This flight was a beast, with 170 entries. Seventeen players bagged chips and are headed to day two tomorrow at noon to play it out for their share of a huge prize pool.
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Today's events include day two of the Valuetown™ Kickoff Event, as well as a $200 PKO event and a satellite into the $200,000 guaranteed Title Event. Come on down to bestbet and take your shot at these huge prize pools!
Registration is now closed in Flight 1F. We will be back with the full prize pool and payouts for the Valuetown™ Kickoff event soon.
Chandler Usina hails from Saint Augustine, Florida, and has been playing poker for a decade, with a focus on live cash games in recent years. Usina's background in gaming has contributed to his strategic approach at the tables. One of his most memorable achievements in poker is flopping a straight flush to clinch a tournament victory. Outside of poker, he is pursuing a career in law enforcement.
While Usina doesn't have significant tournament results on the national stage, he is always near the top of the leaderboards at his local card room, bestbet in St. Augustine, Florida, and locals tell us that he is a ferocious presence in the cash games.
The fields keep growing! 170 entries and 17 players moving on to day two from this flight and we expect a huge field for our final flight tonight as well. We have already surpassed the guarantee with an entire flight to go!
One of our founders, Chris 'Fox' Wallace, did an interview on the EveryDay Winning youtube channel this week. They do such a great job with production and content! And he's repping the brand in a PokerReporting hoodie. Check it out and give them some love!
Watch Fox On Everyday Winning with Miles Barnum
Some absolute bangers in this one.
*Note from the photographer*
I love the challenge of poker photography in general, but the room here in St. Augustine is special. Strong overhead lighting that points straight down is great for poker players. Boards are lit up perfectly without the light shining in the eyes of the players. But for photography, this is a very mixed blessing. It leaves everyone in a baseball hat looking like a raccoon and players hands and forearms tend be blown out with super hot highlights.
On the other hand, the lighting is strong, provides lots of contrast, and the side lights, which are PokerAtlas green for this event, are fantastic for color. The photos, once I process them by hand to account for the strong overhead lighting, are brilliant and vivid. Though it takes a bit of extra work here, it's definitely worth it. I've never shot in another room even close to his in terms of lighting and the finished product is absolutely unique. I wish I could shoot here every day!
Flight 1E Photo Gallery
Great field for Flight 1D, and they keep getting bigger. We had a dozen players bag in this one. Our chip leader for the flight was Donald Eckert. Exckert has six cashes in Florida already this year, and nearly $70,000 in lifetime tournament winnings.
More great photos from bestbet, one of our favorite stops every year!
Faces of @bestbet: Valuetown™ Flight 1D
Another huge field in our final starting flight!
Faces Of besbet: Valuetown™ Flight 1F
More great shots from St. Augustine!
