Leading ladies: Bonaccorso and Cochrane win big at Star Gold Coast Champs

Luci Bonaccorso has secured the biggest single victory of her career, taking out the $1,100 NLH at the Star Gold Coast Champs on Sunday night.

Bonaccorso – a former croupier at The Star Gold Coast – scored a massive $21,239 and the trophy after a lengthy heads-up battle against Lloyd Godsland and negotiating her way through a star-studded final table which included Najeem Ajez and Mike Maddocks. 

Kai Yeung, who finished in fourth place, will be coming back tonight for the $440 Teams Event alongside PMA‘s own Josh Emerton after winning our special Facebook competition.

STAR GOLD COAST CHAMPS $1,100 NLH ($1,100 buy-in, 59 entries, eight players paid)

Place	Name	Country	Amount
1st	Luci Bonaccorso	Australia	$21,329
2nd	Lloyd Godsland	Australia	$12,479
3rd	Ali Zebarjad	Australia	$7,818
4th	Kai Yeung	Australia	$5,310
5th	Ian Logan	Australia	$4,130
6th	Mike Maddocks	Canada	$3,245
7th	Chuck Caris	Australia	$2,655
8th	Najeem Ajez	Australia	$2,124

Rounding out yesterday’s proceedings was the $330 Bounty Event, with Michelle Cochrane storming home to victory over Jonathan Levy heads-up from a field of 185 entrants. 

For her victory, Cochrane earned $9,527 and eight bounties worth $100 each. The final table also featured Jack Brown, Omer Silajdzija, Shem Goltz and Chris Zenonos.

STAR GOLD COAST CHAMPS $330 BOUNTY ($330 buy-in, 185 entries, nine players paid)

Place	Name	Country	Amount
1st	Michelle Cochrane	Australia	$9,527
2nd	Jonathan Levy	Australia	$6,500
3rd	Jack Brown	Australia	$3,854
4th	Omer Siladzjia	Australia	$2,344
5th	Jonathan Tozer	Australia	$1,810
6th	Shem Goltz	Australia	$1,500
7th	Andrew Topakas	Australia	$1,278
8th	Chris Zenenos	Australia	$1,115
9th	Graham Davis	Australia	$957

The PMA Live Reporting Crew will be back on deck tomorrow to bring you all the live action from Day 1 of the $660 Big Wave from 3.30pm AEST.