2021 bestbet Jacksonville Spring Series

bestbet Jacksonville Spring Series $2,500 Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info

2021 bestbet Jacksonville Spring Series

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kj
Prize
$180,986
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,500
Prize Pool
$898,242
Entries
401
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
100,000
Players Info - Day 1b
Entries
258
Players Left
36

Harmon Over a Quarter-Million

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

Wayne Harmon was just seen with a stack that has grown to 250,000. Not long ago, he was already over 120K and involved in a preflop raising war in which he put an opponent all in after the player had already committed over half of his stack. The player folded {k-Clubs}{k-Diamonds} face up.

"Do you want to see?" asked Harmon. The player responded that he did and Harmon sent {q-Clubs}{q-Hearts} onto the middle of the table for all to see. The player tapped the table twice, congratulating Harmon on a nice hand. He has since chipped up a bit more and appears to be the chip leader with around two hours of play remaining in the evening.

Player Chips Progress
Wayne Harmon us
Wayne Harmon
262,000
185,500
185,500

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Updated Counts from Around the Room

Level 12 : 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
Player Chips Progress
Kyle Cartwright us
Kyle Cartwright
205,000
97,500
97,500
WSOP 1X Winner
David Jackson us
David Jackson
170,000
79,000
79,000
WSOP 1X Winner
William Thomas us
William Thomas
165,000
92,500
92,500
Filipp Khavin us
Filipp Khavin
140,000
40,000
40,000
Brian Arbaugh us
Brian Arbaugh
100,000
43,000
43,000
Pete Theodocion us
Pete Theodocion
93,000
-34,000
-34,000
Henry Lancaster us
Henry Lancaster
60,000
20,000
20,000
Kelley Slay us
Kelley Slay
27,500
-12,500
-12,500
Jarrett Hlavaty us
Jarrett Hlavaty
Busted
Chuck Clement us
Chuck Clement
Busted
Josh Palmer us
Josh Palmer
Busted
Matthew Emmell us
Matthew Emmell
Busted
Hamid Izadi us
Hamid Izadi
Busted
Tyler Payne us
Tyler Payne
Busted
Timothy Miles us
Timothy Miles
Busted

Level: 12

Blinds: 1,500/2,500

Ante: 2,500

Teal Picks Up Bullets

Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

All of the chips went into the middle between Warren Teal in middle position and his opponent, who was on the button. Teal had a stack of 88,000 that his opponent covered by a handful of big blinds.

Warren Teal: {a-Diamonds}{a-Spades}
Opponent: {a-Hearts}{k-Clubs}

The runout came {3-Spades}{10-Hearts}{7-Spades}{10-Clubs}{3-Hearts} to ensure the double for Teal by the turn and he now finds himself with 181,000 after the double.

Player Chips Progress
Warren Teal us
Warren Teal
181,000

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Lancaster Holds for the Dub

Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Henry Lancaster
Henry Lancaster

A player raised to 4,000 under the gun and action folded around to Henry Lancaster, who shipped in his last 17,500 from the cutoff. Action folded back to the original raiser, who went into the tank for over half a minute before putting in chips to call.

Henry Lancaster: {a-Hearts}{10-Hearts}
Opponent: {k-Hearts}{j-Hearts}

The board ran out {5-Diamonds}{2-Spades}{4-Hearts}{3-Spades}{5-Clubs}, giving Lancaster only chop outs to fade on the river as he secured the dub.

Player Chips Progress
Henry Lancaster us
Henry Lancaster
40,000

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Slayin' Alive

Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Kelley Slay was just in the process of scoring another double after grinding a short stack since the early afternoon. He picked up {a-}{q-} in the small blind and re-jammed over an open from the player on the button, who had {q-}{5-}.

Slay faded a five on the runout and is now up to 40,000.

Player Chips Progress
Kelley Slay us
Kelley Slay
40,000
18,400
18,400

Level: 11

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 2,000

Bryan Brozman Takes Down Event #4: $260 NLH for $9,906

Level 10 : 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
Bryan Brozman
Bryan Brozman

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.

After a fifth-place finish in the opening event series, Bryan Brozman took care of his unfinished business in Event #4: $260 No-Limit Hold'em, outlasting a field of 190 for the first-place prize of $9,906.

Brozman defeated Johnny Ear of Palm Coast, FL heads up, with Ecuador's Pablo Valdivieso taking third place in the event. A trio of River City residents in Steve Zhang, DJ Keenan, and Richard Lewis also made the final table and earned more than $1,250 for their showings.

The top three tables were paid out with 21st-24th place earning $375 and the next four finishers receiving $443. All who made the final two tables were then guaranteed $531, with payout jumps occurring every two places until Alexander Monroe's ninth-place elimination earned him $990 and brought about the final table of eight.

Event #4 Results

PlacePlayerHometownPrize
1Bryan BrozmanCharleston, South Carolina$9,906
2Johnny EarPalm Coast, Florida$6,600
3Pablo ValdiviesoEcuador$4,852
4Gregory BattsWilmington, North Carolina$3,610
5Steve ZhangJacksonville, Florida$2,718
6DJ KeenanJacksonville, Florida$2,072
7Richard LewisJacksonville, Florida$1,600
8Kirk StephensAugusta, Georgia$1,250

McNulty Toasted

Level 10 : 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
Thad McNulty
Thad McNulty

Thad McNulty open-jammed for a bit over 25,000 under the gun and saw Jarrett Hlavaty re-jam for slightly more on his direct left. All remaining players folded.

Thad McNulty: {a-Spades}{9-Spades}
Jarrett Hlavaty: {10-Clubs}{10-Hearts}

McNulty's situation only got worse on the flop {4-Hearts}{a-Clubs}{10-Diamonds} despite hitting an ace. The turn {7-Spades} left him drawing dead and the river {8-Clubs} completed the runout, earning Hlavaty the pot as McNulty was eliminated from the tournament.

Player Chips Progress
Jarrett Hlavaty us
Jarrett Hlavaty
62,000
Thad McNulty us
Thad McNulty
Busted

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