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03-27-2021 22:17 UTC-4

Cartwright Pulling Away

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Level 13 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Kyle Cartwright	435,000 230,000	230,000

Brian Arbaugh	322,000 -31,000	-31,000
Zach Gruneberg	320,000 320,000	320,000
William Thomas	256,000 91,000	91,000
Jake Ferro	249,000 23,000	23,000
Nikki Sunku	243,000
Wayne Harmon	223,000 -39,000	-39,000
Warren Teal	180,000 -1,000	-1,000
Paul Petraglia	126,000 59,000	59,000

Jack Sumner	89,000 -15,000	-15,000
Aaron Thivyanathan	87,000 15,500	15,500
Filipp Khavin	76,000 -64,000	-64,000
David Jackson	70,000 -100,000	-100,000

Brian Kent	60,000 2,000	2,000
Nick Palma	52,000 -11,000	-11,000
Darrell Hardin	52,000 -94,000	-94,000
Ken Taffaro	46,000 46,000	46,000
Kelley Slay	35,000 7,500	7,500
Gloria Jackson	11,000 -113,000	-113,000
Rodney Turvin	Busted
Henry Lancaster	Busted

03-27-2021 22:08 UTC-4

Landreth Puts Palma to the Test

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Level 13 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Nick Palma opened the action with a raise to 7,000 in middle position and was called by Johnny Landreth in the hijack. Action went heads up to a flop of and Palma made a continuation-bet of 8,000. Landreth called.

Both players checked the turn and the river came . Palma bet 20,000 and Landreth thought for a few moments before reaching for chips, counting out 60,000 and throwing it into the pot. Palma immediately folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Johnny Landreth	251,000
Nick Palma	63,000 4,000	4,000

Tags: Johnny Landreth Nick Palma

03-27-2021 21:59 UTC-4

Stella Davila Wins Ladies Only Event #7: $360 NLH

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Level 13 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

While PokerNews is offering live updates from this Main Event, there have been several other side events playing out this past week at the 2021 bestbet Jacksonville Spring Series.

Event #7: $360 No-Limit Holdem Ladies Only attracted a field of 49 entries to create a prize pool of $14,945. It was an All-Florida final table and Palm Bay's Stella Davila came out on top, earning her a payday of $5,028. Davila defeated Jacksonville's Tammy Groff heads up for the trophy.

The top seven places were set to make it into the money, but all players agreed to pay the entire final table, resulting in eighth place getting back their $360 buy-in.

Event #7 Final Table Results

Place	Player	Hometown	Prize
1	Stella Davila	Palm Bay, Florida	$5,028
2	Tammy Groff	Jacksonville, Florida	$3,334
3	Joyce Kosak	Gainesville, Florida	$2,205
4	Rebecca Lindner-Like	Jacksonville Beach, Florida	$1,514
5	Felicia Walker	Jacksonville, Florida	$1,080
6	Cara Swayze	New Smyrna Beach, Florida	$802
7	Davina Haigh	St. Augistine, Florida	$622
8	Mary Darnell	Crawfordsville, Florida	$360

03-27-2021 21:56 UTC-4

Arbaugh the New Chip Leader

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Level 13 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

On the last hand before the break, preflop action saw William Thomas open under the gun and receive three calls, two of which were from Brian Arbaugh in the hijack and Pete Theodocion in the small blind. The flop was and action checked to Arbaugh, who bet 11,000 and was check-raised to 30,000 by Theodocion.

Action folded back to Arbaugh and he called, bringing the turn . Theodocion continued on the turn with another 35,000, sending Arbaugh into the tank as time expired in the level. Arbaugh eventually found a call as the room cleared and the river came . Theodocion jammed for his last 52,500 and Arbaugh thought for well over a minute before finding a call.

