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Day 2 Seat Draw

35 1 Jitendra Patel - Jacksonville FL 299,000
35 2 Michael Morris - Fleming Island FL 55,500
35 3 Matthew Zimmerman - Charleston SC 54,000
35 4 Detron Parks - Jacksonville FL 185,000
35 6 Jared Reinstein - Tallahassee FL 106,500
35 7 Michael Long - 82,500
35 8 Blake Whittington - Jacksonville FL 243,500
35 9 Andrew Badecker - Vernon CT 178,500

37 1 Nguyen Phan - Jacksonville FL 41,000
37 2 Christopher Brauch - Jacksonville FL 139,000
37 3 Christopher Mendiola - Orlando FL 173,000
37 4 James Armstrong - Keeseville NY 79,000
37 5 John Dubard - Tallahassee FL 45,000
37 6 Alan Ramkhalawan - Tampa FL 119,000
37 7 Talesh Patel - St. Augustine FL 344,000
37 9 Liran Abas - 40,000

38 1 Kenneth Kemple - Tallahassee FL 157,500
38 2 Robert Keller - Gulf Shores AL 99,000
38 3 Roger Perkins - Longwood FL 65,000
38 4 Conrad Lau - Neptune Beach FL 92,500
38 5 Joseph Di chiaro - Jacksonville FL 39,500
38 6 Tuan Troung - Jacksonville FL 115,000
38 7 John Redlitz - Orange Park FL 152,500
38 8 Robert Barela - Charleston Sc 75,000
38 9 Jeffrey Kinser - Duluth GA 76,000

44 1 David Mitchell - Jacksonville FL 90,000
44 2 Arthur Andrade - Tampa FL 147,000
44 3 Sebastien Charles - 108,000
44 4 James Kirk - Atlanta GA 217,500
44 5 Qualla Miller - Jacksonville FL 43,500
44 6 Wissam Shaya - Jacksonville FL 208,000
44 7 John O'Neal - Jacksonville FL 83,500
44 8 Ryan Dunn - Tallahassee FL 127,000
44 9 David Jackson - Jacksonville FL 188,000

45 1 Maurice Hawkins - West Palm Beach FL 163,500
45 2 Joshua Jimmerson - St. Augustine FL 58,500
45 3 Robert Rogers - Jacksonville FL 94,500
45 4 Brett Silverman - Atlanta GA 81,000
45 5 David Yeazell - Florence SC 123,000
45 6 Willie Reid jr - Augusta GA 20,000
45 7 Brian Woods - Jacksonville FL 124,000
45 8 Darin Bentley - Jacksonville FL 110,000
45 9 Andrew Gerrard - Tallahassee FL 75,500

46 1 Joshua Turner - Savannah GA 32,000
46 2 Rodney Rodrigue - Longwood FL 80,500
46 3 Steven Snyder - Charlotte NC 181,000
46 4 Timothy Miles - Tallahassee FL 163,000
46 5 Denavol Welson - Jacksonville FL 92,000
46 6 Daniel Romano - Jacksonville FL 191,500
46 7 George Levin - Jacksonville FL 49,500
46 8 Carlos Loving - Sarasota FL 107,500
46 9 Nathan Washington - Jacksonville FL 45,000

47 1 David Bradshaw - Atlanta GA 246,000
47 2 Diane Casino - Jacksonville FL 94,500
47 3 Ariel Lauer - Jacksonville FL 90,000
47 4 Melvin Lyon - Moone SC 163,000
47 5 Jermaine Gerlin - Jacksonville FL 132,000
47 6 Shanna Chizer - 87,000
47 7 Jeffrey Chamg - Bethesda MD 171,000
47 8 James Mankowski - Palm Coast FL 77,500
47 9 G Robert Beck - Santa Rosa Beach FL 165,000

54 1 Matthew Alexander - Minneapolis MN 43,000
54 2 David Rittenhouse - York PA 104,500
54 3 Michael Schneider - Covington GA 162,000
54 4 David Pozorski - Savannah GA 171,500
54 5 Justin Mcwilliams - Auburn AL 160,500
54 6 Zak Gilbert - Reno NV 46,000
54 7 Jason Cummings - Jacksonville FL 199,500
54 9 Abraham Hichman - Charleston SC 156,500

