Sunday, April 18th: It's All About Those "Value-Town" Numbers, "Monster Stack" Attract Tournament Regulars

ICYMI: Saturday's $100 No Limit Hold'em ($5,000 GTD) continues to offer the best value of any tournament in the area, with the prize pool eclipsing $10,000 on a regular basis (for a $100 buy-in).  Last night's tournament attracted a total of (155) entries, and an official prize pool of $11,625.  With the large amount of entries, (21) players would reach the money.  Action played down to a five-way chop at the final table, with everyone walking away at least $1,987 richer.  Official results from the tournament are listed below:

1. Jeffrey Bennett (Pompano Beach, FL) $1,987
2. Shane Cashwell (Greer, SC) $1,598
3. Angel Jara (Kissimmee, FL) $1,537
4. Shawn Farmer (Opa Locka, FL) $1,408
5. Milan Mizerovsky (Greenville, SC) $1,408
6. Robert Allen (Pembroke Pines, FL) $485
7. Jesse Koven (Deerfield Beach, FL) $420
8. Pedro Palacio (Coconut Creek, FL) $371
9. David Sternberg (Coconut Creek. fL) $323
10. Benjamin Goldstein (New York, NY) $279
11. Marlon Nugara (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $279
12. Miguel Briganty (Sunrise, FL) $279
13. Mark Wiser (Lauderdale Lakes, FL) $237
14. Felix Reznick (Aventura, FL) $237
15. Seth Medoff (Pompano Beach, FL) $237
16. Paul Freedman (Delray Beach, FL) $197
17. Edward Shea (Slingerland, NY) $197
18. Gabriel Torres (Hollywood, FL) $197
19. Sharon Pickard (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $158
20. Joseph Avila (Jacksonville, NC) $158
21. Jonathan Marcu (Boca Raton, FL) $158

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