Day 1b of The Run Good Poker Series Coconut Creek $1,100 Main Event Starts At 11 AM!
Action will continue today in Day 1b of Event #6: $1,100 No-Limit Hold’em at Seminole Casino Coconut Creek. After a whopping 171 entrants on Day 1a, the $200,000 guarantee on the prize pool only requires less than a fifth of the entrants from yesterday’s flight to reach, ensuring that it will be passed.
Yesterday saw Matt Lambrecht take home a monster chip lead at 362,000 with other players Ray Henson(266,500) and Shalom Elharar(238,500) joining him up on the podium. Others that saw their fortunes favored included Jerry Wong(167,000), Scott Baumstein(101,000), and bracelet winners Yuval Bronshtein(118,500) and Loni Harwood(66,500). Any players who bagged on Day 1a but wish to play another flight can do so as the tournament is structured in best bag format, meaning that the player will only be able to play their best bag between however many flights they play.
Players who were not as fortunate include Jeff Platt, Athanasios Polychronopoulos, Nick Yunis, and Jake Schwartz. All of them will have their second opportunity to bag a flight. Timothy “T.K.” Miles will also have to fire today to have a second deep run in the tourney. Defending champion Raminder Singh did not play Day 1a, but will have an opportunity to play on this second starting flight.
Players will start out with 30,000 in chips with blinds starting at 100-100. The first 8 levels of the day will be 30 minutes long with the remaining levels of the tournament switching to 40 minutes. There is a 15-minute break after levels 4 and 8 and after that there is a break every three levels. Players who survive through the day will reconvene on Sunday at 12 pm where they will play until a winner. The players who do not make it through today will have an opportunity to try once more in Day 1c on Saturday.
PokerNews will be on the ground and giving updates of this tournament from the first card hitting the felt, to the last player being eliminated.
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for three sevens which was good enough to take down the pot.
, the small blind checked to Platt who bet 300 once more and the small blind called. 
saw Platt size up his bet to 800 which was called once more by the small blind. 
had the action checking to Platt once more who bet one more time to the tune of 1,700. The small blind frustratingly tossed in the chips to call and Platt turned over 
for a pair of kings which was good against his opponents 
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and Francis Margaglione checked in early position, a second player checked behind, and Blake Robinson checked on the button. 
which gave Margaglione a full house giving him a near full double up and sending Robinson out of the tournament area.
that saw Kerstetter bet 500 when checked too. Lucas called and the river brought out a 
and saw Blewitt lead for 4,000 which got a fold from the initial raiser and a call from the other two players. 
which Blewitt fired once more at, to the tune of 15,000 and both other players folded to the table chip leader.
and the two nines held up, giving Court a double.
turn that saw Platt lead for 2,500. The middle position player responded by raising to 7,000 and the big blind got out of the way. Platt thought for a little bit before moving all-in for 24,000 effective and the opponent snap-called.
was no help to Court and he wished his tablemates good luck. He is one of the few players who have already bagged the tournament and decided to play today. He will have one more opportunity to play for a new stack in tomorrow's flight.
and saw Blewitt check to Mantel who continued for 6,000. Blewitt responded by moving all-in for 72,000 effective which sent Mantel into the tank. After some time Mantel called and both hands were tabled. 
