29 players remained and returned to blinds of 1,000/2,000/2,000. Puneet Kapur leads the field with 222,000 (111 BBs).
| Top 5 Stacks | ||
| Player | Chips | BBs |
| Puneet Kapur | 222,000 | 111 |
| Dedric Williams | 208,500 | 104 |
| Matthew Huynh | 201,000 | 101 |
| Eduardo Rivera Cardenas | 192,500 | 96 |
| Gregory Basset | 188,000 | 94 |
The second starting flight is about to get started at 9:00 PM and is the first of the 15-min. turbo flights. Late registration will be open until 11:15 PM. See the full schedule of flights below.
| Frame 1 Schedule | ||||
| Flight | Day | Start | Late Reg. | Blind Lvls. |
| 1 | Wed. Dec. 3rd | 5:00 PM | 8:50 PM | 25-min |
| 2 | Wed. Dec. 3rd | 9:00 PM | 11:15 PM | 15-min |
| 3 | Thu. Dec. 4th | 12:00 PM | 3:50 PM | 25-min |
| 4 | Thu. Dec. 4th | 5:00 PM | 8:50 PM | 25-min |
| 5 | Thu. Dec. 4th | 9:00 PM | 11:15 PM | 15-min |
| 6 | Fri. Dec. 5th | 12:00 PM | 3:50 PM | 25-min |
| 7 | Fri. Dec. 5th | 5:00 PM | 8:50 PM | 25-min |
| 8 | Fri. Dec. 5th | 9:00 PM | 11:15 PM | 15-min |
| 9 | Sat. Dec. 6th | 12:00 PM | 3:50 PM | 25-min |
| 10 | Sat. Dec. 6th | 5:00 PM | 8:50 PM | 25-min |
| 11 | Sat. Dec. 6th | 9:00 PM | 11:15 PM | 15-min |
| 12 | Sun. Dec. 7th | 9:00 AM | 11:15 AM | 15-min |
| Day Two | Sun. Dec. 7th | 2:30 PM | - | 40-min |
Multi-Bag Bonus and $5,000 Bonuses
There will be a $1,000 multi-bag bonus and three different $5,000 bonuses. $5,000 for the player who fires the most bullets, $5,000 for the player with the most bags, and $5,000 for the player who takes the most chips out of play.
The $5,000 bonuses will be cumulative across all three frames of the Holiday Shootout.