Wednesday, November 16th: It's All About "Spinning To Win"

While most all of the focus today is going to be on the money wheel, and the "Spin To Win" high hand promotion, we need to just mention last night's tournament.  The $40 buy-in NLH event ($10,000 guaranteed) attracted over (400) entries, clearly emerging as the current "player's favorite," in terms of daily tournaments.  As mentioned in the event recap (posted earlier), things ended in a final table chop (ten ways), with Glen Canelstein (Coconut Creek, FL) taking home the trophy and $1,635.

Today is the promotion day that players circle on the calendar, as the money wheel is back in action, with qualifying high hands spinning every (30) minutes (12:00pm-11:00pm).  As we've been doing since the blog's inception, the results from the day's spins will be posted tomorrow afternoon.  There is only one tournament on the schedule today, the $100 NLH Big Stack Turbo w/ $25 Bounties event, which begins at 7:00pm.

7:00pm - $100 No Limit Hold'em "Big Stack Turbo" w/ $25 Bounties ($5,000 GTD):

- Players will begin with a 18,000 starting stack

- Late and re-entries for the first (10) levels

- Option player "add-on" at the end of Level 10 ($25 for 10,000 tournament chips), with 100% of the "add-on" going to the prize pool 

- Levels are (15) minutes in length

ICYMI: Tuesday Night "Monster Stack" Recap

Tuesday November 15, 2016 - $40 No Limit Hold'em ($10,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool)

The Poker Room was as full as you'll see it during the $40 buy-in $10,000 GTD

The $40 No Limit Hold'em $10,000 Guarantee.  If this was Jeopardy, that would be the clear answer to, "What has become the most popular 'daily' tournament at the Isle Casino Pompano?"  There isn't another tournament in the area that can even hold a candle to the value of this event, offering a first place prize somewhere around an eighty buy-in return on investment.  Tuesday night's tournament began at 6:00pm, and only a few levels in, there were over 200 entries and a line by the registration window.  

"There's just no way you can pass up on a forty-dollar buy-in tournament like this," a player said to his friend as they were waiting for a new table to open.  As the tournament area began to grow, we spotted many of the "usual suspects" in the field, including the likes of Dave Henry, Yves Fequiere, Terry Faust, Luke Rosenberg, Hugh Hardy, Robert Perniola, and the Caraballo twins (Nestor and Hector).  One thing we are noticing as "season" begins down here in Florida, is the influx of new faces and names to these events...a main proponent towards fields like this (reaching over 400 entries).  

There is a tournament labeled a "Bankroll Builder" here at the Isle, but you can't help but label Tuesday night's event as such.  With a total of (401) entries once registration closed, the prize pool soared well past the $10,000 guarantee, closing at $14,308.  There were (45) places getting paid, with a min-cash earning players $72, and a first place prize of $3,772.  Four of the ten players who reached the final table were scheduled to make over $1,000, but that was until the tournament reached the early hours of the morning.  For those that may not be aware, the poker room closes at 3:00am during the week.  Therefore, any tournament scheduled for one day that is still going when "closing time" approaches is given two options...agree to a deal amongst those left, or bag up the chips to return the following day.

The final table was reached around 1:30am, and with the impending closing of the poker room just over (90) minutes away, the players agreed on a ten-way chop.  Glen Canelstein (Coconut Creek, FL) would be awarded the first place prize (and trophy), and ended up eclipsing his career earnings with this cash alone ($1,635).  There were a lot of notables to end up cashing in the event, with the official results posted below: