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

Event 4: In The Money

$200 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Blinds: 1K/2K Ante 300

They are down to the final three in Event 4 which is coincidentally also in the money. The final three are as follows:

Francois Gagne – 55K
Daniel Genachte – 41K
Paula Holder – 41K

They are playing for the following:

1st – $2,040
2nd – $1,224
3rd – $816

Event 3: Pump the Brakes

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

After the quick run of bustouts, the final table has now gone an hour without anyone being in danger. That might change this level as the blinds start to catch up with the stacks. Chris Bolek is the current leader with over 700,000 and he’s easily the most aggressive at the table.

Event 5: Black Chip Bounties

$250 No Limit Hold’em Black Chip Bounty
Blinds: 25/50

The latest event at the 2014 Coco Poker Open is a popular variety of the game. It is a No Limit Hold’em tournament with a $250 buy-in with $100 of it going to a bounty on each player’s head. Knock them out, get a black chip worth $100. Players have a chance to make a profit long before hitting the prize pool portion of the tournament.

The tournament features a $25,000 guaranteed prize pool and the action is expected to be aggressive with the addition of the bounty. They will start off behind 6,000 chip stacks with 30-minute levels and late registration/re-entry available until the start of Level 7.

The tournament is about to kick off and it should be a good time.

Event 3: 8th Place – John DePersio ($1,836)

$560 No Limit Hold’em Deep Stack (Re-Entry)
Blinds: 5k/10k/1k ante

Just one hand after Felger’s elimination, Paul Balzano put John DePersio all-in with a three-bet of his own. DePersio had little choice but to call with QcJc only to see he was up against QdQh.

DePersio picked up some needed outs on the KhTs4d flop but was unable to miracle a comeback when the turn/river came 3s/Jd to quickly drop the field to 7 players.

John DePersio
John DePersio