"June $50,000 GTD" (Day 2): Majid All About The Action, Not The Pictures

"June $50,000 GTD"
$75 No Limit Hold'em
Level 18 (Blinds 4,000/8,000/1,000)
Players Remaining: 175/1,725

Thomas Millward (Boca Raton, FL) 

Mo Majid returned as the Day 2 chip leader, and after an hour of play, nothing has changed.  Maid, who requested his picture not be taken, has over 850,000 in front of him.  To put his stack in perspective at the moment...there isn't another player in the field over 500,000.  There are two "daily tournament" regs that have seen a solid start to the day, with Tom Millward increasing his Day 2 starting stack to 440,000, and Nestor Caraballo chipping up to 460,000.

The tournament field continues to shrink at a rapid rate, with the structure beginning to catch up tho the shorter stacks.  The 152,000 chips average is now less than (20) big blinds, and will continue to lessen until the later stages of the tournament.

Mo Majid - 866,000

Nestor Caraballo - 460,000

Tom Millward - 440,000

Raminder Singh - 290,000

Will Cusella - 283,000

Zakarya Wolgamott - 260,000

"June $50,000 GTD" (Day 2): 199th-207th Places ($93)

"June $50,000 GTD"
$75 No Limit Hold'em
Level 17 (Blinds 3,000/6,000/500)
Players Remaining: 193/1,725

The following players have cashed in the $75 No Limit Hold'em "June $50,000 GTD," and have cashed for $93:

199. Ralph Locher (Cooper City, FL) 
200. Robert Slater (Boynton Beach, FL) 
201. Jaidev Marajh (Coconut Creek, FL) 
202. Rosa Gonzalez (Deerfield Beach, FL) 
203. Donald Francois (Delray Beach, FL)
204. Marc Brown (Plantation, FL) 
205. Philip Novick (Pembroke Pines, FL) 
206. Paula Holder (Pompano Beach, FL) 
207. Kirk Toney (Boca Raton, FL) 

"June $50,000 GTD" (Day 2): 208th-216th Places ($90)

"June $50,000 GTD"
$75 No Limit Hold'em
Level 17 (Blinds 3,000/6,000/500)
Players Remaining: 193/1,725

The following players have cashed in the $75 No Limit Hold'em "June $50,000 GTD," and have cashed for $90:

208. Joann Nicolette (Cooper City, FL) 
209. Raul Hernandez (West Palm Beach, FL) 
210. Philippe Assous (Los Angeles, CA)
211. Gilberto Vega (West Palm Beach, FL) 
212. Steven Lamm (Boca Raton, FL) 
213. Georges Boyadijan (Tamarac, FL) 
214. Martin Jorgensen (Pompano Beach, FL) 
215. Gregg Bloom (Delray Beach, FL) $60
216. Nancy Birnbaum (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $60
217. Craig Bagon (Boca Raton, FL) $60

"June $50,000 GTD" (Day 2): Quick Color Up Break, Hecker Finds A Fortunate River

"June $50,000 GTD"
$75 No Limit Hold'em
Level 16 (Blinds 1,500/3,000/400)
Players Remaining: 214/1,725

Scott Hecker (Boca Raton, FL)

Day 2 players are just returning from their first break of the day, as tournament staff colored off the black (100) chips.  As the break was about two minutes in, players began to question why the clock was still running.  There was one hand still in play at Table 15, with Scott Hecker experiencing the better side of variance on the river.  Hecker had called a check-shove from Larry Travers, holding A♠ 10♣ on an A♥ Q♠ 10♦ flop.  Scott's tournament life would be on the line, as his hand was behind Traver's A♦ Q♥.  The turn would bring no help for Scott, who needed to see one of the two remaining tens from the deck.  The two-outer did hit on the river, giving Hecker the full house, and leaving Travers with less than 100,000.  Scott now has one of the top ten stacks in the field, sitting with 310,000 (77 big blinds).

"June $50,000 GTD" (Day 2): Field ITM, Raminder Running Good To Start

"June $50,000 GTD"
$75 No Limit Hold'em
Level 15 (Blinds 1,500/3,000/400)
Players Remaining: 216/1,725

Raminder Singh (Delray Beach, FL) 

A handful of players busted in succession to start the day, but then things slowed down for (10) minutes.  After another four eliminations though, play entered hand-for-hand, with the bubble to burst just moments ago.  Some of the group to fall short of the money included Zack Kadel, Luis Guarda, Calixto Rodriguez, Abraham Gross, Eric West, Larry Stoddard, and Joe Basso.

