$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

The six players remaining in the tournament paused the action after Philip Randazzo was sent out to discuss a possible deal to chop up the remaining prizepool.

Steven McKoy was the overall leader but was unhappy with the ICM numbers at the start of negotiations. They even resumed play for three hands before talking themselves into a final deal.

McKoy takes home first place honors along with $42,130 for his victory, including bonus $500 from everyone except Stewart Newman. Back soon with an event recap.

Final numbers:

1st – Steven McKoy $42,130
2nd – Joe Zelnick $34,555
3rd – Carlos Loving $30,923
4th – David Gelley $28,129
5th – Stewart Newman $26,017
6th – Julio Fernandez $22,646

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Blinds: 50k/100k/15k ante

It looked like they were going to settle in for a long grind but the average stack was now just 19 big blinds. Even so, the next big hand seemed to be a calm affair. Philip Randazzo and Steven McKoy were playing a nice pot with McKoy calling a flop bet with the board reading . Randazzo slowed down on the turn and called a 500,000 bet from McKoy.

The prompted Randazzo to say all-in and McKoy had the calling chips in the middle almost before the words were out of his mouth. It was an easy call with Quads to send the calm hand into a knockout hand. Randazzo said he had pocket Fours for the flopped set but he is now gone in 7th place for $7,675.

The remaining six players have paused the action to discuss and ICM deal.

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Blinds: 50k/100k/15k ante

Just 10 minutes into final table action and they dropped another player. Joe Zelnick once again opened the action and it was Scott Zakheim shipping all-in for just under 1 million more.

Zelnick took a short time to call the bet and Nines were back in action. Zelnick tabled against Zakheim’s . Zakheim picked up a gutshot Wheel draw on the flop but couldn’t finish it off on the turn or river.

Zakheim put the field in the money during Day 2 and he ran it all the way to a 8th place finish for $5,609.

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Blinds: 40k/80k/10k ante

Just one hand after Berenson was eliminated, Louis finally found a caller for his shove after a Joe Zelnick open. It was another small pair at risk when Louis tabled against Zelnick’s .

They were in a virtual race and Zelnick jumped ahead on the flop and couldn’t catch up when the board completed to send the second short stack out in consecutive hands. Louis picked up $3,925 for his efforts.

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Blinds: 40k/80k/10k ante

They wasted no time moving the action along at the table. Carlos Loving won the high-card for the button and then the first hand. Louis Leo shoved the second hand without a caller, before Paul Berenson took a shot with his short stack.

Berenson moved all-in after David Gelley opened to 275,000 and he called with . Berenson needed help with but was drawing nearly dead when the flop came . Berenson had no outs after the turn and was eliminated in 10th place for $2,863.

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Blinds: 40k/80k/10k ante

Five starting flights and one long Day 2 weren’t enough to crown a champion in the first event of the 2014 Coco Poker Open. Play concluded this morning at 3am with 10 players still alive for the title and $72,374.

Steven McKoy leads the way at the 10-handed final table with 3,575,000 while Louis Leo has some work to do coming back to just 415,000.

There will be an Event 1 winner today and we will find out in a few hours. Players are unbagging their chips and bonus Day 3 action will be underway shortly with 11:30 left in Level 29.

Here’s what’s left in the prize pool:

1st – $72,374
2nd – $42,214
3rd – $28,044
4th – $18,745
5th – $12,989
6th – $10,037
7th – $7,675
8th – $5,609
9th – $3,985
10th – $2,863

Seat 1: Julio Fernandez – 2,025,000
Seat 2: Stewart Newman – 2,650,000
Seat 3: David Gelley – 1,455,000
Seat 4: Joe Zelnick – 1,845,000
Seat 5: Philip Randazzo – 2,245,000
Seat 6: Louis Leo – 415,000
Seat 7: Scott Zakheim – 1,215,000
Seat 8: Carlos Loving – 3,425,000
Seat 9: Steven McKoy – 3,575,000
Seat 10: Paul Berenson – 770,000

$560 No Limit Hold’em Deep Stack (Re-Entry)
Blinds: 150/300/25 ante

Players are back from their first break and Howard Darnold made the most of his first four levels, coming back with nearly four times his starting stack.

$560 No Limit Hold’em Deep Stack (Re-Entry)
Blinds: 100/200

The players are off on their first 15-minute break with 45 entrants showing on the board. There are still two full levels to late register or re-enter so it should easily hit the halfway point to the guarantee with one flight remaining.

Back shortly with the first round of chip counts.

$560 No Limit Hold’em Deep Stack (Re-Entry)
Blinds: 100/200

Still slow going in the Pavilion on a nice Monday afternoon. The 40th entrant just took his seat in the field getting us one step closer to the $50,000 guarantee with 90 minutes left to register for this flight and another running at 7pm.

Firing up this $560 50k #cocopokeropen

— Ryan Gianquitti (@quitti33) September 29, 2014

$560 No Limit Hold’em Deep Stack (Re-Entry)
Blinds: 50/100

It was a slow ramp up to start the day but the stack sizes mean players don’t need to rush to get in the game. It went over 25 entrants after a few minutes of play including a few regulars like Elliott Zaydman, Zach Kessler, and Steven Bennett fresh off his 13th place finish in Event 1.

There’s been more fun banter than hardcore action over the first level but things will heat up as the day advances.