Monday, March 29th: "Final Table Finish" Is Also The "Final" Tournament Of The Month, Meaning The Leaderboard Competition Is At An All-Time High!!

ICYMI: With just two tournaments remaining in the month of March, players looking to compete for the ten spots on the monthly leaderboard, focused on yesterday's $130 No Limit Hold'em "Monster Stack" ($3,000 GTD).  The event ended up attracting a total of (121) entries, and boasted an official prize pool of $12,100.  While we saw familiar names make waves in the event, there was no shake-up at the top of the leaderboard.  Darkhan Botabayev (Sunny Isles, FL) took the lion's share of a four-way deal, walking away with $3,000 (and 30.00 leaderboard points).  Official results from the tournament are listed below, with an updated Player Of The Month Leaderboard to be posted this afternoon:

1. Darkhan Botabayev (Sunny Isles, FL) $3,000
2. Roberto Alvarado (Pompano Beach, FL) $1,700
3. Jason De Rosa (Hollywood, FL) $1,700
4. Antonio Campbell (Boynton Beach, FL) $1,404
5. Nicholas Davico (Plantation, FL) $605
6. James Rodriguez (Colorado) $520
7. Michael Boykin (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $451
8. Jorge Vaca (Tamarac, FL) $399
9. Marcela Newmark (Hollywood, FL) $351
10. Steven Fostoff (Delray Beach, FL) $309
11. Shawn Farmer (Opa Locka, FL) $309
12. Frank Traino (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $309
13. Alfred Berchielli (Boynton Beach, FL) $269
14. Jesse Koven (Deerfield Beach, FL) $269
15. Stephanie Keen (Sunrise, FL) $269
16. Andrew Daire (Boca Raton, FL) $236

Tournaments: At 6:00pm this evening, the $250 No Limit Hold'em ($10,000 GTD) "Final Table Finish" returns, with a little wrinkle.  This particular tournament had such a good structure, that the final table action ran into the closing time of the poker room (players are then faced with chopping, or bagging for a Day 2).  To keep that from occurring, there will be some slight changes moving forward.

The event will be structured with 25,000 chip starting stacks, (20) minute levels, and open registration through Level 8 (and the break that follows).  The new format-wrinkle comes into play when discussing payouts, as the tournament will pay out just the final table, regardless of how many entries.  Exact payout percentages are as follows (final tables are now eight-handed):

1. 40%
2. 20%
3. 10%
4. 7%
5. 7%
6. 6%
7. 5%
8. 5%

Promotions: From 11:00am (the minute the doors open) until 11:00pm, $300 high hands will be awarded every (30) minutes. These high hands must be aces-full or better, use both hole cards, and be the winning hand (in a pot that has at least $10).  From 11:00pm until close, $100 high hands will be awarded every (30) minutes.

6:00pm: $250 No Limit Hold'em "Final Table Finish" ($10,000 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
• Levels will last (20) minutes