"Week In Review:" Official Daily Tournament Results (March 27th-April 2nd)

Last week wrapped up a great month of tournament poker in the Isle Casino Poker Room, a month that begun already engulfed in the 2017 Battles At The Beach.  The room would transition to the "daily tournament schedule" just a few days in, with things just taking off from their.  Once again, the "Tuesday $10k" and "Thursday "$12k" highlighted the week, both attracted large fields...and big time payouts, for tournaments that are a $40 and $60 buy-ins (respectively).

Monday, March 27th started the week off strong, with an afternoon event ($80 No Limit Hold'em w/ $10 Bounties $2,000 GTD) that surpassed the guarantee, and saw an Isle Poker notable return to the winner's circle.

$80 No Limit Hold'em w/ $10 Bounties ($2,000 GTD)
Total Entries: 35
Total Prize Pool: $1,730 ($350 Bounty Pool)

1. Leonid Goldshteyn (Tamarac, FL) $508
2. Gustavo Izaguirre (North Miami Beach, FL) $507
3. Pedrio Palacio (Delray Beach, FL) $507
4. Glenn Popkin (Coral Springs, FL) $208

$230 No Limit Hold'em w/ $100 Bounties

Total Entries: 12

Total Prize Pool: $1,200 ($1,200 Bounty Pool)

1. John McCann (Philadelphia, PA) $500
2. Myles German (Boca Raton, FL) $460
3. James McCaffery (Sunrise, FL) $240

Tuesday, March 28th was a big day for tournaments, not only because the $40 No Limit Hold'em ($10,000 GTD) attracted over (440) entries, but even the afternoon ($100 No Limit Hold'em "Monster Stack" $3,000) crushed the guarantee.

$100 No Limit Hold'em "Monster Stack" ($3,000 GTD)

Total Entries: 54

Total Prize Pool: $4,158

1. Marie Fisher (Cooper City, FL) $840
2. Dai Ham Lam (Margate, FL) $795
3. Alfonso Perez (Coconut Creek, FL) $787
4. Bradley Rogers (Vero Beach, FL) $713
5. Ira Horowitz (Miami, FL) $634
6. Darryl Smith (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $389

$40 No Limit Hold'em ($10,000 GTD)

Total Entries: 443

Total Prize Pool: $15,281

1. Jeremy Wilson (Apple Valley, MN) $1,911
2. Ryan Rackleff (Boca Raton, FL) $1,846
3. Anthony Vulpis (Lauderdale By The Sea, FL) $1,685
4. Jon Lane (Davie, FL) $1,572
5. Pat Basilio (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $1,520
6. Angelina Rosario (Branford, CT) $1,067
7. Travis Hawley (Pembroke Pines, FL) $832
8. John Magnetta (Boynton Beach, FL) $545
9. Sharon Pickard (Wilton Manors, FL) $478
10. Paul Smerdon (Oakland Park, FL) $183
11. John Nucci (Gambrills, MD) $183
12. Felix Beltre (Lake Worth, FL) $183
13. James Astorino (Detroit, MI) $145
14. Jimmy Lucifero (Canada) $145
15. Manuel Jo (Miami, FL) $145
16. David Licht (New York, NY) $122
17. Sieusingh Persaud (Wellington, FL) $122
18. Daniel Tobon (Boca Raton, FL) $122
19. Bruce Snell (Okeechobee, FL) $107
20. Yves Fequiere (Miami, FL) $107
21. Devond Marshall (Miami, FL) $107
22. Shawna Compton (Stonsburg, KY) $107
23. Howard Crystal (Pembroke Pines, FL) 
24. Yuri Pereira (Coconut Creek, FL) $107
25. Clifford Brown (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $107
26. Gary Lopes (Delray Beach, FL) $107
27. Edwin Valcimond (Coconut Creek, FL) $107
28. Jared Carter (Pompano Beach, FL) $92
29. Roberto Herrera (Coral Springs, FL) $92
30. Kevin McGillicuddy (Tamarac, FL) $92
31. Stanley Weiss (Nashville, TN) $92
32. Paul King (Miami, FL) $92
33. Steve Oliver (Miami, FL) $92
34. Jeffrey Pardue (Jupiter, FL) $92
35. Michael Sklar (Hialeah, FL) $92
36. Tyler Bentz (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $92
37. Alexandra Yampolsky (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $76
38. Vincent Piscitello (Branford, CT) $76
39. Philip Micalizzi (Pompano Beach, FL) $76
40. Anthony Casas (Miami, FL) $76
41. Marcia Costa-Savidge (Pompano Beach, FL) $76
42. Bart Lino (Coral Springs, FL) $76
43. Paul Johnson (Royal Palm Beach, FL) $76
44. Marcus Wu-Hamel (Vero Beach, FL) $76
45. Philip Tyson (West Palm Beach, FL) $38
46. Alan Potruski (Deerfield Beach, FL) $38

With the "Spin To Win" high hand promotion running on Wednesday, March 29th, there was only one tournament on the schedule, a $100 No Limit Hold'em "Big Stack Turbo" w/ $25 Bounties ($5,000 GTD).  The tournament ended in a heads-up deal, with both Raul Diaz (Miami, FL) and Jared Carter (Pompano Beach, FL) earning over $1,200 in the chop.

