$130 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
End of Level 16: 3,000/6,000/500 Ante
Players Remaining: 11/118

Just about a week ago, Bobby Bradley was in the process of winning the $350 pot-limit Omaha eight-handed event a few miles south at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Hollywood. Now, he’s making some noise in Coconut Creek and bursting the bubble in Flight A of the $100,000 guaranteed Event 1.

With 12 players remaining, Bradley picked up pocket nines and had a lone opponent’s A-8 at risk. The board ran out no help and Bradley busted an unknown player 12th sending the final 11 on to Day 2.

Players are now bagging. It appears Alan Slakman will head home with the chip lead as he holds just under 300,000.

Full chip counts will be posted shortly.

$130 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 13: 1,500/3,000/400 Ante
Players Remaining: 18/118

Alan Slakman of Coral Springs, Fla. picked up A-K at just the right time to bust the A-7 of Richard Davis and the Q-10 of another opponent. The players got their chips all in preflop and Slakman raked a mess of a pot that surged his stack to about 175,000.

He now leads the way with 18 players remaining. Play will conclude when the field is down to 11 players.

Event 1 Day 1A – $130 No Limit Hold’em
Level 10: 800/1,600/200 Ante
Players Remaining: 33/118

The first of six starting flights drew 118 players generating $11,800 of the $100,000 guaranteed prize pool. The clock currently shows 33 remaining toward the end of Level 10. They’ll log a couple more levels of play before the opening flight wraps with 9 percent of the starting flight.

This evening’s Flight B kicks off at 6 p.m.

Here’s the tournament at a glance:

Event 1 Day 1A – $130 No Limit Hold’em
Beginning of Level 10: 800/1,600/200 Ante

Level 10 is underway and registration is officially closed in the first of six starting flights in Event 1 of the Coco Poker Showdown. The clock reads an unofficial 116 entries. We will look to verify that number with tournament staff and provide the official attendance figure shortly thereafter.

Event 1 Day 1A – $130 No Limit Hold’em
Beginning of Level 7: 400/800/100 Ante

Cards are in the air following the first break with the clock showing 103 players entered. Registration remains open until the start of Level 10 — until about 2:15 p.m. ET — and the final attendance figure for the opening flight will be posted shortly thereafter.

Joe Patalano has busted and re-entered while Richard Davis is still alive and kicking.

Event 1 Day 1A – $130 No Limit Hold’em
Level 5: 200/400/50 Ante

With nearly 90 players entered through the first four levels, Event 1 of the 2016 Coco Poker Showdown is looking like it will yield a sizable field. While the $130 buy in is low enough to entice novices, the $100,000 guarantee generates some interest among more experienced players as well. Joe Patalano and Richard Davis are among the notables entered thus far.

Both are regulars in the South Florida poker scene. Patalano owns 53 career cashes totaling more than $160,000 while Davis has some solid results of his own including a final table in a WSOP Circuit event at the Palm Beach Kennel Club.

Both players are hoping to beef up their resumes over the next 11 days here in Coconut Creek.

Event 1 Day 1A – $130 No Limit Hold’em
Level 1: 50/100

The clock strikes 11 a.m. and cards are in the air for the first of nine numbered events in the 2016 Coco Poker Showdown. At the $130 price point, Event 1 boasts a $100,000 guarantee. The no limit hold’em tournament permits unlimited re-entry and late registration until the start of Level 10. The first two of the tournament’s six starting flights take place today — Flight A is underway now and Flight B kicks off at 6 p.m.

Players are permitted to play all starting flights and those who advance to Day 2 more than once receive a min-cash (paid out Saturday) for every time they bag after their first.

Event 1 structure sheet

The kickoff event is the first of three headliners on the Showdown schedule. The others, a $250,000 guaranteed $350 no limit hold’em tournament and the $100,000 guaranteed $1,100 Main Event, begin next week.

Updates throughout the series will be available right here on SeminoleCoconutCreekPoker.com.

Good luck, players!

Today marks the first of 11 days of action for the 2016 Coco Poker Showdown. Headlining the series are Event 1, a $130 buy in $100,000 guaranteed tournament, Event 2, a $350 buy in $250,000 guaranteed tournament, and the Championship, a $1,100 buy in $100,000 guaranteed tournament.

The full series schedule and all structure sheets are available under the “Download Main Event Schedule” tab to the right.

Here’s a look at the full schedule for Day 1:

11AM – Event 1 Day 1A – $130 No Limit Hold’em

• $100,000 guaranteed prize pool
• Players begin with 10,000 in tournament chips and 20-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until the end of Level 9
• Day 1s conclude when 9% of the starting field remains
• Event 1 structure sheet

6PM – Event 1 Day 1B – $130 No Limit Hold’em

• $100,000 guaranteed prize pool
• Players begin with 10,000 in tournament chips and 20-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until the end of Level 9
• Day 1s conclude when 9% of the starting field remains
• Event 1 structure sheet

Updates throughout the series’ completion will be available right here at SeminoleCoconutCreekPoker.com.