Starr Valdez was just eliminated from the tournament after getting her last 10,300 into the middle preflop, three-bet shoving over an opener that looked her up. She confirmed the details after it happened, saying she had ace-three and it was unable to hold versus her opponent's king-nine.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted |
A player in middle position open-jammed for 8,300 and Chad Brown three-bet to the minimum-required value of 15,600 on the button. Steve Rash was in the small blind and announced a cold four-bet jam, shoving his stack of 62,900 into the middle over the top.
The big blind folded with a grimace after about 20 seconds of thought, and Brown looked back at his two cards once more before tossing them to let the two remaining players in the hand have at it.
All-In Player: 
Steve Rash: 
The board ran out in Rash's favor, coming 
to give him top two pair as he avoided a backdoor wheel draw to take down the pot. After the hand, Brown chuckled a bit, remarking that he had folded the same hand as Rash.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
88,800 | 88,800 |
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41,900 | -6,400 |
Ricardo Eyzaguirre opened the action with a raise to 2,500 under the gun and received a call from the player on his direct left in early position. Action then folded around to the big blind, and action went three ways to the streets.
All three players checked the flop 
, bringing the turn 
. Both the big blind and Eyzaguirre checked again, and the early-position player bet 3,500, resulting in two calls.
With everybody still in the hand, the river fell 
bringing a fourth spade on board, and all three players once again checked through to showdown.
The big blind tabled 
for queens up as Eyzaguirre looked back at his cards, following suit and tabling 
for Broadway. The final player in the hand failed to hold a spade, and as a result sent his cards to the muck to earn Eyzaguirre the pot with his ace-high straight.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
127,000 | 96,000 |
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Level: 8
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
The tournament clock now displays 179 entries as the final seconds of Level 7 tick off the clock. Registration will remain open until the end of the dinner break at around 7:30 p.m. ET.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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142,000 | 50,000 |
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101,500 | -2,000 |
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95,000 | 52,000 |
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86,700 | 36,300 |
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75,000 | 35,200 |
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65,000 | 28,500 |
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61,800 | -1,200 |
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60,000 | 11,000 |
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48,300 | -22,200 |
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45,000 | -1,200 |
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40,000 | -11,000 |
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39,500 | -8,100 |
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39,000 | 1,000 |
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36,500 | 4,500 |
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35,600 | 35,600 |
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13,200 | -2,100 |
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12,000 | -5,600 |
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8,600 | -6,700 |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted |
A three-way all-in preflop scenario on Table 54 just created a bit of commotion, with Thad McNulty in the hijack having the players both on the button and in the small blind at risk for their tournament lives and in bad shape. One of the two players was all in for 16,800, while the other covered by a mere 500.
Small Blind: 
Player on the Button:
Thad McNulty: 
A king on the flop 
all but sealed the deal for McNulty to scoop, needing to only fade running hearts to do so. The turn made it certain, and the river 
completed the runout to send two players to the rail before the pot of roughly 50,000 was shipped to McNulty, and he now has 120,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
120,000 | 120,000 |
Earlier this month, bestbet Jacksonville played host to the January 2021 1010XL Main Event, which was a $110 no-limit hold’em with $110 in bounties.
The tournament attracted 307 entries, which resulted in a $26,159 prize pool paid out to the top 40 finishers. Among those to cash were Willard Cutler (38th - $144), Alexander Burgos (31st – $170), David Mitchell (24th - $229), Justin Bold (19th - $279), Richard Grant (14th - $409), and Jeffrey Harman (9th - $572).
After Nathan Amadeo exited in fifth place for $1,254, the final four players chopped it up. John Goyette of St. John’s, Florida received an extra $1 and was deemed the winner, which meant he took home the coveted trophy.
| Place | Player | Hometown | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Goyette | St. John’s, Florida | $3,483* |
| 2 | Matthew Vanburen | Jacksonville, Florida | $3,482* |
| 3 | Steve Zhang | Jacksonville, Florida | $3,482* |
| 4 | Eric Chastain | Nashville, Tennessee | $3,482* |
| 5 | Nathan Amadeo | Des Moines, Iowa | $1,254 |
| 6 | Jerone Smith | Orange Park, Florida | $1,039 |
| 7 | Jarrett Manucy | St. Augustine, Florida | $872 |
*Denotes four-handed deal.
Ken Stacy raised to 2,000 under the gun and received a call from Timothy Miles in the hijack. Action then folded to the small blind, who also called, and the three checked through the flop 
.
The turn came and the small blind checked again. Stacy bet 3,200, receiving a call from Miles and a fold from the small blind to take action heads up to the river . Stacy bet once more, putting two 1,000-chips into the middle and sending Miles into the tank.
Eventually, Miles reached for chips and put in a raise to 13,500. Stacy considered his decision for just under a minute and then tossed in chips to call.
Miles showed 
for the nuts.
"That'll do it!" said Stacy, acknowledging Miles' hand and sending his own two cards to the muck. With the pot, Miles is now over 60,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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63,000 | 35,500 |
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39,800 | -6,300 |
