Saturday, April 17th: Friday's Action Ends In Four-Way Deal, Train To "Value-Town" Pulling Up To The Station

ICYMI: Even with some great tournaments in the surrounding area, Friday night's $150 No Limit Hold'em ($5,000 GTD) continued to shine.  The event attracted a total of (107) entries, equating to a prize pool of $12,305.  Fourteen players would walk away with a piece of the prize pool, but four garnered a good portion of the overall number.  A chop was agreed to after midnight, with Mark Ozarow taking home first place money.  Official results of the tournament are listed below: 

1. Mark Ozarow (Wellington, FL) $2,199
2. Darkham Botabayev (Sunny Isles, FL) $2,179
3. Pedro Palacio (Coconut Creek, FL) $2,118
4. Matthew Gray (Pompano Beach, FL) $1,731
5. Shane Cashwell (Simpsonville, SC) $689
6. Alexey Kashirn (Sunny Isles, FL) $566
7. Andrew Daire (Boca Raton, FL) $480
8. Jill Rukeyser (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $418
9. Richard Schmitt (Tamarac, FL) $369
10. Daniel Bueno (Sunrise, FL) $326
11. Robert Transue (North Lauderdale, FL) $326
12. Myrna Albert (Boca Raton, FL) $326
13. Steven Rosen (Pompano Beach, FL) $289
14. Amir Baron (Coral Springs, FL) $289

Tournaments: The train to "value town" departs the station at 6:00pm, when the cards get in the air for the $100 No Limit Hold'em ($5,000 GTD).  Last week's Saturday evening tournament attracted (155) entries, and had a prize pool of $11,625...for a $100 buy-in.  The payouts offered solid returns on investment, with first place taking home $2,116 (as part of a three-way chop).

The tournament is structured with 12,000 unit starting stacks, (20) minute levels, and has registration open through Level 8 (as well as the short break that follows). 

Promotions: From 10:00am (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: $100 No Limit Hold'em ($5,000 GTD)

• Players start with 12,000 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