Welcome to the Day 2 Finale of the $1,500 Main Event at bestbet's Summer Heater Poker Series
Welcome to Day 2 of the $1,500 Main Event at the bestbet Jacksonville Summer Heater Poker Series. Cards go in the air for the finale of the flagship event of the series at 12 p.m local time.
The tournament drew 374 runners and generated a prize pool of $497,420. Each of the 47 returning players is guaranteed a min-cash of $2,671 and the winner will take home the grand prize of $101,146.
$1,500 Main Event Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Name | Hometown | Chip Count | Day 2 Big Blinds |
| 1 | Peter Le | Jacksonville, FL | 520,000 | 130 |
| 2 | Jason Lee | Jacksonville, FL | 483,000 | 121 |
| 3 | Chanthou Chau | Jacksonville, FL | 465,500 | 116 |
| 4 | Jack Sumner | St. Johns, FL | 432,000 | 108 |
| 5 | Tai Lee | Savannah, GA | 360,500 | 90 |
| 6 | Toby Boas | Clermont, FL | 340,000 | 85 |
| 7 | Anderson Premdas | Antigua | 292,000 | 73 |
| 8 | Blake Baumgartner | Jacksonville, FL | 287,000 | 72 |
| 9 | Ryan Hogan | Winter Garden, FL | 275,000 | 69 |
| 10 | Joseph Carden | Flomaton, AL | 274,500 | 69 |
Peter Le leads the way after a late run on Day 1b to bag 520,000 chips. He’s followed closely Jason Lee, who hit quads for a big hand at the end of the night to take the Day 1b chip lead. They're both trailed by Chanthou Chau and Jack Sumner, the only other players that finished with over 400,000 chips. Tai Lee rounds out the top five.
Players will return with 16:00 left in Level 14 and blind levels of 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante. Levels remain 40 minutes long and a 30-minute dinner break is tentatively scheduled after Level 22. Action will continue on Sunday until a winner is declared, and the final table will be broadcast on bestbetLIVE.
$1,500 Main Event Payouts
| Place | Prize | Place | Prize |
| 1 | $101,146 | 11-12 | $8,141 |
| 2 | $67,431 | 13-14 | $6,645 |
| 3 | $49,446 | 15-16 | $5,502 |
| 4 | $36,724 | 17-20 | $4,622 |
| 5 | $27,630 | 21-24 | $3,940 |
| 6 | $21,064 | 25-32 | $3,409 |
| 7 | $16,273 | 33-40 | $2,994 |
| 8 | $12,742 | 41-47 | $2,671 |
| 9-10 | $10,115 |
Be sure to keep it with the PokerNews team for live updates from the floor of the $1,500 Main Event at bestbet Jacksonville’s Summer Heater Poker Series.
on the board when Justin Zaki checked from early position to Joseph Carden on the button. Carden shoved with more and Zaki thought it over before he put his last 150,000 into the middle. Carden turned over 
and Zaki had 
.
and no help to keep Zaki in the tournament.
and Le found enough hearts to make a flush and eliminate Asaf in 22nd place for $3,940. 
and Slay's nines held on to knock Premdas out of the tournament in 21st place for $3,940.
on the board when James Leonard checked. Chongyou Chen shoved the last of his stack and Leonard called while he turned over 
for queens and tens. 
, with no help for Chen, and he was out of the tournament in 20th place for $4,622.
on the board when Dustin Nelson went all in. Joseph Carden called and turned over 
for a pair of jacks. Nelson had 
and the aces to eliminate Carded in 19th place for $4,622.
