Zac Stites, an industrial engineer from Orlando, has won the $1,100 buy-in Card Player Poker Tour bestbet Jacksonville main event for $61,136. The development easily surpassed the $200,000 guarantee.

The 25-year-old outlasted a starting field of 289 players, which created a prize pool of $280,330. Mark Smith, a golf caddy from Naples, FL, was capable of survive with a brief stack for far of the general table to complete second. There has been no final-table deal.

On the overall hand in their heads-up match, Mark Smith shoved for 435,000 with the J9, and Stites, who was sitting with nearly 6.8 million, insta-called with the A3.

The dealer put out the 542 flop, which gave Stites a wheel and a near lock at the title. The J at the turn had Smith drawing dead at the river. The 2 completed the board, and Smith was gone in second, collecting $42,986 for his efforts.

Stites played solid poker on the final table, but he was surely helped out by a cooler against poker pro Brandon Miller. The action begin with Miller opening preflop; Stites three-bet, and Miller flatted.

On a board reading AQ3, Miller check-shoved to place Stites all in for 1.15 million. Stites insta-called with the AA for prime set. Miller exposed the AK and needed runner-runner for Broadway to win the hand.

The 8 at the turn was of no help, and a meaningless 5 landed at the river to send Miller all the way down to just 200,000. Stites was as much as about 2.7 million. He basically coasted the remainder of the way in which thru a speedy three-hour final table.

Stites entered the general table third out of nine. Going into day 2, he was second in chips out of 69, so he was one of the most big stacks thru most of the tournament.

The four-day tournament began on Friday and featured two starting days.

Brian Woods, an area poker dealer in Orange Park, had the chip lead going into the overall table, but he ended up finishing fifth when Stites busted him.

Here’s a glance on the final table results:

1. Zac Stites: $61,1362. Mark Smith: $42,9863. John Redlitz: $27,6504. John Swope: $17,2465. Brian Woods: $13,3266. Brandon Miller: $11,0387. Brittney Loy: $9,2778. Jared Reinstein: $7,6279. Jie Liu: $6,112

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