$100 No Limit Hold'em "Big Stack Turbo Bounty" ($5,000 GTD)

Total Entries: 44

Total Prize Pool: $3,900 ($1,100 Bounty Pool)

1. Raul Diaz (Miami, FL) $1,268
2. Jared Carter (Pompano Beach, FL) $1,267
3. Alberto Weber (Boca Raton, FL) $624
4. Marcello Nucci (Chevy Chase, MD) $429
5. Danilo Parada (Oakland Park, FL) $312

Thursday, March 30th was a special day, in the fact that the "Thursday $12k" ended in a sixteen-way chop.  Now Florida is known in the poker community as the "chop capital of the world," but even that was a surprising number to see.  It should be mentioned that it was an even chop as well!  It's tough enough to get (16) people to agree to a place to eat dinner, let alone an even chop of that much money.

$80 No Limit Hold'em w/ $10 Bounties ($2,000 GTD)

Total Entries: 21

Total Prize Pool: $1,790 ($210 Bounty Pool)

1. Ursula Buffa (Pompano Beach, FL) $527
2. Michael Hefley (Lake Worth, FL) $345
3. Morris Heider (Boca Raton, FL) $341
4. Gerald Blum (Boca Raton, FL) $328
5. Andre Allon (Boca Raton, FL) $170
6. Andres Ramirez (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $79

$60 No Limit Hold'em ($12,000 GTD)

Total Entries: 325

Total Prize Pool: $16,550

1. Bret Grebow (Delray Beach, FL) $889
2. Daniel Kolchkov (Pompano Beach, FL) $885
3. Richard Freedman (Tamarac, FL) $885
4. Karen Duffy (Delray Beach, FL) $885
5. Carlos Yepez (Miami, FL) $885
6. Claude Comtois (Quebec, Canada) $885
7. Brian Dunn (Plantation, FL) $885
8. Luis Valencia (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $885
9. Richard Vargas (Pembroke Pines, FL) $885
10. Patrick Carnakie (West Palm Beach, FL) $885
11. Michael Watkins (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $885
12. Scott Bailey (Loxahatchee, FL) $885
13. Heather Stein (Norristown, PA) $885
14. Stefan Vidojkovic (North Miami, FL) $885
15. Shaundra Seay (Miami, FL) $885
16. Lynne Fremont (Pompano Beach, FL) $885
17. German Zaga (Coral Springs, FL) $149
18. Francisco Pulido Castil (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $149
19. Jaime Tran (Duluth, GA) $124
20. Dina Brown (Port St. Lucie, FL) $124
21. James McCaffery (Sunrise, FL) $124
22. Ian Cohen (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $124
23. Marcello Nucci (Chevy Chase, MD) $124
24. Aaron Hemphill (Rehoboth Beach, DE) $124
25. Michael Golub (Boynton Beach, FL) $124
26. David Tylicki (Miami, FL) $124
27. Chad Graber (Palm Beach Gardens, FL) $124
28. Wilfredo Madrigal (Lake Worth, FL) $108
29. Lloyd Kapper (Hollywood, FL) $108
30. Esteban Saenz Navarro (Costa Rica) $108
31. Irwin Block (Coconut Creek, FL) $108
32. Coskun Yalcin (Estero, FL) $108
33. Patricia Conrad (Palm Beach Gardens, FL) $108
34. Alfred Vargas (Boca Raton, FL) $108
35. Charles Lee (Tamarac, FL) $108
36. Jonathan Perez (Hollywood, FL) $108

There was one tournament on the schedule to start off the weekend on Friday, March 31st, a $150 No Limit Hold'em ($10,000 GTD) event that got underway at 6:00pm.  That tournament so Isle Poker notable Tom Gity (Pompano Beach, FL) return to the winner's circle, heading a final table deal that consisted of the nine players that reached the money.

$150 No Limit Hold'em ($10,000 GTD)

Total Entries: 82

Total Prize Pool: $10,000

1. Tom Gity (Pompano Beach, FL) $1,621
2. Michael Olcha (Stuart, FL) $1,542
3. Carl Vidal (Coconut Creek, FL) $1,249
4. Irwin Block (Coconut Creek, FL) $1,171
5. David Coven (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $1,136
6. Walter Swirsky (Delray Beach, FL) $1,051
7. Joseph Durso (Hollywood, FL) $912
8. Maxim Bjelos (Boca Raton, FL) $712
9. Neal Freeman (Boca Raton, FL) $606

Saturday, April 1st was a day that players had circled on their calendars, as the month started with a $5,000 No Limit Hold'em "Free Roll."  A total of (146) players came out for the "free chance" at earning some serious money, with players making a deal when nine remained.  Charlie Ramos (Sunrise, FL) earned the lions share of the chop, walking away with $755 for his "first place" finish.

