The third of eight starting flights in Event 6 of the Coco Poker Showdown is underway. Players begin the $350 no limit hold’em tournament with 12,000 starting chips and will log 20-minute levels throughout Day 1. Late registration/unlimited re-entry is available until the start of Level 10 with play wrapping when 9 percent of the starting field remains.
More information:
11AM: Event 6 Day 1C – $350 No Limit Hold’em
$250,000 guaranteed prize pool
12,000-chip starting stacks 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
Through the first two flights, the field sits at 104 entries with 10 having punched their ticket to Day 2. Complete chip counts are available one post below.
$350 No Limit Hold’em Day 2 Levels: 1,500/3,000/400 Ante Players Remaining: 10/104
Through Flight B, the Event 6 field stands at 10 players remaining from 104 starting. Sean Anderson holds a slight chip lead over Event 1 winner David Albertson.
It’s Day 7 of the #CocoPokerShowdown at Seminole Casino Coconut Creek. The third and fourth starting days in Event 6 headline the the next 12 hours of play. The $130 buy-in no limit hold’em tournament features a $250,000 guarantee. As is, the field stands at 104 entries with the upcoming flights expected to be the largest.
Joining Event 6 on the schedule will be Event 7, a $240 buy-in Omaha high/low event that begins at noon.
Here’s a look at the day’s full schedule:
11AM: Event 6 Day 1C – $350 No Limit Hold’em
$250,000 guaranteed prize pool
12,000-chip starting stacks 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
With Flight B down to the final couple tables and action expected to conclude within the next two hours, we are heading home for the evening . Complete chip counts through Flight B will be posted in the morning.
In the meantime, here’s a look at Wednesday’s upcoming schedule:
11AM: Event 6 Day 1C – $350 No Limit Hold’em ($250,000 Guaranteed)
12PM: Event 7 – $240 Omaha High/Low
6PM: Event 6 Day 1D – $350 No Limit Hold’em ($250,000 Guaranteed)
The full series schedule is available under the “Schedule and Structures” tab above.
$350 No Limit Hold’em Level 10: 800/1,600/200 Ante Players Remaining: 15/53
Registration is closed and the final numbers are in for the second of eight starting flights in Event 6, a $350 buy-in, $250,000 guaranteed no limit hold’em tournament. The evening edition of play saw 53 entries take to the felt in search of a five-figure score. They’ll pair with Flight A’s 51 as well as those who make it out for C, D, E, F, G and H to make the complete player pool.
The clock shows 15 players remaining toward the beginning of Level 10. They’ll log a few more levels of play with action scheduled to conclude when the field narrows to five players.
Chip counts from the five advancers will be posted in the morning.
The clock strikes 6 p.m. and it’s time for Flight B of the $250,000 guaranteed Event 6. A $350 no limit hold’em tournament, Event 6 features 12,000-chip starting stacks and 20-minute levels on Day 1. Late registration/unlimited re-entry is available until the start of Level 10 with play concluding when 9 percent of the starting field remains.
Here’s a closer look at tonight’s flight:
6PM: Event 6 Day 1B – $350 No Limit Hold’em
$250,000 guaranteed prize pool
12,000-chip starting stacks 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
Today’s 11 a.m. opening flight drew a field of 51 runners. They played to only five remaining following roughly 13 levels of play and Event 1 winner David Albertson bagged the chip lead. Full chip counts from that flight are available one post below.
We will provide an update on the Flight B field when registration closes. Until then, good luck players!
$350 No Limit Hold’em Level 11: 1,000/2,000/200 Ante Players Remaining: 12/51
Registration in the first of eight starting flights in Event 6 of the Coco Poker Showdown is closed. The opener, expected to be the smallest of the start days, drew an intimate field of 51 entries. They’ll play down to the final five before bagging and tagging set to return for Day 2 Saturday at noon.
One of the notable faces still in action belongs to Joseph Patalano. Patalano bagged a miniature, 2,000-chip stack in Flight A of the $100,000 guaranteed opener. While it didn’t seem like much at the time, it prepped him to earn the bonus payout after bagging the following day’s Flight D as well. Patalano is back at it here in Flight A of Event 6 and hopes to repeat the same feat.
