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.

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Hamid Izadi
28,300
10,800
10,800

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Level: 5

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 400

Holladay and Walters Get Stacks In

Level 4 : 200/300, 300 ante

A hand had just transpired on Table 55 between Dustin Holladay and David Walters where stacks wound up going in on the river with Holladay earning a full double that left Walters crippled. According to the pair, bets went in on every street as the board came {a-}{7-}{q-}{3-}{3-}.

Dustin Holladay: {q-}{q-}
David Walters: {a-}{k-}

Walters found himself unable to get away from his flopped top pair, top kicker on the paired runout and ran into Holladay's full house, leaving Walters with just 3,000 as Holladay now finds himself with around 65,000.

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Dustin Holladay us
Dustin Holladay
65,000
65,000
65,000
David Walters us
David Walters
3,000
-15,500
-15,500

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Huilin Chen Wins Event #1: $560 NLH After 5-Way Deal

Level 4 : 200/300, 300 ante
Huilin Chen
Huilin Chen

The bestbet Jacksonville Winter Open series kicked off with Event #1: $560 No-Limit Hold’em, which attracted 592 runners and offered up a $296,000 prize pool.

That was paid out to the top 75 finishers, and among those to earn a cash but fall short of the final table were Keegan Westover (57th - $1,016), Ronald Sewell (50th - $1,172), Wendy Lu (37th - $1,335), Heather Warde (23rd - $2,173), Susan Hazelgrove (14th - $3,723), and John Kinsey (10th - $4,656).

After Jeffrey Hicks bowed out in sixth place for $11,353, the final five players opted to chop it up evenly, meaning they all locked up $30,460 in prize money. Officially being deemed the champ was local player Huilin Chen, who received the coveted bestbet Jacksonville trophy.

Event #1 Final Table Results

PlacePlayerHometownPrize
1Huilin ChenJacksonville, Florida$30,460*
2George ShenodaDaytona Beach, Florida$30,460*
3Ricardo LeyvaJacksonville, Florida$30,460*
4Richard EvansFayetteville, North Carolina$30,459*
5Ewan LeathamJacksonville, Florida$30,459*
6Jeff HickCove Springs, Florida$11,353
7Mac JohnsonJacksonville Florida$9,357
8Thad McnultyJacksonville, Florida$7,461

*Denotes five-handed deal.

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Spaulding Sends One To The Rail

Level 4 : 200/300, 300 ante

Frank Spaulding had raised it up in early position and saw a handful of callers to bring a flop of {6-Hearts}{10-Spades}{9-Diamonds} with over 7,000 in the middle. Spaulding bet another 7,500 and the player on his left jammed for a bit more, resulting in folds back to Spaulding who wasted no time making the call.

All-In Player: {q-Hearts}{10-Clubs}
Frank Spaulding: {j-Spades}{j-Diamonds}

Spaulding's overpair had him in great shape to earn the knockout. The turn {8-Clubs} shuffled a few outs around, but it made no difference in the end as the river {4-Spades} completed the runout and Spaulding took down the pot.

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Frank Spaulding
41,000

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Hankin Takes One Down

Level 4 : 200/300, 300 ante

Howard Hankin was on the button and called an under-the-gun raise to 800, which took action heads up to a flop of {6-Clubs}{10-Hearts}{5-Hearts}. The original raiser made a continuation-bet of 1,000 and Hankin pumped it up to 2,400. His opponent called.

The turn came {q-Spades} and Hankin's opponent led out, firing 4,200. Hankin called and the dealer brought the river {9-Hearts}. Hankin's opponent connected his knuckles with the felt, and Hankin reached for chips, casually tossing out his remaining small-denomination chips to total 2,700.

Such a bet proved to be enough to earn him the pot as his opponent looked back at his cards and then sent them to the dealer.

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Howard Hankin
33,300
33,300
33,300

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Level: 4

Blinds: 200/300

Ante: 300

"GT" Jack Sends One Home

Level 3 : 100/200, 200 ante

"GT" Jack Sumner was in early position and opened to 600. Three calls ensued from the cutoff, small blind, and big blind, the last of whom was Darren Elias.

Action checked to Sumner on the flop {a-Hearts}{3-Hearts}{q-Spades} and he made a continuation-bet of 1,100. The cutoff and Elias called with the small blind folding in between the two, and the turn came {j-Spades}. Elias checked again and Sumner continued with a second barrel of 3,000. Elias checked again and Sumner fired a second barrel of 3,000. The cutoff shoved all in for 3,900, and Elias put out chips to call after some thought. Sumner then threw in 900 more to make the pot square as well.

With heads-up action to a side pot, the river {2-Clubs} fell to complete the runout and Elias checked one last time. Sumner fired out another 8,000 and Elias quickly let his hand go.

Jack Sumner: {a-Hearts}{q-Hearts}
Opponent: {9-Hearts}{8-Hearts}

Sumner's flopped top two pair had successfully faded his opponent's flopped flush draw and turned gutshot straight draw to go along with it, earning him the pot and the knockout to take him well over two starting stacks shortly before the first break of the day.

Player Chips Progress
Jack Sumner us
Jack Sumner
58,500
58,500
58,500
Darren Elias us
Darren Elias
9,600
-5,500
-5,500

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