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01-30-2021 22:25 UTC-4

Taylor Howard Wins Event #6: $260 NLH Turbo w/ $50 Bounties

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Level 12 : 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

While PokerNews is offering live updates from this Main Event, there have been several other side events playing out this past week at the 2021 bestbet Jacksonville Winter Open.

In Event #6: $260 NLH Turbo w/ $50 Bounties, 104 entries created a $17,160 prize pool. That was paid out to the top 13 players, and among those to cash but fall short of the final table were Elsheekh Lagi (13th - $429), Shane Sinnott (12th - $472), Ashkan Izadi (11th - $472), and Shawn Bernier (10th - $472).

In the end, Nebraska's Taylor Howard, who is a Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) champion, defeated Michael Wagner in heads-up play to win the title for $5,235 plus an unknown number of bounties (though we know he got the $50 from Wagner and got to keep his own $50 bounty).

Event #6 Final Table Results

Place	Player	Hometown	Prize
1	Taylor Howard	Blair, Nebraska	$5,235
2	Michael Wagner	Charlotte, North Carolina	$3,217
3	Jonathan Smith	Lexington, Kentucky	$1,973
4	Dale North	Myrtle Beach, South Carolina	$1,287
5	Daniel Morrison	Lake City, Florida	$1,004
6	James Roberts	St. Augustine, Florida	$802
7	Maria Elkaz	Jacksonville, Florida	$682
8	Pablo Valdivieso	Jacksonville, Florida	$592
9	Robert Townsend	Jacksonville, Florida	$523

Tags: Taylor Howard

01-30-2021 22:19 UTC-4

Gonzales Wins At Showdown

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Hill Kerby

Level 12 : 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

Toby Boas was under the gun and raised to 5,000. He was three-bet to 11,000 by Catherine Gonzales in middle position and action folded back to Boas, who called and then check-called another 11,000 on the flop

Action checked through the turn and the river came . Boas placed one 5,000-chip onto the felt and Gonzales studied him for a few moments before placing out two chips of the same denomination in the same manner. Boas took a little to consider his options and eventually decided to look up Gonzales.

Gonzales obliged, showing for aces up and Boas sent his cards to the muck. With the pot, Gonzales now finds herself closing in on a stack of 200,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Catherine Gonzales	193,000 193,000	193,000
Toby Boas	106,000 22,000	22,000

Tags: Catherine Gonzales Toby Boas

01-30-2021 22:09 UTC-4

Raio At 280K; Calderaro Also Seen With Piles

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Hill Kerby

Level 12 : 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

Nick Raio was just spotted with a stack of more than a quarter-million and was kind enough to confirm he had recently chipped up to 280,000, doing so with a string of hands that included him knocking out a player with pocket aces to their ace-queen.

James Calderaro was also just seen behind his mask, having built a wall of chips himself totaling 200,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nick Raio	280,000 95,000	95,000
James Calderaro	200,000 200,000	200,000

Tags: James Calderaro Nick Raio

01-30-2021 22:00 UTC-4

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

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Hill Kerby

Level 12 : 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

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

Place	Player	Hometown	Prize
1	Huilin Chen	Jacksonville, Florida	$30,460*
2	George Shenoda	Daytona Beach, Florida	$30,460*
3	Ricardo Leyva	Jacksonville, Florida	$30,460*
4	Richard Evans	Fayetteville, North Carolina	$30,459*
5	Ewan Leatham	Jacksonville, Florida	$30,459*
6	Jeff Hick	Cove Springs, Florida	$11,353
7	Mac Johnson	Jacksonville Florida	$9,357
8	Thad Mcnulty	Jacksonville, Florida	$7,461

_{*Denotes five-handed deal.}

Level: 12

Blinds: 1,500/2,500

Ante: 2,500

01-30-2021 21:53 UTC-4

Bond Gets A Knockout

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Hill Kerby

Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Action folded around to Matt Bond in the small blind and he completed. The big blind jammed for 28,000 and Bond wasted no time calling.

All-In Player:
Matt Bond:

Bond stayed ahead through the runout , putting an exclamation mark on the hand with a rivered pair of aces to earn the knockout. After taking a hit to his stack, Bond is now back up to 67,500.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matt Bond	67,500

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01-30-2021 21:45 UTC-4

Prize Pool Released!

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Hill Kerby

Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

An announcement was made moments ago that the prize pool information has been finalized. As was already promised, the top 64 places will be paid, earning at least a first-level payout of $3,213.

All who make the eight-handed final table will earn at least $22,491, and each improving finish thereafter will another rung on the payout ladder with the eventual winner taking home the top prize of $177,817. Complete prize pool information can be found in the Payouts Tab.

At present moment, 80 players remain with play set to continue until the end of Level 14.

01-30-2021 21:36 UTC-4

More Chip Counts

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Hill Kerby

Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Guy Caudill	220,000
Nick Raio	185,000 102,000	102,000
Kelly Slay	161,000 112,000	112,000
Justin Liberto	133,000 44,000	44,000

Matt Bond	117,500 7,500	7,500
Steve Rash	113,000 9,500	9,500
Timothy Miles	108,000 20,000	20,000
Ryan Snow	91,000
Toby Boas	84,000 36,900	36,900
Kevin Ha	76,000 7,800	7,800
Mac Johnson	67,000 32,600	32,600
Darren Elias	25,000 13,700	13,700

Reed Hart	18,500 45,000	45,000
Howard Mash	Busted

Josias Santos	Busted

01-30-2021 21:28 UTC-4

Walters Done and Dusted

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Hill Kerby

Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

David "Bama" Walters was just eliminated from the tournament, stopping by to inform PokerNews of the news. A combination of Walters and tablemates Reed Hart and David Salisbury completed the details, with Salisbury being the one who put the nail in the coffin.

Bets went in on every street and eventually, stacks got in on the turn with a board of and over 200,000 in the middle.

David Walters:
David Salisbury:

Salisbury had flopped two pair and Walters turned a higher two pair, but the river came to re-improve Salisbury to a full house and send Walters to the showers.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Salisbury	225,000 225,000	225,000
David Walters	Busted

Tags: David Salisbury David Walters Reed Hart

01-30-2021 21:20 UTC-4

Assorted Chip Counts

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Hill Kerby

Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Dapo Ajayi	151,000 59,500	59,500
Richard Evans	128,500 77,500	77,500
Hal Rotholz	111,000 53,000	53,000
David Walters	110,000 29,000	29,000
Thad McNulty	104,000 38,000	38,000
Amanda Green	90,000 90,000	90,000
Gary Herstein	90,000 38,000	38,000
Hamid Izadi	56,000 25,000	25,000
Tyler Payne	48,500 16,500	16,500
Joel Crowley	44,000 35,800	35,800
Michael Miller	39,000 1,000	1,000
Tom Franklin	21,000 31,000	31,000

Ryan Van Sanford	Busted

Nick Pupillo	Busted