ICYMI: Tuesday's $160 No Limit Hold'em ($10,000 GTD) may have an aspect that players aren't aware of, being a "Final Table Finish" format. Regardless of the amount of entries in the tournament, the prizes will be awarded to only the top nine players (who make the final table). With that in place, the tournament will always have at least a $4,000 first place prize. Last night's installment attracted a total of (71) entries, which was just short of the number needed to reach the $10,000 guaranteed number. That meant that players were competing for "free money," that was going to be offered up by the poker room (in order to meet the guarantee). In a rare occurrence, the event played down to an outright winner, with Eric Vasquez (Pompano Beach, FL) besting the field. In addition to the $4,000 first place prize, Vasquez earned 28.40 leaderboard points, which puts him directly in the running (even with a week remaining in the month). Official results from the tournament are listed below:
- Eric Vasquez (Pompano Beach, FL) $4,000
- Adam Mammon (Lauderhill, FL) $1,800
- David Iseman (Deerfield Beach, FL) $1,000
- Mark Cabanas (Pompano Beach, FL) $700
- Gary Baker (Plant City, FL) $700
- Daniel Turcotte (Boca Raton, FL) $600
- Eric Siegel (Boca Raton, FL) $600
- Andrey Lesyuk (Boynton Beach, FL) $300
- Mark Rakoff (West Palm Beach, FL) $300
Promotions: From 9:00am (the minute the doors open) until 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). From 11:00pm until close, $100 high hands will be awarded every (30) minutes.
