Friday, September 30th: Northeast Tournament Veteran Lyle Diamond Wins Thursday's $15,000 GTD, With Tonight's Tournament Deciding September's Player Of The Month

ICYMI: With Thursday's $200 No Limit Hold'em ($15,000 GTD) helping to determine the eventual September Player of the Month, it's no surprise that the numbers were on the higher end.  Registration for the tournament closed with a total of (95) entries, and after the $100 optional add-ons were included in the prize pool, the official number reached $19,025.  A total of (12) players were scheduled to reach the money, with action playing down to an outright winner.  Lyle Diamond (Matawan, NJ) bested Danilo Parada (Oakland Park, FL) during heads-up play, earning $6,034 for the win.  The result helped Lyle crack the top ten on the leaderboard, and saw Danilo Parada enter the top five.  Official results from the event are listed below, along with an updated Player of the Month leaderboard:

1. Lyle Diamond (Matawan, NJ) $6,034
2. Danilo Parada (Oakland Park, FL) $3,615
3. Jeremy Becker (Pompano Beach, FL) $2,283
4. Jonathan Lasko (Hollywood, FL) $1,474
5. Scott Wyler (Ocean Ridge, FL) $1,142
6. Steven Freifeld (Boca Raton, FL) $904
7. Sharon Aziz (Hallandale Beach, FL) $761
8. Robin Eugene (Boynton Beach, FL) $666
9. John Magnetta (Boynton Beach, FL) $604
10. Wade Bryan (Miami, FL) $552
11. Michael Yehudai (Brooklyn, NY) $514
12. Chris Underwood (Lantana, FL) $476

Tournaments: With the arrival of the weekend, comes the $80 No Limit Hold'em ($4,000 GTD)...a new event that replaces the $160 No Limit Hold'em ($5,000 GTD).  The cards get in the air at 6:00pm, with players sitting down to starting stacks of 12,000.  Levels will last (20) minutes throughout the evening, with registration open through Level 8 (and the break that follows).  At the end of registration, players will have the opportunity to add-on for $40 (receiving an additional 15,000 chips).

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.

In addition to the high hands, there is a "bonus" promotion in place, which offers $1,000 to the highest hand from the 9:00am-12:00pm time period.  If a player makes a straight flush in the 9:00am-9:30am qualifying period, and that is the best qualifying high hand from 9:00am-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 - $80 No Limit Hold'em ($4,000 GTD)

• Players start with 12,000 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
• Optional $40 add-on at the end of registration (15,000 chips)