$1,100 Championship
Level 14: 2,000/4,000/400 Ante
Players: 22/161

Seminole Hard Rock Poker Player of the Year points leader Timothy Miles has been eliminated from the Coco Poker Showdown Championship. He moved all in from middle position for his last 18,000 chips and it folded all the way around to the big blind who called. Miles held and never caught up to the of his opponent.

Miles kicked off the 2016 Seminole Hard Rock Poker season with a 3rd-place finish in the Immokalee Championship. He then went on to finish 19th here at Coconut Creek and 5th in the Hard Rock Tampa’s Winter Poker Open Championship. Another Seminole cash will have to wait until the Seminole Immokalee Poker Challenge March 8-13.

The full SHRP POY standings are available at HardRockPoker.com.

$1,100 Championship
Level 14: 2,000/4,000/400 Ante
Players: 25/161

Level 14 is freshly underway. Barring a sudden barrage of bustouts, play will conclude in 39 minutes and 11 seconds. Those players still alive will bag and tag set to return for Day 2 tomorrow at 1 p.m.

Complete chip counts will be posted following the tournament’s conclusion.

$1,100 Championship
Level 13: 2,000/4,000/400 Ante
Players: 27/161

$1,100 Championship
Level 13: 2,000/4,000/400 Ante
Players: 27/161

Cards are back in the air following the final break of the night. The field is down to 27 and freshly redrawn to the final three tables. Tournament staff has confirmed with us play will conclude following Level 14 (about 11:45 p.m.) or at 10 percent of the starting field (17 players), whichever comes first.

Here’s a look at some of the notable stacks to this point:

• Stu Patterson – 281,000
• Israel DeLaCerda – 277,200
• Marc Medrano – 173,800
• Bruce Snell – 159,600
• John Depersio – 152,600
• Andrew Badecker – 147,100
• Adam Levy – 145,800
• Peter Vitantonio – 133,500
• Timothy Miles – 115,000
• James Newcomb – 111,900

Those to have busted include Phil Hui, David Prociak, Charles Mohler and Michael Cohen.

$1,100 Championship
Level 12: 1,200/2,400/300 Ante
Players: 28/161

Israel Delacerda busted a player in a small, four-way pot that saw his be best on an board. In addition to scoring the knockout, Delacerda raked a small pot that grew his stack to 275,000. He now leads the way with 28 players remaining.

They’ll lose one more player before redrawing to the final three tables.

$1,100 Championship
Level 11: 1,000/2,000/200 Ante
Players: 37/161

There’s a new name atop the Championship chip counts following a duel between Zoltan Czinkota and previous chip leader Charles Mohler. According to Zoltan, he opened the button for 5,500 and Mohler three-bet from the small blind. Zoltan called.

The flop came . Mohler lead for 25,000. Zoltan called.

The turn was the . Mohler checked. Zoltan moved all in and Mohler called.

Zoltan: for top pair and a flush draw
Mohler: for second pair

The board completed with the and Zoltan raked a pot worth about 250,000. He now holds the chip lead.

$1,100 Championship

The $1,100 Coco Poker Showdown Championship drew 161 entries. The $100,000 guarantee was bested to the tune of a $161,000 prize pool. The top 18 players finish in the money earning at least $1,852. Payouts escalate from there before topping out in the form of a $49,905 first prize.

Full prize structure:

2016 Coco Poker Showdown
Seminole Casino Coconut Creek
Coconut Creek, Fla.
Event #8
$1,100 Championship
Entries: 161
Prize Pool: $161,000
January 30-31, 2016

$1,100 Championship
Level 10: 800/1,600/200 Ante
Players: 47/161

Level 10 has nearly expired but not much has changed in regards to the top of the Championship chip counts. With the clock showing 47 remaining of 161 starters, Santana Noronha retains his perch atop the field with 225,000.

Other notables still alive include:

• Charles Mohler – 157,000
• Timothy Miles – 81,000
• Phil Hui – 55,500
• Zoltan Czinkota – 32,000
• Adam Levy – 31,500
• Mike Laake – 29,000
• Peter Vitantonio – 27,000

The prize pool has not been finalized as of yet, but once it is it will be posted here shortly thereafter.

$1,100 Championship
Level 10: 800/1,600/200 Ante
Players: 161 (Registration closed)

Cards are back in the air following the 40-minute dinner break. Registration is closed in the Coco Poker Showdown Championship with the clock reading an unofficial 161 entries.

Complete prize pool information will be posted shortly.

$1,100 Championship
End of Level 9: 600/1,200/200 Ante
Players: 158 (Late registration until 8:10 p.m.)

Main Event players are on a 40-minute dinner break. Play resumes at 8:10 p.m. and the registration desk will close at that time. The complete attendance figure and final prize pool information will be posted shortly thereafter.

Santana Noronha is the chip leader with 203,000.