Sunday, March 28th: Saturday's $100 NLH $5,000 GTD Attracts Record Breaking Numbers, As Players Battle For Those Leaderboard Points

ICYMI: With the ability for so many players to make moves on the Player Of The Month Leaderboard, last night's $100 No Limit Hold'em ($5,000 GTD) ended up breaking all-time records.  The tournament saw registration close with (176) players...a number like none other we've seen, since the poker room's re-opening earlier this summer.  That meant, that for just the $100 buy-in, players were battling it out for a prize pool of $13,200.  

A total of (22) players were scheduled to reach the money, with action playing down to the final two players.  Michael Bailine and Patricia Case ended up making a heads-up deal, with Bailine receiving an extra dollar.  Official results of the event are listed below:

1. Michael Bailine (Davie, FL) $2,882
2. Patricia Case (Coconut Creek, FL) $2,881
3. Jon Newby (Kalamazoo, MI) $1,354
4. Shawn Farmer (Opa Locka, FL) $824
5. Julio Lopez (Boca Raton, FL) $636
6. David Albertson (Coral Springs, FL) $527
7. Alvaro Acosta (Deerfield Beach, FL) $455
8. Vincent Dellapi (Coconut Creek, FL) $399
9. Scott Murray (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $347
10. Dylan Cecere (Lighthouse Point, FL) $296
11. Jonathan Jimenez (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $296
12. John English (Coral Springs, FL) $296
13. Stephen Greenstein (Pompano Beach, FL) $250
14. Cory Santacroce (Pompano Beach, FL) $250
15. Erik Bartels (Boca Raton, FL) $250
16. Jeffrey Bennett (Pompano Beach, FL) $208
17. Marc Ozarow (Wellington, FL) $208
18. Robyn Marshman (Tamarac, FL) $208
19. Andrew Daire (Boca Raton, FL) $168
20. Trey Brauch (Pompano Beach, FL) $168
21. William Baxley (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $168
22. Michael Mendez (Weston, FL) $129

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