Level: 7
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
2021 bestbet Jacksonville Winter Open
bestbet Jacksonville Winter Open $2,000 Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1a
2021 bestbet Jacksonville Winter Open
Buy-in
$2,200
Entries
510
Level
30
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
160,000
Entries
195
Players Left
27
Valdez Flips Well
Level 6
: 300/600, 600 ante
Starr Valdez was just overheard talking to her tablemate about how the two are now "dangerous". Apparently, both players were down to around 7,000 and have recently won pots to work their way back towards starting stack.
Valdez recounted her hand, saying a player with slightly less than her got all in preflop to send the two off to the races.
All-In Player: 
Starr Valdez: 
"I won the flip," said Valdez of the result and she now has over 17,000 once more.
Valdez has already experienced some success this series, making the final table in Event #5: $360 Monster Stack NLH. In that event, 222 entries worked their way down to the final five before agreeing to a deal that resulted in Valdez earning a third-place finish good for $9,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
17,600
1,000
|
1,000 |
Break Time
Level 6
: 300/600, 600 ante
Players are on their second 15-minute break of the day.
Holladay Over Six Figures
Level 6
: 300/600, 600 ante
All of the chips had gone into the middle with a short-stacked small blind at risk for his last 7,000 or so against Dustin Holladay, who was under the gun.
All-In Player: 
Dustin Holladay: 
The all-in player was already out of his seat and well on his way by the time the runout 
completed. With the pot, Holladay now finds himself over 100,000, becoming the first player in the room to be spotted having reached that figure.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
103,500
12,500
|
12,500 |
Pupillo Gets a Fold
Level 6
: 300/600, 600 ante
A three-bet pot preflop saw a pile of chips in the middle on a board of 
with action heads up between Nick Pupillo in the cutoff and his opponent, who was under the gun.
Pupillo's opponent check-called 3,200 and the turn came 
. The player checked again and Pupillo threw another 9,000 forward.
"You've got to have it this time, right?" asked his opponent after some thought, and then took another handful of seconds before giving up contention of the hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
50,400
3,900
|
3,900 |
|
||
Stacy Undeterred By The Leads
Level 6
: 300/600, 600 ante
Ken Stacy pumped it up to 2,000 in the hijack and action folded around to the big blind, who defended. The flop dropped 
and the big blind led out with a bet of 2,000. Stacy raised to 6,000 and the big blind called.
The turn came 
and the big blind led out again, this time for 3,000. Stacy called, bringing the river 
, and the big blind led out once more for 6,000. Stacy called to take the hand to showdown.
Upon calling, Stacy showed 
. The big blind lifted up her second-best hand, flashing it in Stacy's direction, and then sent it to the muck to earn Stacy the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
46,100
46,100
|
46,100 |
Level: 6
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 600
Tran Delivers a Dusting
Level 5
: 200/400, 400 ante
A pile of chips was in the middle totaling at least 10,000 with three-way action on a flop reading 
. Tommy Tran was first to act in the hijack and checked, as did cutoff. The player on the button shoved all in for 10,600 and Tran check-shoved over the top to put the cutoff all in as well. The cutoff did not oblige.
All-In Player: 
Tommy Tran: 
Tran's top pair was way ahead of his opponent's bottom pair, top kicker, and he found himself to be the one to improve as the turn 
and river completed the runout to give him trip kings and score him both the pot and the knockout.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
92,000
26,000
|
26,000 |
Updated Counts
Level 5
: 200/400, 400 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
91,000
26,000
|
26,000 |
|
70,500
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
|
66,000 | |
|
52,000
18,700
|
18,700 |
|
51,000
17,700
|
17,700 |
|
49,000
-9,500
|
-9,500 |
|
47,600
43,300
|
43,300 |
|
|
46,500
4,500
|
4,500 |
|
|
||
|
46,200
2,200
|
2,200 |
|
43,000
43,000
|
43,000 |
|
|
38,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
37,000
12,500
|
12,500 |
|
|
36,500
-4,500
|
-4,500 |
|
32,000
10,700
|
10,700 |
|
|
||
|
31,000
9,400
|
9,400 |
|
27,500
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
22,000
4,700
|
4,700 |
|
18,000
-10,300
|
-10,300 |
|
17,100
9,100
|
9,100 |
|
|
16,600
-4,700
|
-4,700 |
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
Herstein Versus Elias
Level 5
: 200/400, 400 ante
Darren Elias was on the button and raised an open-limp from the hijack to 1,400. Gary Herstein called in the small blind, as did the original limper, and the three saw a flop of 
.
Herstein, first to act, led out with a bet of 2,200. The hijack immediately folded, sending action over to Elias. Elias thought for around a minute and then grabbed his remaining chips and committed them to the center, totaling 8,100. It then became Herstein's turn in the tank, and he thought about his decision for close to the same amount of time as Elias.
Eventually, Herstein looked back at his cards and slid them under the chips he had already bet, continuing to slide both forward to the middle, earning Elias the pot to give both players identical stacks.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
15,300
-22,900
|
-22,900 |
|
15,300
5,700
|
5,700 |
|
||