Saturday, April 24th: "Papa Bear" Takes One Down For The Local Grinders, As Tournament Numbers Continue To Impress!

ICYMI: If you follow South Florida tournament poker, then the uptick in numbers the past two days, should not really come as a surprise.  With a World Poker Tour event in the area, it offers once less place for the weekend crowd to play...which makes the incredible offerings at the Isle even more attractive.  Friday night's $150 No Limit Hold'em ($5,000 GTD) more than tripled the guarantee, after a total of (161) entries filled the tournament area.  The $18,515 prize pool was to be spread across (21) spots, with some eye-opening numbers up top.  The final table payouts were so enticing, players were able to agree to a five-way chop, which saw all parties involved get over $2,000.  Tournament veteran Robert "Papa Bear" Transue took home first place money in the deal ($3,054), with official results listed below:

1. Robert Transue (North Lauderdale, FL) $3,054
2. Diane Linke (Boynton Beach, FL) $2,545
3. Betty Davis (Boca Raton, FL) $2,451
4. Vladimir Grechnikov (Coconut Creek, FL) $2,022
5. Anderson Patino (Miami, FL) $2,021
6. David Albertson (Coral Springs, FL) $740
7. Randell Kugler (Pompano Beach, FL) $641
8. Bobby Leff (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $656
9. Jessie Koven (Deerfield Beach, FL) $492
10. Pedro Palacio (Coconut Creek, FL) $426
11. James Smith (Washington, PA) $426
12. Jatinder Singh (Lowell, MA) $426
13. Billy Michel (Miami Gardens, FL) $361
14. Marla Crumpler (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $361
15. Alvaro Acosta (Deerfield Beach, FL) $361
16. Roman Ojeda (West Palm Beach, FL) $300
17. Miguel Briganty (Sunrise, FL) $300
18. Woody Bonarto (Sunrise, FL) $300
19. Melissa Hunt (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $241
20. Mathieu Kerry (Davie, FL) $241
21. Michael Levin (Boone Mills, VA) $241

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