Sunday, February 14th: Record Breaking Numbers For Saturday Night $5,000 GTD, Could Sunday's Tournament Follow Suit?

ICYMI: Friday night's $150 No Limit Hold'em ($5,000 GTD) has been long been known as the headliner of the "Weekend Swing," but we may have a new contender.  Last night's $100 No Limit Hold'em ($5,000 GTD) attracted a total of (147) entries, larger than ANY tournament run post-pandemic.  There is no question about it, tournament poker is back at the Isle Casino Pompano Park!  The $11,025 prize pool was scheduled to be spread across (19) spots, with action concluding in a seven-way chop.  Official results from the tournament are listed below:

1. Kimani Mckoy (Margate, FL) $1,854
2. Katie Smith (Pompano Beach, FL) $1,285
3. Bruce Warren (Wilton Manors, FL) $1,261
4. Chad Graber (Palm Beach Gardens, FL) $1,222
5. Louis Leo IV (Boca Raton, FL) $1,006
6. Anderson Patino (Miami, FL) $769
7. Andrew Kern (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $762
8. Vladimir Grechnikov (Toms River, NJ) $245
9. Rajhid Carrio (Miami, FL) $304
10. Bruce Appel (Sunrise, FL) $265
11. Catalina Arbelaez (Columbia) $265
12. David Maddox (Boynton Beach, FL) $265
13. Christopher Sweeney (Coconut Creek, FL) $226
14. Jairo Velasquez (Sunrise, FL) $226
15. Anthony Douglas (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $226
16. Karin Powsner (Pompano Beach, FL) $193
17. James Parker (West Palm Beach, FL) $193
18. James Robinson (Lake Worth, FL) $193
19. Jeremy Ehrke (Pompano Beach, FL) $165

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: One of the changes in the promotional calendar for January, was the addition of $300 high hands on Sunday.  From 11:00am to 11:00pm, players will be vying for those $300 bonus payments every (30) minutes.  Those qualifying high hands must be aces-full or better, using both hole cards (one card high hands no longer qualify).

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