Jason Cummings Bags Big Lead With 16 Left in Day 1b of $1,680 NLH Mystery Bounty Main Event
Day 1b of the $1,680 NLH Mystery Bounty Main Event at the 2022 bestbet Jacksonville Spring Series has wrapped up with 16 players remaining and Jacksonville's Jason Cummings bagging a big chip lead with a stack of 561,000. Cummings will be joined on Day 2 by fellow big stacks Nick Raio (328,000), Jesse Crenen (275,000) and Brian James (268,000).
Other players who found bags at the end of Day 1b include Bryan Brockmeier (218,000), Hal Lewis (153,000), Greg Robinson (131,000) and Edward Mroczkowski (100,000), who bagged a stack of 187,000 in yesterday's Day 1a.
End of Day 1b Top 10 Chip Count
| RANK | PLAYER | CHIP COUNT | BIG BLINDS | |
| 1 | Jason Cummings | 561,000 | 140 | |
| 2 | Nick Raio | 328,000 | 82 | |
| 3 | Jesse Crenen | 275,000 | 69 | |
| 4 | Brian James | 268,000 | 67 | |
| 5 | Tigran Gasparyan | 235,000 | 59 | |
| 6 | Bryan Brockmeier | 218,000 | 55 | |
| 7 | Shane Scorza | 216,000 | 54 | |
| 8 | Russ Quick | 180,000 | 45 | |
| 9 | Hal Lewis | 153,000 | 38 | |
| 10 | Greg Robinson | 131,000 | 33 |
Day 1b Action
Day 1b attracted 121 runners to outpace yesterday's field of 76 by a significant margin. A few of the players who were in the field early but didn't survive to bag include Moose David Hughes, Brenda Miller, Matthew Sundberg, Gregory Salem and Gloria Jackson.
A notable hand took place early in the day when Pete Miller and Charles Clement flopped the same house, with both players holding ace-nine as the flop came 
. Someone calculate the odds of that one. Unfortunately for both players, neither of them were able to advance to Day 2.
Ben Scrogins played late into the day hoping to join Mroczkowski in bagging both Day 1a and 1b, but he was eliminated before the end of play. Mroczkowski, meanwhile, said he plans on playing Day 1c in an effort to bag three times.
All players will be in the money and become "mystery bounties" on Day 2 on Sunday, with a $50,000 bounty up for grabs.
Day 1c will kick off Saturday at noon local time and follow the same structure as the first two flights. Stay tuned as PokerNews will be on-site and ready to report on the Day 1c action.
and both players checked. Clement then led out for 2,500 on the 
river and his opponent raised to 7,000. Clement then re-raised all-in and his opponent quickly called. 
for a flopped full house.
for the same flopped boat as his opponent. The two players shared a laugh about the hand, but neither were probably too happy about splitting the pot after flopping such monsters.
