$200 NLH "Isle New Year Kickstart" (Flight 1C): After Being Within Arms Length, Daniel Diamond Has His Eyes On An Isle Poker "Major" Title

"Isle New Year Kickstart"
$200 No Limit Hold'em
$100,000 GTD

Level 4 (Blinds 200/300/300)

Total Flight 1C Entries: 71

Daniel Diamond (Plantation, FL) broke out onto the tournament scene last year, thanks to a second place finish in Event #3 of the Isle Open.

Daniel Diamond (Plantation, FL) was a relative unknown on the tournament scene (at least on the Isle Poker Room's blog), until his result Event #3 of the 2018 Isle Open.  Daniel found himself heads-up for the trophy, across the table from former WSOP Main Event runner-up Joshua Beckley.  Chips were fairly even when heads-up play began, but the two would play things out, as Beckley declined a chop on numerous occasions.  Diamond eventually had to settle for runner-up honors, falling to a very formidable opponent.  The $15,785 prize he earned for second place was the largest cash of Diamond's career, and helped make 2018 Daniel's "breakout" year.  After recording just over $3,000 in cashes over two years, Diamond finished 2018 with over $22,470 in results.  

After a final table in the most recent Fun In The Sun series at Hard Rock, Diamond feels primed for another deep run, with goals to best that runner-up finish.  Diamond headlines the second list of notables in the Flight 1C field, which includes names like:

Richard Wetter

Alberto Niebla

Scott Efron

Julian Wohlgemuth

Frank Scala

Francois Gagne

Kenneth Bruno

Alexander Perez

Melissa Kaiser

Linda Lipkins