Friday, October 20th: Turyansky Wins Event #14 Title, $150,000 Guaranteed Event #15 Begins Today

ICYMI: Players had yesterday's Event #14 circled the moment the Isle Open Schedule came out, as the $2,500 No Limit Hold'em Single Day Series had a posted guarantee for the first time ($100,000).  A "who's who" of Isle (and South Florida) poker made up the field of (59) entries, including names like Phillip Hui, Brian Hastings, Joshua Kay, Ian O'Hara, Richard Kirsch, and Dominique Mosley (just to name a few).  The prize pool would end up eclipsing the guarantee in Level 4 (halfway into registration), and officially closed at $135,700.  All eyes were on the $46,138 first place prize, which was a solid number for less than ten hours of work.  While action stayed more than forty big blinds for most of the event, action began to pick up close to the money, with Barry Hutter eliminated on the bubble.  Alex Turyansky (Saarbrucken, Germany) assumed the chip lead when play was seven-handed, and only fell from the top spot for a short while (at three-handed play).  His final table performance was very impressive, all the way down to the last hand, where he waited Scott Efron out with a full house.  Turyansky earned his second-ever tournament win, just two months after taking down the $10,000 No Limit Hold'em (Event #7) during the SHRPO.  The first place prize is the third largest cash of Alex's career, which boasts a resume over $1,350,000 in live earnings.

1. Alex Turyansky (Saarbrucken, Germany) $46,138
2. Scott Efron (Boca Raton, FL) $28,497
3. Richard Kirsch (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $16,284
4. Ted McNamara (Davie, FL) $10,856
5. Jerry Wong (Plattsburgh, NY) $9,499
6. Ian O'Hara (Boca Raton, FL) $8,142
7. Uri Kadosh (Davie, FL) $6,785
8. Greg Lehn (Plantation, FL) $5,428
9. Michael Aron (Palm Beach, FL) $4,071

Tournaments: Today begins Event #15 of the 2017 Isle Open, a $1,100 No Limit Hold'em tournament with a $150,000 guaranteed prize pool.  There are two starting flights for the event, with Flight 1A beginning at 11:00am this afternoon, and Flight 1B following tomorrow (at the same time).  Day 2 sees the players that had bagged, return for the first time as a combined field, to play down to a winner.  The structure of the event has players sitting down to starting stacks of 20,000 units, playing levels that last (40) minutes in Levels 1-9, and transitioning to (50) minutes Levels 10+.  Both starting flights will play a scheduled (12) full levels, with the chip leader from each flight winning a $1,500 Main Event seat.

There is a $130 Super Satellite Into Event #15 this evening (6:00pm), offering up (10) guaranteed seats into this weekends "major."  The satellite offers a structure with 12,000 unit starting stacks, and levels that last (20) minutes.  Registration is open through the first (8) levels, and closes at approximately 8:00pm.

Promotions: From (9:00am-10:00am), the high hand will award $150 every (30) minutes.  The high hands will then transition from 10:00am-12:00am (midnight), with the opportunity to win $400 every (30) minutes.  During that period, the promotion sees tournament players eligible (Isle Open events not eligible for high hand) each half-hour for $100 high hands, 2/2 limit hold'em players eligible for $200 high hands, 2/4 limit hold'em players eligible for $300 high hands, and all other raked games (1/2-5/10 NLH, 4/8 Omaha 8B, 6/12 O.E., etc.) eligible for $400 high hands.  From 12:00am-3:00am (Friday morning), players are eligible for $100 high hands every hour.

12:00pm - 2017 Isle Open  Event #15 | $1,100 No Limit Hold'em | $150,000 GTD

- Players start with 20,000 in tournament chips

- Late and re-entries for the first (12) levels, to include before the first card on Day 2

- Alternates and late entries will start with a full stack

- Levels will last (40) minutes (Levels 1-9), transitioning to (50) minutes Levels 10+

- The chip leader from each opening flight will be awarded a $1,500 Isle Open Main Event seat (for any opening flight).

6:00pm - 2017 Isle Open (Secondary Schedule): $130 No Limit Hold'em Satellite Into Event #15 ($1,100 No Limit Hold'em | $100,000 GTD) | 10 Seats Guaranteed

- Players start with 12,000 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