"January $100,000 II" (Flight 1A): "Where Everybody Knows Your Name, And They're Always Glad You Came"

"January $100,000 II"
$250 No Limit Hold'em | $100,000 GTD
Level 4 (Blinds 100/200/25)
Total Flight 1A Entries: 52

Thomas Gari (Hollywood, FL) is no stranger to events here at the Isle, and is looking to set himself up for yet another deep run in a multi.

As expected, this opening flight has attracted a good number of Isle Poker notables, many of which have become familiar to followers of the blog.  It's something we've repeated numerous times...about numbers players...but we have another notable coming off their best statistical year of tournament poker.  Thomas Gari (Hollywood, FL) has been recording cashes at a steady rate since 2014, and comes off a 2017 in which he recorded (21) results.  Those cashes equated to over $59,600 in earnings, which is his best year by over $20,000.

Thomas also started 2018 in strong fashion, as he took down a $120 No Limit Hold'em "Big Stack Turbo Bounty" event on last week's recurring tournament schedule.  The win was worth $1,008, and was actually followed by another final table finish justifier days later (also here at the Isle Poker Room).  A similar event to this was run late last November ($250 No Limit Hold'em with a $100,000 GTD), with Gari making a deep run, eventually finishing in 18th place ($1,300).  Thomas would surely sign up for another deep run like that, but first needs to find himself a bag, along with numerous others in the field with the same goal:

Steven Ekin
Scott Zakheim
Robert Flacco
Eric Piderit
Frank Traino
Michael Fryett
Preecha Taepakdee
Kenneth Bruno
Michael Tufaro

Players will be taking their first break of the day at the end of this level, returning to Level 5, with new blinds of 150/300/50.