2021 bestbet Jacksonville Winter Open

bestbet Jacksonville Winter Open $2,000 Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2021 bestbet Jacksonville Winter Open

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
99
Prize
$177,817
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,200
Entries
510
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
160,000
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
195
Players Left
27

Aces Give Izadi A New Stack

Level 5 : 200/400, 400 ante
Hamid Izadi
Hamid Izadi

Hamid Izadi was in the cutoff facing an early-position raise to 1,000 and a call from the hijack. He three-bet to 2,500 and only the original raiser called, taking action heads up to a flop of {9-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}. Both players checked.

The turn came {3-Spades} and the early-position player checked again. Izadi announced a bet of 4,500 and his opponent check-jammed for Izadi's effective stack of 10,500, which he immediately called.

Hamid Izadi: {a-Hearts}{a-Clubs}
Early Position: {a-Spades}{7-Spades}

Izadi faded the three outer on the river {5-Clubs} for the easy dub and now finds himself back over starting stack.

Player Chips Progress
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Hamid Izadi
28,300
10,800
10,800

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Pupillo Gets Three Streets

Level 3 : 100/200, 200 ante
Nick Pupillo
Nick Pupillo

A player limped in early position and action folded around to the big blind, where Nick Pupillo raised his option up to 1,400. The limper called, taking action heads up to the flop {k-Hearts}{9-Spades}{7-Clubs}, and Pupillo made a continuation-bet of 1,500. His opponent called.

Pupillo continued with another 4,200 on the turn {7-Diamonds} and was called again. The river {6-Clubs} brought the final street of action, and Pupillo emptied the clip, firing a third barrel for 10,400. His opponent thought for a few moments, reaching for chips to call and putting them into the middle as he mumbled something to the effect of looking up what Pupillo had.

Pupillo was more than happy to show {a-Spades}{k-Clubs}, and his opponent saw all he needed to in order to know his two cards were no good. The player mucked and Pupillo took down the pot, bringing him up over 40,000 before the first break of the day.

Player Chips Progress
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Nick Pupillo
42,000
17,800
17,800
WSOP 1X Winner

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Level 2 : 100/200, 0 ante
MyStack
MyStack

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And We're Off!

Level 1 : 100/100, 0 ante
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Pre-tournament announcements have been made and play is officially underway for the 2021 bestbet Jacksonville Winter Open $2,000 Main Event. Eighty-one players are in their seats and ready to go with registration remaining open until the beginning of Level 10 at what should be a few minutes past 7:30 p.m. this evening.

Welcome To Day 1a of the 2021 bestbet Jacksonville Winter Open $2,000 Main Event

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A week's worth of prelims in the 2021 bestbet Jacksonville Winter have played to their completion and the stage has been set for this weekend's $2,000 Main Event.

Play begins Friday at noon ET with Day 1a, the first of two starting flights. Upon the completion of both Day 1a and Saturday's Day 1b, the field will then combine for the first time under one roof on Sunday's Day 2 to play down to a winner.

Starting stacks are 25,000 apiece with blinds beginning at 100/100, and levels will increase every 40 minutes for the duration of the tournament. Big-blind ante will come into play in Level 3 (100/200/200), with Day 1 play continuing until the end of Level 14 (2,000/4,000/4,000), at which point all remaining players will advance and put their chips into bags for Day 2. Fifteen-minute breaks will occur after every three levels (two hours of play) with a one-hour dinner break at the end of Level 9 (approximately 6:30 p.m.)

Registration is open with unlimited re-entries until the beginning of Level 10 at the end of the dinner break (approximately 7:30 p.m). This tournament also features a best-stack forward format, meaning even players who advance in Day 1a may re-enter on Saturday and try to take a bigger stack into Day 2 if they choose to do so.

Who will be the one on top of the counts when the action is done for the night? PokerNews will be bringing you updates live from the floor (from a safe distance, of course) every step of the way, so be sure to stick around.