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03-27-2021 12:58 UTC-4

Hardin Dubs with Cowboys

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Level 2 : 100/200, 0 ante

Over 12,000 was in the middle on a flop of with heads-up action between Darrell Hardin in the small blind and an opponent in early position. Hardin had a bet of 5,200 in front of him and was facing an all-in shove for his remaining 15,600, which he committed without much consideration.

Darrell Hardin:
Opponent:

Hardin faded the six outer on both the turn and river to earn the pot and the double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Darrell Hardin	53,000

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03-27-2021 12:48 UTC-4

Turvin Gets an Early Elimination

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Level 2 : 100/200, 0 ante

Action was heads up between Rodney Turvin in the cutoff and an opponent in the big blind and stacks got in on a board of after the big blind check-raised Turvin and called off his remaining chips when Turvin three-bet jammed.

Rodney Turvin:
Big Blind:

Turvin's full house had his opponent drawing dead to the river and he scored the early knockout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rodney Turvin	61,400 61,400	61,400

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Level: 2

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 0

03-27-2021 12:40 UTC-4

Field Up to 131

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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
Armando Figueroa	25,000 25,000	25,000
Ryan Snow	25,000 25,000	25,000
Andrew Brinkley	25,000 25,000	25,000
Jack Sumner	25,000
Hamid Izadi	25,000
Chuck Clement	25,000 25,000	25,000
Stephen Gee	25,000
Lawrence Brown	25,000
Pete Theodocion	25,000 25,000	25,000

03-27-2021 12:29 UTC-4

Kenneth Brossoit Wins Event #1 for $51,180 After 4-Way Deal

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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.}

03-27-2021 12:25 UTC-4

"Straight Didn't Come"

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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
Thad McNulty	30,500 30,500	30,500

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03-27-2021 12:16 UTC-4

Level 1 Runners

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Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Wang	25,000 25,000	25,000

Kelley Slay	25,000 25,000	25,000

Gloria Jackson	25,000
Timothy Miles	25,000 25,000	25,000
Scott Stewart	25,000 25,000	25,000

Derahn Sikes	25,000 25,000	25,000
Paul Petraglia	25,000 25,000	25,000

Brian Arbaugh	25,000 25,000	25,000

03-27-2021 12:10 UTC-4

Update Your Own Chip Count Using the PokerNews MyStack App!

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03-27-2021 12:03 UTC-4