Level: 8
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
Level: 8
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
Lonaisi Charles was in the big blind in a heads-up pot against Lucas Tae in late position on a board of with an array of chips in the middle.
Charles checked and Tae fired a sizable bet of 9,000. Charles took a few seconds before announcing a call. Tae turned over for a missed straight draw and Charles showed to win the pot after making the call with just ace-high.
An orbit or two later, the two found themselves in another heads-up pot when Charles again called out of the small blind.
Charles checked on the flop of and called a small bet of his opponent. Charles checked dark headed to the turn and Tae checked back.
Charles led out for 3,000 on the river and Tae made the call. Charles showed for ace-high and Tae smiled and shook his head slightly before tossing his cards into the muck.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Lonaisi Charles
|
110,000 | 47,000 |
Lucas Tae
|
31,000 | 6,000 |
Phillip Krnyaich was in position in a heads-up pot on a flop of .
His opponent checked and Krnyaich bet 6,000. The opponent quickly raised all-in for 11,000 and Krnyaich called just as quickly with a slightly bigger stack.
Opponent:
Phillip Krnyaich:
Krnyaich was far in front with a flush draw and pair while his opponent had an open-ended straight draw. The on the turn gave him the straight and Krnyaich did not improve on the river to be left with just 5,400.
Krnyaich moved all-in the next hand with and got called by an opponent's before a runout of , which sent him out. He bought back into the tournament soonafter.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Phillip Krnyaich | 25,000 |
Level: 7
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
Players are on another 15-minute break. Here's a look at some of the stacks throughout the room.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
George Shenoda | 115,000 | 15,000 |
Lonaisi Charles
|
63,000 | 33,000 |
Steve Zhang | 60,000 | -5,000 |
Brian Dumaplin | 52,000 | 40,000 |
Ben Scrogins | 40,000 | 15,000 |
Charles Wardlaw
|
31,000 | 5,500 |
Phillip Krnyaich | 25,000 | |
Edward Mroczkowski | 10,000 | -11,000 |
Joseph Burns
|
8,000 | -37,000 |
Gloria Jackson opened to 2,500 in late position and Steve Zhang three-bet to 8,000 in the small blind. The big blind then four-bet shoved and Jackson thought through her decision.
"Oh goodness," she said before folding, while Zhang called with the opponent covered.
Big Blind:
Steve Zhang:
"This is going to be a battle," the big blind said when he saw Zhang had aces.
The board ran out and Zhang's aces held up to send the opponent to the rail.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Steve Zhang | 65,000 | 40,000 |
Gloria Jackson | 30,000 | -13,000 |
Joseph Caligiure was down to just 900 and got it in against two opponents, who checked it down on a board of .
Caligiure couldn't sit still during the hand and was quick to table for quads to more than triple his short stack.
"I actually won a pot?! Wow!" laughed Caligiure
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Joseph Caligiure
|
4,000 |
Level: 6
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 600
The button opened to 1,200 and Charles Wardlaw and Norman Cummins called out of the blinds.
Wardlaw and Cummins checked in flow on the flop of and the button continued with a bet of 1,500. Wardlaw folded and Cummins called.
Cummins checked again on the turn. and his opponent checked back. Cummins then led out for a small 1,000 on the river and his opponent folded.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Charles Wardlaw
|
25,500 | -20,500 |
Norman Cummins | 20,000 | -7,000 |
Earlier this week, Georgia's Warren Teal took down Event #2: $460 NLH w/ $100 Bounty after a five-way chop to take home $6,617.
The other players who got in on the chop were: David Trager, who took home the same amount, as well as Charles Wardlaw, Robert Spach and Greg Robinson, who each took home $4,600.
Others who cashed in the second event include Christopher Halkitis (6th - $1,875), Howard Bolte (7th - $1,471) and Terry Davis (8th - $1,191).
Teal had $82,743 in tournament earnings heading into the event, according to The Hendon Mob, including a career-best $14,500 from an 11th-place finish in last year's bestbet Jacksonville Spring Series Main Event.
PLACE | PLAYER | HOMETOWN | PRIZE (IN USD) | |
1 | Warren Teal | Augusta, GA | $6,617* | |
2 | David Trager | Jacksonville, FL | $6,617* | |
3 | Charles Wardlaw | Lagrange, GA | $4,600* | |
4 | Robert Spach | Augusta, GA | $4,600* | |
5 | Greg Robinson | Jacksonville, FL | $4,600* | |
6 | Christopher Halkitis | Jacksonville, FL | $1,875 | |
7 | Howard Bolte | Neptune Beach, FL | $1,471 | |
8 | Terry Davis | Murrells Inlet, SC | $1,191 | |
9 | Sokol Curri | Jacksonville, FL | $996 |
*Denotes final table deal