$5,000 GTD No Limit Hold'em "Free Roll"

Total Entries: 146

Total Prize Pool: $5,000

1. Charlie Ramos (Sunrise, FL) $755
2. Rick Kalgstein (Sunrise, FL) $644
3. James Kane (West Palm Beach, FL) $520
4. Oscar Rodriguez (Miami, FL) $507
5. Eugene Mirabello (Deerfield Beach, FL) $507
6. James Sebastiano (Pompano Beach, FL) $473
7. Jerry Kirsch (Plantation, FL) $460
8. Barry Teller (Tamarac, FL) $293
9. Robert Mason (Plantation, FL) $213
10. Sergio Amato (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $68
11. Linda Doyle (Farmingdale, NY) $68
12. Alan Werner (Cooper City, FL) $68
13. Barbara Pulieri (Deerfield Beach, FL) $58
14. Ricardo Enciso (Boca Raton, FL) $58
15. Keith Gore (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $58
16. Basil Mathure (Weston, FL) $50
17. Yves Fequiere (Miami, FL) $50
18. Cory Petruny (Lighthouse Point, FL) $50
19. John Sailey (Lighthouse Point, FL) $50
20. Leroy Beckford (Lauderhill, FL) $50

The week finished up with one event on Sunday, April 2nd, a $150 No Limit Hold'em event that started a 12:00pm.  A total of (55) players made their way out to the poker room for the action, with Adel Jo (Miami, FL) earning himself another Isle Poker win, in what has been a good beginning to 2017 for Jo.

$150 No Limit Hold'em 

Total Entries: 55

Total Prize Pool: $6,325

1. Adel Jo (Miami, FL) $2,465
2. Carlos Torres Vazquez (Weston, FL) $1,455
3. Ronald Velez (San Juan, Puerto Rico) $886
4. Alan Potruski (Deerfield Beach, FL) $633
5. Andrew Daire (Boca Raton, FL) $506
6. Baldemar Mejia Jr. (Delray Beach, FL) $380

Tuesday, April 4th: "Like Father, Like Son," "Tuesday $10k" Headlines Daily Schedule

ICYMI: There were two tournaments on the schedule to start the week yesterday, the first of which was the $80 No Limit Hold'em w/ $10 Bounties ($2,000 GTD), which began at 11:00am.  The tournament's registration wrapped up with (34) total entries, and an official prize pool of $1,688 ($340 Bounty Pool).  Four spots were scheduled to get paid in the event, but once play reached five-handed, a deal was struck:

1. George Lukawski (Parkland, FL) $436
2. Paula Holder (Pompano Beach, FL) $411
3. Walter Chance (Plantation, FL) $337
4. Gary Brugman (Wilton Manors, FL) $274
5. William Reich (Pompano Beach, FL) $230

Following that tournament (at 6:00pm), was the $230 No Limit Hold'em w/ $100 Bounties event...which has been gaining in popularity with the players.  Last night's installment attracted a field of (29) entries, and officially ended up with a prize pool of $2,900 ($2,900 Bounty Pool).  The field was scheduled to see three players reach the money, but once a deal was made five-handed, we saw something that had happened maybe a few times in the history of the Isle Casino Poker Room...a chop involving father and son.  Jeffrey Trudeau Jr. (Orlando, FL) was listed as the "declared winner," but received the same $600 as Craig Browne (Ft. Lauderdale, FL), Keith Richeson (Pompano Beach, FL), and Jeffrey Trudeau (Winter Garden, FL).  Michael Tait (Plantation, FL) rounded out the deal with a $500 fifth place finish, but it was the Trudeau "duo" that stole the spotlight.  Trudeau Jr. is a very accomplished tournament player, who will add the $600 (plus bounties) to his career resume, which boasts earnings over $328,000.

Tournaments: There are two tournaments on the schedule once again, the first of which begins at 11:00am, and is a $100 No Limit Hold'em ($3,000 GTD) event.  The tournament has an excellent structure, with players sitting down to a 25,000 starting stack, and playing (20) minute levels throughout the event.  The evening event, which gets underway at 6:00pm is the first of alternating Tuesdays between the "Tuesday $10k," and what was the "Thursday $12k."  Tonight's event is a $40 No Limit Hold'em tournament with a $10,000 guaranteed prize pool, and one that usually attracts somewhere between 350-450 total entries.

Promotions: Outside of what we like to refer to as the "standard high hand" promotion, today's promotion calendar feature the "Early Bird Limit Hold'em" special.  This promotion sees those players, only playing limit hold'em, earn money for each full house they have (it's required that the hand also wins the pot).  Those playing 2/2 LHE will earn $20 for each full house, while those playing 2/4 LHE will earn $40 for each full house.

11:00am - $100 No Limit Hold'em ($3,000 GTD)

- Players start with 25,000 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

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