WPT Bestbet Scramble Hits Day 1B in Jacksonville
The flight reached 62 entries and pushed the tournament to 153 total entries, while the final table remains set for Sept. 9.
The WPT bestbet Scramble Championship was in Day 1B at bestbet Jacksonville, with the tournament clock showing 62 entries for the flight and 153 total entries. Level 2 began at 200-300 with a 300 ante, and play continued without a break.
As reported in August, the series returned to bestbet Jacksonville for the second half of Season 24 with a $1 million guarantee. A WPT history piece also notes that bestbet Jacksonville opened in 2012 and has hosted 13 World Poker Tour stops, 12 of them at the current location.
Day 1B was the second of three starting flights. Players began with 50,000 chips, registration stayed open with unlimited re-entries until the start of Level 9, around 9:55 p.m., and a one-hour dinner break was scheduled after Level 6, around 6:40 p.m., with a free buffet from bestbet. Action was set to run through the end of Level 10, shortly before midnight.
The field included ClubWPT and ClubWPT Gold qualifiers, and five of them had shown up so far. The updates highlighted Toby Boas, Sean Cotter, Thomas Shepard, Rickey Kinser and Frank Reams, with the listed stacks ranging from 43,000 to 61,000 chips. Other arrivals included Rodney Turvin, Ray Qartomy, ClubWPT Ambassador Josh Guindon and four-time WPT champion Brian Altman.
In one early pot, Ahmad Raza moved all in for 1,800 from the hijack and Phuoc Nguyen called from the cutoff. Lunique Petiote called from the button and Vimal Reddy called from the small blind, and Nguyen’s ace-high won the whole pot to eliminate Raza. Nguyen then was listed with 95,000 chips, while Raza was out.
Another hand saw Zac Stites three-bet all in for about 42,000 after Raza raised to 20,000. Raza called with two pair, jacks and nines, but Stites won with a flopped set of sixes and doubled up to 92,000 chips. Raza was left with 1,800, or 9 big blinds.
Dion Jagroo also got a river bluff through. He raised to 10,000 from the cutoff, Denavol Wilson called from middle position, and Jagroo moved all in for about 37,000 on the river, forcing a fold. Jagroo was listed with 62,000 chips afterward and Wilson with 59,000.
The remaining schedule lists Day 1C for Sunday, Day 2 for Monday, Day 3 for Tuesday and the final table on Wednesday, Sept. 9, at 2 p.m. The WPT Live Stream is set to broadcast that final table on a 30-minute delay with hole cards and expert commentary.
