The stage has been set for Day 2 of the 2021 bestbet Jacksonville Spring Series $2,500 Main Event Sunday with 54 players set to return to play down to a winner and compete for the $180,986 that sits up top.
Kyle Cartwright will lead the field into the day after finishing Saturday's Day 1b with the top stack of 490,000. Cartwright is no stranger to the big stage with more than $2.3 million in lifetime earnings, almost $2 million of which is from WSOP events, that also include winning a bracelet and eight circuit rings.
Day 1a chip leader Nick Raio (448,000) sits behind Cartwright in the counts with Johnny Landreth (410,000) and Jermaine "Lion" Gerlin (401,000) also entering the day with stacks above 400,000. Anthony Askey (387,000) rounds out the top five with January's Winter Open Main Event 10th place finisher Dustin Holladay (341,000) just outside and looking to make another strong showing as well.
Plenty more competition sits all throughout the leader board with players like Hal Rotholz (234,000), James Calderaro (201,000), and David Jackson (140,000) in the middle of the pack and others such as Justin Zaki (116,000) and Byron Kaverman (110,000) further down the counts.
Play begins on the effective bubble just three positions away from the money. Some of the shortest stacks in Jack Sumner (61,000), Filipp Khavin (57,000), John Gorsuch (51,000) and Ken Taffaro (41,000) certainly have their work cut out for them, but with Day 1's hard stop coming 10 minutes early they will all have 10 minutes in Level 14 (2,000/4,000/4,000) before the big blind is raised by 25% for the following level. As such, even the shortest stack entering the day has 10 big blinds, meaning a likely slow start to the afternoon until the bubble bursts.
Cards are in the air at noon once more and the tournament will play down to a winner. Blinds will increase every 40 minutes just the same as they have to this point with 15-minute breaks every three levels and a tentative dinner break once the final table of eight has been reached. The final table will also be live-streamed on bestbet LIVE.
Who will be the one to call themselves the Main Event championship at the end of the night? Stay tuned to PokerNews to find out.
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Anthony AskeyByron KavermanDavid JacksonDustin HolladayFilipp KhavinHal RotholzJack SumnerJames CalderaroJermaine GerlinJohn GorsuchJohnny LandrethJustin ZakiKen TaffaroKyle CartwrightNick Raio
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