Coco Poker Open Championship
Level 23: 10,000/20,000/2,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 13 of 331

Marsh Wolak got her last 69,000 in the pot from the button. Rinat Haviv called from the small blind as did Jason Dollinger from the big blind. Wolak had the opportunity to triple up while Haviv and Dollinger battled for a side pot.

Flop:

Haviv lead for an unknown amount and Dollinger quickly folded. Haviv tabled and was drawing against the of Wolak.

Turn and River:

Wolak’s ace-high held and she tripled up.

Marsha Wolak – 225,000 (11 bb)

Coco Poker Open Championship
Level 23: 10,000/20,000/3,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 13 of 331

Kunal Patel opened to 50,000 from middle position and Paul Balzano moved all-in over the top for 179,000 from the small blind. Patel asked for a count, heard something he liked and called with .

Balzano needed to catch with and did just that on the flop. The board finished to send Balzano the double up.

Paul Balzano – 370,000 (19 bb)
Kunal Patel – 935,000 (47 bb)

Coco Poker Open Championship
Level 23: 10,000/20,000/2,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 13 of 331

Brett Bader shoved the button for 267,000. It was on chip leader Sean Shah in the small blind he pushed forward a tower of blue 25,000 chips. Ian O’Hara quickly got out of the way in the big blind and Bader was at risk.

Shah:
Bader:

Runout: — Shah improved to a set on the flop, but Bader had outs to Broadway. They never came through and he busted in 14th place good for a score of $9,500.

Sean Shah – 1,452,000 (72 bb)
Brett Bader – Eliminated in 14th place ($9,500)

Coco Poker Open Championship
Level 23: 10,000/20,000/3,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 14 of 331

Players returned from another break with 14 players remaining, Sean Shah leading the group, and a handful of eliminations away from forming the final table.

Table 16
Seat 1: Brett Bader – 263,000 (13 bb)
Seat 2: Sean Shah – 1,227,000 (61 bb)
Seat 3: Ian O’Hara – 925,000 (46 bb)
Seat 4: -Empty-
Seat 5: -Empty-
Seat 6: Nash Tran – 603,000 (30 bb)
Seat 7: Daniel Genachte – 218,000 (11 bb)
Seat 8: Chad Bradbury – 590,000 (30 bb)
Seat 9: Matt Smith – 309,000 (15 bb)

Table 17
Seat 1: Paul Balzano – 275,000 (14 bb)
Seat 2: Marsha Wolak – 388,000 (19 bb)
Seat 3: Rinat Haviv – 388,000 (19 bb)
Seat 4: -Empty-
Seat 5: -Empty-
Seat 6: Jason Dollinger – 398,000 (20 bb)
Seat 7: Kunal Patel – 1,091,000 (55 bb)
Seat 8: Glenn Becker – 860,000 (43 bb)
Seat 9: Ivan Starostin – 674,000 (34 bb)

Coco Poker Open Championship
Level 22: 8,000/16,000/2,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 14 of 331

Jorge Chavez was in the cutoff and jammed for 114,000. Ian O’Hara called from the small blind. The big blind folded and Chavez was flipping for his tournament life with against O’Hara’s .

The board ran out no improvement to Chavez. He was eliminated in 15th place earning $9,500.

Ian O’Hara – 930,000 (58 bb)
Jorge Chavez – Eliminated in 15th Place ($9,500)

Coco Poker Open Championship
Level 22: 8,000/16,000/2,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 15 of 331

Sean Shah raised to 40,000 from late position and Ian O’Hara called from the cutoff. Eric Polirer was on the button and shoved for 135,000. The blinds folded sending it back to Shah. He shoved for 545,000 and O’Hara had the dealer bring in the 135,000. He was facing a bet of 410,000 more. He called and had the opportunity to eliminate two players.

O’Hara:
Shah:
Polirer:

Runout: — O’Hara’s queens were bested by Shah’s pair of aces. Polirer improved, but not enough, as his tens were no good. He was eliminated in 16th place earning $8,000 while Shah more than doubled to take the chip lead.

Sean Shah – 1,205,000 (75 bb)
Ian O’Hara – 773,000 (48 bb)
Eric Polirer – Eliminated in 16th place ($8,000)

Coco Poker Open Championship
Level 22: 8,000/16,000/2,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 16 of 331

Brett Bader shoved for 117,000 from middle position and Kunal Patel flatted from late position. The button and blinds folded and Bader was at risk owning against the of Patel. The runout fell blanks and Bader doubled through Patel.

After dominating for much of the day, Patel has been trending downward as of late. He now sits on 799,000 chips.

Brett Bader – 268,000 (16 bb)
Kunal Patel – 799,000 (49 bb)

Coco Poker Open Championship
Level 22: 8,000/16,000/2,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 16 of 331

Ian O’Hara was in the cutoff and Javier Sarache was in the small blind. It’s unclear the way the action went, but the pair got the last of Sarache’s roughly 250,000 chips in the pot preflop. O’Hara held versus the of Sarache. Sarache was at risk while O’Hara stood to take the chip lead were he to hold.

Runout:

O’Hara’s aces held and Sarache was eliminated in 17th earning $8,000. The hand moved O’Hara comfortably over 1,000,000 chips and he took the chip lead.

Ian O’Hara – 1,320,000 (82 bb)
Javier Sarache – Eliminated in 17th place ($8,000)

Coco Poker Open Championship
Level 21: 6,000/12,000/1,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 17 of 331

Coco Poker Open Championship
Level 21: 6,000/12,000/1,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 17 of 331

John Dolan open-shoved the button for about 160,000. Ian O’Hara folded the small blind sending it to Eric Polirer in the big blind. He called and Dolan needed to improve.

Polirer:
Dolan:

Runout:

With that, Dolan was eliminated in 18th place earning $8,000.

Dolan is best know for his 6th-place finish in the 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event good for more than $1,700,000. Far from a one hit wonder, he owns more than $4,400,000 in career earnings putting him 8th on the Florida all-time money list.

Eric Polirer – 380,000 (31 bb)
John Dolan – Eliminated in 18th place ($8,000)