Results for Event #1 $340 No Limit Hold'em $100,000 Guaranteed Outside the foliage is turning into lovely shades of brown, orange and yellow, but inside the bestbet Jacksonville the only color on anyone s mind is green. That wonderful color attracted 601 players from all across the country to Event #1 of the bestbet Jacksonville s Fall Series, each one vying for their chance to take home a piece of the $180,000 prize pool. Over the course of three day ones, and a grueling 13 hour day 2, players dropped end over end, whittling the field down to just one man, Blake Whittinton. This was the first year that the bestbet Jacksonville s Fall Series allowed reentry s, buy Blake only needed his initial buy in to make it all the way to the top of the Event #1 pedestal. Blake is from Cleveland, TN but is a Tar Heel at heart. He originally hails from Wilson, NC and spent some time at the University of North Carolina. But now instead of studying for his midterms and reading his texts, Blake spends his time studying hands and reading his opponents both online and at the felt. He s a professional poker player, who s visited the bestbet on a few occasions, coming down because he Really enjoys coming for the great action and the excellent staff., but this was Blake s first ever Series Event at the bestbet. Blake took care of a fairly heavy stack all day, carrying it into the final table and never really letting up. He either crippled or eliminated most of the players that sat with him during the final ten. One of his opponents happened to be Andrew Rothfolk, a good friend of Blake s who s also from Cleveland, TN and made the trip to Jacksonville with him, only hoping that they d end up at the final table together. That dream came true, along with a few other familiar faces, like Summer Series Main Event finalist Jerome Hall and Thad McNulty. At the end of the tournament as midnight crept past, it was Blake and local player Steven Hepner who were left to fight it out for the Jacksonville Fall Series Event #1 trophy. Blake went in with a commanding chip lead, but Steve pushed all in with A J, Blake called with a A 10 but the 10 to end it all was nowhere to be found. Now sitting almost even in chips the heads up
play resumed, eventually Blake found K 10 in the hole. The flop came 10c 6d 9c. Blake was ahead with top pair, second kicker but both players got all their chips in the middle and when Steve turned over Q 6 of clubs Blake knew he had to fade not only a Queen, but a flush draw as well. The turn was a 7 of spades, and a bright red 5 of diamonds on the river sealed the victory for Blake, sending him back to Tennessee with an Event #1 trophy in his hand and a 35k payday in his pocket. Thanks to everyone for coming out and making event #1 such a monstrous success. We hope everyone had a blast, and can t wait to see you back for the rest of this season s bestbet Fall Series. 1. Blake Whittington $34,554 2. Steven Hepner $30,000 3. Taylor Wilsie $14,785 4. Thad Mcnulty $9,736 5. Russell Nicholas $7,032 6. Arun Palaniappan $5,770 7. Charles Campos $4,868 8. Charles Laurent $3,967 9. Andrew Rothfolk $3,245 10. Jerome Hall $2,704 11. Tallie Bryant $2,163 12. Ricky Bennett $2,163 13. Charles Rasnake $2,163 14. William Phillips $1,803 15. Orlando Reyes $1,803 16. William Jackson $1,803
17. William Blount $1,442 18. John Lydon $1,442 19. Joshua Bishop $1,442 20. Austin Buchanan $1,442 21. Charles Nickum $1,262 22. James Pringle $1,262 23. Alan Culla $1,262 24. David Jackson $1,262 25. Joseph Dichiaro $1,262 26. Dominick Puccio $1,262 27. Robert Brickman $1,262 28. Mark Maurer $1,262 29. Debra ann Dorcy $1,262 30. Jared Reinstein $1,262 31. Jonathan Stuart $1,082 32. George Barton $1,082 33. Joseph Smith $1,082 34. Dale Roesel $1,082 35. Jerry Barlow $1,082 36. Jeremiah Pierce $1,082
37. Randy Green $1,082 38. Dennis Bergeron $1,082 39. Moses Clepper $1,082 40. Zachary Zaffos $1,082 41. Reece Crews $901 42. Brandon Craswell $901 43. Clive Davis $901 44. Jeffrey Sanders $901 45. Rem Remington $901 46. Byron Allen $901 47. Edward Mroczkowski $901 48. Steven Malpere $901 49. Adam Bruha $901 50. John Holley $901 51. Michael Usakowski $721 52. Nicholas Rogers $721 53. Dzenan Elkaz $721 54. Phil McNaughton $721 55. Pamela Moore $721 56. Paul Whitty $721
57. James Crawford $721 58. Chelsea Edwards $721 59. Robert Gay $721 60. David Dismuke $721 61. Derek Bowers $631 62. Joel Ash $631 63. Jason Dent $631 64. Brett Friedlin $631 65. Richard Ricardo $631 66. Vafa Kamali $631 67. Brian Walsingham $631 68. Christopher Conrad $631 69. Anthony Guiliano $631 70. Alexander Toth $631