Monday, November 27th: Smith Heads Five-Way Chop Of "November $100,000 II," Starting Another Big Week Of Poker Action

ICYMI: After two different deal discussions, five players agreed to an ICM chop of the $250 No Limit Hold'em ($100,000 GTD), otherwise known as the "November $100,000 II."  Dale Smith (Pompano Beach, FL) held a sizable chip lead for most of the final table, with the tournament's declared winner earning $16,281 for first place.  The details of the five-way deal are as followed:

1. Dale Smith (Pompano Beach, FL) $16,281
2. Johnathan Steward (Woodstock, GA) $11,607
3. Michael Sinisgalli (Miami, FL) $11,519
4. Francklin Michel (Miramar, FL) $10,676
5. Michael Sugg (Boca Raton, FL) $10,477

Smith, Steward, and Michel were all in the top ten of chip stacks returning for yesterday's Day 2, and also earned the chip lead bonus in their respective flights.  Both Sinisgalli and Sugg returned to Day 2 with stacks just below average, but were able to run those up to a final table finish.  

There was also another event on Sunday's tournament schedule, with the results of the $130 No Limit Hold'em "Hard Stop, ICM Chop" to be posted this early afternoon.

Tournaments: The tournament action returns to the recurring schedule for a few days, before the $2,500 No Limit Hold'em "Single Day Series" ($100,000 GTD) returns on Thursday, followed by the 2017 Isle Classic starting on Friday.  The first tournament on the Monday schedule is the $100 No Limit Hold'em "Big Stack Turbo Bounty," which has a $2,000 guaranteed prize pool.  The tournament is structured with 18,000 unit starting stacks, and levels of (15) minutes.  There is also an optional add-on at the end of registration (Level 10), with $25 seeing a return of 10,000 units (100% of the add-on money goes towards the prize pool).

The "Big Stack Turbo Bounty" is followed at 6:00pm by a $130 No Limit Hold'em event, which boasts a sizable $20,000 guarantee.  The tournament is structured with starting stacks of 16,000 units, and levels that last (20) minutes over the course of the event.

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-9:00am, players are eligible for $100 high hands every hour.

It should also be noted that starting November 1st, players are able to win the high hand using only one card in their hand!!!  The payouts for those that use one card are different than the standard numbers listed above, and can be found (full listing of one-card payouts on flyers in the poker room).

11:00am - $100 No Limit Hold'em "Big Stack Turbo" w/ $25 Bounties

- Players will begin with a 18,000 starting stack

- Late and re-entries for the first (10) levels

- Levels are (15) minutes in length

- Option player "add-on" at the end of Level 10 ($25 for 10,000 tournament chips), with 100% of the "add-on" going to the prize pool 

6:00pm - $130 No Limit Hold'em ($20,000 GTD)

- Players will begin with a 16,000 starting stack

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

- Alternates and late entries will receive full stacks

- Levels are (20) minutes in length throughout