Friday, July 23rd: Sharon Pickard Takes Down Thursday's "Double Green Chip Bounty." But It's Ian Cohen Who's Making Moves!!!

ICYMI: Thursday's $150 No Limit Hold'em "Double Green Chip Bounty" signaled the homestretch, for players in the Player of the Month leaderboard race.  Registration for the event closed with (123) entries, and an official prize pool of $7,995 (bounty pool of $6,150).  A total of (16) players were scheduled to reach the money, and will those leaderboard points so valuable, action played down to an outright winner. Sharon Pickard (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) bested Ian Cohen (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) during heads-up play, and with Cohen already in the top ten of the monthly rankings, the finish was incredibly valuable.  Official results from the tournament are listed below, with an updated Player of the Month leaderboard to be posted this afternoon:

1. Sharon Pickard (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $2,317
2. Ian Cohen (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $1,439
3. Irwin Block (Pompano Beach, FL) $859
4. Marc Roth (Plantation, FL) $540
5. Luis Rivera (Homestead, FL) $400
6. Donald Williams (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $344
7. Shay Angel (Pompano Beach, FL) $298
8. Felipe Martinez (Stuart, FL) $264
9. Jason Barry (Coral Springs, FL) $232
10. Trent Daryl McInturff (Plantation, FL) $204
11. Fred Alesi (Delray Beach, FL) $204
12. Mark Bedford (Plantation, FL) $204
13. Dean Stevenson (Coral Springs, FL) $178
14. Gerard Forrester (Lake Worth, FL) $178
15. Seth Medoff (Pompano Beach, FL) $178
16. David Albertson (Coral Springs, FL) $156

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