Trending in the right direction since the noon restart was Raminder Singh (Delray Beach, FL), who three-bet shoved over a raise from one of the chip leaders (Lisa Teebagy).  After two limpers released their hands, Lisa called quickly, and saw her 3♦ 3♥ dominated by Singh's K♠ K♣.  The board would run out 4♦ 6♠ A♣ 2♦ 6♥, and Raminder would earn the double (to over 300,000).

"June $50,000 GTD" (Day 2): Cards In The Air As We Play Down To A Winner

"June $50,000 GTD"
$75 No Limit Hold'em
Level 15 (Blinds 1,500/3,000/400)
Players Remaining: 226/1,725

The picture above shows only a small portion of the (226) bags that are going to be spread out across (23) tournament tables.  Day 2 will resume with 20:00 on the clock in Level 15, with blinds starting at 1,500/3,000/400.  It's a little bit of a "relief," so to say, for a field that was scheduled to return at blinds of 5,000/10,000/1,000.  Players come back to an average stack of (35) big blinds...opposed to (10).  While the back-up in the structure helps those below average to begin the day, within two hours, the stacks will be much shallower.  The field starts the day only (10) eliminations from the money, and with the number of super short stacks coming back, the bubble could potentially burst this first level of the day.

Cards will be in the air just past 11:00am, as Tournament Director Ralph Brandt goes over the rules for the day, as well as the payout procedure here at the Isle Poker Room.

Sunday, June 11th: Day 2 Of "June $50,000 GTD," "Turbo High Hands," And "Hard Stop, ICM Chop"

ICYMI: Yesterday saw the final three flights of the "June $50,000 GTD," and as expected, it was the busiest of all the starting days.  After registration closed, Flight 1G had a total of (239) entries, Flight 1H with a couple less (237 entries), and Flight 1I with the most of the nine flights (330 entries).  The $500 chip lead bonuses from the day were awarded to:

Flight 1G: Nick Persad (278,000)
Flight 1H: Ira Miller (283,700)
Flight 1I: Mohd Abdul-Majid (397,200)

With all nine flights now in the books, the "June $50,000 GTD" numbers are in...with a total of 1,725 entries making up the field.  The official prize pool closed at $86,925, with the tournament offering up a first place prize of $14,293.  Two places at the final table will be walking away with a five-figure score, while everyone who reaches the final table will walk away with over $1,000...in a $75 buy-in event!  It's been more than evident that this tournament was extremely popular with the players, whether recreational or professional.  A total of (226) players will be returning at 12:00pm this afternoon, and will be playing down to a winner.  The money bubble should burst within the first 10-15 minutes of play, as (216) of the (226) players returning will be walking away with a payout.

Tournaments: As mentioned above, the first tournament on the schedule is the resumption of the "June $50,000 GTD" at 12:00pm.  The Day 2 action is going to move quickly with (20) minute levels, so as the field shrinks, the schedule sees an opportunity for players to take a "second chance."  At 6:00pm, the cards will be in the air for the $100 No Limit Hold'em "Hard Stop, ICM Chop" ($5,000 GTD), and event that allows for players to "plan ahead."  The tournament is just like any other on the schedule (in terms of structure and play), but offers a "hard stop" time.  After (16) completed levels of play, and (10) hands (in hand-for-hand play), those remaining will ICM chop the remaining prize pool.  The tournament was run for the first time last week, and was chopped by Isle Poker regulars Tom Gity and Diane Linke.

Promotions: For a number of months, Sunday's high hand promotion has been of the "turbo" format, with $300 awarded every (15) minutes from 2:00pm-9:00pm (rollovers apply).  While that promotion is still in place this afternoon, there will be an extra six hours of "turbo" high hands, with $100 awarded every (10) minutes, from 8:00am-2:00pm (rollovers apply).  However you break it down, it's $600 worth of high hands up for grabs over the span of (13) hours.  Both tournaments are high hand eligible, adding even more appeal to the events.

12:00pm - $75 No Limit Hold'em ($50,000 GTD) Day 2

6:00pm - $100 No Limit Hold'em "Hard Stop, ICM Chop" ($2,500 GTD)

- Players will start with 16,000 in tournament chips

- Late and re-entries for the first (8) levels

- Alternates and late entries will start with a full stack

- Levels are (20) minutes

- At the end of Level 16, tables will be balanced and tournament will play (10) more hands, in hard-for-hand format.  Tables will be re-balanced after (5) hands.

- At the end of (10) hands, tournament play will end, and all remaining players will chop the prize pool using an ICM calculation.

"June $50,000 GTD" (Day 2)" Official Event Payouts

"June $50,000 GTD"
$75 No Limit Hold'em
Level 15 (Blinds 1,500/3,000/400)
Players Remaining: 226/1,725

Total Entries: 1,725

Total Prize Pool: $86,925

Payouts:

1. $14,293
2. $10,040
3. $6,574
4. $4,881
5. $3,659
6. $2,946
7. $2,393
8. $1,843
9. $1,428

10-12. $1,058

13-15. $816

16-18. $650

19-21. $515

22-24. $432

25-27. $359

28-36. $303

37-45. $251

46-54. $216

55-63. $190

64-72. $174

73-81. $161

82-90. $154

91-99. $147

100-108. $140

109-117. $134

118-126. $129

127-135. $123

136-144. $118

145-153. $113

154-162. $108

163-171. $103

172-180. $101

181-189. $98

190-198. $96

199-207. $93

208-216. $90

"June $50,000 GTD" (Day 2): Day 2 Seating Assignments (Sorted Alphabetically)

"June $50,000 GTD"
$75 No Limit Hold'em
Level 15 (Blinds 1,500/3,000/400)
Players Remaining: 226/1,725

