ICYMI: November 6th-13th "Week In Review"

Things might have started off slowly last week as players had the 2016 Isle Poker Open "hangover," but everything picked up at a rapid place as the week went along.  The week started off on Monday, November 7 with the first ever "Structure Beast," which attracted over (200) entries, and saw things end in a three-way chop between Ian Cohen, Rick Kalgstein, and Jack Sumner (of Slum Donkey Poker fame).

12:00pm - $150 No Limit Hold'em "Structure Beast" ($20,000 GTD):

1. Ian Cohen ($5,140)
2. Rick  Kalgstein ($5,000)
3. Jack Sumner ($4,194)
4. Vendel Johnson ($1,919)
5. Vito Polera ($1,481)
6. Jerome Salmon ($1,125)
7. Dave Albertson ($877)
8. Brian Baris ($651)
9. Greg McKenzie ($462)
10. Matthew Jones ($367)
11. Scott Hecker ($367)
12. Lawrence Hawkins ($367)
13. Tom Gity ($308)
14. Luis Guarda ($308)
15. Raminder Singh ($308)
16. David Rose ($272)
17. Alexander Paulan ($272)
18. Eric Beringer ($272)

7:00pm - $40 No Limit Hold'em ($3,000 GTD)

1. Craig Caffro ($897)
2. Bouavanh Rojanaphong ($610)
3. Michael Brinson ($606)
4. Joann Coliny ($547)
5. Heather Oken ($246)
6. Lawrence Kalgstein ($191)
7. Wing Chau ($155)
8. Lynne Fremont ($118)
9. Amit Savani ($82)

Tuesday, November 8 started with the ever popular "Early Bird Limit Hold'em" promotion, but in terms of tournament recaps, we had the "Monster Stack" event in the early afternoon, and one of the month's handful of "Free Rolls" ($5,000 Guaranteed) in the evening.

11:00am - $100 No Limit Hold'em "Monster Stack" ($3,000 GTD):

1. Michael Dotson ($998)
2. Miguel McDonald ($981)
3. Jacques Titley ($557)
4. Jeffrey Dana ($512)
5. Gregg Weiss ($494)

6:00pm - $5,000 Guaranteed No Limit Hold'em "Free Roll:"

1. Bruno Goulart ($880)
2. Rocco Dicondina ($795)
3. Michelle Milker ($604)
4. Francisco Castillo ($593)
5. Zachary Epstein ($497)
6. Jeffrey Cogswell ($442)
7. Robert Perniola ($398)
8. Luis Guarda ($88)
9. Michael Boykin ($75)
10. Michael Gutterman ($68)
11. Terry Faust ($68)
12. Vito Polera ($68)
13. Jeremiah Pinto ($58)
14. Steven Korn ($58)
15. Daniel Kolchkov ($58)
16. Louis Leo ($50)
17. John Scigliano ($50)
18. David Walker ($50)
19. Peter Leone ($50)
20. Kyana Rodriguez ($50)

When it comes to promotions, there is no day more popular than Wednesday, and the "Spin and Win" "high hand" promotion.  With all of the activity during the day because of the cash games, there was only one tournament on Wednesday, November 9, the $100 No Limit Hold'em "Big Stack" Bounty event.  We saw things end in a heads-up chop between James Orleans (Boca Raton, FL) and Anthony Casas (Miami, FL):

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

1. James Orleans ($1,080)
2. Anthony Casas ($1,000)
3. Robert Miller ($515)
4. Gatien Durmoulin ($357)
5. Barry Price ($261)
6. Sean Kennedy ($200)
7. Robert Perniola ($161)

Thursday, November 10 once again started with the "Early Bird Limit Hold'em" promotion, and also saw an early tournament crowd, as the $2,000 Guaranteed No Limit Hold'em "Free Roll" began at 10:00am.  Each player that reached the final table of the tournament earned themselves $200, a great return on an investment that cost nothing out-of-pocket.  The "Monster Stack" was back in the evening, and saw Isle Poker regular Jorge Martinez (Miami, FL) top the ranks of a three-way chop.

10:00am - $2,000 Guaranteed No Limit Hold'em "Free Roll:"

1. AJ Silberman ($200)
2. Barry Teller ($200)
3. David Zwiebel ($200)
4. Luis Guarda ($200)
5. Markus Petteway ($200)
6. Anthony DiPierro ($200)
7. Jim Gleason ($200)
8. Richard Damigos ($200)
9. Robert Sakamoto ($200)
10. Julian Araujo ($200)

6:00pm - $100 No Limit Hold'em "Monster Stack" ($7,000 GTD):

1. Jorge Martinez ($1,641)
2. Irwin Block ($1,641)
3. Julio Ferreira-Rangel ($1,640)
4. Lynne Freemont ($651)
5. Christina Cadbury-Feldman ($507)
6. Markus Petteway ($398)
7. Steven Frankel ($326)
8. Daniel Restrepo ($253)
9. Justin Margolis ($181)

Friday, November 11 was another morning that focused on the "high hand" promotion, as players earned $250 every (20) minutes from 11:00am-4:00pm, and $500 every (20) minutes from 4:00pm-12:00am.  The evening tournament was the $150 No Limit Hold'em (25,000 starting stack and 20 minute levels), which held with it a $10,000 Guarantee.

