Seminole Casino Coconut Creek
Coconut Creek, Fla.
2016 Coco Poker Showdown
Event #1
$130 No Limit Hold’em
Entries: 1,156
Prize Pool: $115,600
January 21-24, 2016

Coconut Creek, Fla. (January 24, 2016) — Event 1 of the 2016 Coco Poker Showdown at Seminole Casino Coconut Creek concluded Sunday night in the newly-opened, first-level poker room. The first of nine events on the series schedule, Event 1, a $130 no limit hold’em tournament, drew a stout field of 1,156 entries. The opener boasted a $100,000 guarantee that was bested during the early stages of the sixth and final starting flight. In the end, the prize pool topped out at $115,600.

Following four days and more than 55 hours of play, David Albertson of Margate, Fla. emerged victorious in a three-way chop. Albertson owned nearly 9,000,000 of the 11,560,000 chips in play three handed. He took the lion’s share of the prize pool while Charlie Overstreet and Eric Riley split the remainder evenly. The deal saw Albertson score $25,225 while Overstreet and Riley earned $14,423 apiece.

Albertson is a 55-year-old contractor. He described himself as a local player who plays all the tournament series at Coconut Creek as well as those at the nearby Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Hollywood. The win marks his third career tournament victory, 39th cash and pushes him to nearly $130,000 in career earnings.

The Coco Poker Showdown runs daily between now and Sunday, January 31. In addition to Event 1, the 11-day series features two other premiere events. The first, a $350 buy-in $250,000 guaranteed no limit hold’em tournament with eight starting flights, begins this Tuesday. The second, the $1,100 buy-in $100,000 guaranteed Championship, kicks off next Saturday.

The complete series schedule and all structure sheets are available under the “Schedule and Structures” tab above.

Event 1 final results:

1st: David Albertson – $25,225
2nd: Charlie Overstreet – $14,423
3rd: Eric Riley – $14,423
4th: Ryan Anderson – $7,283
5th: Kevin Chan – $5,029
6th: Ken Braddock – $3,873
7th: Oneil McCalla – $2,948
8th: Scott Dibenedetto – $2,162
9th: Marc Sacheli – $1,549
10th: Miguel Martinez – $1,110
11th: Bobby Bradley – $1,110
12th: Eric Sabido – $1,110
13th: Tim Kegel – $867
14th: Allan Dungo – $867
15th: Alan Slakman – $867
16th: Jason Talbot – $728
17th: Alfredo Guevara – $728
18th: Joe Marchese – $728
19th: Allan Kruger – $613
20th: Peter Bejusca – $613
21st: Elliott Zaydman – $613
22nd: Karl Lind – $613
23rd: Jason Casten – $613
24th: Trent Trimble – $613
25th: Opal Whitley – $613
26th: David Richard – $613
27th: Chad Graber – $613
28th: Jason Gooch – $520
29th: Paul Shafran – $520
30th: Joaquin Sosa – $520
31st: Demetrius Givens – $520
32nd: Kaitlin Sims – $520
33rd: Joshua Dichkewich – $520
34th: Charbel El Beyrouti – $520
35th: Dolline Willis – $520
36th: Aris Gomez Lopez – $520
37th: Ronaldo Da Costa Filho – $439
38th: Andrew Baars – $439
39th: Robert Aron – $439
40th: Richard Hutchings – $439
41st: Roger Delgaiso – $439
42nd: Adam Barclay – $439
43rd: Jerrold Solov – $439
44th: Morris Heider – $439
45th: Joseph Patalano – $439
46th: Benjamin Brown – $381
47th: Ismael Delgado – $381
48th: Jonathan Levy – $381
49th: Daniel Ortiz – $381
51st: Jimmy John Sandoval – $381
52nd: Steven Frankel – $381
53rd: Steven Rabb – $381
54th: Pedro Palacio – $381
55th: Wanlop Phonphornwithoon – $335
56th: Thomas Hoffman – $335
57th: Barry Clarke – $335
58th: Amir Baron – $335
59th: Nancy Todd – $335
60th: Ilan Hadida – $335
61st: Manuel Soltero Luna – $335
62nd: Lawrence Paden, Sr. – $335
63rd: Courtney Rowe – $335
64th: Denis Cyr – $301
65th: Zoltan Czinkota – $301
66th: Craig Bagon – $301
67th: Paul Nelson – $301
68th: Mor Hadir – $301
69th: Erin Steinberg – $301
70th: Gloria Anez – $301
71st: David Shaw – $301
72nd: Rayden Abreu – $301
73rd: George Duffield – $266
74th: Stephen Greenstein – $266
75th: Isagani Sabino – $266
76th: Joseph Yselonia – $266
77th: William Brooks – $266
78th: Irwin Block – $266
79th: Donovan Walker, Jr. – $266
80th: Edgard Mendes – $266
81st: Eric Rivkin – $266
82nd: Chad Bleznick – $231
83rd: Alex Cohen – $231
84th: Mark Gaudino – $231
85th: olesya Watchorn – $231
86th: Danit Dayan – $231
87th: Marco Chan – $231
88th: Gili Prizament – $231
89th: Lerory Grant – $231
90th: Richard Newton – $231
91st: Paul Balzano – $208
92nd: Arthur Dipofi – $208
93rd: Antonio De Araujo – $208
94th: Stuart Greenbaum – $208
95th: Ishaq Kundawala – $208
96th: Frederick Hall – $208
97th: Charles Dack – $208
98th: Kirk Toney – $208
99th: David Gelley – $208
100th: Victor Golan – $185
101st: Steven Olek – $185
102nd: Arlene Vazquez – $185
103rd: Charles Marik – $185
104th: Joe Patalano – $185 (Multi-stack payout)