Tuesday, June 1st: Steven Raeman Takes Home Almost $10,000, But Darkhan Botabayev Steals The Spotlight (Winning May's Player of the Month)!

ICYMI: There would be no last-minute Player of the Month leaderboard drama, with some new names making noise, during last night's $250 No Limit Hold'em "Final Table Finish" ($10,000 GTD).  The event's registration closed with a total of (113) entries, and an official prize pool of $23,730.  First place was scheduled to take home almost $9,500, and a total of 45.20 leaderboard points, which could have helped a number of players.  Action ended up playing down to an outright winner, with Steven Raeman (Boca Raton, FL) taking home first place.  Official results from the tournament are listed below:

1. Steven Raeman (Boca Raton, FL) $9,491
2. Chris Siegfried (Pompano Beach, FL) $4,746
3. Ilan Hadida (Boca Raton, FL) $2,373
4. Ingrid Ortiz (Davie, FL) $1,661
5. Michael Weinberg (Delray Beach, FL) $1,661
6. Michael Brenden (Bonney Lake, WA) $1,424
7. David Coughlin (Lighthouse Point, FL) $1,187
8. Charlemagne Benjamin (Miami, FL) $1,187

With those results in the books, Darkhan Botabayev has officially won the Player of the Month for May, and will be awarded the $2,000 prize!

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.