Main Event | Southern Poker Open

08-11-2019 15:00 UTC-5

Player	Chips	Progress
Wes Gauthier	900,000 592,000	592,000
Matthew Register	650,000
Pej Preemo	320,000 80,500	80,500
Jeff Wyatt	310,000 35,000	35,000
Jason Beltran	250,000 165,000	165,000
Derwin Lewis	185,000 163,500	163,500
Don Hardy	160,000 74,000	74,000
John Dudley	140,000 9,500	9,500
Josh Emory	65,000 65,000	65,000
Bill Gardner	57,000
Kimberly Martin	42,000 60,500	60,500
Gary Zachary	39,000 24,500	24,500
Terry Griffith	36,000 19,000	19,000
Rusty Farrin	31,000

Player	Chips	Progress
Jim Harris	466,000 181,000	181,000
Tim Harris	342,000 262,500	262,500
Johnny Springer	315,000 4,000	4,000
Wayne Lewis	304,000 66,000	66,000
Grant Coffman	288,000 188,500	188,500
Danny Burks	273,000 201,000	201,000
Richard Golmon	125,000 37,000	37,000

Terry Griffith Eliminated On Stone Bubble

Level 18 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Terry Griffith shoved on the button for 36,000 on the first hand of hand-for-hand play.

Derwin Lewis was in the big blind and called. All the action completed at the other tables and this was the only all in and call.

Lewis had against the of Griffith.

The board ran out and Lewis won the hand to eliminate Griffith.

Griffith was the 118th-place finisher and he finished on the stone bubble.

Player	Chips	Progress
Derwin Lewis	220,000 35,000	35,000
Terry Griffith	Busted

Tags: Terry Griffith Derwin Lewis

08-11-2019 15:15 UTC-5

Pej Preemo Eliminated

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Level 18 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Jeff Wyatt says he doubled through Pej Preemo to get about 300,000 chips from him and then Lee Henry finished him off by going runner-runner for a flush.

Preemo flopped a set of kings against Henry, but Henry won the hand with running clubs to eliminate Preemo shortly after Wyatt doubled through him.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeff Wyatt	690,000 380,000	380,000
Lee Henry	460,000 300,000	300,000
Pej Preemo	Busted

Tags: Lee Henry Pej Preemo Jeff Wyatt

08-11-2019 15:24 UTC-5

Burford Doubles through James

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Level 18 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

The action folded to Greg James in middle position and he raised to 26,000. Mark "Milkman" Burford, next-to-act, moved all in for 107,000. The action folded back to James and he snap-called.

Burford -
James -

"Can you believe it?" asked Burford.

The hand was all but over on the flop when it came , giving Burford a set. The came on the turn, opening the possibility of a chop, but instead James improved to a set of jacks on the river when the hit the felt.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mark Burford	229,000 96,000	96,000
Greg James	72,000 58,500	58,500

Tags: Greg James Mark Burford

08-11-2019 15:29 UTC-5

Break Time

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Level 18 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

The players are on a 15-minute break.

Level: 19

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 12,000

08-11-2019 15:48 UTC-5

109th-117th Eliminations ($637)

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Level 19 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

The following players have been eliminated and will take home $637 each.

Player	Chips	Progress
Terry Griffith	Busted
George Crawford	Busted
Colin Leighton	Busted
Kimberly Martin	Busted
Richard Couron	Busted
Pej Preemo	Busted
Gerald Kelley	Busted
Joshua Emory	Busted
Rusty Farrin	Busted

Tags: Colin Leighton George Crawford Gerald Kelley Joshua Emory Kimberly Martin Pej Preemo Richard Couron Rusty Farrin Terry Griffith

08-11-2019 15:51 UTC-5

100th-108th Eliminations ($717)

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Level 19 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

The following players have been eliminated and will take home $717 each.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lance Nielsen	Busted
Joseph Coffero	Busted
Seth Foster	Busted
Jason Beltran	Busted
Richard Golmon	Busted
Gerald Nabours	Busted
Frank Kirkpatrick	Busted
Steven O'Bryan	Busted
Chelsi Brown	Busted

Tags: Chelsi Brown Frank Kirkpatrick Gerald Nabours Jason Beltran Joseph Coffaro Lance Nielsen Richard Golmon Seth Foster Steven O'Bryan

08-11-2019 15:54 UTC-5

Updated Chip Counts

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Level 19 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jim Harris	405,000 61,000	61,000
Tim Harris	380,000 38,000	38,000
Nate Wheeler	306,000 306,000	306,000
Chip Neighbors	290,000
Jonell Whitstine	110,000 4,000	4,000
Charles Rhodes	74,000 6,500	6,500