Saturday, March 13th: David Albertson Records Another Isle Poker Room Tournament Win, With "Value-Town" Adding To It's Population

ICYMI: Since the re-opening of the poker room, there has been an influx of new names recording results, but we've seen a recent resurgence from the communities tournament veterans.  A week ago, it Raminder Singh, who added another tournament win to his resume...and last night it was David Albertson (Margate, FL).

Friday's $150 No Limit Hold'em ($5,000 GTD) attracted a total of (112) entries, equating to a prize pool of $12,880.  Of those entries, thirteen players were scheduled to reach the money, with strong payouts headed to those who went deep.  The final table almost played down to an outright winner, but before there was an official last hand, a heads-up chop was agreed to.  As mentioned, Albertson took home first place money, with Shawn Farmer getting more than $2,300 for his share.  Official results from the tournament are listed below:

1. David Albertson (Margate, FL) $3,200
2. Shawn Farmer (Opa Locka, FL) $2,350
3. Alexey Kashirin (Sunrise, FL) $1,296
4. Jonathan Marcu (Boca Raton, FL) $845
5. Peter Odiot (Hollywood, FL) $659
6. Debra Neser (Oakland Park, FL) $527
7. Robert Transue (North Lauderdale, FL) $448
8. Karen Duffy (Pompano Beach, FL) $389
9. Daniel Restrepo (Davie, FL) $344
10. Scott Wyler (Ocean Ridge, FL) $310
11. Andrew Daire (Boca Raton, FL) $310
12. Richard Kelleher (Coconut Creek, FL) $310
13. Sergio Amato (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $282

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 (147) entries, and had a prize pool just under $11,025...for a $100 buy-in.  The payouts offered solid returns on investment, with first place taking home $2,018 (as part of a six-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