$400 NLH Day 1a | 2022 bestbet Jacksonville Summer Heater Series

08-11-2022 14:30 UTC-4

A Few Updates and Emerging Big Stacks

Matt Hansen

Level 5 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Eric Chastain	64,000 64,000	64,000
Gabriel Cusumano	61,000 61,000	61,000
Nathaen Blankenship	41,000 21,000	21,000
David Hughes	36,000 -1,500	-1,500
Deborah Miller	35,600 18,100	18,100
David Trager	20,000 20,000	20,000
Phillip Krnyaich	15,000 15,000	15,000

08-11-2022 14:44 UTC-4

Hodson Doubles Through Llamas

Matt Hansen

Level 5 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Tracy Hodson open-shoved for 12,300 from early position and action folded all the way around to Juan Llamas in the big blind.

Llamas had just folded to Hodson's shove on the previous hand, and he had another close call.

"Oh my God," Llamas said as he leaned back before he counted out his chips.

Llamas called and let out an "Oh no!" when Hodson showed him the bad news:

Tracy Hodson:
Juan Llamas:

The board ran out and Hodson held on with the pocket rockets to pick up the double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Juan Llamas	27,200 16,000	16,000
Tracy Hodson	26,000 -14,000	-14,000

Tags: Juan Llamas Tracy Hodson

Level: 6

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600

08-11-2022 15:00 UTC-4

Krnyaich Gets It In

Matt Hansen

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Phillip Krnyaich open-shoved for his last 8,200 from early position and Travis Simpson looked him up from the small blind. The big blind got out of the way and action was heads-up with Krnyaich at risk.

Phillip Krnyaich:
Travis Simpson:

The board ran out and Simpson held on to take the pot and felt Krnyaich with a pair of aces.

Player	Chips	Progress
Travis Simpson	27,000
Phillip Krnyaich	Busted

Tags: Phillip Krnyaich Travis Simpson

08-11-2022 15:16 UTC-4

Llamas Takes From Blankenship

Matt Hansen

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Juan Llamas raised to 2,400 and Nathaen Blankenship called from the next seat over. The rest of the table got out of the way and action was heads-up.

Theflop was and both players checked. The turn was .

Llamas fired 3,000 at the turn and Blankenship called quickly. The river was .

Blankenship got away from it without much hesitation after Llamas shoved the river. Llamas showed for queens full of threes before he tossed it in the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Juan Llamas	47,000 19,800	19,800
Nathaen Blankenship	24,000 -17,000	-17,000

Tags: Juan Llamas Nathaen Blankenship

08-11-2022 15:17 UTC-4

Player Break

Matt Hansen

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Players are now on the second 10-minute break of the day. There are currently 83 runners in Day 1a and registration will close at the conclusion of this break.

Level: 7

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 800

08-11-2022 15:34 UTC-4

Final Tally

Matt Hansen

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Registration is now closed for Day 1a and there were 84 total entries. After six levels, 47 players remain. Action will continue tonight until the end of Level 13, or when 10% of the field remains, whichever comes first.

08-11-2022 15:39 UTC-4

"Moose" Tracks Down a Double

Matt Hansen

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

David "Moose" Hughes got his last 31,400 into the middle and Anthony Infantini was the one to go for the knockout.

David "Moose" Hughes:
Anthony Infantini:

The board ran out and Hughes held on to secure the double with kings and fives.

Player	Chips	Progress
Anthony Infantini	84,500 40,500	40,500
David Hughes	65,000 29,000	29,000

Tags: Anthony Infantini David "Moose" Hughes

08-11-2022 15:54 UTC-4

A Round of Chip Count Updates

Matt Hansen

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Gabriel Cusumano	92,500 31,500	31,500
Travis Simpson	92,000 65,000	65,000
Matthew Griffin	67,500 -6,500	-6,500
Steve Idels	66,500 26,500	26,500
Juan Llamas	55,000 8,000	8,000
Deborah Miller	47,000 11,400	11,400
Nathaen Blankenship	28,000 4,000	4,000
Tracy Hodson	26,000
Mac Johnson	24,000 -5,000	-5,000
Nathan Campbell	15,100 -20,900	-20,900