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

The clock strikes 11am in South Florida and the fifth of six starting flights in the Coco Poker Open $250,000 guarantee is underway. As is, the field stands at 381 entries generating an unofficial prize pool of just over $114,000. With only today’s 11am and 6pm flights to go, the event needs a very strong turnout if it hopes to hit the 834-entry threshold and best the six-figure targeted prize pool.

Players begin with 10,000 chips and log 30-minute levels throughout today. Registration and re-entry are available until about 3:30pm.

Here’s more:

11AM: Event 13 Day 1E – $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

Those unable to make it for the morning matches can join us tonight at 6pm for the final flight.

Updates through the day will be available right here at SeminoleCoconutCreekPoker.com. Good luck, players!

Main Event Schedule

11AM: Event 13 Day 1E – $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 1F – $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

$350 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $250,000 Guaranteed
Returning to Level 15: 2,500/5,000/500 Ante
Players Remaining: 37 of 381

$350 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $250,000 Guaranteed
Level 15: 2,500/5,000/500 Ante
Flight D Players Remaining: 11 of 113

Flight D has wrapped up for the day with 11 players moving on to Day 2 on Sunday. They got there in one quick spurt at the end when Michael Newman sent out two players before they even hit hand-for-hand action. It knocked them down to 11 players and put Newman into the lead for the flight with 332,500.

1. Michael Newman – 332,500
2. Stuart Paterson – 249,000
3. Jason Gooch – 242,000
4. Edward Medoff – 207,000
5. Oniel McCalla – 197,500
6. Jasmine Schofillnuss – 140,000
7. Jose Chapui – 126,000
8. Martin Zamani – 95,500
9. Alan Brostoff – 94,000
10. Blain McRae – 88,000
11. Michael Monaco – 25,000

$350 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $250,000 Guaranteed
Level 14: 2,000/4,000/500 Ante
Flight D Players Remaining: 18 of 113

It didn’t take long to lose three players after the break and Flight D is down to its last two tables of the evening. Play will come to an end when only 11 players remain and they will bag up for a return on Sunday.

Coco Poker Open Championship final table members Jason Dollinger and Matt Smith were among the recently departed but we still have Jason Gooch, Michael Newman, and Stu Paterson around with chips.

$350 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $250,000 Guaranteed
Level 13: 1,500/3,000/400 Ante
Flight D Players Remaining: 21 of 113

Players are back in their seats after a short break and they are only ten eliminations from stopping for the night.

Jason Gooch continues to lead with just under 200,000 and Michael Newman sits in second position with 167,000.

$350 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $250,000 Guaranteed
Level 12: 1,000/2,000/300 Ante
Flight D Players Remaining: 25 of 113

It took Flight D players less than one level to go from four tables to three tables remaining. Those among the departed included Mukul Pahuja, Josh Beckley, and Jordan Cutter.

Cutter was eliminated by Jason Gooch when he moved his short stack in the middle with and was up against . Cutter found an ace but Gooch hit the case jack on the flop. The turn was no help and Cutter couldn’t hit one of his two outs on the river.

$350 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $250,000 Guaranteed
Level 11: 800/1,600/200 Ante
Flight D Players Remaining: 36 of 113

Play continues to move at a brisk pace this evening and we are down to the last four tables of the night. We’ve lost a few favorites, including Jessica Dawley and Raminder Singh, but there are plenty of top players still around.

We found two recent Coco Poker Open Champion final table members seated next to each other. Jason Dollinger went out of the Championship in tenth place for $12,000 and Matt Smith finished in seventh for a cool $31,000.

$350 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $250,000 Guaranteed
Level 9: 500/1,000/100 Ante
Flight D Players Remaining: 54 of 113

Players are back in their seats after the second break and registration officially closed for the evening on Flight D. The fourth run drew the biggest crowd of the tournament so far and the 113 entrants will play down until 11 remain.

Jason Gooch looks like the biggest stack in his room and his 134,000 would be an above average stack for Day 2 if they stopped right now.

Notable stacks:

Jason Gooch – 134,000 (134 bb)
Raminder Singh – 54,600 (55 bb)
David Diaz – 51,300 (51 bb)
Josh Beckley – 46,400 (46 bb)
Sheddy Siddiqui – 36,400 (36 bb)
Michael Newman – 33,100 (33 bb)
Matt Smith – 32,400 (32 bb)
Jason Dollinger – 22,500 (23 bb)
Andy Slater – 20,800 (21 bb)
Jordan Cutter – 18,100 (18 bb)
Mukul Pahuja – 15,700 (16 bb)

$350 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $250,000 Guaranteed
Level 8: 300/600/75 Ante
Flight D Entrants: 105

Flight D entered Level 8 leaving only 45 minutes left to get in the game. They entrant count clicked over 100 during the seventh level and we could see this become the biggest flight of the tournament so far.

A few more names have thrown themselves into the mix including former Coco Poker Open champ Antonio Campbell and 2015 WSOP Main Event runner-up Josh Beckley.

They’ll play out Level 8, take a 15-minute break, and registration will close up shop when they return.