$130 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 4: 150/300/25 Ante

With 133 players registered toward the beginning of Level 4, Flight D of Event 1 is on pace to be the largest yet. This, of course, comes as no surprise to staff who have adjusted accordingly.

In addition to tables in the cash room, they’ve made space in The Pavilion, which will serve as the primary area for tournament play tonight. With 10 additional tables, all overflow will go into the cash room and break back into The Pavilion.

Sometimes you have to improvise, and Friday night in South Florida is one of those times!

$130 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 1: 50/100

Flight D of the Coco Poker Showdown opener is underway. The field stands at 449 entries through the first three starting flights with this flight and tomorrow’s Flight E and Flight F still to come. This evening’s flight is expected to be one of the largest as Friday night officially marks the start of the weekend.

Flight D follows the same schedule of play as those before it. Here’s a look at the breakdown:

• $100,000 guaranteed prize pool
• Players begin with 10,000 in tournament chips and 20-minute levels
• Late registration/unlimited re-entry available until the start of Level 10 (about 9:15 p.m.)
• Play concludes when 9 percent of the starting field remains
• Event 1 structure sheet

Good luck, players!

$130 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Day 2 Blinds: 2,500/5,000/500 Ante
Players Remaining: 40/449

Three flights are in the books and the Day 2 field in the $100,000 guaranteed Coco Poker Showdown opening event sits at 40 players from 449 starting. Flight A’s Alan Slakman retains his lead and is trailed most closely by Flight B’s Joaquin Sosa and Flight C’s Nancy Todd.

Todd bagged 218,000 in today’s 11 a.m. installment and lead her respective flight handily. Along with Slakman and Sosa, she is one of just three players over the 200,000 mark.

Combined chip counts through Flight C:

Flight A: 118 entries, 11 advanced
Flight B: 165 entries, 14 advanced
Flight C: 166 entries, 15 advanced

$130 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 16: 3,000/6,000/500
Players Remaining: 15/166

Stephen Greenstein burst the money bubble following just a few hands of hand-for-hand play. Zoltan Czinkota opened the action from early position and the button player shoved for less. It folded to Greenstein in the big blind and he jammed for just over 100,000. Czinkota made a painstaking fold laying down face up. Greenstein indeed had the best of it with pocket jacks versus the Q-10 of the button player.

The board ran out blanks. With that, Greenstein’s queens held and the 166-player starting field in Flight C was down to 15 and in the money.

Complete chip counts will be posted shortly.

$130 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 15: 2,500/5,000/500 Ante
Players Remaining: 17/166

The field is down to 17 players and one away from the money bubble. After the next player goes bust, the final two tables will go hand for hand until another hits the rail. At that time, all those remaining will be on to Day 2 and in the money.

We will provide full chip counts after play concludes.

$130 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 10: 800/1,600/200 Ante

The second break expired and registration is officially closed in Flight C of the Coco Poker Showdown opener. The third of six start days drew a field of 166 players bringing the three-flight total to 449.

Flight-by-flight breakdown:

Flight C players will log a few more levels of play before the field narrows to 9 percent of the starters and bags for the evening.

$130 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Beginning of Level 7: 400/800/100 Ante

We’re back in action following the first break in Event 1 Flight C, today’s 11 a.m. installment of the $100,000 guarantee Coco Poker Showdown opener. The clock shows 156 players registered with registration open for about another hour.

Coincidentally, the tournament’s two biggest stacks are seated next to each other at Table 3. Miguel Martinez, who bagged Flight A, holds the chip advantage in Seat 7 with 63,000 chips. In addition to the chip lead, he has position on Tim Kegel, the self-described “resident whacko”, who’s on his left in Seat 6 with about 57,000.

$130 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 4: 150/300/25 Ante

Joseph Patalano bagged just 2,000 chips in yesterday’s opening Flight A. While it might not seem like much, those 2,000 chips benefited him two-fold.

1. All Day 2 participants are in the money. Despite claiming less than a small blind, Patalano secured himself a min-cash at worst.
2. Players earn an additional min-cash for each time they bag after their first. So, in addition to making the money, Patalano is drawing live to earn the bonus payout in each subsequent flight he plays.

Patalano fired at least one bullet in yesterday’s 6 p.m. Flight B to no avail. He’s back at it in today’s Flight C and sits slightly above starting stack.

$130 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 1: 50/100

Flight C of Event 1 of the 2016 Coco Poker Showdown at Seminole Casino Coconut Creek is off and running. Marking the third of six start days, the Flight C structure mirrors that of its A and B predecessors

Chip counts through Flight B

Players begin the event with 10,000-chip stacks and log 20-minute levels through the day’s completion. Late registration/unlimited re-entry is available until the start of Level 10 (about 2:15 p.m. ET) and play concludes when 9 percent of the starting field remains (rounding up).

Here’s a closer look at the tournament:

• $100,000 guaranteed prize pool
• Players begin with 10,000 in tournament chips and 20-minute levels
• Late registration/unlimited re-entry available until the start of Level 10 (about 2:15 p.m.)
• Play concludes when 9 percent of the starting field remains
• Event 1 structure sheet

We will touch base with you again closer to the first break.

Good luck, players!