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$1,680 NLH Mystery Bounty Main Event
Day 1c Completed
2022 bestbet Jacksonville Spring Series
$1,680 NLH Mystery Bounty Main Event
Day: 1c
Event Info
2022 bestbet Jacksonville Spring Series
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1c
Buy-in
$1,680
Prize Pool
$405,000
Total Entries
405
Level
23
Blinds
15,000 / 30,000
Ante
30,000
Entries
208
Players Left
26
Players Left 1 / 405
Filter
Level 15
: 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Florida native Gil Levy bagged the chip lead at the end of Day 1c in the $1,680 NLH Mystery Bounty Main Event at 2022 bestbet Jacksonville Spring Series with a stack of 450,000, ahead of fellow big stacks Joseph Dornish (429,000), Adam Gardner (406,000) and Keith Schwartz (307,000).
Only 26 players survived to bag Day 1c, including Richard Malone, Charles Kelley, Dickie Malone, Steve Zhang, Jessica Cai and Mary Darnell, who took down the opening event earlier in the series to earn $36,450.
They will join the other 26 players who survived the first two starting flights for Day 2 action on Sunday, May 1 at noon ET, which will play down to a winner, who will take home the trophy and $81,245. Each player returning for Day 2 is guaranteed a minimum cash of $1,781, and any elimination will earn players a draw at the alluring $50,000 bounty.
End of Day 1c Top 10 Chip Counts
| RANK | PLAYER | CHIP COUNT | BIG BLINDS | |
| 1 | Gil Levy | 450,000 | 113 | |
| 2 | Joseph Dornish | 429,000 | 107 | |
| 3 | Adam Gardner | 406,000 | 102 | |
| 4 | Keith Schwartz | 307,000 | 77 | |
| 5 | Richard Malone | 282,000 | 71 | |
| 6 | Charles Kelley | 279,000 | 70 | |
| 7 | Steve Zhang | 270,000 | 68 | |
| 8 | Caleb Larsen | 269,000 | 67 | |
| 9 | Larry Musall | 243,000 | 61 | |
| 10 | Justin Swilling | 220,000 | 55 |
Day 1c Action
The third and final flight attracted 208 runners to make it the largest flight by a significant margin. In total, the three starting flights attracted 405 runners to generate $405,000 in prize money.
World Series of Poker bracelet winner David Jackson was among the players in the Day 1c field, but the Jacksonville native was eliminated before the end of the day. Other players who couldn't survive to bag include Brenda Miller, Kelly Salgado, Lunique Petiote and Edward Mroczkowski, who bagged the first two starting flights and was looking to do it a third time.
Matt Sundberg zig-zagged his way through the day and made a number of big laydowns, including folding top set against an opponent's rivered backdoor flush. Sundberg finished the day with 101,000 as he looks to make a deep run on Day 2.
Levy's fantastic Day 1c, which will see him enter Day 2 with 113 big blinds, was achieved with assistance from Robert Thrift, who took the chip lead late in the day but later doubled up Levy, who was also a big stack at the time, after running an ill-timed bluff. Thrift had built up a stack by delivering bad beats to multiple opponents, but his streak had to come to an end.
Charles Wardlaw was eliminated on the bubble when his ace-three couldn't fare against the nine-seven of Jason Lee, who flopped a pair of sevens. It marked Wardlaw's second close call in the Main Event after the young eccentric grinder soft-bubbled Day 1a.
Levy will be joined by fellow Day 1 chip leaders Timothy Pollard (Day 1a - 296,000) and Jason Cummings (Day 1b - 561,000).
Information about the bounty element of the tournament is available in the table below. Stay tuned as PokerNews will be back to report on the Main Event Day 2 action.
$1,680 NLH Mystery Bounty Main Event Bounty Information
| QUANTITY | PRIZE (IN USD) | |
| 1x | $50,000 | |
| 1x | $25,000 | |
| 1x | $15,000 | |
| 5x | $10,000 | |
| 5x | $5,000 | |
| 8x | $2,000 | |
| 12x | $1,000 | |
| 19x | $500 |
Level 15
: 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
450,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
||
|
429,000
429,000
|
429,000 |
|
406,000
406,000
|
406,000 |
|
307,000
307,000
|
307,000 |
|
282,000
282,000
|
282,000 |
|
|
279,000
279,000
|
279,000 |
|
270,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
269,000
19,000
|
19,000 |
|
243,000
243,000
|
243,000 |
|
224,000
224,000
|
224,000 |
|
220,000
220,000
|
220,000 |
|
190,000
190,000
|
190,000 |
|
187,000
187,000
|
187,000 |
|
186,000
96,000
|
96,000 |
|
186,000
186,000
|
186,000 |
|
157,000
157,000
|
157,000 |
|
135,000
135,000
|
135,000 |
|
113,000
43,000
|
43,000 |
|
||
|
109,000
34,000
|
34,000 |
|
103,000
47,000
|
47,000 |
|
|
101,000
101,000
|
101,000 |
|
|
100,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
81,000
81,000
|
81,000 |
|
79,000
52,000
|
52,000 |
|
61,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
Level 15
: 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Charles Wardlaw was down to around 30,000 and moved all-in from the button. Jason Lee called from the small blind with a bigger stack to get the hand heads-up.
Charles Wardlaw: 
Jason Lee: 
Wardlaw had made a deep run in Day 1a and told PokerNews he soft-bubbled when he called off with a set of aces against an opponent's flush.
"I bubbled yesterday. I can't bubble twice!" Wardlaw said anxiously.
Wardlaw was ahead with ace-high until the flop came 
, which gave Lee a pair of sevens. The board finished out 
and Wardlaw bubbled Day 1 of the Main Event for the second time.
Day 1c is over after Wardlaw's elimination. Stay tuned for a recap of the day's events.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
110,000 | |
|
|
Busted |
Level 15
: 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Jessica Cai was in a heads-up pot against Caleb Larsen on a board of 
with around 100,000 already in the middle.
Larsen jammed all-in and Cai considered calling off for her last 70,000 as players from other tables gathered around the table in anticipation of the bubble bursting.
Cai tanked for several minutes, first. removing her sunglasses and later removing her wireless earbuds as she thought through the hand.
She eventually folded and Larsen tabled 
for a missed straight draw and jack-high.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
250,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
|
70,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
Level 15
: 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Hand-for-hand play is in progress with 27 players remaining and 26 advancing to Day 2.
Level: 15
Blinds: 3,000/5,000
Ante: 5,000
Level 14
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
500,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
|
||
|
210,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
|
170,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
160,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
150,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
|
35,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
Level 14
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
A player in middle position opened to 9,000 and Wendy Lu three-bet jammed a stack of around 70,000 as the player next to act. Jessica Cai then flat-called behind her and the initial raiser folded.
Wendy Lu: 
Jessica Cai: 
The flop came 
to give Lu top set but to give Cai hope with a flush draw. The 
on the turn didn't change things but the 
on the river gave Cai the nut flush for Lu to be eliminated in a devastating fashion.
"That's so brutal," she said glumly. "Such a tease."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
190,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
Busted |
Level: 14
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
