Chanthou Chau Leads 35 Players to Survive Day 1c in Event #1: $560 NLH
Georgia's Chanthou Chau bagged a big chip lead as one of 35 players remaining at the end of Day 1c in Event #1: $560 NLH at the bestbet Jacksonville Spring Series, ahead of other big stacks including Mary Darnell (322,000), John Bellotte (309,000) and Anh Nguyen (258,000).
Other players who survived the day to make the money and advance to Day 2 include Sergey Glagolea, Greg Goater, Jack Sumner, Timothy Pollard and Alex Monroe.
The three starting flights attracted a total of 571 runners to generate a prize pool of $274,080. In total, 71 players from three starting flights will compete on Day 2. All players are guaranteed a minimum cash of $867 and will battle it out for the glorious trophy and first-place prize of $51,355.
End of Day 1c Top 10 Stacks
PLAYER | CHIP COUNT | BIG BLINDS | |
Chanthou Chau | 440,000 | 110 | |
Mary Darnell | 322,000 | 81 | |
John Bellotte | 309,000 | 77 | |
Anh Nguyen | 258,000 | 65 | |
Sergey Glagola | 251,000 | 63 | |
Greg Goater | 239,000 | 60 | |
Nabil Hirezi | 229,000 | 57 | |
Hunter Wroten | 225,000 | 56 | |
Pablo Valdivies | 225,000 | 56 | |
Jack Sumner | 218,000 | 55 |
Day 1c Action
Day 1c attracted the biggest field yet with 282 entrants, nearly doubled the two previous flights combined.
An early highlight occurred when David Jolicoeur made quad aces and managed to get paid of when he moved in on the river, while, just one table over, Lisa Kaminski binked a straight flush against her unfortunate opponent's turned set.
Another notable hand took place late in the day when Bryan Brockmeier made a hero-fold with a set of fives on a board of , believing his opponent, Mary Darnell, to have a bigger set. But Darnell tabled pocket fours for a lower set and the table erupted as Brockmeier saw he was ahead the whole time.
Darnell, for her part, managed to run up her stack to end the day second in chips behind Chau.
Some of the players who didn't make it to bagging time include Charles Wardlaw, Andrew Dykeman and Gil Levy.
Day 2 will commence tomorrow, Sunday, April 24 at noon EST and will play down to a winner. The final table will be live-streamed and PokerNews is ready to bring readers updates of the Day 2 action in Event #1: $560 NLH.