$400 NLH
Day 1de Completed
$400 NLH
Day 1de Completed
The final flight of Event #1: $400 NLH at the bestbet Jacksonville Summer Heater Poker Series has come to an end and a total of 33 players will move on from Day 1e. They will join the 47 surviving players from Day 1d for Sunday’s Day 2 finale at 12 p.m. local time.
The tournament attracted a total of 750 entries with 391 unique runners to generate a prize pool of $251,250.
Dustin Nelson is the overall chip leader from the day after he bagged 385,000 in Day 1e. He is joined near the top of the tournament’s leaderboard by Chase Macey, who bagged the top stack of 254,000 in the other flight of the day. The combined flights sent 80 players to Sunday’s Day 2 finale, where they’ll face a field of 125 players returning for their shot at the top prize of $50,801.
The top 49 players are guaranteed a min-cash of $1,293 in a format that distributes the prize pool based on the number of unique runners, rather than total entries.
Rank | Name | Chip Count | Day 2 Big Blinds |
1 | Dustin Nelson | 385,000 | 96 |
2 | Chase Macey | 254,000 | 64 |
3 | Chater Suphakorn | 253,000 | 63 |
4 | Bobby Tieu | 244,000 | 61 |
5 | Toni Fiorenza | 226,500 | 57 |
6 | James Gavin | 200,000 | 50 |
7 | Matthew Head | 198,500 | 50 |
8 | Mark Manesh | 182,000 | 46 |
9 | Grady Griffin | 165,000 | 41 |
10 | Tony "Big Tank" Workman | 165,000 | 41 |
Macey came out with the chip lead from a tight race at the top of the leaderboard throughout Day 1d. He is followed closely by Bobby Tieu in second and Toni Fiorenza in third. Fiorenza was red-hot all day, and she turned it up in the late levels to bag a top stack. James Gavin and Matthew Head round out the top five chip counts from Day 1d.
Nelson emerged from Day 1e with a commanding chip lead after he picked up a few big pots in the closing levels of the night. Nelson had just 65,000 in Level 10 after surrendering a double to Mark Edwards, but he chipped up to 154,000 in Level 12 after a big bet on the river forced his opponent to fold. He would get all the way to 385,000 in just the final level.
Nelson is followed by Chater Suphakorn, who bagged for the very first time in a big way with 253,000. Grady Griffin finished in third with 165,000 while Armir Tonoz and Chris Long round out the top five chip counts from the second flight of the evening.
Place | Prize | Place | Prize |
1 | $50,801 | 11-12 | $4,079 |
2 | $33,864 | 13-14 | $3,320 |
3 | $24,871 | 15-16 | $2,739 |
4 | $18,493 | 17-20 | $2,292 |
5 | $13,922 | 21-24 | $1,944 |
6 | $10,613 | 25-32 | $1,673 |
7 | $8,195 | 33-40 | $1,460 |
8 | $6,410 | 41-49 | $1,293 |
9-10 | $5,080 |
The remaining 125 players will return at 12 p.m. tomorrow to play for it all in the Day 2 finale and the final table will be broadcast on bestbetLIVE. Action will continue in Level 14 with blinds at 2,000/4,000/4,000 and they will increase every 30 minutes until a winner is crowned.
Be sure to keep it with the PokerNews team on Sunday for all of the action live from the floor of the bestbet Jacksonville Summer Heater Poker Series.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Dustin Nelson | 385,000 | |
Chase Macey | 254,000 | |
Chater Suphakorn | 253,000 | |
Bobby Tieu | 244,000 | |
Toni Fiorenza | 226,500 | |
James Gavin | 200,000 | |
Matthew Head
|
198,500 | |
Mark Manesh | 182,000 | |
Grady Griffin
|
165,000 | |
Tony "Big Tank" Workman
|
165,000 | |
Lynny Somonsky
|
164,500 | |
Armir Tonoz
|
158,000 | |
Saeed Viard
|
155,500 | |
CJ Voorhees | 152,000 | |
Chris Long | 143,000 | |
Geoffrey Blum
|
140,000 | |
Charles Clement
|
131,500 | |
Brandon Culbreth | 129,000 | |
Leonardo Aieta | 128,500 | |
Paul Liapis | 127,000 | |
Cory Sanis
|
125,500 | |
Luis Valdes | 120,000 | |
Donavon Wright
|
119,500 | |
Michael Senteno | 118,000 | |
Richard Vallandighan
|
115,000 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Dustin Nelson | 385,000 | 231,000 |
Chater Suphakorn | 253,000 | -18,500 |
Grady Griffin
|
165,000 | 165,000 |
Armir Tonoz
|
158,000 | 158,000 |
Chris Long | 143,000 | -9,000 |
Geoffrey Blum
|
140,000 | 140,000 |
Leonardo Aieta | 128,500 | 128,500 |
Paul Liapis | 127,000 | 127,000 |
Donavon Wright
|
119,500 | -70,500 |
Danny Kaminsky | 99,500 | 99,500 |
Sadharshan Karaham | 95,000 | 95,000 |
Conrall Lav III
|
86,500 | 86,500 |
Jamal Omar
|
86,500 | 86,500 |
George Allen
|
85,000 | 85,000 |
Steve Bloy
|
82,000 | 82,000 |
Corey Major | 80,500 | 80,500 |
John Hackney
|
73,000 | 73,000 |
Greg Goater
|
72,500 | 72,500 |
Bobby Amin
|
70,500 | 70,500 |
Ben Schneider | 69,500 | 69,500 |
Christian Hill
|
65,500 | 65,500 |
Sean Conklin | 65,000 | 65,000 |
Bryan Brozman | 64,500 | |
Aja Owens
|
62,500 | 500 |
Michael Bunton | 62,000 | 62,000 |
Day 1e has come to an end and the surviving 33 players are bagging up for the night. They will return at 12 p.m. Sunday for the Day 2 finale.
Stay tuned for chip counts and a full recap from the PokerNews team.
The tournament director has announced that there will be five more hands before players bag up for the night.
Raminder Singh was in the small blind with just one big blind remaining when a player in middle position raised to 8,000. The rest of the table got out of the way and Singh was all in.
Raminder Singh:
Opponent:
The board ran out and Singh picked up jacks and tens to secure the pot as the tournament plays its final hands of the night.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Raminder Singh | 7,500 | -49,100 |
Level: 13
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 3,000
Action was heads-up with around 35,000 in the pot and on the board when a player in early position bet 12,000. Dustin Nelson raised to 36,000 and his opponent went into the tank.
After a few moments of thought he got away from it and Nelson took another pot as he chips up in the late levels.
Elsewhere in the room, Chater Suphakorn has gone on a run in the late levels and he now sits with 271,500.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Chater Suphakorn | 271,500 | 271,500 |
Dustin Nelson | 154,000 |