Sunday, March 21st: Jeremy Ehrke Takes A .5 Point Leaderboard Lead, After Topping Four-Way Deal In Last Night's $100 No Limit Hold'em ($5,000 GTD)

ICYMI: It's taken a long time, but our focus is shifting from the size of the prize pools (which have really become the "norm"), to what is happening with the Player Of The Month leaderboard.  After last night's win, David Albertson vaulted to the top spot, and gave himself a sizable cushion.  That would be short-lived though, as Jeremy Ehrke (Pompano Beach, FL) put on a performance during last night's $100 No Limit Hold'em ($5,000 GTD).  Ehrke was able to put himself in position to take home first place money, in a four-way chop of the event, besting a total of (143) entries.  First place money was obviously important to Jeremy, but so was the 34.35 leaderboard points he received, putting him ahead of Albertson by .5 point!!  Official results from the tournament are listed below:

1. Jeremy Ehrke (Pompano Beach, FL) $2,576
2. Seth Medoff (Pompano Beach, FL) $1,841
3. Jose Rodriguez (Sunrise, FL) $1,131
4. Emmanuel Varias (Tamarac. FL) $1,131
5. Irwin Block (Jacksonville, FL) $526
6. Ursula Buffa (Pompano Beach, FL) $440
7. James Wolf (Plantation, FL) $381
8. David Levinson (Boca Raton, FL) $338
9. Chrystie Dario (Boynton Beach, FL) $300
10. Roberto Alvarado (Pompano Beach, FL ) $263
11. Jack Appel (Boca Raton, FL) $263
12. Brian Dunn (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $263
13. Blaine McRae (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $228
14. Michael Valdez (Boynton Beach, FL) $228
15. Chrystian Santos (Delray Beach, FL) $228
16. Jose Betancur (Colombia) $196
17. Steven Scala (Skaneateles, NY) $196
18. Alfred Berchielli (Boynton Beach, FL) $196

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