6:00pm - $150 No Limit Hold'em ($10,000 GTD):

1. Michael Spadafore ($2,141)
2. Nader Bahhur ($1,992)
3. Patricia Basilio ($1,594)
4. David Coughlin ($1,446)
5. John Bilas ($1,272)
6. Robert Transue ($1,100)
7. Louis Leo ($459)
8. Jerrold Solov ($371)
9. Mark Bernstein ($299)
10. Juan Martinez ($251)

Saturday's are alway busy in themselves, so with the "high hand" promotion standard throughout the day, the tournament schedule is where we usually see a spike in attendance.  The afternoon starts things off with the $100 NLH "Big Stack" Turbo Bounty event, and the evening sees the popular $75 No Limit Hold'em ($5,000 GTD).

11:00am - $100 No Limit Hold'em "Big Stack" Turbo Bounty ($25) ($3,000 GTD):

1. Carlito Cajuste ($650)
2. Sam Borger ($510)
3. Sean Oliver ($480)
4. Christian Bayer ($456)
5. Barry Price ($425)

7:00pm - $75 No Limit Hold'em ($5,000 GTD):

1. Edwin Cabrera ($1,905)
2. Joann Nicolette ($1,400)
3. Richard Damigos ($793)
4. Robert Transue ($569)
5. Jeffrey Saylors ($416)
6. David Kasper ($320)
7. Victor Torres ($249)
8. Myles German ($185)
9. Matthew Blank ($153)
10. Barry Tucker ($141)
11. Matthew Paul ($134)
12. Abimael Mathurin ($128)

Sunday, November 13 was another popular promotion day, as $300 is handed out every (15) minutes for qualifying high hands.  That didn't slow down the tournament crowd though, as two scheduled events eclipsed their respective guarantees...even with all the great NFL action.

11:00am - $75 No Limit Hold'em w/ $10 Bounties ($2,000 GTD):

1. Peter Fitzgerald ($575)
2. Duane Minerva ($287)
3. Ronald Arena ($245)
4. Brandon Horowitz ($239)
5. Stefan Pousant ($207)
6. Matthew Andrews ($177)

6:00pm - $135 No Limit Hold'em w/ $25 Bounties ($2,500 GTD):

1. Salvatore Accardi ($831)
2. Andres Carrion ($831)
3. Sabas Ferrer ($416)

Tuesday, November 15: It's An "Early Bird," "Monster Stack," $10,000 GTD Kind Of Day

The beginning of the week started off strong yesterday, as both tournaments on the schedule eclipsed their guarantees by a healthy amount.  The "AM" event ($80 No Limit Hold'em Bounty) saw an Isle Poker regular, in Paula Holder (Pompano Beach, FL) take down the winner's share of a four-way chop ($659).  The "PM" $40 No Limit Hold'em ($3,000 GTD) drew (132) entries, with Bruno Fortin (Lauderhill, FL) topping the list of a seven-way chop, earning himself $539.

Things get off to an "early" start today though, with the "Limit Hold'em Early Bird Promotion," paying out the first (100) full houses to those that are playing in any of the live limit games, and entered between 9:00-11:00am to collect their "Early Bird Card."  It's one of the more popular promotions each week, and gets the live game action going much earlier (and quicker) than other days for our limit players.  

The tournament schedule for the day begins at 11:00am with the ever popular "Monster Stack," and event with a $100 buy-in (and $3,000 GTD), that sees players starting with stack of 25,000.  Then for the evening event, we see the return of the $40 No Limit Hold'em...with the $10,000 Guarantee.  This is by far one of the best value tournaments each and every months, allowing players to potentially receive an 80-100 times return on their investment.

11:00am - $100 No Limit Hold'em "Monster Stack" ($3,000 GTD)

- Players will start with 25,000 in tournament chips
- Late and re-entries are available for the first (8) levels
- Levels are (20) minutes in length throughout the entire event

7:00pm - $40 No Limit Hold'em ($10,000 GTD)

- Players will begin with a 12,000 starting stack

- Late and re-entries for the first (8) levels

- Optional player "add-on" at the end of Level 8 ($20 for 8,000 tournament chips), with 100% of the "add-on" going to the prize pool

-  Levels are (20) minutes in length