Event 3 Day 1A: Ready to Go

$560 No Limit Hold’em Deep Stack (Re-Entry)
Blinds: 25/50

Few people like Mondays but this one will be a little different for players in the Coco Poker Open. The next event on the schedule is a $560 buy-in No Limit Hold’em tournament with big stacks and a $50,000 guaranteed prize pool. Plenty of room to move as the begin play with 500 big blinds.

They’ll start the day behind 25,000 stacks and play 30-minute with late registration/re-entry available until the start of Level 7, approximately 2:15pm. This is just the first of two flights today and the survivors 14 full levels will return tomorrow at 1pm to determine a winner.

Players are getting their daily tournament instructions and cards will be in the air soon.

Event 1: End Of Play For Day

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

The final ten players have elected to stop play for the day. They will return at 2 p.m. later today to play down to a winner. Steven McKoy is the chip leader with 3.575 million and is followed closely by Carlos Loving who has 3.425 million. The final table draw and chip counts are as follows:

SeatNameChip Count
1Julio Fernandez2,025,000
2Stewart Newman2,650,000
3David Gelley1,455,000
4Joe Zelnick1,845,000
5Philip Randazzo2,245,000
6Louis Leo IV415,000
7Scott Zakheim1,215,000
8Carlos Loving3,425,000
9Steven McKoy3,575,000
10Paul Berenson770,000

 

Event 1: 11th Place – Paula Alibrandi ($2,863)

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

Scott Zakheim opened for 175,000 and one to his left was Julio Rodriguez who asked the dealer for a count on the raise. Once the dealer counted out the chips and told Rodriguez he immediately moved all in for a total of 905,000. It was folded to Paula Alibrandi in the big blind who thought it over for a minute before saying “oh to hell with it” as she also moved all in.

Zakheim quickly folded KcJd and the cards were turned over for Rodriquez and Alibrandi:

Rodriguez QhQs     Alibrandi AhKd

The first two cards in the window were great for Alibrandi as they were the AcKh but the third card out was the worst card possible as it was the Qc to give Rodriguez a set of queens. Alibrandi was unable to improve on the 2c turn or 6d river and was left with just 95,000 in chips.

She would get those all in on the next hand with 5d4s and would lose to Stewart Newman who would make a pair of aces with his AdTc. Alibrandi was eliminated in 11th place for $2,863.

Paula Alibrandi - 11th Place ($2,863)
Paula Alibrandi – 11th Place ($2,863)

Event 1: 12th Place – Willie Wiggins ($2,863)

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

Steven McKoy opened for 175,000 and a short-stacked Willie Wiggins moved all in for approximately 100,000 more. McKoy made the call with Ac8s and was ahead of Wiggins and his 9c6d.

The flop came AdTh3s moving McKoy further ahead. The 8d on the turn gave Wiggins a small glimmer of hope as a seven would give him a straight but the river was the 9d and Wiggins was eliminated in 12th place for $2,863.

Willie Wiggins - 12th Place ($2,863)
Willie Wiggins – 12th Place ($2,863)

Event 1: 13th Place – Steven Bennett ($2,244)

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

It was folded to Steven Bennett in the small blind who moved all in for just slightly more than 10 big blinds. Stewart Newman was in the big blind and made the call with 4x4x and was racing against Bennett’s 9x8x. Newman would win the race when the board ran out 7x3x2xJx4x to send Bennett home in 13th place.

Steven Bennett - 13th Place ($2,244)
Steven Bennett – 13th Place ($2,244)

Event 1: Updated Chip Counts

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

The remaining 13 players have just returned from a break and the chip counts are as follows:

TableSeatNameChip Count
31David Gelley2.565 million
32Steven McKoy3.050 million
33OPEN
34Carlos Loving1.0 million
35OPEN
36Paul Berenson225K
37Willie Wiggins1.16 million
38OPEN
39Louis Leo IV1.44 million
TableSeatNameChip Count
91Steven Bennett815K
92Stewart Newman1.53 million
93Paula Alibrandi1.65 million
94Joe Zelnick1.83 million
95Philip Randazzo2.345 million
96OPEN
97OPEN
98Scott Zakheim870K
99Julio Fernandez985K