Sunday, February 5th: Weekend Winds Down, As All Eyes Are On Houston

A majority of the public's eyes will be on Houston this evening, and Super Bowl LVI, but our focus is currently on yesterday's action.  The first "Free Roll" in a long while drew an impressive crowd of (201) total entries.  There were twenty players to make the money in the tournament, with Marc Freund (Plantation, FL) taking home first place ($632).  Some other Isle Poker notables to finish in the money included Paul Davis (2nd place), Ruth Corneau (9th place), Glen Canelstein (12th place), Sarah Bilia (18th place), and Thomas Moran (19th place).

The truly surprising event of the day was the "nightly" event, as the $120 buy-in "New Monster Stack" event more than doubled the $8,000 guaranteed prize pool.  A total of (189) entries made up the prize pool of $16,065, with eighteen players earning money.  The tournament ended in a four-way deal, with Brian Sparks (Oklahoma City, OK) earning the "winner's share" of $3,754.  The other three players to round out the deal included Joshua Daff (2nd place), Andres Ramirez (3rd place), and David Coughlin (4th place).  The same event returns to the daily schedule next weekend, so it will be interesting to see the turnout, as the tournament takes a hiatus during the "Battle Of The Beach."

For those interested in "pre-gaming" before the Super Bowl begins, there is one high hand promotion and one tournament on the schedule today.  From 2:00-9:00pm, the "Turbo High Hand" promotion returns, with qualifying high hands receiving $300 (every 15 minutes).  Tournament player can look forward to the 2:00pm event, a $150 No Limit Hold'em tournament, with (25) minute levels and a 15,000 starting stack.

2:00pm - $150 No Limit Hold'em 

- Players will start with 15,000 in tournament chips

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

- Alternates and late entries will start with a full stack

- Levels are (25) minutes