Friday, July 2nd: July Tournament Schedule Starts With Record Breaking Field, As Race For Player Of The Month Resets Once Again!!!

ICYMI: When this past Monday's $250 No Limit Hold'em "Final Table Finish" ($10,000 GTD) had a record-breaking field, it looks like it was just a sign of things to come.  First up on the July tournament scheduled, was the $150 No Limit Hold'em "Double Green Chip Bounty" ($5,000 GTD).  With just over half of the buy-in going towards the prize pool (one-third goes to bounties), the idea of eclipsing $10,000 seemed to be a stretch.  We had seen Thursday events come close to that number, but last night's installment had a prize pool that finally eclipsed the five-figures.  

Registration for the event closed with a total of (172) players, and had an official prize pool of $11,180.  A total of (22) players would earn a piece of the prize pool, with the evening's action ending in a seven-way deal.  Isle Casino Pompano Park tournament veteran Robert Leff took home first place money in the deal, and quickly goes to the top of the monthly leaderboard.  Official results from the tournament are listed below:

1. Robert Leff (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $1,367
2. Marc Roth (Plantation, FL) $1,364
3. Archibald Barrant (Wellington, FL) $1,306
4. Pedro Palacio (Coconut Creek, FL) $1,181
5. Dennis Gilman (Pompano Beach, FL) $1,122
6. John Miller (New York City, NY) $1,006
7. Amy Conner (Deerfield Beach, FL) $750
8. David Ruthven (Pompano Beach, FL) $338
9. David Inselberg (Boca Raton, FL) $294
10. Christy Smith (Pompano Beach, FL) $250
11. Danilo Parada (Oakland Park, FL) $250
12. Kathleen Gale (Pompano Beach, FL) $250
13. Kenneth Fifer (Boca Raton, FL) $212
14. Harry Silver (Boca Raton, FL) $212
15. Roman Ojeda (West Palm Beach, FL) $212
16. Edward Russell (Pompano Beach, FL) $176
17. Daniele Condorelli (Pompano Beach, FL) $176
18. Irwin Block (Pompano Beach, FL) $176
19. Omar Sader (Pompano Beach, FL) $143
20. Nicholas Visconti (Delray Beach, FL) $143
21. Seth Medoff (Pompano Beach, FL) $143
22. Arlene Vazquez (Parkland, FL) $109

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