Saturday, May 15th: Palacio Climbing The Leaderboard Once Again, As Players Focus On Saturday's Value Packed Event!

ICYMI: Friday's $150 No Limit Hold'em ($5,000 GTD) attracted a total of (99) entries, which equated to a prize pool of $11,385, that was scheduled to be paid across (14) spots.  The results from the tournament were made up of names that were very familiar to the room, including the four players that ended up chopping the event.  One of those names was Pedro Palacio, who took home third place money ($1,660), and the 14.33 leaderboard points that come along with the cash.  Those points helped him climb the monthly rankings, in hopes of becoming our first back-to-back leaderboard winner.  Official results of last night's event are listed below:

1. Alan Ago (Margate, FL) $2,291
2. Diane Linke (Boynton Beach, FL) $2,171
3. Pedro Palacio (Coconut Creek, FL) $1,660
4. Robert Kessler (Parkland, FL) $1,648
5. Steve Raeman (Boca Raton, FL) $666
6. Jairo Velazquez (Sunrise, FL) $532
7. Steven Rosen (Pompano Beach, FL) $453
8. Marc Roth (Plantation, FL) $393
9. Patricia Conrad (Delray Beach, FL) $347
10. Seth Medoff (Pompano Beach, FL) $313
11. Amin Hosein (Trinidad) $313
12. Ralph Spadafore (Boynton Beach, FL) $313
13. David Arundel (Wakefield, RI) $285

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 (155) entries, and had a prize pool of $11,625...for a $100 buy-in.  The payouts offered solid returns on investment, with first place taking home $2,116 (as part of a three-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