Event 1 (Flight 1C): Hoodies, Glasses, And Headphones

"Battles At The Beach"

Event 1 ($175 No Limit Hold'em $125,000 GTD)

Level 4 (Blinds 100/200)

Total Flight 1C Entries: 65

It's become the "poker player's uniform," with the glasses on, hoods up, and headphones playing.  The hoodies haven't made any waves in the poker community, but the idea of wearing sunglasses and/or listening to headphones while playing have both garnered different opinions from tournament players.  Regardless of stance, all three are approved during tournament play here at the Isle Casino Poker Room, and we spotted a trio of notables each sporting one of the three items.  (Players will be taking their first 10 minute break after this level, and will return to new blinds of 150/300/25).

Ronald Morone (Las Vegas, NV) is "under the hood," and looking to boost his no limit tournament resume.  Morone is a very successful tournament player with over $37,000 in live tournament earnings, but a good portion of those cashes have been in non-no limit tournaments (Omaha 8B, PLO, HORSE, etc.).  Just a few weeks ago, Morone won the $300 Omaha 8B event during the Lucky Hearts Poker Open at SHR ($5,584).

Manuel Soltero Luna (Miami, FL) is coming off his most successful year of tournament poker, recording (15) live tournament cashes, totaling $14,443.  His best cash of the year (and of his career) came in May, when he won a $130 No Limit Hold'em event at Coconut Creek ($6,628).

Juan Rodriguez (Boca Raton, FL) can always be found wearing his trademark polarized sunglasses at the table, and it seems to be working for him.  Juan has over $107,000 in live tournament earnings, and should be familiar to followers of the blog after being part of the six-way deal that ended Event 2 of the 2017 Isle Poker Classic.  Rodriguez took second place in that chop, and earned a career highlighting score of $19,141.