The afternoon event ($150 Omaha Hi/Lo 8B $5,000 GTD) drew a field of (56) total entries, as the "Omaha-lics" ended up with a prize pool of $6,720. The tournament concluded when play reached four-handed, and those remaining agreed to a deal. Joseph Haigh (Pompano Beach, FL) was the declared winner, taking home the trophy, along with the $1,832 first place prize. Rounding out the players that were part of the deal were Errol Massey ($1,604), Barry Bindelglass ($1,138), and Gerald Blum ($1,134).
Tournament: The Isle Casino Poker Room now shifts back to the "Daily Tournament Schedule," with one tournament for players this evening (6:00pm), the $100 No Limit Hold'em "Big Stack Turbo" w/ $25 Bounties $5,000 GTD. This has been one of the more popular daily tournament, being that it's the only one the schedule for the day. One may ask why there is only one event on the Wednesday schedule....?
Promotion: ...Because Wednesday's are for the "Money Wheel," and the "Spin To Win" Promotion, affording qualifying players the opportunity to win up to $25,000. From 12:00pm-11:00pm (every 30 minutes), the player with the qualifying high hand with spin the "Money Wheel," win over (70) different amounts of money to win. The "jackpot" amount is normally $5,000, but if a player's qualifying hand is a "Royal Flush," the jackpot shifts to $25,000. The have been big money winners each and every week of this promotion, so if there was ever a day to come in and play cash...this is it.
6:00pm - $100 No Limit Hold'em "Big Stack Turbo" w/ $25 Bounties ($5,000 GTD):
- Players will begin with a 18,000 starting stack
- Late and re-entries for the first (10) levels
- 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
- Levels are (15) minutes in length
