$2,500 Coco Poker Open Championship
Level 9: 400/800/100 Ante
There is a big group of players sitting with just under 100,000 chips to begin the new level, but only six of them have climbed across the six-figure threshold.
Michael Luo – 158,000
James Brown – 153,000
Kareem Marshall – 146,000
Michelle Shah – 132,600
Faraz Jaka – 104,500
Aleksandr Gorelik – 102,000
$2,500 Coco Poker Open Championship
Level 8: 300/600/75 Ante
Level 8 concludes, and the players are taking their final break of the evening. While they’re away, the green T25 chips are being colored up and raced off.
A list of the top chip stacks will be posted shortly.
2015 Coco Poker Open
$2,500 Coco Poker Open Championship
$1,000,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
October 1-5, 2015
Total Entries: 410
Total Prize Pool: $1,000,000
1st: $264,000
2nd: $155,000
3rd: $100,500
4th: $70,000
5th: $50,500
6th: $40,500
7th: $31,000
8th: $22,000
9th: $16,000
10th-12th: $12,000
13th-15th: $9,500
16th-18th: $8,000
19th-27th: $7,000
28th-36th: $6,000
37th-45th: $5,000
$2,500 Coco Poker Open Championship
Level 7: 250/500/75 Ante
The players are back from the dinner break, and the cards are back in the air.
Registration is now closed for this Championship Event. The official numbers will be posted as soon as they are finalized by the tournament staff.
$2,500 Coco Poker Open Championship
End of Level 6: 200/400/50 Ante
Players are off on their 60-minute dinner break and 1C is two shy of hitting 200. That puts us at 401 entrants for the entire Championship with registration closes when they start back up.
Dinner time counts coming shortly.
$2,500 Coco Poker Open Championship
Level 6: 200/400/50 Ante
Matt Waxman joins the list of South Florida’s big name players in the Championship today, making his first appearance of the series. He cruising right along while dealing with a big stacked Faraz Jaka to his left.
Waxman is one of the few players in the world to hold a WSOP bracelet, WSOP Circuit ring, and WPT title. He also has a Seminole Hard Rock Poker title after winning the Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open Main Event in 2013. Waxman has over $3.3 million in career cashes with his biggest coming from winning a WPT title at the world famous Aviation Club de France in Paris.
$2,500 Coco Poker Open Championship
Level 5: 150/300/50 Ante
The Championship field is closing in on 200 entrants for the final flight. There are big names popping in the door as they hear about the $1,000,000 guarantee.
Edgard Mendes is our first player over 100,000 and Kareem Marshall is not far behind. Mendes has to deal with Darryll Fish on his right and he’s not doing bad for himself, more than doubling his starting stack in four levels.
Top and notable stacks:
Edgard Mendes – 102,950 (343 bb)
Kareem Marshall – 93,050 (310 bb)
Uri Kadoosh – 85,475 (285 bb)
Faraz Jaka – 80,525 (268 bb)
John Holley – 69,325 (231 bb)
Darryll Fish – 68,725 (229 bb)
Mark Miller – 64,875 (216 bb)
Jordan Meltzer – 60,775 (203 bb)
Bienvenido Santiago – 58,100 (194 bb)
Lois Bouit – 55,450 (185 bb)
Ming Lou – 53,650 (179 bb)
Edward Mandel – 51,275 (171 bb)
Victor Figueroa – 50,075 (167 bb)
Howard Mash – 46,400 (155 bb)
Ryan Van Sanford – 44,475 (148 bb)
David Jackson – 38,975 (130 bb)
Chance Kornuth – 34,900 (116 bb)
Allen Kessler – 32,600 (109 bb)
Nick Yunis – 31,075 (104 bb)
Aaron Massey – 29,400 (98 bb)
Abbey Daniels – 27,750 (93 bb)
Matt Waxman – 26,500 (88 bb)
T.K. Miles – 25,875 (86 bb)
David Diaz – 24,075 (80 bb)
Eddie Uehara – 21,750 (73 bb)
Matt Affleck – 19,425 (65 bb)
Michael Laake – 18,525 (62 bb)
Ory Hen – 14,700 (49 bb)
$2,500 Coco Poker Open Championship
Level 5: 150/300/50 Ante
Abby Daniels doesn’t live far from Seminole Casino Coconut Creek and she has some nice results at her home room. She captured a $220 buy-in event during the 2012 WPT Regional series and made it to 13th in last year’s Coco Poker Open Championship.
Daniels’ biggest score came when she made the televised final table during the 2011 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown, finishing in 4th place for $287,000.
$2,500 Coco Poker Open Championship
Level 4: 100/200/25 Ante
Championship Flight 1C is on the second break of the day with 177 showing on the board. That brings the total to 380 for the tournament so far with three more hours to register.
$2,500 Coco Poker Open Championship
Level 4: 100/200/25 Ante
John Holley could probably use the upcoming break as much as anyone in the field today. He’s running on very little sleep after finding a different way to get in today’s field.
Holley was in the Pavilion until 5am this morning on his way to winning the Event 10 after a heads up chop. In addition to the money, Holley also picked up the Coco Poker Open Championship winner bonus and a seat today.
He didn’t wait long to get in the game, jumping in before the first break, and he’s working towards getting another title in a few days. Holley has three WSOP Circuit titles and $1.1 million earned in his career.
There are 170 entrants showing on the tournament information board as the field gets ready to hit their second break.
