Saturday, May 29th: Pedro Palacio Looking To Pull Off An Impressive Feat, As He Returns To Top Of The Leaderboard!

ICYMI: With the Player of the Month leaderboard coming down the stretch, the tournament fields have seen an uptick in numbers.  Last night's $150 No Limit Hold'em ($5,000 GTD) attracted a total of (146) entries, which equated to an official prize pool of $16,790.  A total of (19) players were scheduled to reach the money, with a lot of those in the tournament area, focusing on the amount of leaderboard points they could earn.  The event would end in a seven-way chop, with that seventh place finisher being oh so important.  Pedro Palacio's result (7th place) earned him 11.91 leaderboard points, which was enough to vault him to first place!!! With only a few events remaining in the month, Pedro is looking to win-back-to-back tournament leaderboards, and pocket another $2,000!  There are three more tournaments in May, so it's likely that this month will come down to the final event.  Official results from last night's tournament are listed below:

1. Jill Rukeyser (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $2,260
2. John Miller (Delray Beach, FL) $1,933
3. Shawn Farmer (Opa Locka, FL) $1,890
4. Daniel Wu (Houston, TX) $1,770
5. Jonathan Gordon (Coral Springs, FL) $1,660
6. Eric Landau (Delray Beach, FL) $1,543
7. Pedro Palacio (Coconut Creek, FL) $1,370
8. David Coughlin (Lighthouse Point, FL) $525
9. Justin Fiorrili (Boynton Beach, FL) $464
10. Nancy Birnbaum (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $403
11. Patricia Basilio (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $403
12. Jerry Rand (Boca Raton, FL) $403
13. Michael Weinberg (Delray Beach, FL) $344
14. Frank Lamarra (Philadelphia, PA) $344
15. Jessica Salguero (Miami, FL) $344
16. Gili Prizament (Biscayne Park, FL) $294
17. Scott Hecker (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $294
18. Alexey Kashirin (Sunny Isles, FL) $294
19. Louis Leo (Boca Raton, FL) $252

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 (169) entries, and had a prize pool of $12,675...for a $100 buy-in.  The payouts offered solid returns on investment, with first place taking home $2,543 (as part of a four-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