Friday, June 18th: Botabayev Making His Presence Felt Once Again, Friday's $5,000 GTD Headlines Tournament Schedule

ICYMI: After taking home the Player of the Month title for April, Pedro Palacio immediately made his presence felt on May's leaderboard.  He held onto the top spot until the second-to-last tournament of the month, but watched as Darkhan Botabayev claimed the top spot.  This time around, it's Darkhan looking to be the first to go back-to-back, after winning last night's "Double Green Chip Bounty."  

The $150 No Limit Hold'em "Double Green Chip Bounty" ($5,000 GTD) attracted a total of (145) entries, and had an official prize pool of $9,425.  Of those entries, (19) players reached the money, with action playing down to an outright winner (Botabayev bested Kyle Taddie during heads-up play).  Official results from the tournament are listed below:

1. Darkhan Botabayev (Sunny Isles Beach, FL) $2,604
2. Kyle Taddie (Coconut Creek, FL) $1,649
3. Joseph Duchman (Miami Beach, FL) $971
4. Scott Hecker (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $589
5. David Coughlin (Lighthouse Point, FL) $457
6. Wade Hinds (Pembroke Pines, FL) $377
7. Erik Bartels (Boca Raton, FL) $330
8. Vladimir Grechnikov (Toms River, NJ) $295
9. Cathy Miller (Jupiter, FL) $260
10. Robert Gelin (Boynton Beach, FL) $226
11. Richard Fleming (Delray Beach, FL) $226
12. Juan Castillo (Boca Raton, FL) $226
13. Jonathan Marcu (Boca Raton, FL) $193
14. Seth Medoff (Pompano Beach, FL) $193
15. Andrew Daire (Boca Raton, FL) $193
16. Brunel Sicar (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $165
17. Fred Alesi (Delray Beach, FL) $165
18. Karen Duffy (Pompano Beach, FL) $165
19. Kenneth Fifer (Boca Raton, FL) $141

Tournaments: With the arrival of the weekend, comes the $150 No Limit Hold'em ($5,000 GTD)...the tournament that started this incredible "re-introduction" of the Isle Casino Pompano Park poker room.  The cards get in the air at 6:00pm, with players sitting down to starting stacks of 15,000.  Levels will last (20) minutes throughout the evening, with registration open through Level 8 (and the break that follows).

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.

In addition to the high hands, there is a "bonus" promotion in place, which offers $1,000 to the highest hand from the 10:00am-12:00pm time period.  If a player makes a straight flush in the 10:00am-10:30am qualifying period, and that is the best qualifying high hand from 10:00am-12:00pm, they will earn an extra $1,000 (in addition to the $300 they were awarded for the half-hour time period).

6:00pm - $150 No Limit Hold'em ($5,000 GTD)

• Players start with 15,000 in tournament chips
• Levels will last (20) minutes 
• Late and re-entries for the first (8) levels
• Alternates and late entries will start with a full stack