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

Event 3: 9th Place – David Felger ($1,271)

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

Just three hands later and it was David Felger at risk this time. The short stacks weren’t getting much action but his 56,000 three-bet over Oleg Vayman was met with a call.

Felger was ahead with AhKd against QcJh but Vayman grabbed the lead on the Qh5h4d flop. The 2s turn changed nothing and Felger was sent out in 9th place for $1,271.

14COCO Event 3 David Felger

Event 3: 10th Place – Nigel Murray ($989)

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

Nigel Murray began the final table still sporting a short stack and was able to pick up some chips with early shoves. He moved all-in against from under the gun for 83,000 and found a caller in Michael Goldfarb on the button.

Murray was behind with KhJd versus KdQd and the dealer ran out a drama-free board 7s5d4hKc6c to send the energetic Murray out in 10th place for $989.

Nigel Murray
Nigel Murray

 

Event 3: Final Table

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

Final table seat assignments with chip counts shortly.

SeatPlayer
1Larry Klur
2Richard Leger
3Howard Darnold
4David Felger
5John DePersio
6Paul Balzano
7Michael Goldfarb
8Oleg Vayman
9Chris Bolek
10Nigel Murray

Event 3: 12th Place – Jorge Gomez ($989)

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

Players came back from the short break and immediately got active again. One of the first hands back saw Jorge Gomez all-in with the flop reading Tc8d2s and Chris Bolek called behind after a small tank.

Bolek’s call was correct with Th7h against Jh8h and Gomez found nothing good when the board completed 4h and 2d to send him out in 12th place for $989.

Event 3: In the Money

$560 No Limit Hold’em Deep Stack (Re-Entry)
Blinds: 4k/8k/500 ante

The bubble finally burst but not before Nigel Murray made some noise. The boistrous local has been quiet over the first week but got a little frisky on the bubble.

He was all-in versus Oleg Vayman but looking like the bubble boy with AcJs against KcKh. He stood up, but quickly sat back down when the flop came AhJc5d then stayed that way on the Td turn and boat-friendly Jh.

That stretched hand-for-hand play for more than 30 minutes and they were just about to go on a color up break when Trey Hamel was all-in with Tc8c versus Larry Krul holding AdQc. Hamel was in trouble but found help right off the bat when the flop came Td4d4s but Krul picked up the first part of a backdoor flush draw on the Kd turn.

Krul celebrated when the 7d hit the river while Hamel quickly packed up and hit the rail in 13th with 12 paying.

1st – $18,644
2nd – $10,735
3rd – $7,063
4th – $4,803
5th – $3,814
6th – $2,966
7th – $2,401
8th – $1,836
9th – $1,271
10th – $989
11th – $989
12th – $989

Event 3: Bubble Time

$560 No Limit Hold’em Deep Stack (Re-Entry)
Blinds: 3k/6k/500 ante

It was a quick end for Haim Toorgeman, even after his big double up hand with Quads. He lost a few pots after the redraw and found himself all-in for 70,500 after the Jd6h4c flop. Trey Hamel considered his options and finally called after saying he liked the flop.

Hamel was wrong when he saw his KcJc was in trouble against AdJh but didn’t have to wait long when the dealer dropped the Ks on the turn. No love on the 8d river and Toorgeman was gone in 18th.

Daniel Pearlman, Matthew Mendez, Alfonso Perez, and Igor Skochilo quickly followed Toorgeman out the door to put the tournament on the money bubble.