"Week In Review:" Official Daily Tournament Results (April 3rd-April 9th)

April has been a very successful tournament month to this point, and it's only going to get better as we draw closer to the end of month $360 No Limit Hold'em ($100,000 GTD).

The attendance for the evening $230 No Limit Hold'em w/ $100 Bounties has been growing, but the Monday, April 3rd installment wasn't the headline because of it's field size.  The storyline from the event came from the Trudeau family, as father and son were two of the five players to make up the five-way deal that occurred.

$80 No Limit Hold'em w/ $10 Bounties ($2,000 GTD)
Total Entries: 34
Total Prize Pool: $$1,688 ($340 Bounty Pool)

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

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

Total Entries: 29

Total Prize Pool: $2,900 ($2,900 Bounty Pool)

1. Jeffrey Trudeau Jr. (Orlando, FL) $600
2. Craig Browne (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $600
3. Keith Richeson (Pompano Beach, FL) $600
4. Jeffrey Trudeau (Winter Gardens, FL) $600
5. Michael Tait (Plantation, FL) $500

Tuesday, April 4th was the beginning of Omar Sader's (Pompano Beach, FL) highlighting run, as the evening ($40 No Limit Hold'em $10,000 GTD) tournament bagged chips with three players remaining...

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

Total Entries: 41

Total Prize Pool: $3,157

1. Daniel Reitberg (Lauderdale Lakes, FL) $953
2. Yesniel Pulido (Davie, FL) $870
3. Sergio Jesus Alves Sand (West Palm Beach, FL) $734
4. Dai Lam (Margate, FL) $347
5. George Tardugno (Weston, FL) $253

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

Total Entries: 358

Total Prize Pool: $112,246

1. Omar Sader (Pompano Beach, FL) $3,302
2. Michael Loprieno (Davie, FL) $1,959
3. Jairo Carillo (Pompano Beach, FL) $1,286
4. Paul Kem (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $888
5. Octavia Lewis (Royal Palm Beach, FL) $655
6. Adrian Hylton (Coral Springs, FL) $520
7. Danielle Bastarache (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $398
8. Keith Shulman (Cooper City, FL) $288
9. Garrick Young (Miami Gardens, FL) $208
10. Frank Ciardullo (Cocoa, FL) $159
11. Luis Guarda (Coral Springs, FL) $159
12. Mark Bernstein (Hollywood, FL) $159
13. David Dohner (Hollywood, FL) $129
14. Jairo Velazquez (Hollywood, FL) $129
15. Cory Santacroce (Pompano Beach, FL) $129
16. Jorge Ramos (Miami, FL) $110
17. David Licht (New York, NY) $110
18. Martin Randall (Oakland Park, FL) $110
19. Xavier Stephenson (Plantation, FL) $92
20. Miguel Briganty (Sunrise, FL) $92
21. Walter West (Lantana, FL) $92
22. Karen Duffy (Delray Beach, FL) $92
23. Abraham Alonzo (Miami, FL) $92
24. Alejandro Funes (Miami, FL) $92
25. Seymour Field (Tamarac, FL) $92
26. Yves Fequiere (Miami, FL) $92
27. Tony Amoia (Williamsville, NY) $92
28. Irwin Block (Coconut Creek, FL) $80
29. Anthony Trombetta (Palm Bay, FL) $80
30. Steven Rabb (Davie, FL) $80
31. Alvaro Grisales (Miami, FL) $80
32. Charles Marik (Coconut Creek, FL) $80
33. Carlos Valencia (Miami, FL) $80
34. Marcia Costa-Savidge (Pompano Beach, FL) $80
35. Jim Gleason (Boca Raton, FL) $80
36. Jeffrey Pardue (Jupiter, FL) $80

...And after returning on Wednesday, April 5th, Omar Sader (Pompano Beach, FL) would take down the tournament from the night before...only to win that day's evening event as well!!!!

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

Total Entries: 50

Total Prize Pool: $3,750 ($1,250 Bounty Pool)

1. Omar Sader (Pompano Beach, FL) $1,177
2. Joshua Tabraue (Pembroke Pines, FL) $766
3. Joel Goetz (Boynton Beach, FL) $738
4. Andres Ramirez (Hollywood, FL) $636
5. Robert Cavataio (Delray Beach, FL) $433

Thursday, April 6th was all about the inaugural installment of the $130 No Limit Hold'em $20,000 GTD, which attracted a huge field, and finished with a prize pool just short of $30,000.

