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01-29-2021 16:50 UTC-4

Stacy Undeterred By The Leads

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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
Ken Stacy	46,100 46,100	46,100

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01-29-2021 16:57 UTC-4

Pupillo Gets a Fold

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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
Nick Pupillo	50,400 3,900	3,900

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01-29-2021 17:08 UTC-4

Holladay Over Six Figures

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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
Dustin Holladay	103,500 12,500	12,500

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01-29-2021 17:20 UTC-4

Break Time

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Level 6 : 300/600, 600 ante

Players are on their second 15-minute break of the day.

01-29-2021 17:20 UTC-4

Valdez Flips Well

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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
Starr Valdez	17,600 1,000	1,000

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Level: 7

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 800

01-29-2021 17:38 UTC-4

More Photos from Day 1a of the 2021 bestbet Jacksonville Winter Open $2,200 Main Event

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01-29-2021 17:50 UTC-4

"That'll Do It!"

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Level 7 : 400/800, 800 ante

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
Timothy Miles	63,000 35,500	35,500
Ken Stacy	39,800 -6,300	-6,300

01-29-2021 17:58 UTC-4

John Goyette Wins The January 2021 1010XL $110 NLH Main Event

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Level 7 : 400/800, 800 ante

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.

January 2021 1010XL Final Table Results

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.}

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01-29-2021 18:07 UTC-4

McNulty Tramples Two

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Level 7 : 400/800, 800 ante

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
Thad McNulty	120,000 120,000	120,000