Level: 9
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 1,200
Level: 9
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 1,200
With a small pot brewing and ![]()
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on the board, a player in early position shoved to a quick call from Cory Waaland.
Opponent: ![]()
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Cory Waaland: ![]()
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Both players found their ten on the flip, but Waaland had his opponent out-kicked.
The turn came
and the river
, and Waaland held on with jack-ten to score the elimination.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
59,000
59,000
|
59,000 |
PokerNews picked up the action with all of Dennis Bergeron's chips in the middle and a flop showing ![]()
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. Bergeron picked up two callers and the turn was
. Both remaining players checked the turn and the
river.
Bergeron turned over ![]()
and the pair of kings was good enough.
"I thought that ace was it for me!" Bergeron said as he dragged the pot while his two opponents tossed their losing hands into the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
40,800
30,000
|
30,000 |
Keith Quilty and Mark Manesh clashed again just a few minutes later. Quilty limped from early position and Manesh raised to 3,500. The rest of the table got out of the way and Quilty called.
The flop came ![]()
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and Quilty checked. Manesh bet 3,100 and Quilty counted out a few chips before tossing 20,000 in the middle. Manesh mucked his hand without hesitation and Quilty took another pot to continue gathering chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
66,500
6,400
|
6,400 |
|
|
15,000
9,800
|
9,800 |
Level: 8
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
Mark Manesh raised to 800 from early position and Casey Jarzabek called from the button. Keith Quilty came along from the big blind and action was three-handed.
The flop came ![]()
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and Quilty bet 3,000. Manesh folded and Jarzabek tossed his hand in the muck to give Quilty the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
60,100
60,100
|
60,100 |
|
|
28,700
8,700
|
8,700 |
|
|
24,800
24,800
|
24,800 |
Thad McNulty of Jacksonville, Florida leads a field of 17 players after Day 1a of Event #1: $560 NLH in the 2022 Winter Open at bestbet Jacksonville. The 17 remaining players survived a field of 136 runners with action stopping at 8:15 left in Level 13.
McNulty took the lead with a late charge over the last few levels, where he picked up over 200,000 chips. The leader will return on Day 2 with 353,000. Other players returning for Day 2 include Ronald Johnston, Joshua Burbul, Richard Padin, Matthew Sundberg, and Pom Souvannasoth.
| Place | Player | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
| 1 | Thad McNulty | 353,000 | 117 |
| 2 | Enrico DiFranco | 332,000 | 111 |
| 3 | Ronald Johnston | 285,000 | 95 |
| 4 | Steve Zhang | 238,000 | 79 |
| 5 | Joshua Burbul | 192,000 | 64 |
| 6 | Pom Souvannasoth | 164,000 | 55 |
| 7 | Richard Padin | 145,000 | 48 |
| 8 | William Thomas | 145,000 | 48 |
| 9 | Matthew Sundberg | 128,000 | 42 |
| 10 | Jean Tenhulzen | 126,000 | 42 |
It's a packed house at bestbet Jacksonville today for Day 1b of Event #1: $560 NLH, where 206 runners have entered so far in the second of three flights. The first flight saw 136 runners and tomorrow's Day 1c is expected to do huge numbers.

Level: 7
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
Players are now on a 15-minute break at the end of Level 6.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
70,900
70,900
|
70,900 |
|
|
61,000
11,500
|
11,500 |
|
|
41,000
15,500
|
15,500 |
|
|
39,000
3,300
|
3,300 |
|
|
38,000
5,500
|
5,500 |
|
|
34,000
21,000
|
21,000 |
|
|
26,000
4,700
|
4,700 |
|
|
20,000
9,500
|
9,500 |
|
|
12,000
49,200
|
49,200 |