Thursday, April 20th: Heads-Up Chop Of The "Big Stack Turbo Bounty," $20,000 GTD Returns This Evening

ICYMI: Wednesday is one of the three days during the week to have only one tournament on the schedule (joining Friday and Sunday), an evening "Big Stack Turbo Bounty" event that begins at 6:00pm.  Last night's installment of the $100 No Limit Hold'em ($5,000 GTD) tournament drew a field of (64) total entries, and an official prize pool of $3,703 ($1,600 bounty pool).  Seven players would reach the money in the tournament, but talks of a deal were never heard until play reached heads-up action.  At that point, Daniele Nucci (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) and Lawrence Smith (Jacksonville, FL) agreed to an even chop of $1,078 each.  Nucci is a Maryland native, but records a second Isle Poker cash with the "first place" finish, this after finishing 35th in the Battles At The Beach $1,500 Championship Event ($3,904).  Lawrence Smith (Jacksonville, FL) also recorded his second ever Isle Poker cash with the chop, with his last coming in June (2016), during a $100 No Limit Hold'em "Monster Stack" event.

1. Daniele Nucci (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $1,078
2. Lawrence Smith (Jacksonville, FL) $1,078
3. Aidan Alverez (Davie, FL) $533
4. Linzell Borders (Tamarac, FL) $370
5. Chris Venderperre (Pompano Beach, FL) $270
6. Raul Hernandez (West Palm Beach, FL) $207
7. Anthony Dellapi (Sunrise, FL) $167

Tournaments: There are two tournaments that make up today's schedule, the first of which gets underway at 11:00am.  The $80 No Limit Hold'em w/ $10 Boutnies ($2,000 GTD) sees players sitting down to starting stacks of 12,000 units, and playing (20) minute levels throughout the event.  The evening tournament is the one that players have circled though, as the Thursday night tournaments during this month have been massive.  The first $130 No Limit Hold'em tournament, held on April 6th, carried with it a $20,000 guarantee.  The following week, on April 13th, the same price point tournament had a $25,000 guarantee (and bested it by over $8,000).  Tonight's version is back to the $20,000 guarantee, but players can expect the same sized field...and prize pool.  It's an incredible value for a $130 buy-in event, and should not be missed by the avid tournament players.

Promotions: After an exciting day of wheel spins, Thursday offers up the Early Bird No Limit Hold'em high hand promotion, paying $60 to the first (50) full houses of the day (eligible players must be playing no limit hold'em).  The "standard high hand" promotion runs throughout the day as well, from 9:00am-12:00am.

11:00am - $80 No Limit Hold'em w/ $10 Bounties $2,000 GTD

- Players will begin with a 10,000 starting stack

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

- Option 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

12:00pm - $130 No Limit Hold'em ($20,000 GTD)

- Players will start with 16,000 in tournament chips

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

- Alternates and late entries will start with a full stack

- Levels are (20) minutes