Coco Poker Open Championship
End of Level 10: 500/1,000/100 Ante
Day 1A Players Remaining: 37 of 132

Coco Poker Open Championship
Level 10: 500/1,000/100 Ante
Day 1A Players Remaining: 37 of 132

Play has come to an end for the first flight of the Coco Poker Open Championship with 37 players remaining of the starting 132 entrants.

Erik Christensen finished with the end-of-day chip lead as his 233,400 eclipsed all others.

We will have complete chip counts for the remaining Day 1A players when they have been confirmed and made official.

Coco Poker Open Championship
Level 10: 500/1,000/100 Ante
Day 1A Players Remaining: 40 of 132

Tournament staff drew a random number and the clock has been paused with ten minutes remaining in the level and each table will play out five more hands before bagging up.

Coco Poker Open Championship
Level 10: 500/1,000/100 Ante
Day 1A Players Remaining: 51 of 132

Championship Flight A players have moved into the final level of their evening and each has an eye towards bagging up chips for a Day 2 return on Sunday.

Some players (names redacted to protect their fun) are participating in the time-honored tradition of loading up on beer at the end of the day. Last level beers.

They’ll play down until ten minutes remain on the clock and finish with a random number of hands at all tables.

Coco Poker Open Championship
Level 9: 400/800/100 Ante
Day 1A Players Remaining: 51 of 132

The Championship opening flight is dropping its way down but not quickly as quickly as anticipated. There are still six tables in action and it looks like there will still be around five when they bag up at midnight.

Marsha Wolak is one of those players still around and the 2011 WSOP Ladies Champion is the last woman standing from the opening flight.

Coco Poker Open Championship
Level 8: 300/600/75 Ante
Day 1A Players Remaining: 57 of 132

Championship players are on their final break of the day as tournament staff color off the quarter chips. Seven tables remain and we expect to lose a few more before they bag up after Level 10.

Coco Poker Open Championship
Level 8: 300/600/75 Ante
Remaining Day 1A Players: 64 of 132

Flight A of the Championship leveled up as the field dropped lower. It will be cut by half again before they bag up around midnight.

We found one of the very late entrants getting in the game and it’s TK Miles trying to improve on his 2016 Seminole Hard Rock Player of the Year finish. He can only go up by one spot. Miles finished second to David Prociak in the race when he went deep in several championship events including 18th here last year and fifth place at the Seminole Hard Rock Tampa Winter Poker Open Championship.

Coco Poker Open Championship
Returning to Level 7: 250/500/75 Ante
Remaining Day 1A Players: 72 of 132

Players are back in their seats after the dinner break and registration is closed for the first flight of the Coco Poker Open Championship with 132 entrants getting in the game.

There’s one more chance to get a piece of the $1,000,000 guaranteed prize pool with the second flight running tomorrow at noon. There is also a last-chance Championship turbo satellite running tomorrow morning at 10am with two seats guaranteed.

Coco Poker Open Championship
Returning to Level 7: 250/500/75 Ante
Day 1A Entrants: 129

We took a peek at the stacks during the dinner break and we have another new name up top. Tran Nash has taken the top spot from Erik Christensen and both are in good shape as the only two players over 100,000.

SHRP Player of the Year David Prociak is making the most of his second attempt after he ran his 25,000 stack up near 57,000.

Top stacks and notable names:

Tran Nash – 164,650 (329 bb)
Erik Christensen – 110,300 (221 bb)
Isaiah Goldman – 106,125 (212 bb)
Ramon Munoz – 92,800 (186 bb)
Chris Agnello – 82,225 (164 bb)
Robert Ingels – 80,075 (160 bb)
Brian Hastings – 74,150 (148 bb)
Dmitry Savelyev – 74,125 (148 bb)
Alex Margues – 66,450 (133 bb)
Aaron Massey – 63,675 (127 bb)
David Ring – 62,025 (124 bb)
Stuart Paterson – 56,850 (114 bb)
David Prociak – 56,650 (113 bb)
Marsha Wolak – 39,900 (80 bb)
David Diaz – 35,650 (71 bb)
Neil Blumenfield – 32,400 (65 bb)
Ryan Van Sanford – 30,500 (61 bb)
Michael Newman – 24,300 (49 bb)

Coco Poker Open Championship
End of Level 6: 200/400/50 Ante
Day 1A Entrants: 129

Championship players are taking their 60-minute dinner break and registration will close on the opening flight when they return. There are 129 entries in the game and we should pick up some more before the restart.