- Zaki Lichaa (Pompano Beach, FL) $523
- Arthur Rodriguez (Pembroke Pines, FL) $508
- Gregg Weiss (Delray Beach, FL) $392
- Brain Haines (Southwest Ranches, FL) $392
- George Tardugno (Weston, FL) $158
The "Big Stack Turbo Bounty" was followed at 6:00pm by a $130 No Limit Hold'em event, with a $20,000 guaranteed prize pool. The field would be comprised of (169) entries, with an official prize pool that closed at $20,000. A total of (22) players would reach the money in the event, with first place scheduled to take home $5,256. Some notables names to cash in the tournament included Justin Margolis (21st place), Robert Transue (19th place), Tom Millward (14th place), and Sergio Amato (12th place). The final table action would reach four-handed play, at which point a deal was agreed to, with Rodney Moret-Rojas (Troy, MI) taking home first place money in the deal (results listed below).
- Rodney Moret-Rojas (Troy, MI) $3,291
- Steve Moreno (Miami, FL) $3,275
- Antonio Campbell (Boynton Beach, FL) $3,200
- Stephen Bromfield (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $2,267
- Manuel Alvarez (West Palm Beach, FL) $963
- Glen Canelstein (Coconut Creek, FL) $798
- Steven Olek (Coral Springs, FL) $690
- Tom Gity (Pompano Beach, FL) $604
- Hari Sukhu (Miramar, FL) $526
- Robert Williams (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $448
Tournaments: Today's afternoon event (11:00am) is the $120 No Limit Hold'em "Monster Stack" ($3,000 GTD), a tournament that's structured with 25,000 unit starting stacks, and levels of (25) minutes.
The evening tournament brings back the larger guarantee, with the cards getting in the air for the $60 No Limit Hold'em ($8,000 GTD) at 6:00pm. The tournament is structured with starting stacks of 14,000 units, and levels that last (20) minutes. There is also an optional add-on at the end of registration (after Level 8), with players seeing a return of 10,000 units for $20 (with 100% of the add-on money going towards the prize pool.
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 - $120 No Limit Hold'em "Monster Stack" ($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 - $60 No Limit Hold'em ($8,000 GTD)
- Players will begin with a 14,000 starting stack
- Late and re-entries for the first (8) levels
- Levels are (20) minutes in length
- Optional add-on at the end of Level 8 ($20 for 10,000 units, 100% goes towards the prize pool)
- All late registrants and re-entries will receive a full stack
