Sunday, April 11, 2021

Sunday, April 11th: Arturo Alfonso Holds The Key To "Valuetown," Monster Stack To Attract Monster Numbers!

ICYMI: The good old $100 buy-in tournament is not something you find a lot of these days, which could be the reason Saturday's tournament does so well.  Last night was another impressive showing, as registration for the tournament closed with (155) entries, and a prize pool of $11,625.  A total of (19) players would see a return on investment, many of which were familiar names to the Isle Pompano Park poker community.  The evening's action concluded in a five-way deal, with Arturo Alfonso taking home first place money ($1,839).  Official results from the tournament are listed below:
  1. Arturo Alfonso (Miami, FL) $1,839
  2. David Singer (Boynton Beach, FL) $1,725
  3. Stephen Thomas (Coral Springs, FL) $1,617
  4. Pedro Palacio (Coconut Creek, FL) $1,477
  5. Shawn Farmer (Opa Locka, FL) $874
  6. Sergio Amato (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $454
  7. Danny Blackburn (Deerfield Beach, FL) $396
  8. Alfred Berchielli (Delray Beach, FL) $354
  9. Blaine McRae (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $313
  10. Martin Borras (Sunny Isles Beach, FL) $272
  11. Donald Giancoli (Pompano Beach, FL) $272
  12. Sharon Pickard (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $272
  13. Alejandro Funes (Miami, FL) $232
  14. Amir Baron (Coral Springs, FL) $232
  15. Marcus Sterling (Pompano Beach, FL) $232
  16. Robert Moore (Nashville, TN) $198
  17. Robert Alvarado (Pompano Beach, FL) $198
  18. Mark Ozarow (Wellington, FL) $198
  19. Betty Davis (Boca Raton, FL) $170
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: 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.

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