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.
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.
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
Over $500,000 in Guaranteed Prize Pools; Three Featured events including $1,100 Deep Stack Championship
Coconut Creek, Fla. (January 18, 2016) – The Coco Poker Showdown begins a 10-day run at Seminole Casino Coconut Creek this Thursday, January 21, at 11 a.m. The series offers three feature events — $100,000 guaranteed No Limit Hold’em (with $130 buy in and 10,000 starting chips); $250,000 guaranteed No Limit Hold’em (with $350 buy in and 12,000 starting chips); and $100,000 guaranteed Deep Stack Championship (with $1,100 buy in and 20,000 starting chips). Six other events are also on the schedule with guarantees ranging from $5,000 to $25,000.
The full series schedule is available one post below.
For more information, please visit the property website at CasinoCoco.com.
About Seminole Casino Coconut Creek:
Seminole Casino Coconut Creek offers the market’s most fully-integrated, energized, stylish and upscale local’s casino experience featuring over 2,000 Las Vegas-style slots and over 70 live table games such as blackjack, baccarat and poker. Under its roof, the casino has the region’s most sought-after steakhouse, NYY Steak, as well as Sorrisi Italian restaurant and the New York-style 1st Street Deli. Guests can entertain with live music and listen to tunes from the region’s top DJs at Legends Lounge, Nectar and Sunset Grill. The Pavilion, a 1,200-seat capacity entertainment venue, has been a home to acts like Tony Orlando, Frank Sinatra Jr., Joan Collins and many more. Open 24/7, 365 days a year, Seminole Casino Coconut Creek is located at the corner of U.S. 441 (State Road 7) and Sample Road at 5550 NW 40 Street in Coconut Creek, Fla. For more information, call 954.977.6700 or visit us online at CasinoCoco.com. Like us on Facebook at facebook.com/seminolecasinocococreek, follow us on Twitter @SemCasinoCoCo and Instagram @seminolecasinococonutcreek, and subscribe to our YouTube channel at youtube.com/SeminoleCasinoCC.
2015 Coco Poker Open $2,500 Coco Poker Open Championship $1,000,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
October 1-5, 2015
Total Entries: 410 Total Prize Pool: $1,000,000
Matt Affleck, 2015 Coco Poker Open Champion
Recap:
The 2015 Coco Poker Open Championship was the big event on the two week schedule and attracted players from around the world. There were 410 entrants for the tournament this year and it was Hard Rock Poker ambassador Matt Affleck taking the title along with the $264,000 prize money.
The Championship event featured three starting flights and the surviving players after ten levels returned for Day 2 on Sunday. It was a long day and they didn’t hit the money with 45 players remaining until after the dinner break. From there it moved quickly and the field was ready to move on to the last day of the Championship.
Local pro Chance Kornuth finished strong on Day 2 and came to the final day with a big chip lead over the remaining 27 players. That’s where the good news ended for Kornuth, nothing went his way on Monday and he was eliminated in 12th place.
The final table ten were joined as one when 2014 Coco Poker Open Champion John Dolan went out in 11th, a great result for the former WSOP November Niner. Seminole Hard Rock Poker ambassador Michael Laake went out in 10th and the final table was moved into the high limit room.
They quickly played down until just three players were around and each guaranteed at least $100,000 with Affleck holding a commanding lead. Each had top results in their past but only one would earn the title. Cord Garcia, 2015 WSOP Colossus Champion, went out in 3rd place and Gaspard lasted only a few hands before Affleck sent him out in 2nd.
The Championship trophy belonged to Affleck along with the $264,000 payday, the second largest of his career behind his 15th place result in the 2010 WSOP Main Event.
2015 Coco Poker Open Championship Results:
1st: Matt Affleck – $264,000 2nd: Jean Gaspard – $155,000 3rd: Cord Garcia – $100,500 4th: Nathan Bjerno – $70,000 5th: Kevin Ho – $50,500 6th: James Brown – $40,500 7th: Danny Notice – $31,000 8th: Andre Pillow – $22,000 9th: Ioannis Patsourakis – $16,000 10th: Michael Laake – $12,000 11th: John Dolan – $12,000 12th: Chance Kornuth – $12,000 13th: Javier Zarco – $9,500 14th: Richard Leger – $9,500 15th: Hunter Cichy – $9,500 16th: Peter Walsworth – $8,000 17th: Jonathan Abla – $8,000 18th: Bienvenido Santiago – $8,000 19th: T.K. Miles – $7,000 20th: Alberto Rodriguez – $7,000 21st: Brandon Miller – $7,000 22nd: Shea Smith – $7,000 23rd: John Holley – $7,000 24th: Joshua Hillock – $7,000 25th: Tristan Wade – $7,000 26th: Scott Zakheim – $7,000 27th: John Depersio – $7,000 28th: Neil Blumenfield – $6,000 29th: Scott Efron – $6,000 30th: Evan Teitelbaum – $6,000 31st: Vu Tuan – $6,000 32nd: Zachary Goodman – $6,000 33rd: Jerry Wong – $6,000 34th: Steven McKoy – $6,000 35th: David Barbieri – $6,000 36th: Harvey Freedman – $6,000 37th: Mohammed Jaafar – $5,000 38th: Corey Burbick – $5,000 39th: Chris Bolek – $5,000 40th: James Carroll – $5,000 41st: Alfonso Perez – $5,000 42nd: Roberto Barreto – $5,000 43rd: Hans Winzeler – $5,000 44th: Stewart Newman – $5,000 45th: Eric Becks – $5,000
$2,500 Coco Poker Open Championship Level 27: 25,000/50,000/5,000 Ante
Matt Affleck, 2015 Coco Poker Open Champion
Jean Gaspard was going to have a lot of work to erase Matt Affleck’s huge lead from the beginning. It did not start off well and the heads up match was done quickly.
The penultimate hand saw Affleck take Gaspard to value town with 100K, 200K, and 550K bets to the river with trip Sevens and a huge pot.
The next hand saw the chips quickly in the middle with Affleck’s ahead for all the chips against . The flop gave Gaspard a little help Gaspard but the turn locked up the Championship for Affleck. Gaspard played a great tournament from start to close but had to settle for $155,000 runner-up money.
The $264,000 first place money for Affleck is the second biggest of his career behind his 15th place finish in the 2010 WSOP Main Event.
$2,500 Coco Poker Open Championship Level 27: 25,000/50,000/5,000 Ante
Cord Garcia – 3rd Place ($100,000)
Jean Gaspard took a little piece off of Matt Affleck, doubling up with against but that didn’t slow Affleck down.
Just two hands later he had Cord Garcia all-in and they were racing. Affleck’s would need to hit against Garcia’s to knock him out, and did just that on the flop.
No love for Garcia on the turn or river and he was on his way to the payout desk before flying out to California.
Seat 1: Matt Affleck – 8,600,000 (172 bb) Seat 4: Jean Gaspard – 1,655,000 (33 bb)
$2,500 Coco Poker Open Championship Level 26: 20,000/40,000/5,000 Ante
Nathan Bjerno – 4th Place ($70,000)
There was ~1 million in the heads up pot between Matt Affleck and Nathan Bjerno when Affleck bet enough to put Bjerno all-in on the river.
Bjerno looked pained and several times looked like he was going to fold his hand with the board reading . With 1.4 million remaining, he called off his stack and Affleck showed the nut flush . Bjerno tabled his inferior and stood up.
The hand left Affleck with 6 million of the 10 million in play at the three-handed table.
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