Isle Open Event 1 (Flight 1A): Donald Gordon Feeling Right At Home

2017 Isle Open | Event #1
$175 No Limit Hold'em | $100,000 GTD
Level 4 (Blinds 100/200/25)
Total Flight 1A Entries: 85

Donald Gordon (Boynton Beach, FL) boasts a tournament resume with all but one result coming here at the Isle.

One pattern that we've seen since the blog was launched (a year ago this series), is that the opening flights of these "main events" during the series usually boast the highest numbers of "tournament regulars."  This afternoon's flight has been no different, as the field hosts numerous names and faces that we see on a regular basis (outside of tournament series).  

Donald Gordon (Boynton Beach, FL) is one of those tournament regulars in this flight, boasting a resume that is built around Isle Poker Room daily cashes.  Gordon has career earnings of $14,369, spread over (18) recorded results...seventeen of which came at the Isle.  Gordon's only non-Isle Poker tournament cash happened to be he first, which came in 2014, during the L.A. Poker Classic (Commerce Casino in California).  Donald went on to record a handful of Isle Poker cashes over the next two years that followed, but has really "broke out" this year.  He has eleven cashes year-to-date, making 2017 his most successful tournament year (in terms of results), with a combined $5,276 in earnings.

Gordon headlines the first group of notables in the field, which all happen to be tournament regulars at this poker room:

Seymour Field

Alan Saltzman

Zaki Lichaa

Thomas Gari

Julian Wohlgemuth

Linda Lipkins

Steven Lipkins

Frank Traino

Frank Scala

David Miller

James Hamburger

Players are taking their first break of the day at the end of this level, and will be returning to Level 5, with new blinds of 150/300/50.  There will be four more levels played before the second break, which signifies the close of registration for this opening flight.