Event 8: Unofficial Final Table

$130 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 22: 12,000/24,000/3,000 Ante

Event 8 Final Table

Just ten of the original 370 remain, and they’re now huddled around the last table left in play. Here’s the lineup for the unofficial final table.

Seat 1: Tyler Lascala – 565,000 (24 bb)
Seat 2: Albert Efremoff – 490,000 (20 bb)
Seat 3: Hollander Preap – 475,000 (20 bb)
Seat 4: David Barbieri – 1,375,000 (57 bb)
Seat 5: Jay Rogers – 510,000 (21 bb)
Seat 6: Brian Gelrod – 175,000 (7 bb)
Seat 7: Nick Bazos – 385,000 (16 bb)
Seat 8: Miguel Martinez – 690,000 (29 bb)
Seat 9: Anthony Argento – 205,000 (9 bb)
Seat 10: Richard Sharp – 1,050,000 (44 bb)

Event 8: Bubble Bursts

$130 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 17: 4,000/8,000/500 Ante

The field has been reduced to 36 players, and the bubble has burst. Each of them are guaranteed to earn at least $241, with nearly $10,000 awaiting the eventual champion.

There are four tables left in play, and action is scheduled to continue until a winner is determined.

Event 6: Ryan Van Sanford Wins the Trophy ($30,224)

$560 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 25: 25,000/50,000/5,000 Ante

Ryan Van Sanford moves all in from the button, and Jason Brewer calls all in for less than 500,000, putting himself at risk in the process.

Van Sanford: Jh9d
Brewer: As7d

The board runs out 9h5h4s6sKc, and Van Sanford wins the pot with a pair of nines. Brewer is eliminated in second place, earning $17,550.

Jason Brewer (Austin, TX)
Jason Brewer (Austin, TX)

Ryan Van Sanford is the winner of Event 6, earning $30,224, the $2,500 Championship Event entry, and the Coco Poker Open trophy.

Ryan Van Sanford (Colorado Springs, CO)
Ryan Van Sanford (Colorado Springs, CO)

Event 6: Jason Brewer Takes the Lead

$560 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 24: 20,000/40,000/5,000 Ante

Heads Up in Event 6
Ryan Van Sanford (left) vs. Jason Brewer (right)

Jason Brewer entered the heads-up match with about a 2:1 chip disadvantage, and he’s been all in twice so far during the duel. He’s doubled up both times.

After his most recent double, Brewer won a few follow-up pots, including one with pocket aces, to take the chip lead over Ryan Van Sanford.

Jason Brewer – 2,350,000 (59 bb)
Ryan Van Sanford – 1,550,000 (39 bb)

Event 8: Shrinking Quickly Now

$130 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 15: 2,500/5,000/500 Ante

The field grew quickly during the registration period, and it’s shrinking with equal haste as the levels tick off the clock. The players have just returned from their second break of the day, and the board shows 72 of the original 370 remaining.

They’re scheduled to play all the way to a winner tonight.

Event 6: Kevin Chan – 3rd Place ($11,213)

$560 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 23: 15,000/30,000/3,000 Ante

Kevin Chan (Coral Springs, FL)
Kevin Chan (Coral Springs, FL)

There’s about 600,000 in the pot as the turn card arrives on a 7d6c2h2s board. Kevin Chan is heads up from the big blind, and he checks. Ryan Van Sanford is on the button, and he bets 225,000. Chan check-raises all in for about 600,000 total, and Van Sanford calls with his covering stack.

Chan: 7c4s
Van Sanford: Ac7s

Van Sanford is well ahead, and the river 3c secures the pot. Chan is out in third place.

Ryan Van Sanford – 2,750,000 (92 bb)
Jason Brewer – 1,150,000 (38 bb)
Kevin Chan – Eliminated in 3rd Place ($11,213)

Event 6: Jason Brewer Doubles Through Kevin Chan

$560 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 23: 15,000/30,000/3,000 Ante

Kevin Chan opens to 60,000 on the button, and Ryan Van Sanford calls in the small blind. In the big, Jason Brewer moves all in for 629,000. Chan calls, and Van Sanford tanks and folds, claiming pocket nines.

Chan: AdKs
Brewer: 8h8c

The Kc7c5d flop gives Chan the lead with a pair of kings, putting Brewer two cards from the exit. The turn is the blank 3c. The river is the timely 8d, though, and Brewer spikes his set of eights to win the pot and double up.

Jason Brewer – 1,327,000 (44 bb)
Kevin Chan – 1,075,000 (36 bb)

Event 8 Payouts

2015 Coco Poker Open
$130 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$25,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool

September 30, 2015

Total Entries:  370
Total Prize Pool: $37,000

1st: $9,977
2nd: $5,920
3rd: $3,885
4th: $2,683
5th: $1,980
6th: $1,573
7th: $1,203
8th: $870
9th: $629
10th-12th: $481
13th-15th: $389
16th-18th: $333
19th-27th: $278
28th-36th: $241