$130 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 11: 1,000/2,000/200 Ante
Players Remaining: 44/165

Chuck Marick of Coconut Creek appears to hold the chip lead midway through Level 11. Marick has turned his 10,000-chip starting stack into better than 80,000. While he still has a long way to go to catch the the 280,500 of Flight A chip leader Alan Slakman, Marik is off to a good start here in Flight B.

$130 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 10: 800/1,600/200 Ante

The second break is over and registration is closed in Flight B of the series-opening re-entry event. This evening’s flight drew a stout field of 165 entries bringing the two-flight total to 283. They’ll log a couple more hours of play before the clock stops at 9 percent of the starting field. At that time, players will bag and tag set to join the Flight A advancers for Day 2 Sunday at 1 p.m.

Complete combined Flight A/B chip counts will be posted in the morning.

Here’s a closer look at the unique Coco Poker Showdown opening event to this point:

$130 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 6: 300/600/25 Ante

We’re back in action following the first break in Flight B of Event 1. The clock shows an unofficial 139 players registered bringing the combined, two-flight total to more than 250 players.

Those jockeying for position early in the evening flight include Flight A short stack Joseph Patalano and Eric Rivkin.

$130 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 6: 300/600/25 Ante

Patrick McAnulty’s prayers were answered as he got the last of his short stack in holding pocket threes. He was facing off against the pocket tens of one opponent and the K-J of another.

The flop fell improving McAnulty to a straight draw. A queen on the turn was no help to any player. The river fell with a fury when the dealer burned and turned the completing McAnulty’s unlikely straight. He busted the player holding pocket tens and doubled through the K-J.

McAnulty, a traveling poker dealer and floor supervisor, now holds about 8,500 chips heading to the first break.

$130 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 3: 100/200

Flight B of Event 1 crossed the 100-entry mark midway through Level 3. That puts it well on pace to best the 118 that entered Flight A. Registration remains open until the beginning of Level 10 (about 9:15 p.m.) and we expect the number to grow significantly before then.

$130 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 1: 50/100

The Coco Poker Showdown continues as Flight B of Event 1 is underway. The second of six starting flights, this evening’s edition will follow the same structure of play as its 11 a.m. predecessor. Players begin with 10,000 chips and log 20-minute levels throughout. Late registration/unlimited re-entry is available until the start of Level 10 (about 9:15 p.m.) with play concluding when 9 percent of the starting field remains.

Event 1 structure sheet

Today’s 11 a.m. opener saw a field of 118 play down to 11 remaining. Alan Slakman bagged the chip lead with 280,500 chips. Bobby Bradley sits second with 193,500.

Flight A chip counts

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$130 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Day 2 Blinds: 2,500/5,000/500 Ante
Players Remaining: 11/118

Just 11 players remain from 118 starters following the first of six opening flights in Event 1 of the 2016 Coco Poker Showdown. Alan Slakman, who surged into the chip lead following a double elimination late in Flight A, bagged an impressive 280,500 chips. He’s out in front of Bobby Bradley, who won the $350 pot limit Omaha eight-handed tournament at the Lucky Hearts Poker Open last week, and Miguel Martinez.

Full chip counts:

1. Alan Slakman – 280,500
2. Bobby Bradley – 193,500
3. Miguel Martinez – 167,500
4. Allan Dungo – 153,500
5. Josh Dichkewich – 152,000
6. Stuart Greenbaum – 74,500
7. Opal Whitley – 66,000
8. Arlene Vazquez – 42,000
9. Ishaq Kundawala – 28,000
10. Arhur DiPoti – 20,500
11. Joseph Patalano – 2,000

As Day 2 participants, each of the above players are in the money. Additionally, they are drawing live to earn an additional min-cash if they’re able to bag a subsequent starting flight.

And no. That’s not a typo. Joseph Patalano bagged 2,000 chips. He squeaked into the money and assured himself a payday.

$130 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
End of Level 16: 3,000/6,000/500 Ante
Players Remaining: 11/118

Just about a week ago, Bobby Bradley was in the process of winning the $350 pot-limit Omaha eight-handed event a few miles south at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Hollywood. Now, he’s making some noise in Coconut Creek and bursting the bubble in Flight A of the $100,000 guaranteed Event 1.

With 12 players remaining, Bradley picked up pocket nines and had a lone opponent’s A-8 at risk. The board ran out no help and Bradley busted an unknown player 12th sending the final 11 on to Day 2.

Players are now bagging. It appears Alan Slakman will head home with the chip lead as he holds just under 300,000.

Full chip counts will be posted shortly.

$130 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 13: 1,500/3,000/400 Ante
Players Remaining: 18/118

Alan Slakman of Coral Springs, Fla. picked up A-K at just the right time to bust the A-7 of Richard Davis and the Q-10 of another opponent. The players got their chips all in preflop and Slakman raked a mess of a pot that surged his stack to about 175,000.

He now leads the way with 18 players remaining. Play will conclude when the field is down to 11 players.

Event 1 Day 1A – $130 No Limit Hold’em
Level 10: 800/1,600/200 Ante
Players Remaining: 33/118

The first of six starting flights drew 118 players generating $11,800 of the $100,000 guaranteed prize pool. The clock currently shows 33 remaining toward the end of Level 10. They’ll log a couple more levels of play before the opening flight wraps with 9 percent of the starting flight.

This evening’s Flight B kicks off at 6 p.m.

Here’s the tournament at a glance: