Matt Affleck Triumphs At 2015 Coco Poker Open

Matt Affleck has triumphed at the $2,500 Coco Poker Open Championship, after overcoming a field of 410 players over three days on his way to lifting the title, as well as its $264,000 first place prize. While the pro is no stranger to success, it’s been almost two years since his last tournament victory, when he took down the 2014 WPT Borgata Winter Poker Six Max event for $88,643. Following his latest win in Florida, Affleck now boosts his live earnings to $1,771,040, to go with the $1,585,917 he had won online pre-Black Friday playing under the screen name Mcmatto.
The $2,500 buy-in event was held at the Seminole Casino in Coconut Creek, with the prize pool generated falling $77,500 short of its $1 million guarantee, representing extra value for those players involved. Amongst the top 45 finishers subsequently receiving cash payouts was Hans Winzeler in 43rd ($5,000), Chris Bolek in 39th ($5,000), Corey Burbick in 38th ($5,000), Neil Blumenfield in 28th ($6,000), Tristan Wade in 25th ($7,000), Timothy Miles in 19th ($7,000), Chance Kornuth in 12th ($12,000), and John Dolan in 11th ($12,000).
When the final table got underway, Affleck was the second shortest stack of the remaining nine players, but by the time seven players were left he had become the chip leader. Affleck further consolidated his position after an A-Q versus pocket eights preflop all-in battle which resulted in the elimination of James Brown in 6th for $40,500.
Matt Affleck followed up by taking care of Nathan Bjerno in 4th ($70,000), and Cord Garcia in 3rd ($100,500), to take an 8.6 million to 1.655 million chip lead over Jean Gaspard into heads-up. Soon after, the deciding hand was played with Gaspard all-in holding A-7 and up against the pocket eights of his opponent. The dealer then laid out a K-7-6-8-x board to consign Jean Gaspardto a runner-up finish worth $155,000, while Matt Affleck was crowned champion, and picked up the second biggest score of his professional career.
Final Table Results:
1 Matt Affleck $264,000
2 Jean Gaspard $155,000
3 Cord Garcia $100,500
4 Nathan Bjerno $70,000
5 Kevin Ho $50,500
6 James Brown $40,500
7 Daniel Notice $31,000
8 Andre Pillow $22,000
9 Patsourakis $16,000