Wednesday, March 21st: Donavan Dominates Omaha...Big Four-Way Deal In Single-Ante...Satellite Wednesday Is Upon Us

ICYMI: Battles At The Beach action started at 11:00am yesterday afternoon, as the mixed-game players arrived for Event #12, a $250 Limit Omaha 8B ($10,000 GTD) event.  The guarantee was surpassed before Level 4, which was the midway point of open registration.  The field would close with (62) total entries, and an official prize pool of $12,710.  Eight players were scheduled to reach the money, and once the bubble was burst, the storyline of the tournament would emerge.  When play was seven-handed, Andrew Donavan (Pompano Beach, FL) held more than sixty percent of the chips in play, and it seemed like a title win was just a matter of time.  The rest of the players held less than ten to fifteen big bets each, and just tried to do their best to ladder up.  Donovan would get his hands on the title just after 6:30pm, taking home the $4,575 first place prize, along with the trophy.  Listed below are the full results from the event:

1. Andrew Donavan (Pompano Beach, FL) $4,575
2. Bradley Wexler (Hobe Sound, FL) $2,688
3. Steven Roth (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $1,684
4. Eric Von Guttenberg (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $1,144
5. Allen Green (Weston, FL) $890
6. Robert Campbell (North Miami, FL) $699
7. Pattarporn Vorbeck (Pompano Beach, FL) $572
8. Perry Werbel (Margate, FL) $458

The storyline for the evening tournament (Event #13 $175 No Limit Hold'em Single-Ante $25,000 GTD) was the numbers...as (255) made up the field after registration's close.  The prize pool ballooned to $35,700, which then offered up a first place prize over $8,000!!!  A total of (32) players would reach the money in the event, with the following names just a few to cash short of the final table: Peter Bejusca (30th place), Henry Behr (25th place), David Zaldivar (21st place), Michael Newman (18th place), Raymond Nalbandian (15th place), and David Coughlin (11th place).  Once the final table was reached, action would play down to the point where things were four-handed, with an even chop agreed to.  Garrick Young (Miami Gardens, FL) would end up the trophy winner, but took the same amount of money as Michael Bonsignore (Hollywood, FL) and Adel Jo (Miami, FL).  David Shaw (Boca Raton, FL), who rounded out the deal, ended up taking just a single dollar less than the other three.  Full results of the final table are listed below:

1. Garrick Young (Miami Gardens, FL) $4,963
2. Michael Bonsignore (Hollywood, FL) $4,963
3. Adel Jo (Miami, FL) $4,963
4. David Shaw (Boca Raton, FL) $4,962
5. Ian Cohen (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $1,719
6. Earl Carroll (Lantana, FL) $1,424
7. Alberto Niebla (Miami, FL) $1,196
8. Butch Mitchell (Pompano Beach, FL) $1,000
9. John Valevich (Sunny Isles Beach, FL) $820
10. David Albertson (Margate, FL) $698

Tournaments: With the 2018 Battles At The Beach $1,500 No Limit Hold'em Championship ($500,000 GTD) starting tomorrow, the Wednesday prior is always known as "satellite Wednesday."  The first of the day's two satellites begins at 11:00am, and is a $340 No Limit Hold'em "Mega-Satellite," offering a guarantee of (20) seats into this weekend's premier event.  The satellite is structured with starting stacks of 14,000 units, and (25) minute levels over the course of the afternoon.  Registration is open through Level 10, meaning players have until approximately 3:30pm to enter.

The evening event (6:00pm) is a $175 No Limit Hold'em satellite, with (10) seats guaranteed into the $1,500 No Limit Hold'em Championship event.  Players in the satellite will be sitting down to starting stacks of 12,000 units, and playing levels of (20) minutes.  Registration is open through Level 8 (and the break that follows), allowing players until just before 9:00pm to enter.

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 started back on 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 - 2018 Battles At The Beach | $340 No Limit Hold'em "Mega-Satellite" Into Event #14 (20 Seats GTD) 

- Players start with 14,000 in tournament chips

- Late and re-entries for the first (10) levels

- Alternates and late entries will start with a full stack

- Levels will last (25) minutes

6:00pm - 2018 Battles At The Beach | $175 No Limit Hold'em Satellite Into Event #14 (10 Seats GTD)

- Players start with 12,000 in tournament chips

- Late and re-entries for the first (8) levels

- Alternates and late entries will start with a full stack

- Levels will last (20) minutes