Gracing the table right next door is Event 1 winner David Albertson.
Joseph Patalano (Wellington, Fla.)David Albertson (Coral Springs, Fla.)
Seminole Casino Coconut Creek Coconut Creek, Fla. 2016 Coco Poker Showdown Event #5 $130 No Limit Hold’em Deep Stack Entries: 340 Prize Pool: $34,000 January 25, 2016
Event 5 winner, Jorge Rivera (Hollywood, Fla.)
Hollywood’s Jorge Rivera Wins Coco Poker Showdown Deep Stack Event
Coconut Creek, Fla. (January 26, 2016) — The 2016 Coco Poker Showdown schedule features three headline events — the $130, $100,000 guaranteed opener, the $350, $250,000 guaranteed Event 6, and the $1,100, $100,000 guaranteed Main Event. In addition, there was one sleeper in the lineup — yesterday’s Event 5, a $130 no limit hold’em deep stack tournament with a $25,000 guarantee. Nobody knew quite what the reception would be, but when Level 9 expired and registration closed late Monday, the final tally was one everyone was pleased with.
With 340 players, the prize pool bested the guarantee handily before topping out at $34,000. The tremendous field paid the top 36 players and saw its champion, Jorge Rivera, walk with a top prize of nearly $5,000 following a six-way chop.
Surprisingly, the monster field played down to the final table in just about eight hours. Albert Barney held the chip lead as the only player over 1,000,000, but Rivera sat second. Over the course of the next 60 minutes, the field trimmed itself to just six remaining and Rivera’s stack grew to more than 1,400,000. After some deliberation, all six agreed to an ICM chop with a few minor tweaks. Rivera and his chip lead took the tournament’s top spot and earned a $4,910 payday while Barney went down second and scored $4,515.
Rivera is a 38-year-old security director from nearby Hollywood. The win marks his ninth career tournament cash and second victory. His previous title came in a $125 all in or fold tournament at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino.
Joining him in the money in Event 5 were Event 3 runner up Allan Dungo (4th, $3,975), Event 1 Day 2 chip leader Wanlop Phonphornwithoon (9th, $578) and Kevin Chan (12th, $442) who’s in the hunt for the top spot on the points leaderboard.
Event 5 final results:
1st: Jorge Rivera – $4,910 2nd: Albert Barney – $4,515 3rd: Paul Kern – $4,295 4th: Allan Dungo – $3,975 5th: Albert Efremoff – $3,954 6th: Joe Gale – $2,270 7th: Jeff Morrison – $1,105 8th: Ronald Campillo – $799 9th: Wanlop Phonphornwithoon – $578 10th: Bernard Cohen – $442 11th: Luke McIntosh – $442 12th: Kevin Chan – $442 13th: Christian Donahue – $357 14th: Thomas Millward – $357 15th: Nalton Williams – $357 16th: John Amrhein – $306 17th: Vito Polera – $306 18th: Eric Sabido – $306 19th: Diego Mannone – $255 20th: Leonid Goldshteyn – $255 21st: Oscar Rodriguez – $255 22nd: Leroy Jones, Jr. – $255 23rd: David Goldfischer – $255 24th: Jonathan Marks – $255 25th: Oliver Bronfenmajer – $255 26th: Paul Steiner – $255 27th: Jean Chery – $255 28th: Robyn Marshman – $221 29th: John Freidkes – $221 30th: Benjamin Robinson – $221 31st: Seth Gilson – $221 32nd: Carlos Loving – $221 33rd: Scot Hartman – $221 34th: Alex Cohen – $221 35th: Alan Dobrow – $221 36th: Matthew Winslow – $221
The opening flight of Event 6 of the Coco Poker Showdown, a $350 no limit hold’em tournament with a $250,000 guarantee, is off and running. Players begin the tournament — one of the series’ premiere events — with 12,000 chips and will play 20-minute levels throughout Day 1. Late registration/unlimited re-entry is available until the start of Level 10.