Mohd-I	Abdul-Majid **	397,200	43	2
Greg	Abell	58,300	48	9
Anthony	Anastasi	52,500	43	3
Gloria	Anez	49,700	7	1
Robert	Arahovitis	81,400	9	1
Alejandro	Armas	62,700	18	6
Philippe	Assous	44,100	47	10
Corey	Babapour	138,000	18	1
Craig	Bagon	114,000	7	9
Nader	Bahhur	149,000	5	9
Jeff	Baisley	234,700	18	2
Rita	Balbirer	146,400	46	2
Patricia	Basilio	121,500	14	2
Joe	Basso	60,000	13	4
David	Becker	128,000	6	7
Peter	Bejusca	87,700	38	2
Christopher	Bell	35,500	5	5
Martin	Belous	101,500	46	3
Jose	Benitez	48,500	15	6
Anthony	Bennett	133,100	18	7
Monty	Berger	137,600	48	4
Kareem	Bernardo	160,000	10	1
Allan	Bieler	39,400	14	5
Nancy	Birnbaum	82,000	10	10
Maxim	Bjelos	244,000	10	5
Andrew	Blake	91,200	3	9
Irwin	Block	111,700	18	9
Gregg	Bloom	75,400	8	1
Gerald	Blum **	248,000	12	1
Michael	Bonsignore	110,700	13	7
Georges	Boyadjian	45,900	12	3
Eric	Brewster	55,600	7	6
Alejandro	Bristol	156,100	46	6
Marc	Brown	33,600	38	9
Mike	Brugere	83,600	44	9
Carlo	Buzzetta	93,500	10	3
Nestor	Caraballo	273,100	8	3
Steve	Cardarelli	117,700	9	3
Steven	Carswell	211,000	3	1
Anthony	Casas	135,700	2	3
William	Caselle	189,100	13	5
David	Clark	215,500	18	3
Brad	Collins	99,200	8	2
Kirby M	Conserve	119,700	14	1
Chanfei	Cui	54,000	11	7
Andrew	Davis **	314,800	4	3
Juan	De Los Santo	213,000	3	7
Marianne	DeWitt	132,200	5	6
Scott	DiBenedetto	50,400	9	5
Mario	Donoso	93,000	38	3
Michael	Dotson	169,500	46	8
Roni	Dreszor	141,700	10	4
David	Dubin	50,400	45	1
Joseph	Duchman	194,900	12	8
Karen	Duffy	164,700	12	4
Pierre	Emmanuel	68,900	14	4
Eddy	Espinosa	54,300	12	2
Yves	Fequiere	86,700	5	2
Juan	Ferrer	36,000	48	1
Seymour	Field	65,500	8	5
Ebrahim	Figueroa	22,400	38	8
Adam	Flock	205,700	14	8
Donald	Francois	117,700	43	4
Bradley	Freundlich	147,800	46	10
Francios	Gagne	155,000	12	7
Alan	Ganut	41,300	15	4
Jose	Garcia	172,500	6	10
Washington	Gavilanes	95,900	18	8
James	Gavin	245,200	15	5
Ferguener	Gay	27,900	8	6
Leanne	Gelb	116,100	12	9
Rosa	Gonzalez	52,100	5	10
Lawrence	Gradus	147,700	38	6
Michael	Graffeo	125,600	7	4
Randy	Grayson	110,300	44	10
Abraham	Gross	53,600	43	7
Luis	Guarda	107,000	48	7
Michael	Guardino	141,300	18	4
Joelle	Guarino	141,800	6	5
Prabhu	Gubbi	167,600	45	10
Errol	Gunter	114,500	10	7
Alba	Gutierrez	95,700	15	2
Michael	Gutterman	80,500	2	9
Erik	Guzman	304,000	11	8
Chad	Haas	144,600	2	5
Allen	Hallacker	38,000	44	6
Maury	Halperin	94,000	47	3
James	Hamburger	57,900	4	4
Tammy	Haney	27,000	13	9
Hugh D	Hardy	72,500	3	6
Stephen	Harris	220,400	7	7
Jeffrey	Harris	31,500	11	4
Scott	Hecker	164,500	15	9
Morris	Heider	127,100	12	5
Greg	Heller	40,000	2	10
Yigal	Hen	117,000	2	7
Lazaro	Hernandez	71,800	48	10
Raul	Hernandez	41,200	7	10
Ronald	Higgins	233,500	8	9
Paula	Holder	47,900	5	7
Jason	Hopkins	76,000	2	1
John	Joffey	73,500	4	10
Leroy	Jones	34,000	45	7
Martin	Jorgensen	51,300	15	8
Zachary	Kadel	162,700	47	1
Matthew	Kelley	158,400	9	7
Marc	King	111,600	9	6
Jonathan	Krankov	185,700	38	4
Steven	LaFavor	45,400	44	4
Adlay	Lago	107,800	45	8
Steven	Lamm	54,500	6	6
Joe	Latona **	281,200	10	8
Rafael	Lazo	55,000	4	9
Justin	Lee	139,800	3	3
Mark	Lee	52,700	1	8
Avi	Levy	64,000	13	6
James	Lewis	79,000	7	2
Zaki	Lichan	78,000	45	2
David	Light	23,200	14	7
Diane	Linke	60,500	46	1
Vincent	Lobianco	89,000	5	3
Ralph	Locher	67,700	11	6
Nachum	Lumelski	80,000	45	4
Jeff	Lutin	47,500	11	3
Robert	Main	71,200	3	8
Joe	Mancuso	123,500	6	2
Jaiden	Marajh	58,600	3	4
Steven	Marcozzi	158,000	12	10
Francis	Margaglione	323,100	43	6
Devond	Marshall	184,600	14	10
Juan	Martell	291,000	6	1
Raj	Mathur	122,100	1	5
John	Mayers	220,000	6	8
James	McCaffrey	72,000	1	4
Miguel	McDonald	135,400	5	1
Kevin	McGillicuddy	127,400	47	8
Major Cathy	Miller	163,800	4	2
Toni	Miller	124,500	11	9
Ira	Miller **	283,700	44	3
Chad	Millward	136,700	15	7
Thomas	Millward **	343,200	11	2
Eugene	Mirabello	43,000	13	3
Kevin	Montagna	81,600	47	6
Juan	Mubarak	143,700	10	9
Rob	Mullin	137,600	44	8
Moises	Natanel	31,200	5	4
Shawn	Neifeld	62,500	8	10
JoAnn	Nicolette	59,500	3	10
Santana	Noronha	120,500	48	6
Philip	Novick	68,800	9	8
Bill	Odenat	133,700	12	6
Pedro	Olijo	77,400	46	9
Michael	Oloha	116,800	4	1
Feohea	Oralian	123,800	7	3
Hector	Pacheco	71,000	38	5
Danilo	Parada	152,100	8	8
Harold	Pawluk	95,100	1	10
Bob	People	79,400	43	8
Nicholas	Persad **	278,000	45	3
Eric	Piperit	78,300	43	10
Stephen	Plant	52,300	11	10
Vito	Polera	80,100	1	9
David	Price	72,700	44	2
Gili	Prizament	50,600	18	10
Mahendran	Ramanathan	69,700	10	6
Rafael	Ramos	74,000	18	5
Alex	Recio	31,000	9	2
John	Reslow	115,100	3	5
Joseph	Ritzie	125,600	2	4
Lynete	Robinson	93,700	38	1
Jeff	Rodriguez	99,900	47	9
Andres	Rodriguez	96,000	1	3
Calixto	Rodriguez	48,800	2	2
Marco	Rodriguez	42,800	3	2
Garrett	Rogers	34,900	43	9
Alejandro	Rosales	115,700	48	8
Jack	Rosenthal	116,000	45	5
Ruben	Saenz	49,300	1	2
Chas	Samuel	39,300	2	6
Amit	Savani	113,600	4	5
Kevin	Scarola	74,100	7	5
Richard	Schmitt	136,500	11	1
James	Scott **	326,300	1	7
Jordan	Shamah	49,700	47	5
Ken	Shockett	88,900	6	9
Samuel	Silva	41,800	9	4
Raminder	Singh	143,500	48	3
Harmeet	Singh Chawla	61,400	13	10
Robert	Slater	56,500	8	7
Ralph	Spadafore	115,000	44	7
Shawndra	Spay	144,000	4	6
Brent	Speer	60,200	1	1
Erin	Steinberg	129,900	43	5
John	Stevenson	123,400	46	7
Larry	Stoddard	56,000	7	8
John	Strempke	121,100	44	1
Scott	Strickland	175,600	13	1
Jose	Tacher	83,600	10	2
Robert	Tanner	183,400	46	5
Barton	Taylor	65,800	38	10
Lisa	Teebaggy **	339,900	48	2
Jacob	Thomas	194,100	15	1
Alexander	Thomas	124,500	5	8
Johnny	Tice	34,300	46	4
Kirk	Toney	35,400	43	1
Haim	Toorgeman	30,800	1	6
Frank	Traino	158,500	14	6
Larry	Travers	235,500	15	10
Jeffrey	Turcotte	100,000	6	4
Robert	Ursphruch	225,400	14	3
Gilberto	Vega	72,900	2	8
John	Vidal	80,700	44	5
Paula	Vieira	92,500	47	2
Josh	Wasserman	66,900	47	4
Michael	Watkins	149,000	11	5
Dan	Wayson	105,700	14	9
Eric	West	58,900	13	2
David	White	156,000	9	10
Ariel	Williams	237500	45	9
Dolline	Willis	22,800	47	7
Craig	Witz	198,200	9	9
Julien	Wohlgemuth	71,500	8	4
Zakarya	Wolgamott	245,500	6	3
German	Zaga	87,000	15	3
En Dong	Zhao	132,100	45	6
Sagi	Zommer	113,700	13	8

