Welcome To Day 1b of the 2021 bestbet Jacksonville Winter Open $2,000 Main Event
The 2021 bestbet Jacksonville Winter Open $2,000 Main Event continues today with Day 1b, the second of two starting flights. Cards are in the air at noon local time and a room full of hopefuls are sure to be in action, looking to add their names to the list of Sunday's Day 2 participants.
Friday's Day 1a drew 195 entries and saw 27 players advance, with Dustin Holladay (365,000) and Ken Stacy (361,000) out in front of the rest, though only narrowly over the trio of Scott Stewart (339,000), Christopher Laieta (336,000), and Justin Zaki (326,000).
Players receive 25,000 in chips to start with blinds starting at 100/100. Fourteen 40-minute levels are on the schedule with 15-minute breaks at the completion of every three levels and a dinner break at the end of Level 9 (approximately 6:30 p.m. local time).
Registration with unlimited re-entries will remain open through the dinner break, closing at the beginning of Level 10 at around 7:30 p.m. local time. At that time, registration for the tournament will officially close and the prize pool and payout information will be announced soon thereafter. All who remain when play finishes at the end of the evening will then punch their tickets into Sunday's Day 2, which will begin at noon again and play down to a winner.
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on board. Michael Miller was first to act in the small blind and led out with a bet of 2,000. The big blind folded and under the gun called, sending action across the table to Howard Mash in the cutoff. Mash also called.
. Miller bet another 3,200 and the under-the-gun player called again. Mash looked down at his chips and then announced he was all in for what amounted to be 17,700. Miller called all in for less and then the under-the-gun player asked for confirmation of the number before sending his cards to the muck.
and he was eliminated while Mash is now over 40,000.
to give him a set of kings and earn the knockout and nearly-full double. 
with 9,900 already in the center, Josias Santos was all in for his remaining 9,200 from early position and against the player on the button.
to leave his opponent's kings drawing dead to the river 
and action checked to Liberto, who put out a continuation-bet of 2,300. The big blind check-jammed, sliding a stack forward to result in an immediate fold from the hijack and a call from Liberto not much long after. 
and the player was eliminated at Liberto's expense.
and the original raiser checked under the gun, which was followed by an overbet-shove of 57,500 from the hijack. Bond called and the original raiser folded.
left the situation unchanged and the six-figure pot was sent to Bond. He is one of the largest stacks in the room by a wide margin early in Level 7.
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and over 200,000 in the middle. 
