$1,100 Coco Poker Showdown Championship
Level 12: 1,000/2,000 with a 200 ante
Players Remaining: 55 of 202
Scott Levitt retains his chip lead as play is underway for the final session of the evening. Players are set to log three more levels — or two more hours — of action before Day 1 of the Coco Poker Showdown Championship wraps.
Levitt’s stack sits at 315,000 and he’s the only players over the 300,000 mark.
Scott Levitt – 315,000
$1,100 Coco Poker Showdown Championship
End Level 11: 800/1,600 with a 200 ante
Players Remaining: 57 of 202
Players are now on their final break of the night. The clock shows 57 remaining. Among the recent eliminations are Daren Stabinski and Paul Balzano.
$1,100 Coco Poker Showdown Championship
Level 11: 800/1,600 with a 200 ante
Players Remaining: 65 of 202
Marsha Wolak is in the midst of another solid run in a Seminole Casino Coconut Creek event. She final tabled the Coco Poker Open Championship last September, ultimately finishing fourth for $70,000. Back at it in the Coco Poker Showdown, she recently hit a straight flush to bust an opponent and cross the 100,000-chip mark.
According to the table, the board laid 
. Wolak was in position in a heads-up pot. Her opponent checked and Wolak bet. The opponent made a modest raise and Wolak called. The turn fell the 
. Both players checked. The river was the 
and the opponent moved all in for about 20,000. Wolak quickly called tabling 
for a straight flush. The opponent claimed 
for top pair and was left stunned.
The hand earned Wolak a healthy pot and her stack grew to 120,000.
Marsha Wolak – 120,000
2017 Coco Poker Showdown
Seminole Casino Coconut Creek
Coconut Creek, FL
Event #8
$1,100 Championship
Entries: 202
Prize Pool: $202,000
January 28-29, 2017
$1,100 Coco Poker Showdown Championship
Level 10: 600/1,200 with a 200 ante
Players Remaining: 76 of 202
Scott Levitt is the only player over 200,000 chips and he leads the way midway through Level 10 of the Coco Poker Showdown Championship.
The clock shows 76 players remaining and they’re set to log four and a half more levels before play concludes for the evening.
Scott Levitt – 245,000
$1,100 Coco Poker Showdown Championship
Level 10: 600/1,200 with a 200 ante
Entries: 202
The start of Level 10 marks the close of registration. The 2017 Coco Poker Showdown Championship officially drew 202 entries generating a total prize pool of $202,000. This marks a year-over-year attendance increase of more than 25 percent.
Complete payout information will be posted as soon as it’s made available.
$1,100 Coco Poker Showdown Championship
Level 9: 500/1,000 with a 100 ante
Entries: 197
The under the gun player was all in for 14,900 and 2015 World Series of Poker November Niner Neil Blumenfield called from middle position. It folded around and Blumenfield was racing.
Blumenfield: 
Under the gun: 
Runout: 
The opponent improved to trips and Blumenfield surrendered the pot taking.
Neil Blumenfield – 26,500
$1,100 Coco Poker Showdown Championship
Level 9: 500/1,000 with a 100 ante
Entries: 195
Traveling poker tournament supervisor Charlie Ciresi is trending up during the middle stages of play on Day 1 of the Coco Poker Showdown Championship. After hovering just above starting stack, he picked up 
and faced off against an opponent’s on the last hand before dinner. A 
board gave Ciresi top set and he busted the opponent’s set of kings.
With that, Ciresi grabbed some grub and is now back in action with a stack of 81,000.
Level 9 marks the final level of open registration in the Championship. In just about 40 minutes the desk will close and we’ll provide the official attendance figure.
Charlie Ciresi – 81,000
$1,100 Coco Poker Showdown Championship
End of Level 8: 400/800 with a 100 ante
Entries: 190
Players are now on a one-hour dinner break. Cards go back in the air at about 7:40pm. At present, the clock reads 190 entries putting the prize pool at an unofficial $190,000.
$1,100 Coco Poker Showdown Championship
Level 8: 400/800 with a 100 ante
Entries: 190
Tim Kegel – 135,500
David Prociak – 100,000
Miguel Martinez – 97,000
Nagui Yassa – 85,500
Daniel Genachte – 73,000
Paul Balzano – 50,000
Daren Stabinski – 42,500
Steve Karp – 41,000
Neil Blumenfield – 38,000
Sean Shah – 33,000
Elliott Zaydman – 31,500
Ory Hen – 29,500
Marsha Wolak – 28,000
Charlie Ciresi – 21,500
James Salmon – 20,500
Mike Beasley – 12,000
