Thursday, May 18th: Omar Sader In A Familiar Spot, "Thursday $10k" Headlines Schedule

ICYMI: The $100 No Limit Hold'em "Big Stack Turbo" w/ $25 Bounties ($5,000 GTD) was the lone tournament on yesterday's schedule, and ended up with a total of (53) entries.  The $3,675 prize pool ($1,325 bounty pool) was spread across seven spots that were scheduled to get paid, with a min-cash with $165, and a tournament win bringing home $1,359.  The tournament's final table played down to three handed action, at which point the players agreed to a deal.  Omar Sader (Pompano Beach, FL) won back-to-back tournaments just over month ago, and has now added a third Isle Poker tournament title to his resume.  Sader was awarded first place money in last night's deal, which brings his live tournament earnings over the $25,000 mark.  The final results from the tournament (full) are posted below:

1. Omar Sader (Pompano Beach, FL) $980
2. Allen Levine (Pembroke Pines, FL) $897
3. Joel Lumpkins (Lauderhill, FL) $807
4. Patricia Basilio (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $349
5. Justin Walker (Tamarac, FL) $276
6. Bill Seiden (Tamarac, FL) $221
7. Chris Dimario (Wellington, FL) $165

Tournaments: There are two tournaments on the schedule for today, beginning at 11:00am with the $80 No Limit Hold'em w/ $10 Bounties ($1,500 GTD).  The tournament sees players sitting down to starting stacks of 12,000 units, and playing (20) minute levels throughout the tournament.  That event is followed by one of the more popular tournaments on the schedule, the $40 No Limit Hold'em ($10,000 GTD), otherwise known as the "Thursday $10k."  The structure closely mirrors that of the afternoon event, but usually attracts a field about ten times the size (350-400 entries).

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 $1,500 GTD

- Players will begin with a 12,000 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

6:00pm - $40 No Limit Hold'em ($10,000 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