bestbet Jacksonville Spring Series $2,500 Main Event
Day 1b Completed
2021 bestbet Jacksonville Spring Series
bestbet Jacksonville Spring Series $2,500 Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1b
2021 bestbet Jacksonville Spring Series
Buy-in
$2,500
Prize Pool
$898,242
Entries
401
Level
28
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
100,000
Entries
258
Players Left
36
Cartwright Amasses Overall Chip Lead on Day 1b of the bestbet Jacksonville Spring Series $2,500 Main Event
Level 14
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Day 1b of the 2021 bestbet Jacksonville Spring Series $2,500 Main Event drew 258 entries to bring the two-day tournament total up to 401 with 36 players adding their names to the list of 18 players that advanced from Day 1a. At the end of the day, however, Kyle Cartwright stole the show finishing play with 490,000.
Cartwright's ascent came after the dinner break when he busted a player with pocket tens to ace-five suited to bring his stack above six figures and he never looked back from there. An hour later, he had doubled that figure only to double it again after another hour had passed. By the time chips went into bags, he was just shy of half a million, plenty to give him the overall chip lead going into Sunday's Day 2.
Johnny Landreth also experienced a late-night surge to finish the day with 410,000 with Anthony Askey, Brian Arbaugh, and Stephen Strout also having strong evenings to round out the top five. Le Tieu was just behind the trio, finishing the day with 298,000. Others to advance included Warren Teal (275,000), Zach Gruneberg (254,000), Hal Rotholz (244,000), David and Gloria Jackson (140,000 and 182,000, respectively), and Wayne Harmon (120,000).
A total of 54 players will be returning just three spots away from the money come Sunday's Day 2 at noon. Players such as Aaron Thivyanathan (74,000), Jack Sumner (61,000), Filipp Khavin (57,000), and Ken Taffaro (41,000) will be entering the day as some of the shorter stacks in the room with the hopes of not only hanging on through the bursting of the bubble but also to make a deep run.
Meanwhile, many more among the likes of Scott Stewart, Nick Palma, Michael Wang, Hamid Izadi, and Timothy Miles will not be among those returning to play for the $180,986 set to go to Sunday night's winner.
PokerNews will be back at it to take you all the way to the finish line tomorrow. Have a good night.
End of Day 1b Chip Counts (full)
Level 14
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
All chips are in bags with 36 players advancing to Day 2 from Saturday's Day 1b flight, joining the 18 from Day 1a. In total, 54 players will return on Sunday for Day 2 with 51 of them making it into the money.
Complete chip counts from Day 1b have been provided below and a recap of the day's action will be posted shortly.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
490,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
|
||
|
410,000
159,000
|
159,000 |
|
387,000
387,000
|
387,000 |
|
336,000
14,000
|
14,000 |
|
315,000 | |
|
298,000
298,000
|
298,000 |
|
275,000
95,000
|
95,000 |
|
257,000
257,000
|
257,000 |
|
254,000
-66,000
|
-66,000 |
|
248,000
-1,000
|
-1,000 |
|
234,000
234,000
|
234,000 |
|
224,000
224,000
|
224,000 |
|
201,000
-55,000
|
-55,000 |
|
182,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
175,000
49,000
|
49,000 |
|
||
|
|
172,000
172,000
|
172,000 |
|
166,000
166,000
|
166,000 |
|
161,000
161,000
|
161,000 |
|
140,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
||
|
129,000
129,000
|
129,000 |
|
127,000
127,000
|
127,000 |
|
124,000
58,200
|
58,200 |
|
120,000
-103,000
|
-103,000 |
|
|
120,000 | |
|
118,000
118,000
|
118,000 |
Palma Falls Short of a Bag
Level 14
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Nick Palma got his last handful of blinds into the middle preflop and got action from two other players that put bets in on the flop 
and turn 
before checking through the river 
. One of the two was Stephen Strout.
Nick Palma: 
Stephen Strout: 
Third Player: 
Strout scooped both pots and eliminated Palma in the process, bringing his stack above 300,000
"Who knocked out 'The Mouth'?" asked a player at an adjacent table. Strout turned around to acknowledge it was him.
"Thank you!" the player added.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
315,000 | |
|
Busted |
Gloria Jackson's Turn for a Knockout
Level 14
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Gloria Jackson saw action fold to her in the hijack and opened to 10,000. The small blind re-jammed for 68,000 and Jackson called.
Small Blind: 
Gloria Jackson: 
The flop 
and turn gave Jackson six more outs to fade, which she did with ease as the river 
completed the runout to give her stack a boost with a little over 10 minutes of play left in the night.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
192,000
181,000
|
181,000 |
Late Night Photos from Day 1b of the 2021 bestbet Jacksonville Spring Series $2,500 Main Event
Slay Finally Slayed
Level 14
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
"They got me," said Kelley Slay as he made his way from the tournament room. "Shoved ace-jack, big blind had eights," he added.
The short-stacked Slay had hung around until the very beginning of the final level of the night but saw his luck run out as he failed to hit and lost the coin flip to end his night just shy of a bag.
Play will end 10 minutes before the end of the level due to last night's hard stop finishing at the same point. Just 42 players now remain.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
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Level 14
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
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Level: 14
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
Jackson Gets Some Back
Level 13
: 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
David Jackson opened on the button and the big blind defended, bringing a flop of 
. The big blind check-jammed on the flop of for his last 21,000 over Jackson's continuation-bet of 8,000. Jackson called the remainder and the two turned up their hands for the remaining cards.
Big Blind: 
David Jackson: 
The turn 
put Jackson ahead and he faded a deuce on the river 
to take the pot and send another player to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
120,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
|
||