Event 3: 5th Place – Paul Balzano ($3,814)

$560 No Limit Hold’em Deep Stack (Re-Entry)
Blinds: 12k/24k/3k ante

After bluffing off a good chunk of his stack to Chris Bolek, Paul Balzano moved all in first to act for 295,000 from the cutoff and Richard Leger made the call out of the big blind. They were off to the races with Balzano holding 4c4s and Leger AcKc.

“Give me something,” said Leger as the dealer put out a flop of [9]9s7h. The turn was the 8h and Leger would need a seven, eight, king, or ace to eliminate Balzano. The river was one of those cards… the Ah… and Leger clapped his hands together in celebration.

Balzano finishes in 5th place for $3,814.

Paul Balzano - 5th Place ($3,814)
Paul Balzano – 5th Place ($3,814)

Event 5: Chip Counts

$250 No Limit Hold’em Black Chip Bounty
Blinds: 100/200 Ante: 25

There are 120 entrants thus far with a little more than 45 minutes left to register. Here are some chip counts from after the break:

NameChip Count
David Gelley41,600
Kevin Spires31,725
Christian Rodriguez27,750
Steele Sutter23,850
Armando Gutierrez23,700
Abbey Daniels16,725
Richard Kessler16,600
Lee Klosty16,250
Louis Leo IV14,475
Zach Kessler13,375
Joe Zelnick8,875
Jermaine Phang6,125
Matt Elsby6,000
Joelle Guarino5,600
Willie Wiggins3,850

 

Event 4: Final Results

Seminole Hard Rock Poker presents
Coco Poker Open at Coconut Creek
$200 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
September 30, 2014

Total Entries: 24
Total Prize Pool: $4,080

Daniel Genachte, Winner, Event 4
Daniel Genachte, Winner, Event 4

 

IN THE MONEY RESULTS

1st – Daniel Genachte, $2,040
2nd – Paula Holder, $1,224
3rd – Francois Gagne, $816

Daniel Genachte emerged victorious in a small field of 24 players edging out Paula Holder when he would hit trip nines on the turn against her pocket aces after getting it all in on the nine-high flop. Genachte, originally from Belgium, added to his $101,626 lifetime earnings in tournaments with a $2,040 payday.

Congratulations Daniel!

 

Event 3: 6th Place – Larry Klur ($2,966)

$560 No Limit Hold’em Deep Stack (Re-Entry)
Blinds: 10k/20k/3k ante

Players wasted no time getting active with food in their bellies. On just the second hand after the break, Chris Bolek opened from the button to 45,000 and Larry Krul came along in the small blind.

Klur bet out on the Qd6c4s flop, Bolek called before Klur shoved for 219,000 after the 4h turn. Bolek took a few seconds after getting the count and called with Qc9c.

Klur said, “You got me unless a Seven comes” before tabling 8c5c. He was unable to hit his gutshot on the 5d river and the former chipleader was gone in 6th place for $2,966.

Larry Klur
Larry Klur

Event 4: Paula Holder – 2nd Place ($1,224)

$200 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Blinds: 1.5K/3K Ante 500

After losing the chip lead back to Daniel Genachte, Paula Holder would get the last of her chips in the middle in a great spot with AdAs on a board of 9d5d2s and was well ahead of Genachte and his Qh9h. Fortunes would change on the turn, however, as it was the 9s to give Genachte trip nines. The river would be the Td and Holder would be eliminated in second place for $1,224.

Paula Holder is all smiles despite the bad beat
Paula Holder is all smiles despite the bad beat

Event 3: Dinner Break Counts

$560 No Limit Hold’em Deep Stack (Re-Entry)
Blinds: 10k/20k/3k ante

Chris Bolek continues to lead the final table players with Pal Balzano not far behind. They return with blinds at 10k/20k with a 3k ante.

Seat 1: Larry Klur – 300,000
Seat 2: Richard Leger – 251,000
Seat 3: Howard Darnold – 395,000
Seat 4: Paul Balzano – 663,000
Seat 5: Oleg Vayman – 410,000
Seat 6: Chris Bolek – 804,000

Event 3: 7th Place – Michael Goldfarb ($2,401)

$560 No Limit Hold’em Deep Stack (Re-Entry)
Blinds: 8k/16k/2k ante

The clock was ticking down to the 1-hour dinner break when Michael Goldfarb and Chris Bolek tangled up.

Bolek opened to 35,000 from under the gun, a pretty standard move from the leader, and Goldfarb came along from the small blind. They both checked down the Qd6h2c flop and Goldfarb checked once again after the 8d turn.

Bolek responded by putting Goldfarb all-in and he went deep in the tank. He tried to get a read off Bolek by telling him he had eight outs, never getting a reaction from his opponent.

As the clock ticked over into the dinner break, Goldfarb send “let’s gamble” and turned over 7c5h for the open-ended straight draw versus Bolek’s AcAs.

The dinner-break gamble didn’t pay off when the river came Jd to send Goldfarb out in 7th place for $2,401 while Bolek moved over 800,000.

Michael Goldfarb
Michael Goldfarb