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Level 13
: 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
2021 bestbet Jacksonville Spring Series
bestbet Jacksonville Spring Series $2,500 Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
2021 bestbet Jacksonville Spring Series
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1b
Buy-in
$2,500
Prize Pool
$898,242
Total Entries
401
Level
28
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
100,000
Entries
258
Players Left
36
Players Left 1 / 401
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Level 13
: 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Nick Palma opened the action with a raise to 7,000 in middle position and was called by Johnny Landreth in the hijack. Action went heads up to a flop of 
and Palma made a continuation-bet of 8,000. Landreth called.
Both players checked the turn 
and the river came 
. Palma bet 20,000 and Landreth thought for a few moments before reaching for chips, counting out 60,000 and throwing it into the pot. Palma immediately folded.
Level 13
: 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
While PokerNews is offering live updates from this Main Event, there have been several other side events playing out this past week at the 2021 bestbet Jacksonville Spring Series.
Event #7: $360 No-Limit Holdem Ladies Only attracted a field of 49 entries to create a prize pool of $14,945. It was an All-Florida final table and Palm Bay's Stella Davila came out on top, earning her a payday of $5,028. Davila defeated Jacksonville's Tammy Groff heads up for the trophy.
The top seven places were set to make it into the money, but all players agreed to pay the entire final table, resulting in eighth place getting back their $360 buy-in.
Event #7 Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Hometown | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stella Davila | Palm Bay, Florida | $5,028 |
| 2 | Tammy Groff | Jacksonville, Florida | $3,334 |
| 3 | Joyce Kosak | Gainesville, Florida | $2,205 |
| 4 | Rebecca Lindner-Like | Jacksonville Beach, Florida | $1,514 |
| 5 | Felicia Walker | Jacksonville, Florida | $1,080 |
| 6 | Cara Swayze | New Smyrna Beach, Florida | $802 |
| 7 | Davina Haigh | St. Augistine, Florida | $622 |
| 8 | Mary Darnell | Crawfordsville, Florida | $360 |
Level 13
: 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
On the last hand before the break, preflop action saw William Thomas open under the gun and receive three calls, two of which were from Brian Arbaugh in the hijack and Pete Theodocion in the small blind. The flop was 
and action checked to Arbaugh, who bet 11,000 and was check-raised to 30,000 by Theodocion.
Action folded back to Arbaugh and he called, bringing the turn 
. Theodocion continued on the turn with another 35,000, sending Arbaugh into the tank as time expired in the level. Arbaugh eventually found a call as the room cleared and the river came 
. Theodocion jammed for his last 52,500 and Arbaugh thought for well over a minute before finding a call.
"Good call," said Theodocion, tabling 
for the missed gutshot straight draw. Arbaugh showed 
and took down the pot with his two jacks, increasing his stack to over 350,000 in the process to give him the largest stack in the room with 51 players now remaining.
Level: 13
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 3,000
Level 12
: 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
The 51 remaining players are on their final 15-minute break of the night.
Level 12
: 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
While PokerNews is offering live updates from this Main Event, there have been several other side events playing out this past week at the 2021 bestbet Jacksonville Spring Series.
Event #6 got 83 entries for its $260 No-Limit Hold'em Turbo with $50 bounties. The overall prize pool was $14,110, paying out the top 11 places and ending in a heads-up chop between two Bold City residents in Steve Zhang and Joshua Burrows. Zhang got the W and earned the bigger prize of $3,735 while Burrows was declared the runner-up and took home $3,200.
Bryan Bozman also made his third final table of the series, taking third place for $1,880 to follow up his earlier win in Event #4 for $9,906 and fifth-place finish in Event #1 for $17,863 to bring his series earnings to nearly $30,000. He has now made the money in three tournaments for the series, a feat he also accomplished in January's Winter Open.
Le Tieu also made his second final table of the series, finishing in seventh place for $582. He chopped Event #1 four ways, taking third place for $40,000 earlier in the series.
Event #6 Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Hometown | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Steve Zhang | Jacksonville, Florida | $3,735* |
| 2 | Joshua Burrows | Jacksonville, Florida | $3,200* |
| 3 | Bryan Brozman | Charleston, South Carolina | $1,880 |
| 4 | Todd Staples | Anderson, South Carolina | $1,323 |
| 5 | Eric Chastain | Nashville, Tennessee | $966 |
| 6 | Heather Warde | Jacksonville, Florida | $734 |
| 7 | Le Tieu | Jacksonville, Florida | $582 |
| 8 | Michael Selznick | Chattanooga, Tennessee | $481 |
*Denotes heads-up deal.
Level 12
: 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
Stephen Strout opened to 12,000 in the cutoff and Michael Wang re-jammed on the button for his last 30,000 or so. Action made its way back to Strout and he called.
Michael Wang: 
Stephen Strout:
Wang looked poised for the double through the flop 
and turn , but the river 
spelled disaster as Strout hit a set of eights to end Wang's tournament.
Level 12
: 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
An announcement was just made to the remaining 60 players that the prize pool information has become official. A total of 401 entries over two starting flights generated a prize pool of $898,242 that is set to be paid to the top 51 finishers. A first-level payout is good for $3,962 with regular increases from there.
All who make the final table are guaranteed $22,876 and the eventual champion will take home $180,986. Full payout details can be found in the Payouts Tab.
Level 12
: 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