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

Total Entries: 26

Total Prize Pool: $1,740 ($260 Bounty Pool)

1. Joseph Mancuso (Deerfield Beach, FL) $593
2. Michael Dotson (Jupiter, FL) $438
3. Gerald Blum (Boca Raton, FL) $355
4. Stanley Sternberg (Highland Beach, FL) $354

$130 No Limit Hold'em ($20,000 GTD)

Total Entries: 296

Total Prize Pool: $29,600

1. Renato Paiva (Woonsocket, RI) $4,850
2. Patrick Carnakie (West Palm Beach, FL)  $3,652
3. Nancy Birnbaum (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $3,505
4. Daniel Miller (Pompano Beach, FL) $3,062
5. Gary Bilas (Hollywood, FL) $2,933
6. Steve Olivier (Miami, FL) $2,306
7. Mauricio Duarte (Coral Gables, FL) $1,754
8. Robert McManus (Cape Coral, FL) $1,371
9. Devond Marshall (Miami, FL) $533
10. Donald Maloney Jr. (Glendale, AZ) $414
11. Ira Horowitz (Miami, FL) $414
12. Jonathan Clough (Boynton Beach, FL) $414
13. John Bastarache (Delray Beach, FL) $355
14. Maxim Bjelos (Boca Raton, FL) $355
15. Carl Cajuste (Hollywood, FL) $355
16. Jason Sterling (Miami, FL) $311
17. Daniel Koff (Pompano Beach, FL) $311
18. Neil Zonenashvili (Hollywood, FL) $311
19. Ethel Garcia (Weston, FL) $266
20. Christian Rodriguez (Boynton Beach, FL) $266
21. Walter West (Lantana, FL) $266
22. Willie Wiggins (Mirimar, FL) $266
23. John Ambrosi (Viera, FL) $266
24. Charles Bury (Boca Raton, FL) $266
25. Manuel Herrera (Miami, FL) $266
26. Brett Taylor (Boca Raton, FL) $266
27. Jordan Meltzer (Delray Beach, FL) $266

There was only one tournament on the schedule Friday, April 7th, a $150 No Limit Hold'em event with a $10,000 guarantee.  The event ended in a four-way chop, including the player at the top of the "all-time cashes" list for the Isle Poker Room...Robert Transue (N. Lauderdale Beach, FL).

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

Total Entries: 91

Total Prize Pool: $10,465

1. Ramon Navarro (Hollywood, FL) $2,313
2. Michael Sugg (Boca Raton, FL) $2,135
3. Robert Transue (N. Lauderdale Beach, FL) $1,837
4. Jay Stafford (Deerfield Beach, FL) $1,548
5. Paul Mabel (Coral Springs, FL) $743
6. Mahendran Ramanathan (Pembroke Pines, FL) $565
7. Arnold Erensoft (Coconut Creek, FL) $440 
8. Steven Bennett (Deerfield Beach, FL) $356
9. Olaf Gomosiewicz (Pompano Beach, FL) $287
10. Franklin Rojas (Plantation, FL) $241

Saturday, April 8th saw a "special" evening event, a $120 No Limit Hold'em ($15,000 GTD) event that attracted over (235) players (and a prize pool over $21,240).

$100 No Limit Hold'em w/ $25 Bounties ($3,000 GTD)

Total Entries: 33

Total Prize Pool: $2,175 ($825 Bounty Pool)

1. Linzell Borders (Tamarac, FL) $772
2. Scott Krautman (Boca Raton, FL) $772
3. Sara Azmi (Aventura, FL) $370
4. Griffin Rosen (Bridgewater, NJ) $261

$120 No Limit Hold'em ($15,000 GTD)

Total Entries: 236

Total Prize Pool: $21,240

1. Ilan Hadida (Boca Raton, FL) $3,579
2. Tom Gity (Pompano Beach, FL) $2,781
3. Mitchell Silver (Dania Beach, FL) $2,601
4. Kenneth Berman (Hallandale, FL) $2,534
5. Martin Hopson (Aurora, CO) $1,823
6. James McCaffery (Sunrise, FL) $1,519
7. Carlos Torres Vazquez (Weston, FL) $1,446
8. Ali Khalil (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $531
9. Gary Fitzgerald (Miami, FL) $382
10. Adam Beyrer (Hobe Sound, FL) $297
11. Martins Polakovs (Chicago, IL) $297
12. Angelo Ingham (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $297
13. Joshua Tabraue (Pembroke Pines, FL) $255
14. Alan Potruzski (Deerfield Beach, FL) $255
15. John Page (Wellington, FL) $255
16. Norman Mansour (Palm Beach Gardens, FL) $223
17. Mile Belan (Missauga, ON) $223
18. Barry Sisselman (Deerfield Beach, FL) $223
19. Joule Kadadu (Hallandale, FL) $191
20. Robert Transue (N. Lauderdale, FL) $191
21. David Levine (Brickell, FL) $191
22. Errol Gunter (Coral Springs, FL) $191
23. Luis Pena-Rivera (Hialeah, FL) $191
24. Israel DeLaCerda (West Palm Beach, FL) $191
25. Antonio Maldonado (Lake Worth, FL) $191
26. Michael Weinberg (Delray Beach, FL) $191
27. Robert McManus (Cape Coral, FL) $191

