Ken Stacy opened to 200,000 in the cutoff with and was called by Chris Perry's in the small blind. Action went heads up to the flop and Perry checked over to Stacy, who made a continuation-bet of 175,000. Perry called.
The turn came and Perry checked again. Stacy fired a second barrel of 375,000 and Perry studied Stacy for a bit, ultimately finding a call. The river fell and Perry checked his aces up, with Stacy checking his second-best queens up behind for Perry to win the pot at showdown.
On the very next hand after Luan Nguyen's elimination, Thad McNulty open-jammed 660,000 ;on the button with and ran into the of Scott Stewart, who was in the small blind.
McNulty was drawing dead on the flop as Stewart flopped a set of sevens. The turn and river completed the runout, making his fourth-place finish official for a payday of $49,113.
Action folded to Matt Mauldin in the small blind and he completed. Chris Perry checked his option in the big blind. Both players checked the flop and the turn came . Mauldin bet 125,000 and Perry called.
The river came to complete Perry's flush draw and Mauldin checked over to him. A bet of 275,000 was made, and Maulden check-raised to 625,000, sending Perry into the tank for a bit before he found a call.
Mauldin showed the bluff and Perry earned the pot with his flush, taking stacks to nearly even between the two.
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 Winter Open.
In Event #7: $320 NLH Ladies Only, 70 entrants competed for an $18,900 prize pool, which was reserved for the final table.
After Stephanie Napier bowed out in fourth place for $1,654, the final three players opted to an even chop, which netted them $4,237 apiece.
However, it was Diane Casino being crowned the official winner and taking home the coveted trophy.
Thad McNulty saw action fold to him in the cutoff and open-jammed for 915,000 with . Luan Nguyen was in the small blind with and called all in for less.
McNuty was able to fade jacks, but running clubs on a board of backed Nguyen into the nuts and scored him the double, bringing him to just shy of 1 million while McNulty is now the shortest stack in the tournament with six still remaining.
Ken Stacy has taken several small pots since play returned from the break, the most recent of which was with an under-the-gun raise to 125,000 with . Luan Nguyen was the lone caller, doing so with .
Luan check-called 150,000 on the flop but check-folded to a second barrel of 250,000 on the turn to result in Stacy winning the pot. He is now back over 4 million.