Friday, August 13th: $1,000 High Hands Return (10:00AM-12:00PM), With Tournament Action Heating Up Once Again!

ICYMI: With the month reaching it's halfway point, those in contention for the WSOP $10,000 Main Event seat (as part of the Player of the Month leaderboard) are beginning to sense the enormity of the moment.  Another group of eager tournament players made their way to the poker room last night, for the $180 No Limit Hold'em "Double Green Chip Bounty" ($5,000 GTD).  Registration for the event closed with (127) entries, and an official prize pool of $11,557 (bounty pool of $6,350).  A total of sixteen players were scheduled to reach the money, with the final seven agreeing to a chop.  Quang Nguyen (Lauderdale Lakes, FL) took home first place money in the deal ($1,673), with those also involved walking away with at least $873.  Official results from the tournament are listed below, with an updated Player of the Month leaderboard to be posted this afternoon:

1. Quang Nguyen (Lauderdale Lakes, FL) $1,673
2. Kevin Blackwood (Pembroke Pines, FL) $1,521
3. Sharon Pickard (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $1,510
4. Alan Katsnelson (Boynton Beach, FL) $1,466
5. Karen Duffy (Pompano Beach, FL) $982
6. Daniel Furer (Plantation, FL) $935
7. Arlene Blakeman (Miami, FL) $873
8. Phillip Hoff (Brooklyn, NY) $381
9. Thomas Mucci (Boca Raton, FL) $334
10. Gregg Bloom (Delray Beach, FL) $295
11. Pedro Palacio (Coconut Creek, FL) $295
12. Scott Wyler (Boca Raton, FL) $295
13. Anthony Close (West Palm Beach, FL) $257
14. Ryan Estrada (Sunrise, FL) $257
15. Alexander Perez (Miami, FL) $257
16. Gerard Forrester (Lake Worth, FL) $225

Tournaments: With the arrival of the weekend, comes the $160 No Limit Hold'em ($5,000 GTD)...the tournament that started this incredible tournament resurgence at the Isle Casino Pompano Park poker room.  The cards get in the air at 6:00pm, with players sitting down to starting stacks of 15,000.  Levels will last (20) minutes throughout the evening, with registration open through Level 8 (and the break that follows).

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.

In addition to the high hands, there is a "bonus" promotion in place, which offers $1,000 to the highest hand from the 10:00am-12:00pm time period.  If a player makes a straight flush in the 10:00am-10:30am qualifying period, and that is the best qualifying high hand from 10:00am-12:00pm, they will earn an extra $1,000 (in addition to the $300 they were awarded for the half-hour time period).

6:00pm - $160 No Limit Hold'em ($5,000 GTD)

• Players start with 15,000 in tournament chips
• Levels will last (20) minutes 
• Late and re-entries for the first (8) levels
• Alternates and late entries will start with a full stack