$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 15: 2,500/5,000/500 Ante

Event 1 players are back in the room and ready to find their champion. The tournament drew 990 entrants with 122 of them coming back today. Faycal Bennouna-Zhar packed his bag full with 515,000 and only Evan Teitelbaum gave him a chase last night.

Of those 122 players, only 90 of them will make it into the money with the top spot set to earn a very nice $73,094 for the title. Cards will be in the air shortly and we’ll be here from start to finish.

Top ten returning stacks:

Faycal Bennouna – 515,000 (103 bb)
Evan Teitelbaum – 387,500 (78 bb)
Yves Fequiere – 347,000 (69 bb)
Jeffrie Charlton – 331,500 (66 bb)
Jorge Guilarte – 282,000 (56 bb)
Kenneth Bruno – 256,000 (51 bb)
Steven Bennett – 245,500 (49 bb)
Pedro Palacio – 232,500 (47 bb)
Casey Kaplan – 232,000 (46 bb)
Guillermo Hamilton – 222,000 (44 bb)

$500 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Level 2: 150/300 Limits

The non-No Limit Hold’em events will never draw as big as their cousins but we have a nice field of 20 players at the start of the second level. Closing in on the halfway point of hitting the $20,000 guarantee with plenty of time to run that up.

Local favorite Luis Santoni is back in action two days after making the Event 2 PLO final table. He finished fifth in that game and looking to move up.

$500 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Level 1: 100/200 Limits

There are enough non-Hold’em and mix events on the 2015 Coco Poker Open schedule to keep everyone happy. We already wrapped up a Pot Limit Omaha tournament and this afternoon puts H.O.R.S.E. out there for those who like to master different variations of the game.

They’ll rotate through Limit Hold’em, Limit Omaha/8, Razz, Stud, and Stud/8 to test their skills. Players sit down to 10,000 stacks and play 40-minutes levels throughout the tournament. Late registration is available until the end of Level 6, approximately 4:15pm, with unlimited re-entries available during that time.

It will be tough to dust off those stacks in that amount of time, but the option is there.

Dealers are stationed and players are beginning to take their seats for the newest event on the schedule. Cards will in the air shortly.

Main Event Schedule

1PM: Event 3 – $500 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)

• $20,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 10,000 in tournament chips and 40-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until end of Level 6
• $2,500 Coco Poker Open Championship Seat Bonus to Winner
• This is a one-day tournament or Tournament Director discretion
• If one table remains at 12AM, they will have option to play it out or return for Day 2
• Event 3 Structure Sheet

2PM: Event 1 Day 2 – $350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

• Event 1 Day 2 Chip Counts
• Event 1 Day 2 Seat Assignments
• Event 1 Payouts

7PM: Event 4 – $500 Heads Up No Limit Hold’em (64-Max Players)

• $20,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Registration Closes at 6:45PM
• $2,500 Coco Poker Open Championship Seat Bonus to Winner
• This is a one-day tournament or Tournament Director discretion
• Event 4 Structure Sheet

Secondary and Satellite Schedule

12PM: $85 No Limit Hold’em Qualifier in Event 6

• 10 seats guaranteed into $50,000 Guarantee Event 6
• Players begin with 5,000 in tournament chips and 20-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until end of Level 6
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• $85 Event 6 Qualifier Structure Sheet

5PM: $75 Step Satellite into Championship Qualifier (1-in-5)

• 20 seats guaranteed into $285 Championship Qualifier
• Players begin with 5,000 in tournament chips and 20-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until end of Level 6
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• $75 Championship Step Qualifier Structure Sheet

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Event 1 drew 990 entrants with 122 returning for Day 2

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Event 1 drew 990 entrants with 122 returning for Day 2

2015 Coco Poker Open
$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool

September 24 – 27, 2015

Total Entries:  990
Total Prize Pool: $297,000

1st: $73,094
2nd: $42,471
3rd: $28,215
4th: $18,860
5th: $13,068
6th: $10,098
7th: $7,722
8th: $5,643
9th: $4,010
10 – 12th: $2,881
13 – 15th: $2,257
16 – 18th: $1,901
19 – 27th: $1,604
28 – 36th: $1,366
37 – 45th: $1,158
46 – 54th: $1,010
55 – 63rd: $891
64 – 72nd: $772
73 – 81st: $683
82 – 90th: $593

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 14: 2,000/4,000/400 Ante

Faycal Bennouna had a nice stack at the last break and it only moved further north. He packed 515,000 in his bag when they shut down 1E for a big lead over the first five flights. Yves Fequiere looked a little comfy with 347,000 from 1C but there’s a hefty gap between the top two at the moment.

Jorge Guiladte’s 282,000 might have been good for the chip leader bonus in three of the four prior flights, but all he could do in 1E was bag them up and be happy with a likely top ten returning stack.

There were 23 players remaining at the end of Level 14 from the starting 199 entrants. The final flight is underway and they are looking to join the 93 players who have already advanced to the 2pm restart tomorrow.

Faycal Bennouna – 515,000 (103 bb)
Jorge Guiladte – 282,000 (56 bb)
Vernel Johnson – 194,500 (39 bb)
Bruce Snell – 191,500 (38 bb)
Jose Parra – 167,000 (33 bb)
John DePersio – 167,000 (33 bb)
Andy Slater – 156,000 (31 bb)
Tim Shane – 154,000 (31 bb)
Stuart Greenbaum – 139,500 (28 bb)
Patricio Gonzalez – 131,000 (26 bb)
Marty Robbins – 126,000 (25 bb)
Paul Stanechewski – 113,000 (23 bb)
Edward Mandel – 111,000 (22 bb)
Don Weitzenkorn – 103,000 (21 bb)
Albert Efremoff – 93,500 (19 bb)
Michael Eddy – 88,000 (18 bb)
Philip Paul – 87,000 (17 bb)
Iftach Shimonovitch – 81,000 (16 bb)
Mark Miller – 77,500 (16 bb)
Robert Wesley – 67,500 (14 bb)
Philip Consolo – 57,500 (12 bb)
Kai Koppe – 51,000 (10 bb)
Stephen Leahy – 43,000 (9 bb)

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 14: 2,000/4,000/400 Ante

Tournament staff announced three more hands to play in Flight 1E with 23 players remaining. Faycal Bennouna-Zhar continues to be the runaway leader but we’ll see what happens before the end.

Full chips counts after they color off the black chips and take an inventory of the stacks.

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 13: 1,500/3,000/400 Ante

Out of nowhere, Faycal Bennouna has jumped to everyone’s attention when he left a 400K stack behind on break. Chips of all three denominations in play were stacked up in a big, nice towers.

We’ll try to track down how he built the stack but right now he’s the overall Event 1 leader. We’ll see if he can hang on.

Former leader Dan Weitzenkorn has been hovering around the 100K mark and a few players have blasted past including John Depersio. He was probably feeling good about his near 200K stack until he caught a glimpse of the Bennouna castle on the other side.

Faycal Bennouna – 407,000 (136 bb)
John Depersio – 197,000 (66 bb)
Vendel Johnson – 185,400 (62 bb)
Ed Mandel – 175,100 (58 bb)
Tim Shane – 161,700 (54 bb)
Robert Wesley – 133,500 (45 bb)
Jose Parra – 113,200 (38 bb)
Michael Eddy – 107,400 (36 bb)
Dan Weitzenkorn – 106,100 (35 bb)