Results from The Isle's State tournament
The Isle held four tournaments, called the Florida State Poker Championships, from June 16-21, drawing at least 220 players in each one:
In the $800 tournament (with an $80 house fee), I'm told they split the pot, then played a five-card showdown for the trophy. The tournament drew more than 250 players and more than $200,000 in the prize pool. That's great, because the promised at least $150,000, so their word is good:
The top nine each split $17,320. But the official totals were: Long Xuan Nguyen, Sunrise, $56,000; Antuan Bunkley, Riviera Beach, $32,000; Francis Sassi, Davie, $22,000; Robert F. Oulton Jr., Pompano Beach, $13,000; Scott McInnis, Boca Raton, $9,500; Peter Striano, Lake Worth, $8,600; Keith Ingham, Boca Raton, $6,500; Paul Zarcadolas, Boynton Beach, $4,500; Ravi Mahani, Boca Raton, $4,400.
In the $500 Isle tournament, the results were:
Jonathan Marks, Weston, (pictured at left) $31,218; Jose Torres, Cooper City, $17,840; John Andrews, Boca Raton, $12,265; Jeff Charlton, Lake Worth, $7,248; Brian Wilson, Fort Myers, $5,296; Fabio De Francesco, Fort Lauderdale, $4,795; Kevin McBride, Boca Raton, $3,624; Roberto Herrera, Coral Springs, $2,509; Sandy Swartzbaugh, Fort Lauderdale, $2,453.
All in Free Poker's Bryan Oulton gloats a little bit:
Business partner Sandy Swartzbaugh made the $500 final table and his father, Robert Oulton, was part of the final table chop.
"If only I hadn’t double bubbled, at 25th, in the $225 and missed the loot by two spots, it would have been even more great AIFP representation," he said.
A Sun-Sentinel metro columnist (see post below) asked me not to mention that he had a great run Sunday morning, then got caught in some playable hands and busted out at 36th, 11 spots shy of the money. Personally, I remember back when we had home games and maybe a beer -- before wives, before children -- and he often won. So I give him credit for at least playing.
Comments
I just wanted to say the IlSE ran a great tournament and we want to thank all those involved for a great experience.
My thanks to Bill JJ Gary Chris and Marianne and all the dealers that participated.
Doug Andrea Ralph Randy etc.
They are all very professional and make playing at the ISLE a satisfying experience.
I hope the ISLE duplicates what the Mardis Gras is doing and goes 24 hours for poker.
Then we can have more Big Tournaments like this one with a proper Blind Structure of 30 minutes to 1 hour blinds.
Sincerely
S.McInnis
Clovus
Posted by: Scott "Clovus" McInnis | June 27, 2008 9:29 AM