bestbet Jacksonville Spring Series $2,500 Main Event
Day 1b Started
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
Welcome To Day 1b of the 2021 bestbet Jacksonville Spring Series $2,500 Main Event
The 2021 bestbet Jacksonville Spring Series $2,500 Main Event continues Saturday with the second of two flights, beginning at noon local time.
Eighteen players have already advanced from Friday's Day 1a field of 143. A busy day is expected as this afternoon rolls around and a room full of more hopefuls take their shot at advancing to Day 2 on Sunday. They'll all be gunning for Nick Raio, whose stack of 448,000 was enough to make him the chip leader from the first flight of the event.
Once again, all players will get 25,000 to start with blinds beginning at 100/100 and increasing every 40 minutes. Fifteen-minute breaks will occur every two hours with a one-hour dinner break at the end of Level 9 (approximately 6:30 p.m.). Late registration will close at the end of the dinner break and the prize pool will become finalized at that time.
Plenty of worthy competition made their way through bestbet Jacksonville's doors yesterday and failed to advance. Players such as January 2021 Winter Open Main Event champion Scott Stewart, Timothy Miles, Andrew Brinkley, Michael Wang, and Wayne Harmon were among that group, and most or all are expected to be seen once more looking to take advantage of this final opportunity to advance.
Day 1a reached a hard stop with 10:11 remaining in Level 14, the final scheduled level of play for the day. As such, the Day 1b field will have a shorter day by a few minutes just the same. Who will be around when that time comes? Keep it at PokerNews to find out.
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 0
Play Underway
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
Tournament Director Arley Johnson has completed all necessary announcements once more and play is underway with 104 players in their seats.
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Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
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Level 1 Runners
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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25,000
25,000
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25,000 |
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25,000
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25,000
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25,000
25,000
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25,000 |
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25,000
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25,000
25,000
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25,000 |
"Straight Didn't Come"
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
Action folded around to the cutoff, who opened to 300 and was called by Thad McNulty in the big blind. The flop came 
and McNulty check-called a continuation-bet of 600.
Both players checked the turn 
and the river fell 
. McNulty threw out a bet of 800.
"Straight didn't come," said the cutoff, tossing his cards to the center of the table.
"Had a pair," responded McNulty.
"Flopped an open ender," his opponent said.
McNulty appears to have won a few early pots and has chipped up to over 30,000 a little over halfway through Level 1.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,500
30,500
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30,500 |
Kenneth Brossoit Wins Event #1 for $51,180 After 4-Way Deal
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 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 #1: $560 No-Limit Hold'em attracted a field of 741 entries, one-upping its identical Winter Open counterpart from this past January's 592 runners by more than 25%.
A total prize pool of $363,101 was paid out to the top 94 players, and players such as Ronald Sewell (40th - $1,722), Wendy Lu (34th - $1,722), and Jack Sumner (11th - $5,159) made it into the money but were eliminated before the final table. With nine left, Day 1c chip leader Eddy Mroczkowski bubbled the final table ($6,463), and the remaining eight players headed over to the bestbet LIVE featured table to play under the lights for the live-streamed final table.
One by one, Kobzyev Kyrylo, Conrad Lau III, Gloria Jackson, and Bryan Brozman were eliminated. The final four players then agreed to a deal with Kenneth Brossoit of Charleston, SC earning the top prize and first bestbet Jacksonville trophy of the series.
Event #1 Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Hometown | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenneth Brossoit | Charleston, South Carolina | $51,180* |
| 2 | Juan Tellez | Jacksonville, Florida | $40,000* |
| 3 | Le Tieu | Jacksonville, Florida | $40,000* |
| 4 | Andrew Brinkley | Atlanta, Georgia | $32,000* |
| 5 | Bryan Brozman | Charleston, South Carolina | $17,863 |
| 6 | Gloria Jackson | Jacksonville, Florida | $13,619 |
| 7 | Conrad Lau III | Neptune Beach Florida | $10,504 |
| 8 | Kobzyev Kyrylo | Auburn, Alabama | $10,504 |
*Denotes four-handed deal.
Field Up to 131
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
The field has grown to 131 several more familiar faces have been spotted around room, which is continuing to fill up at a steady pace.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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25,000
25,000
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25,000 |
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25,000
25,000
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25,000 |
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25,000
25,000
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25,000 |
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25,000
25,000
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25,000 | |
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25,000
25,000
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25,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0