The week wrapped up on Sunday, April 9th with one tournament on the schedule, $150 No Limit Hold'em ($10,000 GTD) tournament that attracted a total of (82) entries.

$150 No Limit Hold'em 

Total Entries: 82

Total Prize Pool: $10,000

1. Frederick Allenspach (Plantation, FL) $2,622
2. Ramon Gonzalez (Miami, FL) $2,195
3. Giovanni Cantatore (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $1,261
4. Kevin Scarola (West Palm Beach, FL) $1,195
5. Franklin Ramos (Plantation, FL) $1,127
6. Raul Hernandez (West Palm Beach, FL) $550
7. Hugh Hardy (Pompano Beach, FL) $450
8. Mike Allen (Miami Gardens, FL) $350
9. Tim Kegel (Hollywood, FL) $250

Wednesday, April 12th: Elevated Tournament Attendance Yesterday, "Spin To Win" Today

ICYMI: The $100 No Limit Hold'em "Monster Stack" ($3,000 GTD) has been in place for well over a month now, but yesterday seemed to be the day it "clicked" with the tournament poker community.  This is an event unlike many at surrounding properties...offering a 25,000 starting stack, and (20) minute levels throughout the event.  The starting stack allows for super deep play throughout the entire tournament (even in the later stages/final table), while the level length assures players that they can make it home at a reasonable hour.  Tuesday's installment drew a field of (60) entries, crushing the posted guarantee, and finishing with a prize pool of $4,620.  Six players were scheduled to reach the money, but when things reached eight-handed play, a deal was agreed to between the remaining players:

1. Thomas Gari (Hollywood, FL) $897
2. Steven Broniecki (Palm Beach Gardens, FL) $890
3. Donna Broniecki (Palm Beach Gardens, FL) $695
4. Dwight Pinkerton (Boca Raton, FL) $573
5. George Lukawski (Parkland, FL) $480
6. Frank Talierci (Naples. FL) $353
7. Nancy Thomas (Lauderdale By The Sea, FL) $330

Thomas Gari would have been the main storyline of the tournament, if it wasn't for the two players behind him.  We've seen many "poker couples" when it comes to tournament poker, but this is the first time that a husband/wife combo has finished this high.

While the afternoon event's attendance came as somewhat of a surprise, the (292) entries that made up the $60 No Limit Hold'em ($12,000 GTD) surely didn't come out of nowhere.  The Tuesday installment of the "Thursday $12k" soared past the guarantee (once again), officially finishing up at $14,764.  A total of (27) spots were getting paid, with a min-cash worth $133, and the posted first place prize sitting at $4,132.  After four eliminations at the final table, the final six players agreed to a deal that would end the tournament:

1. Paul Chrulski (St. Petersburg, FL) $2,001
2. Daniel Shortley (Lake Worth, FL) $2,000
3. Alan Brostoff (Boca Raton, FL) $1,703
4. Paul Louis (Oakland Park, FL) $1,703
5. Jack Sedaka (Coconut Creek, FL) $1,703
6. Thomas Millward (Boca Raton, FL) $1,703

Tournaments: With the "Spin To Win" promotion grabbing the daytime attention away from tournaments, the evening event offers up another great value.  The $100 No Limit Hold'em "Big Stack Turbo Bounty" w/ $25 Bounties has a $5,000 guaranteed prize pool, and offers deep play once again (with an 18,000 starting stack).

Promotions: The "Spin To Win" promotion shouldn't really need an introduction anymore, but there are still new people everyday that come to the blog.  From 12:00pm-11:00pm, qualifying high hands (every 30 minutes) earn the opportunity to spin the "money wheel," a Wheel Of Fortune-type jackpot maker in the back of the poker room.  The full results from the promotion will be posted tomorrow morning, with an average of $10,000-$11,000 awarded each Wednesday.  That's not all for Wednesday though, as things start off early with the "Turbo High Hand" promotion...awarding $100 every (10) minutes from the hours of 9:00am-12:00pm.

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