Wednesday, November 23rd: "Spin To Win," Tournament Action On Thanksgiving Eve

It's the "high hand" promotion that players circle on their calendar, as the "Money Wheel" returns for today's "Spin To Win."  The qualifying high hand for each half-hour between 12:00pm-11:00pm will earn the opportunity to spin the "money wheel," and take home some serious prizes.  We saw numerous players walk away with over $1,000 last week, as it was one of the "richest" days of giveaways since the promotion began.

With businesses closed tomorrow, this evening's tournament sets up to be a solid one, as the $100 No Limit Hold'em "Big Stack Turbo" w/ $25 Bounties gets underway at 7:00pm.  Just a reminder, the poker room will close at the normally scheduled time (3:00am), and will reopen tomorrow at 3:00pm.   We would like to wish everyone (players, staff, blog followers, etc.) a very Happy Thanksgiving.

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

"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)

"Tuesday $10K:" 11th-12th Places ($183)

The following players have been eliminated from the "Tuesday $10,000 Guarantee," and have cashed for $183:

11. German Zaga (Coral Springs, FL)
12. Tevy Wellins (Hollywood, FL)

"Tuesday $10K:" 13th-15th Places ($148)

The following players have been eliminated from the "Tuesday $10,000 Guarantee," and have cashed for $148:

13. Richard Contell (Miami, FL)
14. Andres Duran (Weston, FL)
15. Ali Khalil (Ft. Lauderdale, FL)

"Tuesday $10K:" 16th-18th Places ($127)

The following players have been eliminated from the "Tuesday $10,000 Guarantee," and have cashed for $127:

16. Jeffrey Baisley (Pompano Beach, FL)
17. Rafael Santoni (Boca Raton, FL)
18. Michael Fraidin (Boca Raton, FL)

"Tuesday $10K:" 19th-27th Places ($106)

The following players have been eliminated from the "Tuesday $10,000 Guarantee," and have cashed for $106:

19. Nathan Schwartz (Boca Raton, FL)
20. William Norbeck (Lake Worth, FL)
21. Larisa Kogan (Delray Beach, FL)
22. Kaitlin Sims (Miami, FL)
23. Jimmy Cortes (Miami, FL)
24. Sandy Jean (Mirimar, FL)
25. Bruno Goulart (Deerfield Beach, FL)
26. Andres Verona (Miami, FL)
27. Melissa Mancini (Oakland Park, FL)

"Tuesday $10K:" 28th-36th Places ($91)

The following players have been eliminated from the "Tuesday $10,000 Guarantee," and have cashed for $91:

28. Karen Deramo (Deerfield Beach, FL)
29. Guillermo Randu (Miami, FL)
30. Sabasti Blandon (Weston, FL)
31. Vito Polera (Ft. Lauderdale, FL)
32. Ramon Munoz (Santiago, DR)
33. Hosney Boutros (Ft. Lauderdale, FL)
34. David Hrin (Margate, FL)
35. Susan King (Victoria, BC)
36. Demetrius Givens (Deerfield Beach, FL) ($46)
37. Ingo Jurgen (Germany) ($45)