Peter Le Leads 31 Returning Players From Day 1b of the $1,500 Main Event at bestbet's Summer Heater Poker Series
Day 1b of the $1,500 Main Event has come to an end and Peter Le leads 31 returning players after nearly 15 levels of play. The 31 surviving runners will join 16 players from Day 1a at 12 p.m. on Sunday for the Day 2 finale of the flagship event at bestbet Jacksonville’s Summer Heater Poker Series.
The tournament drew 374 runners and generated a prize pool of $497,420. The returning 47 players are all guaranteed a min-cash of $2,671 and Sunday’s winner will take home the top prize of $101,146.
$1,500 Main Event Day 1b Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Name | Chip Count | Day 2 Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peter Le | 520,000 | 130 |
| 2 | Jack Sumner | 432,000 | 108 |
| 3 | Toby Boas | 340,000 | 85 |
| 4 | Anderson Premdas | 292,000 | 73 |
| 5 | Blake Baumgartner | 287,000 | 72 |
| 6 | John O’Neal | 273,000 | 68 |
| 7 | Adam Zeltser | 253,000 | 63 |
| 8 | Michael Robilotto | 242,000 | 61 |
| 9 | Charlie Campos | 235,000 | 59 |
| 10 | Kelley Slay | 221,000 | 55 |
Day 1b Action
Le’s previous best career finish came right here at bestbet Jacksonville in March of 2014, when he made a run to fourth place in the $3,500 WPT Main Event.
Le built his lead at the end of the evening, thanks in part to a big pot with Mark Manesh.
Action was three ways with 
on the board when Mark Manesh bet 10,000. Peter Le called from the next seat over and a player in the cutoff came along.
The turn was 
. Manesh checked and Le bet 30,000. The cutoff folded and Manesh called to see 
on the river.
Manesh fired 50,000 and Le went into the tank. After he considered his options, Le slid out the chips to call.
"Nice call," said Manesh as he turned over 
for a pair of kings. Le turned over 
to take the pot with a pair of aces.
The hand took Le over 300,000 and he did not look back from there.
Behind Le on the leaderboard is Jack Sumner, who will add to his series total after he cashed in the opening event. Sumner held the chip lead for the later stages of the evening before Le caught up with a run in the last level.
Toby Boas finished in third place on the leaderboard after a late-level run that included the last elimination of the night, when Matthew Leecy pushed the short stack with pocket tens but ran into the pocket jacks of Boas. Anderson Premdas and Blake Baumgartner round out the top five.
Other players returning for the Day 2 finale include Adam Zeltser, Michael Robilotto, Charlie Campos, Kelley Slay, and Winter Series Main Event champion Tyler Payne.
$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 |
Players will return Sunday at 12 p.m. local time with 16:00 left in Level 14 and blinds at 2,000/4,000/4,000. Action will continue on Sunday until a winner is declared, and all of the final table action will be broadcast on bestbetLIVE.
Be sure to keep it with the PokerNews team on Sunday for live updates from the Day 2 finale of the $1,500 Main Event at bestbet Jacksonville’s Summer Heater Poker Series.