Tuesday, April 3rd: Hector Pacheco Tops Nine-Way Deal Of $175 Single-Ante, As Things Move Up A Step For Tuesday

ICYMI: Yesterday afternoon was the first of three single-ante events to start the month's tournament schedule.  The $175 No Limit Hold'em Single-Ante ($15,000 GTD) tournament began at 11:00am, and after eight levels of open registration, would end up with a field that had (101) entries.  The $15,000 prize pool was spread across thirteen pay spots, with first place scheduled to earn just over $4,500.  Once play reached the final table, action would continue through one elimination (Leonid Goldshteyn), with a nine-way deal then agreed to.  Tournament regular Hector Pacheco (Davie, FL) topped the chop, taking home $3,263 for first place.  The rest of the results from the tournament are listed below:

1. Hector Pacheco (Davie, FL) $3,263
2. John Malczan (Boca Raton, FL) $1,656
3. Georges Boyadjian (Tamarac, FL) $1,614
4. Vito Polera (Miami, FL) $1,447
5. George Lukawski (Parkland, FL) $1,286
6. Joshua Jetton (Romulus, MI) $1,173
7. Zaki Lichaa (Pompano Beach, FL) $1,103
8. Rick Kalgstein (Sunrise, FL) $1,044
9. Francois Gagne (Hillsboro Beach, FL) $800
10. Leonid Goldshteyn (Tamarac, FL) $413
11. Paul Kern (Pompano Beach, FL) $413
12. Stanley Aufseer (Deerfield Beach, FL) $413
13. Joseph Mancuso (Deerfield Beach, FL) $375

Following the single-ante event (at 6:00pm), action got underway for the $150 No Limit Hold'em "Double Green Chip Bounty" ($5,000 GTD).  The field officially closed with (47) entriess, and a prize pool of $5,264.  Six players were scheduled to reach the money, with action pausing just one elimination into the money (Leonid Shuster).  At that point, a five way deal was agreed to, with John Magnetta (Boynton Beach, FL) winning yet another Isle Poker tournament.  John earned $1,158 for first place, which was just one dollar more than the runner-up finisher (Blaine McRae).  Official results from the tournament are listed below:

1. John Magnetta (Boynton Beach, FL) $1,158
2. Blaine McRae (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $1,157
3. Don Gordon (Boynton Beach, FL) $1,113
4. Christan Hanson (Goose Creek, SC) $775
5. Brenda Vaca (North Miami Beach, FL) $745
6. Leonid Shuster (Solon, OH) $316

Tournaments: The afternoon time slot (11:00am) once again hosts a single-ante tournament, with the numbers growing from yesterday's action.  Today's event is a $275 No Limit Hold'em Single-Ante, with a $25,000 guaranteed prize pool.  The structure also gets better for the players, as starting stacks grow to 50,000 units, with levels increasing to (25) minutes.  Registration is open through Level 10, allowing those that are interested, until about 3:30pm to join the field.

With tomorrow's single-ante event's buy-in growing to $360, players will have the opportunity get into the tournament for a fraction of the price.  Today's 6:00pm event is an $80 No Limit Hold'em Satellite into tomorrow's $360 No Limit Hold'em Single-Ante ($30,000 GTD).  Players in the satellite will be sitting down to 12,000 units, with levels that last (20) minutes.  Registration is open through Level 8 (and the break that follows), meaning players have until 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 - $275 No Limit Hold'em Single-Ante  ($25,000 GTD)

- Players start with 50,000 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 - $80 No Limit Hold'em Satellite Into $365 NLH Single-Ante (5 Seats GTD)

- Players will begin with a 12,000 starting stack

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

- Levels are (20) minutes in length

- All late registrants and re-entries will receive a full stack