Saturday, March 20th: David Albertson Claims Top Spot On Leaderboard, After Friday Night $5,000 GTD Tournament Win!

ICYMI: When the Player Of The Month tournament promotion was introduced to the Isle Casino Pompano Park poker room, an added element of competition was introduced.  As we reach the home-stretch, the leaderboard is seeing a major shift atop the rankings.  David Albertson (Coral Springs, FL) is a South Florida poker veteran, who has numerous accolades and awards under his belt...and he's hoping to add another one (after last night's outright win in the $150 No Limit Hold'em ($5,000 GTD).  The event attracted a total of (113) players, and had an official prize pool of $12,995.  Players had the $3,472 first place prize in their sights, but we primarily focused on being one of the fifteen to cash in the event.  If anyone has played with Albertson before, they would know that he's usually not interested in chopping, so get ready to play if he's got chips! 

That's exactly what occurred last night, as any dealmaking was put aside, with Albertson taking down the tournament outright, and earning himself 30.19 leaderboard points (which puts him in the driver's seat).  Official results from the tournament are listed below:

1. David Albertson (Coral Springs, FL) $3,472
2. Debra Neser (Oakland Park, FL) $2,500
3. Andrew Daire (Boca Raton, FL) $1,650
4. Kareem Bernardo (North Lauderdale, FL) $910
5. Alexey Kashirin (Sunny Isles, FL) $689
6. Stephanie Keen (Sunrise, FL) $572
7. Gary Van Buren (Pompano Beach, FL) $494
8. Eric Lerner (Hallandale Beach, FL) $435
9. Melvyn Dacosta (Sunrise, FL) $383
10. Jesus Cisneros (Pompano Beach, FL) $338
11. Jose Cabrera (Coral Springs, FL) $338
12. Sandra Wiśniewski (Massachusetts) $338
13. Jonathan Marcu (Delray Beach, FL) $292
14. Steven Scala (Skaneateles, NY) $292
15. Alfredo Moran (Rockville, MD) $292

Tournaments: The action for the $130 No Limit Hold'em "Monster Stack" ($3,000 GTD) gets underway at 3:00pm, with another great crowd expected.  The tournament is structured with 20,000 unit starting stacks, (20) minute levels, and has registration open through Level 8 (and the break that follows).  Results from the event will be posted tomorrow morning, in Monday's blog update.

Promotions: From 10:00am (the minute the doors open) to 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).  The 11:00pm-Close period will then see $100 high hands awarded every (30) minutes.

3:00pm: $130 No Limit Hold'em "Monster Stack" ($3,000 GTD)

• Players start with 20,000 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