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01-29-2021 18:14 UTC-4

Updated Chip Counts

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Level 7 : 400/800, 800 ante

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
Tommy Tran	142,000 50,000	50,000
Dustin Holladay	101,500 -2,000	-2,000
Jermaine Gerlin	95,000 52,000	52,000
Nick Pupillo	86,700 36,300	36,300

Ken Stacy	75,000 35,200	35,200
Frank Spaulding	65,000 28,500	28,500
Timothy Miles	61,800 -1,200	-1,200
Jack Sumner	60,000 11,000	11,000
Chad Brown	48,300 -22,200	-22,200
Mark Hodge	45,000 -1,200	-1,200
Howard Hankin	40,000 -11,000	-11,000
Taylor Howard	39,500 -8,100	-8,100
Howard Bolte	39,000 1,000	1,000
David Jackson	36,500 4,500	4,500

Scott Stewart	35,600 35,600	35,600
Darren Elias	13,200 -2,100	-2,100

Starr Valdez	12,000 -5,600	-5,600
Gary Herstein	8,600 -6,700	-6,700
Rodney Turvin	Busted
Hamid Izadi	Busted
Gloria Jackson	Busted
Chris Conrad	Busted

Level: 8

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

01-29-2021 18:21 UTC-4

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Level 8 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

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01-29-2021 18:33 UTC-4

Broadway Good On A Four-Flush Board

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Level 8 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

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
Ricardo Eyzaguirre	127,000 96,000	96,000

01-29-2021 18:43 UTC-4

Rash Adds To His Stack

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Level 8 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

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
Steve Rash	88,800 88,800	88,800
Chad Brown	41,900 -6,400	-6,400

01-29-2021 18:52 UTC-4

Valdez Toasted

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Level 8 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

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
Starr Valdez	Busted

01-29-2021 18:54 UTC-4

Eddy Mroczkowski Goes Back-To-Back in Events #4: $160 NLH, and #5: $360 Monster Stack NLH

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Level 8 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Eddy Mroczkowski started his week off strong at the 2021 Winter Open at bestbet Jacksonville. On Monday, Mroczkowski chopped Event #4: $160 NLH heads-up with Michael Cotter for $4,248 apiece after the two were the last ones standing from an initial 195 entries that amassed a total prize pool of $24,377.

The following day, he was right back in the thick of things in Event #5: $360 Monster Stack NLH, winning his second event in as many days in a five-way chop where he earned the top prize of $12,551. His prize was more than 18% of the total prize pool of $68,820 generated from 222 entries.

Jacksonville was well-represented at the final table in Event #4, with both Mroczkowski and Cotter being joined by Steve Zhang (3rd place) and Maria Elkaz (6th place) as residents of the River City. Georgia, Virginia, and North Carolina were also represented at the final table, as was Jerusalem, Israel in that of seventh-place finisher Said Bishara.

Event #4 Results

Place	Player	Hometown	Prize
1	Eddy Mroczkowski	Jacksonville, Florida	$4,248*
2	Michael Cotter	Jacksonville, Florida	$4,248*
3	Steve Zhang	Jacksonville, Florida	$4,247
4	Christopher Conrad	Peach Tree City, Georgia	$1,520
5	Thomas Williams	Virginia	$1,174
6	Maria Elkaz	Jacksonville, Florida	$973
7	Said Bishara	Jerusalem, Israel	$829
8	Gregory Batts	Wilmington, North Carolina	$717

_{*Denotes heads-up deal.}

Come Tuesday, a whole new cast had reached the final table along with Mroczkowski. This time, it was an all-American final table that saw everybody lock up at least $1,641. Sean Conklin was the first to fall once the final eight were reached, with Richard Swain (seventh place), and Alan Franco (sixth place) also earning a trip to the payouts before a five-way deal was reached.

Event #5 Results

Place	Player	Hometown	Prize
1	Eddy Mroczkowski	Jacksonville, Florida	$12,551*
2	Gloria Jackson	Jacksonville, Florida	$10,000
3	Starr Valdez	Biloxi, Mississippi	$9,000*
4	James Sullivan	Wesley Chapel, Florida	$6,000*
5	Dario Budos	Chicago, Illinois	$5,000*
6	Alan Franco	Jacksonville, Florida	$2,746
7	Richard Swain	Waverly, Georgia	$2,340
8	Sean Conklin	Jacksonville, Florida	$1,996

_{*Denotes five-handed deal.}

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Level: 9

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

01-29-2021 19:04 UTC-4

Rosenberg Scores A Knockout

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Level 9 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

With a pile of chips already in the center, a player in the big blind shoved for their last 11,000 on a board of into Michael Rosenberg, who was in the hijack and called.

All-In Player:
Michael Rosenberg:

Rosenberg's middle pair and open-ended straight draw was ahead of his opponent's third pair and gutshot straight flush draw, but he had plenty of outs to fade. Such a task proved to be no sweat as a harmless river completed the runout to earn him the pot and knockout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Rosenberg	45,000 45,000	45,000

01-29-2021 19:18 UTC-4

Laieta Skyrocketing

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Level 9 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

At least 20,000 went into the middle from preflop action between Christopher Laieta in middle position and Ricardo Eyzaguirre, who was on the button. Laieta checked the flop over to Eyzaguirre, who bet 9,000, and Laieta check-raised to 27,000. Eyzaguirre called almost instantly.

Laieta continued on the turn , shoving all in to put Eyzaguirre to a decision for his stack. Ten seconds later, Eyzaguirre's tossed his cards towards the center of the table, where they landed flush to the felt to result in the dealer shipping the pot Laieta's way.

Laieta had already chipped up well over 150,000 prior to the hand, and now finds himself over 200,000 after the won pot.