Championship: Day 2 Chip Counts

$1,100 Championship
Day 2 Blinds: 2,500/5,000/500 Ante
Players: 20/161

Championship chip leader Marc Medrano
Championship chip leader Marc Medrano

The $1,100 buy-in $100,000 guaranteed Coco Poker Showdown Championship kicked off Saturday at 1 p.m. The series finale drew a field of 161 entries generating a prize pool of $161,000. Among those to take a shot on the South Florida felt were Seminole Hard Rock Poker Player of the Year points leader Timothy Miles, WSOP gold bracelet winner Phil Hui and David Prociak.

Following 14 levels of play, just 20 remain with Marc Medrano bagging the chip lead. Medrano owns 292,500 chips and sits in pole position with only the top 18 finishers scoring a payday. The tournament’s champion earns $49,905.

Day 2 table draws | Prize Pool

Play resumes Sunday at 1 p.m. with blinds of 2,500/5,000 and a 500 ante.

Day 2 chip counts:

RankNameChip Count
1Marc Medrano292,500
2Stuart Paterson262,500
3Bruce Snell258,000
4Israel De La Ceda248,500
5James Newcomb240,000
6Dave Whalen185,500
7Peter Vitantonio172,500
8Herbert Woodberry171,000
9Santan Noronha171,000
10Ronald Sullivan162,500
11Adam Levy146,000
12Andrew Badecker133,500
13Francisco Gomez126,500
14Ido Ashkenazi113,500
15Dolphus Powers102,000
16Robert Midgette95,500
17John DePersio94,500
18Robert Miller93,500
19Frederico Dabus90,500
20Stephen Diamantas69,000