$2,500 Coco Poker Open Championship
Level 23: 12,000/24,000/3,000 Ante

The final table moved into the high limit room to make things a little more intimate. They’ll play down here until we have a winner.

Seat 1: Matt Affleck – 537,000 (22 bb)
Seat 2: Kevin Ho – 970,000 (40 bb)
Seat 3: Nathan Bjerno – 1,000,000 (42 bb)
Seat 4: Cord Garcia – 1,360,000 (57 bb)
Seat 5: Danny Notice – 610,000 (25 bb)
Seat 6: Ioannis Patsourakis – 75,000 (3 bb)
Seat 7: Jean Gaspard – 2,400,000 (100 bb)
Seat 8: Andre Pillow – 1,520,000 (63 bb)
Seat 9: James Brown – 1,750,000 (73 bb)

$2,500 Coco Poker Open Championship
Level 22: 10,000/20,000/2,000 Ante

There was little movement over the first level back from break and we were in the process of updating chip counts when Michael Laake and James Brown played a seemingly innocent hand.

Nothing spectacular until the board was complete and reading . Laake moved all-in for ~400,000 and Brown took his time before calling with . Laake briefly showed before mucking and sending his chips to Brown.

$2,500 Coco Poker Open Championship
Level 22: 10,000/20,000/2,000 Ante

Cord Garcia opened to 45,000, Jean Gaspard called, and James Brown three-bet to 105,000 from the button. Garcia and Gaspard called to see the flop and Garcia moved all-in for 560,000.

Gaspard dropped his hand and Brown called with , ahead of Garcia’s open-ended straight draw and two overs with for the moment. The dealer put out the turn to complete the straight and double Garcia.

Garcia: 1,500,000
Brown: 1,780,000

$2,500 Coco Poker Open Championship
Level 21: 8,000/16,000/2,000 Ante

Players were getting ready to hit the second break of the day when Nathan Bjerno and Matt Affleck got involved in a big hand. Affleck opened from the button and called a three-bet from Bjerno from the big blind to see the flop. Bjerno bet out 80,000 and Affleck called.

Bjerno shoved for 396,000 after the turn and Affleck went into the tank. He eventually called with top pair but was behind Bjerno’s over pair . The provide no help and Bjerno got a big double.

Break time counts going to 10,000/20,000 and 2,000 ante:

Seat 1: Matt Affleck – 880,000 (44 bb)
Seat 2: Kevin Ho – 680,000 (34 bb)
Seat 3: Nathan Bjerno – 1,345,000 (67 bb)
Seat 4: Cord Garcia – 730,000 (37 bb)
Seat 5: Danny Notice – 702,000 (35 bb)
Seat 6: Ioannis Patsourakis – 274,000 (14 bb)
Seat 7: Jean Gaspard – 1,472,000 (74 bb)
Seat 8: Michael Laake – 776,000 (39 bb)
Seat 9: Andre Pillow – 1,380,000 ( 9 bb)
Seat 10: James Brown – 2,100,000 (105 bb)

$2,500 Coco Poker Open Championship
Level 21: 8,000/16,000/2,000 Ante

Presenting your 2015 Coco Poker Open final table members. Updated counts coming shortly.

Seat 1: Matt Affleck
Seat 2: Kevin Ho
Seat 3: Nathan Bjerno
Seat 4: Cord Garcia
Seat 5: Danny Notice
Seat 6: Ioannis Patsourakis
Seat 7: Jean Gaspard
Seat 8: Michael Laake
Seat 9: Andre Pillow
Seat 10: James Brown

$2,500 Coco Poker Open Championship
Level 21: 8,000/16,000/2,000 Ante

We spoke too soon and lost two players in quick succession. First up was starting Day 3 chip leader Chance Kornuth, he had a tough time since the last break and took a shot with beore Andre Pillow called with .

They were racing for Kornuth’s tournament but the dry board ran to send him out in 12th place for $12,000.

A few seconds later and defending John Dolan was facing an all-in bet from Cord Garcia with the board reading . Dolan was the shorter of the two stacks and went into deep-thought mode. After a few minutes, Dolan called with and in trouble against Garcia’s .

The river ended the tournament for the 2014 Coco Poker Open Champion.

Tournament staff are redrawing for the final table ten.

$2,500 Coco Poker Open Championship
Level 21: 8,000/16,000/2,000 Ante

They slowed down long enough in Level 21 to grab a quick round of chips counts for the 12 remaining players. Jean “Prince” Gaspard is leading with Matt Affleck not far behind. No one is desperately short so we’ll see when they hit the brakes for good.

Table 1
Seat 1: Nathan Bjerno – 465,000 (29 bb)
Seat 2: Chance Kornuth – 460,000 (29 bb)
Seat 3: Empty
Seat 4: Empty
Seat 5: Danny Notice – 475,000 (30 bb)
Seat 6: Empty
Seat 7: Kevin Ho – 670,000 (42 bb)
Seat 8: Matt Affleck – 1,680,000 (105 bb)
Seat 9: Andre Pillow – 1,060,000 (66 bb)

Table 3
Seat 1: Jean Gaspard – 2,100,000 (131 bb)
Seat 2: Michael Laake – 680,000 ( 43 bb)
Seat 3: Empty
Seat 4: Cord Garcia – 400,000 (25 bb)
Seat 5: James Brown – 1,500,000 (94 bb)
Seat 6: Empty
Seat 7: John Dolan – 335,000 (21 bb)
Seat 8: Ioannis Patsourakis – 340,000 (21 bb)
Seat 9: Empty

$2,500 Coco Poker Open Championship
Level 21: 6,000/12,000/2,000 Ante

It’s tough to believe this pace can keep up but they are dropping almost faster than you can track. Bienvenido Santiago went out soon after they joined as two tables followed quickly by Jonathan Abla.

Before you could say “slow down”, Peter Walsworth was sent out and Hunter Cichy ran into a bad flop against Kevin Ho. He was all-in for his last 79,000 with and Ho called with . Cichy’s chances took a big hit on the flop and he was drawing dead on the river.

It’s also been a tough level for former leader Chance Kornuth. After a series of doubling up opponents, he’s down to 390,000 and one of the short stacks.

$2,500 Coco Poker Open Championship
Level 21: 6,000/12,000/2,000 Ante

Table 1
Seat 1: Nathan Bjerno
Seat 2: Chance Kornuth
Seat 3: Hunter Cichy
Seat 4: Jonathan Abla
Seat 5: Danny Notice
Seat 6: Javier Zarco
Seat 7: Kevin Ho
Seat 8: Matt Affleck
Seat 9: Andre Pillow

Table 3
Seat 1: Jean Gaspard
Seat 2: Michael Laake
Seat 3: Bienvenido Santiago
Seat 4: Cord Garcia
Seat 5: James Brown
Seat 6: Peter Walsworth
Seat 7: John Dolan
Seat 8: Ioannis Patsourakis
Seat 9: Richard Leger

$2,500 Coco Poker Open Championship
Level 21: 6,000/12,000/2,000 Ante

With four quick exits, the Championship is down to the last two tables with no signs of slowing down. Shea Smith and Brandon Miller went out right after the break with Alberto Rodriguez following after a tough beat.

Peter Walsworth opened from early position and Rodriguez followed with a three-bet shove. Walsworth liked the price he was getting though he told Rodriguez “I’m not that strong”.

Walsworth needed to catch with to send Rodriguez out showing . The was harmless but Walsworth added a flush draw on the turn. The backdoor flush draw got there on the river to send Rodriguez out in 20th.

They broke a table to get down to 18 remaining when T.K. Miles and Matt Affleck mixed it up. Affleck opened from  under the gun and Miles shipped from the big blind with . Affleck called with and they both hit the flop. They turn and river finished Miles off and staff broke the first table of the day.