$1,500 Main Event | 2022 bestbet Jacksonville Summer Heater Series

$1,500 Main Event

Day 2 Started

08-21-2022 10:59 UTC-4

Day 2 Seat Draw

Matt Hansen

Table	Seat	Name	Chip Count	Day 2 Big Blinds
15	1	Chanthou Chau	465,500	116
15	2	William Davis	155,000	39
15	3	Christopher Johnson	221,000	55
15	4	Toni Fiorenza	117,500	29
15	5	Raminder Singh	120,000	30
15	6	Glenn Kinlaw	111,500	28
15	7	Charles Campos	235,000	59

61	1	Dustin Nelson	77,000	19
61	2	Chad Deberry	157,000	39
61	3	Hyndi Khomutetsky	191,000	48
61	4	Jack Sumner	432,000	108
61	5	Michael Lee	104,000	26
61	6	Anderson Premdas	292,000	73
61	7	Matt Steinberg	155,000	39
61	8	Brett Murray	102,500	26

62	1	Jason Lee	483,000	121
62	2	Ryan Hogan	275,000	69
62	3	David Rylander	208,000	52
62	4	Yi Li	147,000	37
62	5	Adam Adler	65,000	16
62	6	Tyler Payne	217,000	54
62	7	Ronald Nixon	199,000	50
62	8	John O'Neal	273,000	68

63	1	James Leonard	108,000	27
63	2	Lance Stimpfle	80,000	20
63	3	Carlos Guerrero	61,000	15
63	4	John Hill	107,000	27
63	5	Tai Lee	360,500	90
63	6	Adam Zeltser	253,000	63
63	7	Blake Baumgartner	287,000	72
63	8	Billy Mcbrayer	99,500	25

68	1	Thomas Carroll	149,000	37
68	2	Michael Robilotto	242,000	61
68	3	Lucas Tae	130,000	33
68	4	Toby Boas	340,000	85
68	5	Jared Reinstein	185,000	46
68	6	Chris Trantham	28,000	7
68	7	Kelley Slay	221,000	55
68	8	Herb Gartner	121,000	30

69	1	Joseph Carden	274,500	69
69	2	Sean Conklin	93,000	23
69	3	Peter Le	520,000	130
69	4	Justin Zaki	214,000	54
69	5	Chongyou Chen	169,000	42
69	6	Ben Asaf	184,000	46
69	7	Brian Kent	131,000	33
69	8	Kenneth Kemple	202,000	51

08-21-2022 11:00 UTC-4

Welcome to the Day 2 Finale of the $1,500 Main Event at bestbet's Summer Heater Poker Series

Matt Hansen

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.

Tags: Anderson Premdas bestbet Jacksonville Blake Baumgartner Chanthou Chau Hyong Lee Jack Sumner Jason Lee Joseph Carden Nghia Le Peter Le Ryan Hogan Tai Lee Toby Boas

Level: 14

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 4,000

08-21-2022 12:03 UTC-4

Shuffle Up and Deal!

Matt Hansen

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Cards are now in the air for Day 2 of the $1,500 Main Event at bestbet Jacksonville's Summer Heater Poker Series. The final 47 players are in their seats and they will play down to a winner today.

08-21-2022 12:10 UTC-4

Trantham Doubles Through Robilotto

Matt Hansen

Level 14 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Michael Robilotto raised to 10,000 from middle position and Chris Trantham tossed in his last 20,000 from the big blind. Robilotto called and action was heads up with Trantham at risk.

Chris Trantham:
Michael Robilotto:

The board ran out [4dacqs4hsh] and Trantham picked up a pair of queens to secure the early double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Robilotto	210,000	-32,000
Chris Trantham	48,000	20,000

Tags: Chris Trantham Michael Robilotto

08-21-2022 12:19 UTC-4

Fiorenza Gets Away From One; Carroll Doubles Through Boas

Matt Hansen

Level 14 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Action was heads-up with 20,000 in the pot and on the board when Christopher Johnson bet 18,000. Toni Fiorenza immediately raised it to 42,000 and Johnson called. The turn was .

Johnson shoved the turn with Fiorenza covered and she went into the tank. It was ultimately too much and Fiorenza tossed her hand in the muck to surrender the pot.

Elsewhere in the room, Thomas Carroll was seen taking in a big double with showing, while Toby Boas was on the losing end with .

Player	Chips	Progress
Christopher Johnson	382,000	161,000
Thomas Carroll	288,000	139,000
Toby Boas	195,000	-145,000
Toni Fiorenza	108,000	-9,500

Tags: Christopher Johnson Thomas Carroll Toby Boas Toni Fiorenza

Level: 15

Blinds: 3,000/5,000

Ante: 5,000

08-21-2022 12:34 UTC-4

Carden Busts Zaki

Matt Hansen

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Action was heads-up with over 100,000 in the pot and 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 .