The 2019 Card Player Poker Tour bestbet Jacksonville $1,100 no-limit hold’em main event drew a field of 329 total entries, easily surpassing the event’s $200,000 guarantee to create a final prize pool of $319,130. At the conclusion of day 2 just nine players remain with a shot at the title and the first-place prize of $68,562. The final table will be live streamed by bestbet Jacksonville on their Facebook Live, Youtube and Twitch accounts. The final table action will also be available to view right here on Card Player.
The chip leader heading into the final table is local cash game fixture John O’Neal (pictured above on the left) with 2,360,000. O’Neal won one of the largest pots of the tournament toward the end of day 2, getting all-in with top and bottom pair against the middle set of Damjan Radanov. O’Neal rivered kings full to eliminate Radanov in 11th place ($5,776) and surge into the chip lead.
Second in chips is none other than all-time World Series of Poker Circuit gold ring leader Maurice Hawkins (pictured above on the right). The Florida resident won his record-setting 13th ring just over a week ago, and is already at another big final table. Hawkins has 1,350,000 in chips, and will be looking to add to his $3.6 million in career earnings with a big score in this event.
Day 2 began with 59 players remaining. Among them was defending champion Ben Diebold. He eventually was eliminated just a few spots shy of the money after running pocket queens into the pocket aces of Shawn Bowen.
It didn’t take long for the money bubble to burst. Hand-for-hand play lasted for just one deal. Tyler Phillips moved all-in for 105,000 from under the gun and Radanov called from the small blind with 10
10
. Phillips was racing with the AJ. The board came down 98
3
98 and Phillips was sent to the rail as the last player outside of the money.
The remaining 42 players locked up at least $1,640. Plenty of notable players cashed on day 2, including Andy Pokrivnak (39th – $1,640), Brett Bader (27th – $2,378), Derek Bowers (21st – $3,367), Eddy Mroczkowski (19th – $3,367), Jose De La Cruz (12th – $5,776), who finished second in the 2018 CPPT Derby Lane main event.
The final table was set with the elimination of Tim Forsberg in 10th place. He lost a race with AK against the pocket nines of Talesh Patel, who began the day as the fourth shortest stack but managed to finish in third chip position.
The final table kicks off at 2:00 p.m. eastern, with 33:48 remaining in level 22 (blinds of 10,000 – 20,000 with a 20,000 big-blind ante.)
Here is a look at the seat assignments and chip counts heading into the final table:
| Seat | Player | Chip Count |
| 1 | Dylan Drazen | 585,000 |
| 2 | Men Nguyen | 835,000 |
| 3 | Talesh Patel | 990,000 |
| 4 | Mark Hodge | 170,000 |
| 5 | Yi Li | 240,000 |
| 6 | John Sanchez | 670,000 |
| 7 | Thad McNulty | 985,000 |
| 8 | John O’Neal | 2,360,000 |
| 9 | Maurice Hawkins | 1,350,000 |
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