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

08-20-2022 21:15 UTC-4

Slay Makes His Move

Matt Hansen

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

Kelley Slay was seen gathering a big pot while his opponent was gathering his things to head for the door. Slay had tabled , and his opponent got it all in with .

The board ran out with no help for the jacks and Slay dragged a big pot to move to the top part of the leaderboard.

Slay has been on a roll in the later stages of the evening, and he has taken advantage of a few big hands, including two separate sets of aces.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kelley Slay	174,500 78,000	78,000

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Level: 12

Blinds: 1,500/2,500

Ante: 2,500

08-20-2022 20:47 UTC-4

Le Makes Quads to Beat the Set

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Matt Hansen

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Peter Le was seen taking in a big pot and his table was excited about what had transpired.

Le had showing and Hai Nguyen had .

The board was . Nguyen flopped a set of queens, but Le made quad sevens on the river to secure the big double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hai Nguyen	195,000 176,500	176,500
Peter Le	150,000 150,000	150,000

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08-20-2022 20:36 UTC-4

Gartner Sends Martinez to the Rail

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Matt Hansen

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Ramon Martinez shoved his last 31,500 from the button and Herb Gartner looked him from the big blind. Action was heads-up with Martinez at risk.

Ramon Martinez:
Herb Gartner:

The board ran out and Gartner's flopped set of fives was good enough to send Martinez to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Herb Gartner	160,000 160,000	160,000
Ramon Martinez	Busted

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08-20-2022 20:23 UTC-4

A Few of the Emerging Big Stacks

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Matt Hansen

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
JL Hill	225,000
Mark Manesh	208,000
Ronald Nixon	168,000
Joey Burns	132,000

Level: 11

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 2,000

08-20-2022 20:03 UTC-4

Chen Bluffs and Shows

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Matt Hansen

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Chongyou Chen raised to 5,000 from middle position and a player in the small blind called. The flop was .

The small blind bet 4,500 and Chen raised it to 11,000. The small blind called and the turn was .

Chen bet 15,000 on the turn after the small blind checked. The small blind check-called and the river was .

The small blind checked once more and Chen fired 35,000. Chen's opponent gave it a moment of thought but tossed his hand in the muck without much hesitation.

Chen emphatically turned over and his opponent tapped the table and said "Nice hand."

Player	Chips	Progress
Chongyou Chen	110,000 12,000	12,000

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08-20-2022 19:54 UTC-4

Recent Bustouts

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Matt Hansen

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Max Mazariegos	Busted
Willard Cutler	Busted
Lisa Buck	Busted
James Brown	Busted
Yuval Bronshtein	Busted

Chater Suphakorn	Busted
Edward Mroczkowski	Busted
Kelly Slay	Busted
Aja Owens	Busted
Jack Sumner	Busted

08-20-2022 19:50 UTC-4

A Round of Counts After the Dinner Break

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Matt Hansen

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Vincent Fiorenza	176,500 12,500	12,500
Michele Lawson	124,500 52,500	52,500

Chongyou Chen	98,000 98,000	98,000
Kelley Slay	96,500 27,000	27,000

Michael Robilotto	83,000 22,400	22,400
Christopher Johnson	72,500 29,500	29,500
Min Zhang	68,500 48,500	48,500
Dickie Malone	64,000 11,000	11,000
Jessica Cai	59,000 34,000	34,000
Tyler Payne	58,000 33,000	33,000
Toby Boas	47,500 7,000	7,000
Charlie Campos	42,000 17,000	17,000
Mac Johnson	40,000 37,500	37,500
Lance Stimpfle	40,000 3,600	3,600
Charles O'Neal	25,500 8,400	8,400
Lunique Petiote	24,000 67,300	67,300
Phillip Krnyaich	22,000 4,500	4,500
Adam Wells	22,000 500	500
Ramon Martinez	9,000 5,600	5,600

08-20-2022 19:38 UTC-4

Final Tally

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Matt Hansen

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

The final number of entrants for Day 1b was 247 and 104 remain at this time. The Day 1b field generated $328,510, bringing the total prize pool to $497,420.

Day 1b will continue until 31 players are remaining.