"June $50,000 GTD" (Day 2): Day 2 Chip Counts And Seating Assignments (By Chips)

"June $50,000 GTD"
$75 No Limit Hold'em
Level 15 (Blinds 1,500/3,000/400)
Players Remaining: 226/1,725

"June $50,000 GTD" (Flight 1I): Official End Of Flight 1I Chip Counts

"June $50,000 GTD"
$75 No Limit Hold'em
Level 16 (Blinds 2,000/4,000/500)
Flight 1I Players Remaining: 43/330

Mohd-I	Abdul-Majid	397,200
Francis	Margaglione	323,100
Erik	Guzman	304,000
Zakarya	Wolgamott	245,500
Larry	Travers	235,500
Jeff	Baisley	234,700
David	Clark	215,500
Jacob	Thomas	194,100
Devond	Marshall	184,600
Joelle	Guarino	141,800
Michael	Guardino	141,300
Anthony	Bennett	133,100
Erin	Steinberg	129,900
Toni	Miller	124,500
John	Stevenson	123,400
Donald	Francois	117,700
Alejandro	Rosales	115,700
Randy	Grayson	110,300
Adlay	Lago	107,800
Luis	Guarda	107,000
Jeff	Rodriguez	99,900
Carlo	Buzzetta	93,500
Paula	Vieira	92,500
Mike	Brugere	83,600
John	Vidal	80,700
Gregg	Bloom	75,400
Rafael	Ramos	74,000
David	Price	72,700
Lazaro	Hernandez	71,800
Robert	Main	71,200
Alejandro	Armas	62,700
Chanfei	Cui	54,000
Abraham	Gross	53,600
Anthony	Anastasi	52,500
Gili	Prizament	50,600
David	Dubin	50,400
Jordan	Shamah	49,700
Steven	LaFavor	45,400
Allen	Hallacker	38,000
Garrett	Rogers	34,900
Johnny	Tice	34,300
Ferguener	Gay	27,900
Dolline	Willis	22,800