$1,100 Championship
Day 2 Blinds: 2,500/5,000/500 Ante
Players: 20/161
The $1,100 buy-in $100,000 guaranteed Coco Poker Showdown Championship kicked off Saturday at 1 p.m. The series finale drew a field of 161 entries generating a prize pool of $161,000. Among those to take a shot on the South Florida felt were Seminole Hard Rock Poker Player of the Year points leader Timothy Miles, WSOP gold bracelet winner Phil Hui and David Prociak.
Following 14 levels of play, just 20 remain with Marc Medrano bagging the chip lead. Medrano owns 292,500 chips and sits in pole position with only the top 18 finishers scoring a payday. The tournament’s champion earns $49,905.
Day 2 table draws | Prize Pool
Play resumes Sunday at 1 p.m. with blinds of 2,500/5,000 and a 500 ante.
Day 2 chip counts:
| Rank | Name | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |