$130 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 13: 1,500/3,000/400 Ante

Lucky Level 13 has begun. Tables are breaking fast, and the most recent leaves 81 players remaining in the room. The final 36 will earn shares of the prizepool.

2015 Coco Poker Open
$130 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$25,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool

September 28, 2015

Total Entries:  352
Total Prize Pool: $35,200

1st: $9,500
2nd: $5,632
3rd: $3,696
4th: $2,552
5th: $1,883
6th: $1,496
7th: $1,144
8th: $827
9th: $598
10th-12th: $458
13th-15th: $370
16th-18th: $317
19th-27th: $264
28th-36th: $229

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

The players are back from a quick five-minute break, and registration is now closed. It looks like 352 total entries for this event, and the official numbers will be posted as soon as they are finalized by the tournament staff.

$130 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 9: 600/1,200/200 Ante

The board shows 334 entries so far, and this is the last level for registration and re-entry.

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

The players are back from the break, and Level 7 has begun. While they were away, the green T25 chips were colored up and raced off.

The field has ballooned to 306 entries so far, and registration remains open for another full hour.

$130 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 6: 300/600/75 Ante

Six levels are in the books, and the players are taking their first break of the evening.

$130 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 5: 200/400/50 Ante

The field is still growing with a purpose as the fifth level ticks off the clock. More than 270 entries have already been punched, which means they’ve easily exceeded the $25,000 guarantee. The prizepool is growing right along with the field now, and it looks like 300 total entries is well within reach this evening.

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

As mentioned previously, this event is essentially a copy of the weekly Monday tournament, which is usually held upstairs here at Seminole Coconut Creek. There’s a change of scenery and a little more juice in the prizepool this time around, though, with $25,000 guaranteed in the Pavilion.

Many of the players are weekly regulars in this tournament, and the event feels as much like a home game as it does a trophy event. The room is full of joking and laughter and good-natured banter; it’s hard to imagine anyone having a bad time this evening.

Even the floor staff are doing their best to keep the mood light. A moment ago, one of them made an announcement on the microphone: “Remember,” he began. “The motto at Coconut Creek is, ‘If you’re not rebuying, you’re not trying.'”

Re-entry is available until 10:20 this evening.

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

The third level has begun, and the field is now well over 200 entries. And counting.

One of the most recent entries belongs to Joseph Patalano, who won Event 2 of this series last week. Patalano is a local from Wellington, Florida, and he’s won trophies at both of the nearby Seminole properties.

$130 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 2: 75/150

The first level has come and gone, and Level 2 is underway. The field has swollen to 151 entries, nearly twice as many as there were 20 minutes ago.

Registration and re-entry remain open until the end of Level 9, or about 10:20 PM.