$1,100 Championship
Level 5: 200/400/50 Ante
Players: 134 (Late registration until 7:30 p.m.)

Not only does Timothy Miles lead the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Player of the Year race, but he leads during the early stages of the Coco Poker Showdown Championship. Miles sits on 81,000 chips and is in good position to at least add a few more points to his POY standings.

$1,100 Championship
Level 4: 150/300/25 Ante
Players: 126 (Late registration until 7:30 p.m.)

After finishing runner-up in the Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘n’ Roll Poker Open” about two months ago, David Prociak went ahead and won Event 7 of the Coco Poker Showdown. Prociak came out on top of the intimate, 55-entry field in the $240 Omaha 8 event to earn $3,740. While it didn’t match his six-figure score from a couple months prior, the performance and its corresponding victory were equally as gratifying.

After a head-to-head battle with Roger Goindoo saw Prociak surrender a pot, the Orlando native now sits at just over starting stack with about 22,000 in the Championship.

$1,100 Championship
Level 4: 150/300/25 Ante
Players: 121 (Late registration until 7:30 p.m.)

Action is back underway following the first break in the Championship. With the clock showing 121 entries, it appears to be David Shaw of Boca Raton who holds the chip lead. Shaw claims a stack of 71,500 and has more than tripled up over the course of the first three levels.

Second in chips looks to be Yue Wang. Wang sits at 60,500.

$1,100 Championship
Level 3: 100/200
Players: 117 (Late registration until 7:30 p.m.)

The 12 p.m. Event 6 restart with 69 players preceded Day 1 of the Championship which kicked off at 1 p.m. Thus, Event 6 is serving as a feeder tournament of sorts. More often than not, players who go bust in the restart collect their payday, promptly head to the registration desk and take their shot in the finale.

Two players who have taken advantage of the side-by-side events include reigning Seminole Hard Rock Poker Player of the Year Ory Hen and Zoltan Czinkota. After busting 44th and 50th in Event 6, the pair is among a field of 117 in the Championship thus far.

Partial results from Event 6 are available two posts below.

$1,100 Championship
Level 3: 100/200
Players: 107 (Late registration until 7:30 p.m.)

Seminole Hard Rock Poker team member Mike Laake is in the midst of what he referred to as a “guest appearance”. Laake, who resides across the state in Punta Gorda, made the trek to Coconut Creek to try his hand in one of the tour’s championship events.

Laake finished 10th in last October’s Coco Poker Open Championship earning $12,000 in the process. His try at a follow-up deep run is off to a slow start as he sits with about 11,500 chips in Level 3.

$350  No Limit Hold’em
Level 18: 5,000/10,000/1,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 36/721

Cards are back in the air following the second break of the day in the Event 6 restart. With just 36 remaining, Steve Cohen from New York City appears to hold the chip lead with about 620,000.

All remaining players are assured $1,259.

Updated results:

37th: Cory Blum – $1,059
38th: Kevin Almon – $1,059
39th: Scott Wyler – $1,059
40th: Jerry Wong – $1,059
41st: Louis Leo IV – $1,059
42nd: Eric Riley – $1,059
43rd: Giuseppe Lunetto – $1,059
44th: Ory Hen – $1,059
45th:Frank Scala – $1,059
46th: Colny Covington – $934
47th: Jorge Gomez – $934
48th: Scott Efron – $934
49th: Bryan Rodriguez – $934
50th: Zoltan Czinkota – $934
51st: Benjamin Robinson – $934
52nd: Lawrence Paden, Sr. – $934
53rd: Kevin Chan – $934
54th: Darren Stabinski – $934
55th: David Albertson – $834
56th: Robert Midgette – $834
57th: Timothy Shortell – $834
58th: Johnny Tang – $834
59th: Timothy Kegel – $834
60th: Robert Miller – $834
61st: Pedro Palacio – $834
62nd: Michael Merisier – $834
63rd: Edward Medoff – $834
64th: Carlos Loving – $725
65th: Juan Cardona Garcia – $725
66th: Dolphus Powers – $725
67th: William Beasley – $725
68th: Peter Fellows – $725
69th Francois Tremblay – $725

$1,100 Championship
Level 2: 75/150
Players: 101 (Late registration until 7:30 p.m.)

With 101 entries midway through Level 2, the $1,100 Coco Poker Showdown Championship has already surpassed its $100,000 guarantee. Late registration/unlimited re-entry is available until about 7:30 p.m.

$1,100 Championship
Level 2: 75/150
Players: 95 (Late registration until 7:30 p.m.)

Phil Hui is making himself at home in South Florida over the last few weeks. Hui, who hails from San Antonio, Tex., left his mark on the Lucky Hearts Poker Open earlier this month recording three cashes including a victory $24,159 score in a $570 event.

Although it’s early here in Coconut Creek, he’s parlayed his solid play into an early stack. After beginning with 20,000 chips less than two levels ago, Hui has nearly doubled up and sits at just under 40,000.

$1,100 Championship
Level 1: 50/100
Players: 88 (Late registration until 7:30 p.m.)

Timothy “T.K.” Miles is among the early field here on Day 1 of the Coco Poker Showdown Championship. Miles kicked off the 2016 Seminole Hard Rock Poker season with a 3rd-place finish in the Immokalee Championship. He then went on to finish 19th here at Coconut Creek and 5th in the Hard Rock Tampa’s Winter Poker Open Championship.

On top of his earnings, Miles accumulated 467.9675 points toward the SHRP Player of the Year race. He leads the way through the completion of the Lucky Hearts Poker Open Main Event and has his sights square on the race’s $44,000 prize package.

Given the hot start, it’s likely Miles will be a staple at all Seminole events this year.

More on the 10-tournament POY contest and its payouts is available at HardRockPoker.com.

$1,100 Championship
Level 1: 50/100
Players: 77 (Late registration until 7:30 p.m.)

Here we go at @Stax_Poker
Let’s get it

— Michael Laake (@Michael_Laake) January 30, 2016

I am playing the @STAX_Poker $1,100 main today, should be a fun tournament

— Andrew Touchette (@bankrollme87) January 30, 2016