Sunday, June 13, 2021

Sunday, June 13th: Celso Leroy Trying To Regain Form, "Monster Stack" Headlines Sunday's Tournament Action

ICYMI: Saturday's $100 No Limit Hold'em ($5,000 GTD) attracted another impressive field, and saw a familiar name find his way to the "winner's circle."  Registration for the tournament closed with a total of (156) entries, and an official prize pool of $11,700, of which (20) players would earn a piece of.  The final four players remaining would agree to an even chop, with Celso Leroy taking home "first place."  Leroy was a name that found it's way to the top of the leaderboard back in March (our first ever Player of the Month).  He is now in the mix for a second POTM title, after receiving 23.73 points.  Official results from last night's tournament are listed below:

  1. Celso Leroy (Delray Beach, FL) $1,780
  2. Manuel Santos (Westchester, NY) $1,779
  3. Rita Balbirer (Coral Springs, FL) $1,779
  4. Jason Holzberg (Delray Beach, FL) $1,779
  5. Joseph Sciarrino (Ft. Pierce, FL) $656
  6. Darkhan Botabayev (Sunny Isle, FL) $468
  7. Marissa Steller (Parkland, FL) $407
  8. Edward Mendez (Deerfield Beach, FL) $365
  9. Alberto Scuderi (Pompano Beach, FL) $314
  10. James Wolf (Plantation, FL) $275
  11. Edward Medoff (Margate, FL) $275
  12. Daniel Wu (Houston, TX) $275
  13. Nicholas MacDonald (Pompano Beach, FL) $237
  14. Omar Sader (Pompano Beach, FL) $237
  15. Jeffrey Bennett (Pompano Beach, FL) $237
  16. Sharon Pickard (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $200
  17. John English (Coral Springs, FL) $200
  18. Jonathan Gordon (Coral Springs, FL) $200
  19. Michael Krumenacker (Scottsdale, AZ) $164
  20. Antonio De Araujo (Deerfield Beach, FL) $164

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