$350 No Limit Hold’em Level 13: 1,500/3,000/400 Ante Players Remaining: 69/721
Event 6 chip leader Michael Cohen
Day 2 of Event 6 is freshly underway with 69 players remaining from 721 starting entries. Michael Cohen went on a heater in last night’s Flight H, the eighth and final start day. He turned his 12,000-chip starting stack into 273,500 and now claims an advantage of more than 25,000 over second place Scott Zakheim.
All Day 2 players are in the money and have locked up at least $725 for their efforts thus far. The tournament’s top prize of $63,323, though, is reserved for the eventual champion.
Periodic updates will be posted throughout the tournament’s conclusion.
It’s Championship Saturday at Seminole Casino Coconut Creek in Coconut Creek, Fla. The $1,100 #CocoPokerShowdown Championship featuring a $100,000 guarantee and 20,000-chip starting stack is set to steal the show on Day 10 of the 11-day series.
Joining the finale on the Day 10 schedule are Day 2 of Event 6 at noon and the kickoff of the ninth and final event at 6 p.m.
Flight H is winding down and we are heading home for the evening. Complete Event 6 chip counts with table/seat assignments will be posted ASAP after they’re made available to us. In addition to Day 2 of Event 6, Saturday’s upcoming schedule features the opening day of play in the $1,100 Championship!
$350 No Limit Hold’em Level 10: 800/1,600/200 Ante Players Remaining: 60/179
The eighth and final flight in Event 6 of the Coco Poker Showdown drew 179 entries bringing the total field to 721. While the complete payout structure won’t be available for some time, we can tell you the property will add just about $30,000 to the prize pool in order to meet the $250,000 guarantee.
The Flight H clock shows 60 players remaining toward the beginning of Level 10. They’re expected to log a couple more hours of play before the field is trimmed to 9 percent of the starters. Barring a double elimination, play will conclude when 17 participants remain.
Complete chip counts and table draws will be posted ASAP after they’re made available to us. In the meantime, here’s a look at the tournament’s flight-by-flight breakdown:
The eighth and final starting flight in Event 6 of the $250,000 guaranteed Coco Poker Showdown is underway. The field stands at 542 players and tonight’s Flight H needs a strong turnout in order to meet the hefty targeted prize pool.
Here’s a look at the schedule of play:
$250,000 guaranteed prize pool
12,000-chip starting stacks 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
$350 No Limit Hold’em Day 2 Blinds: 1,500/3,000/400 Ante Players Remaining: 52/542
Flight G chip leader, Josh Wasserman (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)
Josh Wasserman of Deerfield Beach, Fla. bagged the chip lead in Flight G of the $250,000 guaranteed Coco Poker Showdown Event 6. With 12 players left, Wasserman picked up pocket aces and got all in preflop versus an opponent’s kings to pad his stack to the tune of 243,500 heading to Day 2.
All players trail the 247,000 chip of Flight F’s Scott Zakheim.
$350 No Limit Hold’em Level 16: 3,000/6,000/50 Ante Players Remaining: 10/109
Adam Levy’s aces busts kings on the money bubble.
The theme during the late stages of Flight G of Event 6 was aces versus kings. First, with 12 players left, Josh Wasserman picked up aces to bust an opponent’s kings. Then, on the money bubble, Adam Levy picked up aces and eventually sent the 11th-place finishers’ kings home yet again. What’s more, both Wasserman and Levy flopped aces improving to sets and giving their respective opponents almost no sweat in the hand.
Levy’s hand burst the bubble and left the remaining 10 players in the money. Play has now concluded for the evening. Wasserman claims over 200,000 chips and will bag the Flight G lead. Other to advance include Levy, Joseph Patalano and Michael Newman.
Complete counts will be posted shortly.
Josh Wasserman’s aces bust kings to send the tournament to the money bubble.
