"May $100,000 GTD:" Looking To Stake Her Claim In The "Sunshine State"

"May $100,000 GTD"
$150 No Limit Hold'em Deep Stack
Level 4 (Blinds 100/200)
Total Flight 1E Entries: 133

Nataliya Allard (Houston, TX)

Prior to this tournament, Nataliya Allard was a relative unknown player to the blog.  She announced her presence during yesterday's flight though, with a strong showing for most of the day, before trying to pull off a bluff that didn't end up going as planned.  Allard had herself in good position late in the flight, but was clearly looking to bag a top stack, rather than limp into Day 2.  The Texas native has one recorded result on her resume, a final table finish from the Ladies Event during the 2016 WPT Choctaw series (7th Place - $964).

Allard is seated at Table 5, surrounded by a handful of Isle Poker Room notables, and is the headlining name in our second wave of familiar faces in the field:

Steven Bennett

Andrew Touchette

Edgard Mendes

Kenneth Bruno

Benjamin Robinson

Charlemagne Benjamin

Carl Cajuste

Joseph Mancuso

Martin Markov

Jacquelyn Scott

Ralph Spadafore

Players will be taking their first break of the day at this level's conclusion, and will be returning to Level 5, and blinds of 150/300/35.