55 1 William Davis - Jacksonville FL 71,000
55 2 Robert Giardini - Daytona Beach FL 127,000
55 3 Joseph Crull - 104,000
55 4 Sean Small - Douglasville GA 70,500
55 5 Travis Jackson - Tampa FL 42,500
55 6 David Rauschkolb - Watersound Beach 69,000
55 7 Men Nguyen - 150,500
55 8 Christopher Dvornick - FL 60,000
55 9 Tri van Tran - Statesboro GA 173,500

Jitendra Patel Leads 47 Day 1b Survivors

Day 1b of the Mid-States Poker Tour bestbet Jacksonville Main Event drew 262 runners, which along with Day 1a's 197 runners brought the total field up to 459 entries, up from 421 a year ago.

The $445,230 prize pool, more than double the advertised $200,000 guarantee, will be distributed to the top 45 players, with the eventual winner taking home $112,990.

The man from Day 1b best positioned to make a run at it is Jitendra Patel, who bagged up 299,000 to finish as the flight's chip leader, a distinction that earned him a $1,000 bonus. A total of 47 players made it through the Day 1b field.

He'll actually start Day 2 behind another Patel… Day 1a chip leader Talesh Patel, who bagged 344,000 on Friday night. Meanwhile, others who bagged big on Day 1b were David Bradshaw (246,000), Wissam Shaya (208,000), David Jackson (188,000), and Detron Parks (185,000), who round out the top five.

Some others who advanced from the Day 1b flight, albeit with a bit smaller stacks, were World Series of Poker bracelet winner Andrew Badecker (178,500), Maurice Hawkins (163,500), Men Nguyen (150,500), Tuan Troung (115,000), Brett Silverman (81,000), and Josh Turner (32,000).

Day 2 of the MSPT bestbet Jacksonville, which will see the 47 Day 1b survivors join the 31 from Day 1a, will kick off at 11 a.m. local time on Sunday and play down to a winner. Be sure to join us then as we bring you all the action and eliminations straight from the tournament floor.

Here’s a look at all those who made it through Day 1b:

1 Jitendra Patel - Jacksonville, FL 299,000
2 David Bradshaw - Atlanta, GA 246,000
3 Wissam Shaya - Jacksonville, FL 208,000
4 David Jackson - Jacksonville, FL 188,000
5 Detron Parks - Jacksonville, FL 185,000
6 Andrew Badecher - Vernon, CT 178,500
7 Christopher Mendiola - Orlando , FL 173,000
8 Maurice Hawkins - West Palm Beach, FL 163,500
9 Michael Schneider - Covington, GA 162,000
10 Justin Mcwilliams - Auburn , AL 160,500
11 Kenneth Kemple - Tallahassee, FL 157,500
12 Abraham Hichman - Charleston, SC 156,500
13 John Redlitz - Orange Park, FL 152,500
14 Men Nguyen - , 150,500
15 Christopher Brauch - Jacksonville, FL 139,000
16 Jermaine Gerlin - Jacksonville, FL 132,000
17 Robert Giardini - Daytona Beach, FL 127,000
18 Alan Ramkhalawan - Tampa, FL 119,000
19 Tuan Troung - Jacksonville, FL 115,000
20 Darin Bentley - Jacksonville, FL 110,000
21 Sebastien Charles - , 108,000
22 Carlos Loving - Sarasota, FL 107,500
23 Jared Reinstein - Tallahassee, FL 106,500
24 Joseph Crull - , 104,000
25 Robert Rogers - Jacksonville, FL 94,500
26 Diane Casino - Jacksonville, FL 94,500
27 Conrad Lau - Neptune Beach, FL 92,500
28 Denavol Welson - Jacksonville, FL 92,000
29 Shanna Chizer - , 87,000
30 John Oneal - Jacksonville, FL 83,500
31 Michael Long - , 82,500
32 Brett Silverman - Atlanta, GA 81,000
33 James Armstrong - Keeseville, NY 79,000
34 Andrew Gerrard - Tallahassee, FL 75,500
35 Robert Barela - Charleston, Sc 75,000
36 David Rauschkolb - Watersound Beach, 69,000
37 Christopher Dvornick - , FL 60,000
38 Joshua Jimmerson - St. Augustine, FL 58,500
39 Matthew Zimmerman - Charleston, SC 54,000
40 Zak Gilbert - Reno , NV 46,000
41 Nathan Washington - Jacksonville, FL 45,000
42 Qualla Miller - Jacksonville, FL 43,500
43 Travis Jackson - Tampa, FL 42,500
44 Nguyen Phan - Jacksonville, FL 41,000
45 Liran Abas - , 40,000
46 Joseph Di chiaro - Jacksonville, FL 39,500
47 Joshua Turner - Savannah, GA 32,000

