Friday, July 16th: Raminder Singh Continues To Raise His "Amateur" Status, Friday Night Festivities Expected To Be Special!

ICYMI: How long is someone allowed to call themselves an "amateur," when the continue to record results that are reminiscent of a "professional?"  Raminder Singh (Delray Beach, FL) may always keep the "amateur" title associated with his name, but it's clear where his skill-set stands.  Raminder (along with two others) bested a (168) entry field, in last night's $150 No Limit Hold'em "Double Green Chip Bounty" ($5,000 GTD), topping a three-way chop that ended the tournament.  The $10,920 prize pool was spread across (21) payspots, with players also earning $50 for each elimination.  Singh, Anderson Patino, and Nancy Birnbaum, agreed to the deal that ended the event, with official results from the tournament listed below:

1. Raminder Singh (Delray Beach, FL) $2,680
2. Anderson Patino (Miami, FL) $2,126
3. Nancy Birnbaum (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $1,120
4. Louis Chiofalo (Boynton Beach, FL) $682
5. Albert Arrastia (Deerfield Beach, FL) $526
6. Darkhan Botabayev (Sunny Isles Beach, FL) $436
7. Daniel Wu (Pompano Beach, FL) $378
8. Gerard Forrester (Lake Worth, FL) $333
9. Michael Sherbondy (Pompano Beach, FL) $290
10. Zaki Lichaa (Pompano Beach, FL) $251
11. Brandon Shulman (Boynton Beach, FL) $251
12. Susan Krowitz (Pompano Beach, FL) $251
13. Alex Mammon (Plantation, FL) $213
14. Marc Roth (Plantation, FL) $213
15. Donald Williams (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $213
16. Shamica Lamar (Wellington, FL) $177
17. James Powers (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $177
18. Michael Kennedy (Miami, FL) $177
19. James Tomblin (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $142
20. David Albertson (Coral Springs, FL) $142
21. Did Not Report (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $142

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