Sunday, May 23rd: Tournament Numbers Continue To Impress, With Another Record Breaking Saturday Night Field!

ICYMI: With the resurgence of tournament poker at the Isle Casino Pompano Park, record breaking fields became something of the norm.  Now that things have settled down slightly, it's not often we see numbers that continue to best prior top marks.  Yesterday's $100 No Limit Hold'em ($5,000 GTD) became the newest to break a record, as registration for the tournament closed with a total of (189) entries, and an official prize pool of $14,175.  A total of (24) players were scheduled to grab a piece of the prize pool, with the afternoon's action concluding in a six-way deal.  In addition to the healthy payouts, those involved in the chop also were rewarded solid points for the Player of the Month leaderboard.  Darkhan Botabayev took home first place money in the deal, which helped vault him to the top of the rankings.  Official results from the tournament are listed below:

1. Roberto Alvarado (Pompano Beach, FL) $2,167
2. Shawn Farmer (Opa Locka, FL) $2,045
3. Darkhan Botabayev (Sunny Isles, FL) $1,717
4. Dean Stevenson (Coral Springs, FL) $1,353
5. Angel Bucca (Loxahatchee, FL) $1,186
6. Jesse Koven (Deerfield Beach, FL) $1,159
7. Thomas Mucci (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $482
8. Emen Sons (Boynton Beach, FL) $420
9. Luke Mead (University Place, WA) $361
10. Joseph Bruns (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $310
11. Joseph Obed (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $310
12. Levi Pruss (Sunrise, FL) $310
13. Melissa Mancini (Oakland Park, FL) $262
14. Alan Levin (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $262
15. George Mazauskas (Boynton Beach, FL) $262
16. Irwin Block (Pompano Beach, FL) $218
17. Larry Stoddard (Babylon Village, NY) $218
18. Robert Cox (Boca Raton, FL) $218
19. Pedro Palacio (Coconut Creek, FL) $174
20. Christopher Sweeney (Coconut Creek, FL) $174
21. Cory Santacroce (Pompano Beach, FL) $174
22. Ursula Buffa (Pompano Beach, FL) $131
23. Diana Prkacin (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $131
24. Jaccque Doucette (Lake Worth, FL) $131

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