$130 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Day 2 Blinds: 2,500/5,000/500 Ante
Players Remaining: 61/680

Flight A: 118 entries, 11 advanced
Flight B: 165 entries, 14 advanced
Flight C: 166 entries, 15 advanced
Flight D: 231 entries, 21 advanced

*Denotes a player who has bagged more than once

$130 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 12: 1,200/2,400/300 Ante
Players Remaining: 45/231

Flight D of the series-opening $100,000 guaranteed $130 no limit hold’em re-entry tournament is down to 45 players. They’ll log a few more levels before play wraps and all remaining bag and tag set to return for Day 2 Sunday at 1 p.m.

Tonight’s flight officially kicked off the weekend crowd, but tomorrow’s Flight E and Flight F are sure to up the ante as the two largest.

Complete chip counts through Flight D will be posted in the morning.

Saturday’s upcoming schedule:

• 11AM – Event 1 Day 1C – $130 No Limit Hold’em ($100,000 guarantee)
• 6PM – Event 1 Day 1D – $130 No Limit Hold’em

Have a great Friday! We’ll be back in the morning with more updates from the Coco Poker Showdown.

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

Registration is closed in today’s Flight D and it’s officially the largest of the four flights to this point. With 231 total entries, it bested the previous mark of 166 set by Flight C. As of now, the total field stands at 680 putting the tournament on pace to surpass its $100,000 guarantee.

Flight-by-flight breakdown:

Play is expected to conclude sometime within the next three hours. Barring a double elimination on the bubble, they’ll bag 21 players all of whom will be in the money.

Complete chip counts through Flight D will be posted in the morning.

$130 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 4: 150/300/25 Ante

With 133 players registered toward the beginning of Level 4, Flight D of Event 1 is on pace to be the largest yet. This, of course, comes as no surprise to staff who have adjusted accordingly.

In addition to tables in the cash room, they’ve made space in The Pavilion, which will serve as the primary area for tournament play tonight. With 10 additional tables, all overflow will go into the cash room and break back into The Pavilion.

Sometimes you have to improvise, and Friday night in South Florida is one of those times!

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

Flight D of the Coco Poker Showdown opener is underway. The field stands at 449 entries through the first three starting flights with this flight and tomorrow’s Flight E and Flight F still to come. This evening’s flight is expected to be one of the largest as Friday night officially marks the start of the weekend.

Flight D follows the same schedule of play as those before it. Here’s a look at the breakdown:

• $100,000 guaranteed prize pool
• Players begin with 10,000 in tournament chips and 20-minute levels
• Late registration/unlimited re-entry available until the start of Level 10 (about 9:15 p.m.)
• Play concludes when 9 percent of the starting field remains
• Event 1 structure sheet

Good luck, players!

$130 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Day 2 Blinds: 2,500/5,000/500 Ante
Players Remaining: 40/449

Three flights are in the books and the Day 2 field in the $100,000 guaranteed Coco Poker Showdown opening event sits at 40 players from 449 starting. Flight A’s Alan Slakman retains his lead and is trailed most closely by Flight B’s Joaquin Sosa and Flight C’s Nancy Todd.

Todd bagged 218,000 in today’s 11 a.m. installment and lead her respective flight handily. Along with Slakman and Sosa, she is one of just three players over the 200,000 mark.

Combined chip counts through Flight C:

Flight A: 118 entries, 11 advanced
Flight B: 165 entries, 14 advanced
Flight C: 166 entries, 15 advanced

$130 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 16: 3,000/6,000/500
Players Remaining: 15/166

Stephen Greenstein burst the money bubble following just a few hands of hand-for-hand play. Zoltan Czinkota opened the action from early position and the button player shoved for less. It folded to Greenstein in the big blind and he jammed for just over 100,000. Czinkota made a painstaking fold laying down face up. Greenstein indeed had the best of it with pocket jacks versus the Q-10 of the button player.

The board ran out blanks. With that, Greenstein’s queens held and the 166-player starting field in Flight C was down to 15 and in the money.

Complete chip counts will be posted shortly.

$130 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 15: 2,500/5,000/500 Ante
Players Remaining: 17/166

The field is down to 17 players and one away from the money bubble. After the next player goes bust, the final two tables will go hand for hand until another hits the rail. At that time, all those remaining will be on to Day 2 and in the money.

We will provide full chip counts after play concludes.

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

The second break expired and registration is officially closed in Flight C of the Coco Poker Showdown opener. The third of six start days drew a field of 166 players bringing the three-flight total to 449.

Flight-by-flight breakdown:

Flight C players will log a few more levels of play before the field narrows to 9 percent of the starters and bags for the evening.

$130 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Beginning of Level 7: 400/800/100 Ante

We’re back in action following the first break in Event 1 Flight C, today’s 11 a.m. installment of the $100,000 guarantee Coco Poker Showdown opener. The clock shows 156 players registered with registration open for about another hour.

Coincidentally, the tournament’s two biggest stacks are seated next to each other at Table 3. Miguel Martinez, who bagged Flight A, holds the chip advantage in Seat 7 with 63,000 chips. In addition to the chip lead, he has position on Tim Kegel, the self-described “resident whacko”, who’s on his left in Seat 6 with about 57,000.