"Good call," said Theodocion, tabling for the missed gutshot straight draw. Arbaugh showed and took down the pot with his two jacks, increasing his stack to over 350,000 in the process to give him the largest stack in the room with 51 players now remaining.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Arbaugh	353,000 253,000	253,000
Pete Theodocion	Busted

Tags: Brian Arbaugh Pete Theodocion William Thomas

Level: 13

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 3,000

03-27-2021 21:33 UTC-4

One Last Break

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Level 12 : 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

The 51 remaining players are on their final 15-minute break of the night.

03-27-2021 21:25 UTC-4

Steve Zhang Wins Event #6: $260 NLH Turbo with $50 Bounties via Heads-Up Chop

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Level 12 : 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

While PokerNews is offering live updates from this Main Event, there have been several other side events playing out this past week at the 2021 bestbet Jacksonville Spring Series.

Event #6 got 83 entries for its $260 No-Limit Hold'em Turbo with $50 bounties. The overall prize pool was $14,110, paying out the top 11 places and ending in a heads-up chop between two Bold City residents in Steve Zhang and Joshua Burrows. Zhang got the W and earned the bigger prize of $3,735 while Burrows was declared the runner-up and took home $3,200.

Bryan Bozman also made his third final table of the series, taking third place for $1,880 to follow up his earlier win in Event #4 for $9,906 and fifth-place finish in Event #1 for $17,863 to bring his series earnings to nearly $30,000. He has now made the money in three tournaments for the series, a feat he also accomplished in January's Winter Open.

Le Tieu also made his second final table of the series, finishing in seventh place for $582. He chopped Event #1 four ways, taking third place for $40,000 earlier in the series.

Event #6 Final Table Results

Place	Player	Hometown	Prize
1	Steve Zhang	Jacksonville, Florida	$3,735*
2	Joshua Burrows	Jacksonville, Florida	$3,200*
3	Bryan Brozman	Charleston, South Carolina	$1,880
4	Todd Staples	Anderson, South Carolina	$1,323
5	Eric Chastain	Nashville, Tennessee	$966
6	Heather Warde	Jacksonville, Florida	$734
7	Le Tieu	Jacksonville, Florida	$582
8	Michael Selznick	Chattanooga, Tennessee	$481

_{*Denotes heads-up deal.}

03-27-2021 21:22 UTC-4

Wang Done In by the River

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Level 12 : 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

Stephen Strout opened to 12,000 in the cutoff and Michael Wang re-jammed on the button for his last 30,000 or so. Action made its way back to Strout and he called.

Michael Wang:
Stephen Strout:

Wang looked poised for the double through the flop and turn , but the river spelled disaster as Strout hit a set of eights to end Wang's tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stephen Strout	72,000 72,000	72,000
Michael Wang	Busted

Tags: Michael Wang Stephen Strout

03-27-2021 21:12 UTC-4

Prize Pool Information Released!

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Level 12 : 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

An announcement was just made to the remaining 60 players that the prize pool information has become official. A total of 401 entries over two starting flights generated a prize pool of $898,242 that is set to be paid to the top 51 finishers. A first-level payout is good for $3,962 with regular increases from there.

All who make the final table are guaranteed $22,876 and the eventual champion will take home $180,986. Full payout details can be found in the Payouts Tab.

03-27-2021 21:10 UTC-4

More Updated Chip Counts

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Level 12 : 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jake Ferro	226,000 38,000	38,000
Nikki Sunku	222,000 222,000	222,000
Darrell Hardin	146,000 -9,000	-9,000
Gloria Jackson	124,000 75,600	75,600
Jack Sumner	95,000 -70,000	-70,000
Aaron Thivyanathan	71,500 -30,500	-30,500
Paul Petraglia	67,000 -101,000	-101,000

Nick Palma	59,000 -43,000	-43,000
Rodney Turvin	58,000 33,000	33,000
Brian Kent	57,500 -15,500	-15,500
Michael Wang	22,000 -50,000	-50,000

Ryan Snow	Busted
Warren Sheaves	Busted