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

Joseph Patalano bagged just 2,000 chips in yesterday’s opening Flight A. While it might not seem like much, those 2,000 chips benefited him two-fold.

1. All Day 2 participants are in the money. Despite claiming less than a small blind, Patalano secured himself a min-cash at worst.
2. Players earn an additional min-cash for each time they bag after their first. So, in addition to making the money, Patalano is drawing live to earn the bonus payout in each subsequent flight he plays.

Patalano fired at least one bullet in yesterday’s 6 p.m. Flight B to no avail. He’s back at it in today’s Flight C and sits slightly above starting stack.

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

Flight C of Event 1 of the 2016 Coco Poker Showdown at Seminole Casino Coconut Creek is off and running. Marking the third of six start days, the Flight C structure mirrors that of its A and B predecessors

Chip counts through Flight B

Players begin the event with 10,000-chip stacks and log 20-minute levels through the day’s completion. Late registration/unlimited re-entry is available until the start of Level 10 (about 2:15 p.m. ET) and play concludes when 9 percent of the starting field remains (rounding up).

Here’s a closer look at the tournament:

• $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 2:15 p.m.)
• Play concludes when 9 percent of the starting field remains
• Event 1 structure sheet

We will touch base with you again closer to the first break.

Good luck, players!

$130 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Day 2 Blinds: 2,500/5,000/500 Ante
Players Remaining: 25/283

Flight A: 118 entries, 11 advanced
Flight B: 165 entries, 14 advanced

Friday marks the second of 11 days of Coco Poker Showdown action at Seminole Casino Coconut Creek in sunny South Florida. Here’s a look at the day’s full schedule:

11AM – Event 1 Day 1C – $130 No Limit Hold’em

• $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 2:15 p.m.)
• Play concludes when 9 percent of the starting field remains
• Event 1 structure sheet

6PM – Event 1 Day 1D – $130 No Limit Hold’em

• $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

Updates throughout the series’ completion will be available right here at SeminoleCoconutCreekPoker.com. Complete tournament schedule and all structure sheets are available under the “Schedule and Structures” tab above.

The Flight B clock shows 24/165 players remaining. They’ll log a few more levels before 9 percent of the starting field remains and play wraps. Complete chip counts from the event will be posted in the morning. In the meantime, here’s a look at Friday’s full schedule:

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

Goodnight and see you in the morning!

$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.