$350 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $250,000 Guaranteed
Level 9: 500/1,000/100 Ante
Flight A Players Remaining: 42 of 101

By her own account, Nancy Birnbaum was down to 3,000 chips, but that didn’t deter her. She stuck it out, spun her stack up and now sits on holdings of more than 100,000. The Fort Lauderdale pro is the chip leader with the field sitting at right around 40 players remaining.

Her tablemates are doing their best to combat her, though. Birnbaum is a member of the Blue Shark Optics team, and as such, has a signature pair of sunglasses with the company — a pair two players at Birnbaum’s table just so happen to be wearing.

#trouble at my table both wearing my poker glasses order today @bluesharkhttps://t.co/HVF8AinwbR pic.twitter.com/Gwt91JNUjE

— Nancy Birnbaum (@NancyBirnbaum) September 29, 2016

$350 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $250,000 Guaranteed
Level 9: 500/1,000/100 Ante
Flight A Players Remaining: 45 of 101

Level 9 is here and registration is closed in Flight A of the $350 buy-in, $250,000 guaranteed Coco Poker Open Event 13. The first of six flights drew 101 entries. Per the structure sheet, they’ll play down to 9% of the field rounding up meaning play concludes when 10 remain. Those still in contention bag and tag set to return for Day 2 Sunday at 1pm. If anyone chooses to play a subsequent flight, they have the option to advance their best stack forward.

Flight A breakdown followed by the remaining tournament schedule:

$350 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $250,000 Guaranteed
Level 8: 400/800/75 Ante
Flight A Players: 99

The clock has been stuck at 99 entries for some time. With registration and re-entry available for about 30 more minutes, that number is expected to grow a touch and see the final Flight A attendance figure hit triple digits. While that’s still a touch shy of the 139 needed per flight to hit the guarantee, it bodes well for the event with Friday and Saturday’s flights expected to be the biggest.

We’ll take a closer look at the field size after registration closes and the numbers are finalized.

$350 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $250,000 Guaranteed
Level 5: 150/300/25 Ante
Flight A Players: 83

Level 5 is here and the clock shows 83 entries. Antes have now kicked in and the chips are prepped to starting flying. The first couple hours of play were fairly slow with a handful of big stacks emerging, but no one told Martin Robbins that. He turned his 16,000 starting chips into better than 55,000 and leads the way midway through Level 5.

One of the other tournament big stacks belongs to Jacquelyn Scott. Scott, a local realtor, is a regular on the Florida felt and owns more than $200,000 in career earnings.

Notable stacks following break:

Martin Robbins – 56,175
Jacquelyn Scott – 43,375
Javier Sarache – 21,200
Stu Paterson – 20,675
Michael Newman – 6,975
Jonathan Hilton – 6,250
Charlemagne Benjamin – 5,425

$350 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $250,000 Guaranteed
Level 4: 100/200
Flight A Players: 71

The field continues to tick up as Level 4 is freshly underway. After a modest start, a total of 71 entries are now in their seats jockeying for a piece of the $250,000 guaranteed prize pool. That number is expected to grow even more by the time registration closes at about 3:30pm.

The first break is right around the corner and we’ll take a look at some of the early big stacks at that time.

$350 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $250,000 Guaranteed
Level 2: 50/100
Flight A Players: 49

While the $250,000 guarantee attracts players from all over the country, it also entices some of the local contingent to splash around on the felt. With 49 entries toward the start of Level 2, there’s a good number of notables taking their shot at a South Florida title.

$350 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $250,000 Guaranteed
Level 1: 25/50

Players have made their way to The Pavilion and cards are in the air for Flight A of one of the Coco Poker Open headliners. Spotlighted on the schedule since Day 1, Event 13 is a $350 buy-in, $250,000 guaranteed event. It features six starting flights beginning at 11am and 6pm each of the next three days. Players begin with 16,000 starting chips and play 30-minute levels throughout.

Details:

11AM: Event 13 Day 1A – $350 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

• $250,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 16,000 in tournament chips and 30-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
• Day 1 will end when approximately 9% of the field remains
• All Day 2 players are in the money
• Event 13 Structure Sheet

A total of 834 entries are needed to make the guarantee breaking down to 139 per flight. We’ll keep you abreast of the attendance figure as well as provide notable stacks throughout the day and let you know who’s making a run at the Day 2 chip lead.

Good luck, players!

Main Event Schedule

11AM: Event 13 Day 1A – $350 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

• $250,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 16,000 in tournament chips and 30-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
• Day 1 will end when approximately 9% of the field remains
• All Day 2 players are in the money
• Event 13 Structure Sheet

6PM: Event 13 Day 1B – $350 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

• $250,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 16,000 in tournament chips and 30-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
• Day 1 will end when approximately 9% of the field remains
• All Day 2 players are in the money
• Event 13 Structure Sheet