"Tuesday $10K:" Bilia Takes Home Trophy In Final Table Chop

Sarah Bilia (Plantation, FL)

The Tuesday night $40 No Limit Hold'em ($10,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool) was again a success last night, attracted (397) total entries.  That guarantee was crushed for the second week in a row, this time boasting a prize pool of $14,072.

Once again, we were looking at a first place prize of over $3,700, which is a return on investment that is close to (100) buy-ins!!!  Of course we saw many of the Isle Poker notables show up for the event, including (but not limited to) Tom Gity, Dave Henry, Thomas Millward, Dave Albertson, Raymond Rickard, Rafael Ramos, and Bobby Perniola.  While the field was full of familiar faces, the theme of the night was "new introductions."  There were an abundance of new names and faces in the crowd (many that were featured on the blog, and those are the players that saw the real success in the event.

Things were moving surprisingly slow in the later stages of the event, and it was clear that the tournament was not going to end by the "hard stop" time set in place by the casino's closing for the night.  Opposed to bagging the chips and returning the following afternoon, the players agreed to a final table chop (ten ways), with Sarah Bilia (Plantation, FL) taking home the winner's share of the deal (and the tournament's trophy).  Posted below are the final table payouts:

1. Sarah Bilia ($1,268)
2. Billy Michel ($1,110)
3. William Arneral ($1,110)
4. Eugene Alkes ($1,110)
5. Juan Carlos Vasquez ($1,110)
6. Sean Ryan ($1,110)
7. Lascelles Peart Jr. ($1,110)
8. John Vidal ($1,110)
9. Alvaro Grisales ($1,110)
10. Arie Ben-Mayor ($1,110)