OLDSMAR - The Silks Poker Room at Tampa Bay Downs and TGT Poker & Racebook are rolling out big payouts in May.

    The rooms are collaborating on a $500,000-guaranteed “Mystery Bounty” tournament running through Memorial Day, May 27. Satellite action is already underway at both sites. There is a $400 buy-in, with each entrant receiving a 30,000 starting stack.

    Ten percent of the field makes the money with 8 percent of the tournament field qualifying for Day 2 action, which begins at noon on Sunday, May 26 at The Silks Poker Room with 40-minute levels. Day 3 action begins at 1 p.m. on May 27 at TGT Poker & Racebook and consists of 50-minute levels. Main Event Flights begin at noon on Saturday, May 11, with a series of 30-minute, blind-level events through Saturday, May 25.The top bounty payoff will be $40,000. The tournament is guaranteed to pay out 10 bounties of $5,000 or more, including single bounties of $20,000, $15,000 and $10,000 and two apiece of $7,500, $6,000 and $5,000.

    Lead-up events before the May 11 Main Event launch include Pot-limit Omaha (PLO), TORSE, No-Limits Hold’Em, Seniors, Omaha and Quadruple Stud. The buy-ins for each range from $175-$220.

    Satellite action is ongoing through Saturday, May 23. For details, visit https://www.tampabaydowns.com/poker/tournaments or call (813) 855-4401, extension 149.

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