Tuesday, April 25th: Powsner Powers Her Way To Title, "Tuesday $12k" Highlights Today's Schedule

ICYMI: The last week of April started off with a busy tournament Monday, with two events on the day's schedule.  The first tournament, which got started at 11:00am, was the $150 No Limit Hold'em "Structure Beast" ($18,000 GTD).  The event brought out many of the Isle Poker notables, who had this tournament circled on their calendar.  A total of (152) entries made up the $18,000 prize pool, which offered up a first place prize (scheduled) of $4,968.  A total of (19) spots were being paid, with the money being reached just after 7:00pm.  Players to reach the money (but not the final table) included Tom Gity (12th place), Matthew Zarcadoolas (14th place), Vito Polera (15th place), and Andres Sanchez (18th place).  The final table also hosted some familiar names, and as the tournament played deep into the night, a deal was made three-handed.  Karin Powsner (Ft. Lauderdale, FL), a well-known (and loyal) player at the Isle Poker Room took home first place money (and the trophy), worth $3,889.

1. Karin Powsner (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $3,889
2. Tyler Wilson (Key Largo, FL) $3,391
3. Alvaro Grisales (Kendall, FL) $2,692
4. Richard Vargas (Pembroke Pines, FL) $1,126
5. Paul Davis (Deerfield Beach, FL) $853
6. Jacquelyn Scott (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $721
7. Jack Palefsky (Tamarac, FL) $630
8. Joseph Nay (Plantation, FL) $563
9. Waldemar Wasilewski (Deerfield Beach, FL) $497
10. Hugh Hardy (Pompano Beach, FL) $432

The evening event ($230 No Limit Hold'em w/ $100 Bounties) had an "intimate" field of (17) entries, and actually finished up well before the "Structure Beast" was done.

1. Eric Kessler (Palm Beach Gardens, FL) $636
2. Michael Sadler (Tampa, FL) $475
3. Keith Richeson (Pompano Beach, FL) $337
4. Thelma Schuman (Delray Beach, FL) $252

Tournaments: There are two tournaments on the schedule today, the first of which begins at 11:00am ($100 No Limit Hold'em $3,000 GTD).  The play is pretty deep for the "daily" event, with players sitting down to starting stacks of 25,000 units, and playing (20) minute levels throughout the tournament.  The evening tournament is the "headlining" event of the day, as the "Tuesday $12k" gets underway at 6:00pm.  The tournament is a $60 No Limit Hold'em ($12,000 GTD), and has consistently attracted fields of (250-300) total entries.

Promotions: Outside of what we like to refer to as the "standard high hand" promotion, today's promotion calendar feature the "Early Bird Limit Hold'em" special.  This promotion sees those players, only playing limit hold'em, earn money for each full house they have (it's required that the hand also wins the pot).  Those playing 2/2 LHE will earn $20 for each full house, while those playing 2/4 LHE will earn $40 for each full house.

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

- Players start with 25,000 in tournament chips

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

- Alternates and late entries will start with a full stack

- Level will last (20) minutes throughout the event

6:00pm - $60 No Limit Hold'em ($12,000 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