Championship: Day 2 Underway

$1,100 Championship
Level 15: 2,500/5,000/500 Ante
Players: 20/161

Day 2 chip leader Marc Medrano
Day 2 chip leader Marc Medrano

Cards are in the air for the second and final day of play in the $1,100 Coco Poker Showdown Championship. The 161-entry starting field is narrowed to the final 20 with Marc Medrano holding the chip lead.

Medrano’s 20,000-chip starting stack transformed into 292,500 over the course of yesterday’s 14 levels. He leads second place Stuart Paterson (262,500, James Newcomb (240,000), Peter Vitantonio (172,500), Adam Levy (146,000), John DePersio (94,500) and others.

Only the top 18 finishers earn prize money meaning two players will go home empty handed today. A min-cash in the event earns $1,852 while the tournament’s winner pockets $49,905.

Full Day 2 chip counts:

1. Marc Medrano – 292,500
2. Stuart Paterson – 262,500
3. Bruce Snell – 258,000
4. Israel De La Ceda – 248,500
5. James Newcomb – 240,000
6. Dave Whalen – 185,500
7. Peter Vitantonio – 172,500
8. Herbert Woodberry – 171,000
9. Santan Noronha – 171,000
10. Ronald Sullivan – 162,500
11. Adam Levy – 146,000
12. Andrew Badecker – 133,500
13. Francisco Gomez – 126,500
14. Ido Ashkenazi – 113,500
15. Dolphus Powers – 102,000
16. Robert Midgette – 95,500
17. John DePersio – 94,500
18. Robert Miller – 93,500
19. Frederico Dabus – 90,500
20. Stephen Diamantas – 69,000

Day 2 table draws

Prize pool:

Main Event PayoutUpdates throughout the tournament’s conclusion will be available right here at SeminoleCoconutCreekPoker.com.

Good luck, players!