Stay Tuned for End of Day 1b Recap, Chip Counts &

The end of Day 1b is approaching. Once play comes to an end for the night, we’ll bring you a full recap of the Day 1b action, full chip counts from the survivors, and a seat draw for the combined Day 2 field.

A Look at the MSPT bestbet Jacksonville Payouts

Figurine Wars

Lion Da-One in Seat 1 and Chris Brauch in Seat 2, both from the Jacksonville area, are displaying the most unique good-luck figurines in the house tonight.

So far they are both working. Brauch is up to 78,000 and Da-One is hovering around 170,000.

As we walked up to the table, Da-One was involved in a small pot. On a flop, Da-One led out for 3,000 and his opponent called.

The turn was which prompted both players to check.

When the river landed the , Da-One bet 7,000 and his opponent snap-called. Da-One showed for trip-queens and his opponent mucked.

Want Me to Double You Up?

We arrived at the table with a board reading and a pile of chips in front of Rick Grant, along with an “all-in” card.

Action was on Jacksonville’s Wissam Shaya, who thought for a long time whether or not to call the 10,500.

Shaya turned to Grant and asked, “Want me to call?”

“It’s up to you,” came the response.

“Want me to double you up?”

“Yeah.”

“All right, I call.”

Shaya held the and was behind Grants trips with . However, the river brought the and Shaya spiked a flush to send Grant to the rail.

"I'll Never Fold for 7,000."

With blinds at 500/1,000/100, Brett Silverman of Atlanta, Georgia was faced with a raise to 2,500 from the player in Seat 7. Silverman called holding and on a flop, his opponent put in his last 7,000.

“I’ll never fold for 7,000,” Silverman said as he separated that amount from his stack and dropped it in the middle.

The board ran out to give Silverman the jack-high flush, eliminating his opponent and lifting Silverman’s stack over 70,000.

Caruso Doubles Through Johnson

Vincent Caruso from Charlestown, South Carolina moved all in holding and CJ Johnson from Jacksonville called with . It was a flip, but the flop put Johnson way ahead, unfortunately the board ended up putting out a flush with and so it was a chopped pot.

In the very next hand, Caruso moved all in with and Johnson calls with . It was another flip, but this time Caruso flopped good by making trip kings. It held and Caruso doubled to 19,100 while Johnson dropped to 6,200.

Cracking Kings and Queens

Sebastien Charles just took down a big pot after calling a preflop minraise with against two players, who wound up holding and .

The flop was gin for Charles, who ended up getting it all in with the player holding queens (the player with kings managed to get away). Neither the turn nor river influenced the hand, and Charles took down a huge pot to chip up to 163,600.

Day 1b attracts 262 runners!

Day 1b registration is closed with 262 runners! When combined with 197 for Friday’s Day 1a the total stands at 459, up from 421 a year ago.

Payouts for the $459,000 prize pool will be posted later this evening once the registration numbers are confirmed.

We will play through Level 14 this evening, then bag and tag the remaining stacks. Seat assignments will be posted as well after play has ended on Day 1b.