$2,500 No Limit Hold’em Championship Event

Seminole Hard Rock Poker presents
Coco Poker Open at Coconut Creek
$200 No Limit Hold’em (Double Stack Turbo)
October 4, 2014

Total Entries: 58
Total Prize Pool: $9,860

The final seven decided they didn’t feel like gambling it up with an average stack of seven big blinds so they chopped the prize money up evenly with each of them collecting $1,409. Jim Frisk had the most chips and was awarded the trophy. Congratulations Jim and the rest of the final seven!

FINAL RESULTS

1st: Jim Frisk $1,409
2nd: Dani Dayan $1,409
3rd: Tom Junkins $1,409
4th: Chris Gatti $1,409
5th: Alex Aldonis $1,409
6th: Todd Newton $1,409
7th: Joseph Patalano $1,409

$2,500 No Limit Hold’em Championship Event

A total of 46 players made it through the day with Tim Miles leading the way with 215,500 in chips making him the overall chip leader heading into Day 2 play. He was followed closely by Preecha Taepakdee who ended with 202,100 chips. The top three was rounded out by Andrew Blake who finished with 177,400.

Notables to make it through included Dan Suied (137,900), Matt Waxman (97,200), and Chris Bolek (50,000). Full chip counts for those that survived are below:

$200 No Limit Hold’em Double Stack Turbo
Blinds: 8K/16K Ante 2K

We’ve lost one more player and are down to seven, one away from making the money.

$200 No Limit Hold’em Double Stack Turbo
Blinds: 5K/10K Ante 1K

It took nearly an hour to go from eleven players down to ten but once that elimination happened we lost two more in short order. Eight players remain, two away from the money. Average stack is 87K (9 big blinds) so it should continue to be fast paced until we have a winner.

$200 No Limit Hold’em Double Stack Turbo
Blinds: 3K/6K Ante 1K

There were 58 entrants creating a prize pool of $9,860. Six players will make the money with first collecting $3,845. Full payouts are below:

1st: $3,845
2nd: $2,268
3rd: $1,380
4th: $986
5th: $789
6th: $592

$2,500 No Limit Hold’em Championship Event
Blinds: 500/1K/100 Ante

The last level of the night has started and we still have approximately 70 players remaining. Among those still in contention are Zo Karim, Barry Hutter, Chris Bolek, Carlos Loving, Tim Miles, Lily Kiletto, Matt Waxman, Stuart Paterson, Steven McKoy, Elliott Zaydman, and Kevin Spires.

$200 No Limit Hold’em Double Stack Turbo
Blinds: 2.5K/5K Ante 500

Players have just returned from a break. There are 11 remaining with six getting paid. Here’s a break down of the chip counts (two players did not leave their names):

DID NOT REPORT, 127,500
Danit Dayan, 96,000
Richard Newton 87,500
Patrick Peduto 76,000
Cameron Shahab 66,500
DID NOT REPORT, 66,000
Charles Marik, 55,000
Alix Aldonis 55,000
Thomas Junkins 34,500
Christopher Gatti, 21,000
Joseph Patalano, 14,000

$2,500 No Limit Hold’em Championship Event
Blinds: 400/800/100 Ante

They are busting out slow today – still 81 remain with two hours left of play for the night. Here are some chip counts from the break:

Andrew Blake 126,600
David Hass 118,800
Tim Miles 106,200
Kevin Smith 104,700
Erik Christensen 91,100
Roger Goindoo 87,800
Fernando Diaz 87,100
Nick Schwarmann 80,300
Kevin Spires 53,100
Matt Waxman 44,800
Jarod Ludemann 40,400
Andy Slater 35,700
Elliott Zaydman 35,600
Sam Panzica 33,900
Steven McKoy 32,400
Chris Bolek 31,300
Robert Campbell 28,700
James Calderaro 22,400
Carlos Loving 21,800
Barry Hutter 21,500
Zo Karim 13,900

$200 No Limit Hold’em Double Stack Turbo
Blinds: 1.5K/3K Ante 500

The remaining 19 players have just returned from a brief 5-minute color up break. The average stack is 36K (12 big blinds) so expect the bust outs to come quickly.