$250 No Limit Hold’em Black Chip Bounty
Blinds: 1.5k/3k/300 ante

The turnout for the $250 No Limit Hold’em Back Chip Bounty event was so good that it’s taking an extra day to find a winner. The tournament drew 129 players but only nine remain with a chance at the title.

Steven Bennett is having a great series and will return today with the lead while Andres Morales is on the short stack. Play is about to get underway and we will have all the updates.

Seat 1: Man Le – 114,800
Seat 2: Lee Klosty – 43,000
Seat 3: Steven Bennett – 187,000
Seat 4: Paula Alibrandi – 41,500
Seat 5: Paul Steiner – 59,500
Seat 6: David Greeley – 88,000
Seat 7: Richard Kessler – 154,000
Seat 8: Linroy Freeman – 53,500
Seat 9: Andres Morales – 35,500

Payouts:

1st – $4,684
2nd – $2,696
3rd – $1,774
4th – $1,206
5th – $958
6th – $745
7th – $603
8th – $461
9th – $319

$240 Omaha High/Low
Limits: 50/100

One level into play and it’s already an impressive turnout with 57 players already in the field. Included in the mix are Robert Campbell, Luis Santoni, and 2011 WSOP Ladies Event champion Marsha Wolak.

$240 Omaha High/Low
Limits: 50/100

Today’s first new event of the 2014 Coco Poker Open is a special one for a lot of players. Instead of the standard No Limit Hold’em tournament, this time around it’s Limit Omaha/8. Split pot fun for limit amounts.

The $240 buy-in Event 6 already has a nice field before cards are in the air and it’s expected to be a interesting field of young guns and old school rocks. The start off with 8,000 stacks with 40-minute levels and players can register or re-enter until the start of the Level 4.

Cards are just about to hit the felt for an entertaining event.

$250 No Limit Hold’em Black Chip Bounty
Blinds: 1.5K/3K Ante: 500

With the elimination of Michael Larkin play has concluded for the day. The remaining nine players will return at 1 p.m. later today to play down to a winner. Steven Bennett is the current chip leader with 187,000 in chips.

$250 No Limit Hold’em Black Chip Bounty
Blinds: 1.5K/3K Ante: 500

Richard Kessler opened for 10,000 and it was folded to Michael Larkin who moved all in for 64,500. The action got back to Kessler who after a few moments in the tank decided to make the call with . The pause in calling was with good reason as Larkin did indeed have a monster… .

The flop came and Larkin astutely pointed out “you have the ” to Kessler. Perhaps he should have kept quiet as the turn would be the but the river would be the to give Kessler the flush. Larkin slammed his hand down on the table, a bit frustrated, but regained his composure and shook Kessler’s hand while saying “hey good luck” and then added to the rest of the table “good night everyone.”

Kessler is eliminated in 10th place for $248.

$250 No Limit Hold’em Black Chip Bounty
Blinds: 1.5K/3K Ante: 500

$250 No Limit Hold’em Black Chip Bounty
Blinds: 1.2K/2.4K Ante: 400

Steven Bennett opened for 12,400 total and Heidi Erickson moved all in for 28,700. David Gelley thought for a moment before counting out a stack of chips and moving them into the middle while saying “I call.”

A visibly frustrated Bennett asked “how much you have behind” and Gelley responded “80ish” to which Bennett responded “I’m supposed to ship it. I’m so confused” before announcing that he too was calling. There was 90K in the pot and the three saw a flop of and Bennett and Gelley both checked. The turn was the and Bennett moved all in leading to a rather quick fold from Gelley.

Bennett turned over for a turned set of sixes and Erickson said “I’m drawing dead” as she turned over . The river was the and Erickson was eliminated in 11th place for $240.

$250 No Limit Hold’em Black Chip Bounty
Blinds: 1.2K/2.4K Ante: 400

$250 No Limit Hold’em Black Chip Bounty
Blinds: 1.2K/2.4K Ante: 400

It was a long bubble but we’re finally in the money after Jerome Neloms was eliminated.

$250 No Limit Hold’em Black Chip Bounty
Blinds: 1K/2K Ante: 300

Players are just returning from a 10-minute break. Seating assignments and chip counts are as follows: