Welcome to Day 1 of the bestbet Jacksonville Summer Heater Poker Series!
Welcome to Day 1a of Event #1: $400 No-Limit Hold’em at the bestbet Jacksonville Summer Heater Poker Series. Cards go in the air at 12 p.m. local time for the first of five opening flights.
Tournament series action returns to the First Coast for the first time since the Spring, when Nick Raio won the $1,680 Mystery Bounty Main Event to close out the Spring Series. The Summer Heater Poker Series features 11 events from August 11-21, beginning with today’s $400 entry and culminating in the $1,500 Main Event, which will be livestreamed on bestbetLIVE.
bestbet Jacksonville Spring Series Winners
| TOURNAMENT | ENTRIES | PRIZE POOL | WINNER | HOMETOWN | PRIZE (IN USD) | |
| Event #1: $560 NLH | 571 | $274,080 | Mary Darnell | Crawfordville, FL | $36,450 | |
| Event #2: $460 NLH w/ $100 Bounty | 132 | $38,940 | Warren Teal | Augusta, GA | $6,617* | |
| Event #3: $260 NLH | 112 | $24,080 | Norma Rosin | Jacksonville, FL | $3,870 | |
| Event #4: $360 NLH Monster Stack | 132 | $39,600 | David Tanner | Pearson, GA | $10,127 | |
| Event #5: $660 NLH | 49 | $27,930 | Lucas Tae | St. Charles, MO | $7,911* | |
| $1,680 NLH Mystery Bounty Main Event | 405 | $405,000 | Nick Raio | St. John's, FL | $60,000* | |
| Event #6: $500 NLH The bestbet 500 | 116 | $49,808 | Pablo Valdivieso | Jacksonville, FL | $9,000* |
*Denotes final table deal
Players will start with 20,000 in chips and blinds will increase every 30 minutes, with a 10-minute break after every third level. Day 1 flights are scheduled to run for 13 levels or until 10% of the field remains. Registration is open through Level 7 and unlimited reentries are available until that time. Players may reenter subsequent flights, even if not eliminated, and the largest stack will advance to Day 2.
Be sure to keep it with the PokerNews team all weekend long for live coverage from the floor of the opening event at the bestbet Jacksonville Summer Heater Poker Series.