Break Time
Level 18
: 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
The players are on a 15-minute break.
Southern Poker Open
Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Southern Poker Open
Buy-in
$420
Entries
1,138
Level
31
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
200,000
Burford Doubles through James
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
229,000
96,000
|
96,000 |
|
72,000
-58,500
|
-58,500 |
Pej Preemo Eliminated
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
690,000
380,000
|
380,000 |
|
|
460,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
|
Busted |
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
|
220,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
Busted |
Updated Chip Counts
Level 18
: 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
466,000
181,000
|
181,000 |
|
342,000
262,500
|
262,500 |
|
|
315,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
304,000
66,000
|
66,000 |
|
288,000
188,500
|
188,500 |
|
|
273,000
201,000
|
201,000 |
|
125,000
37,000
|
37,000 |
Updated Chip Counts
Level 18
: 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
900,000
592,000
|
592,000 |
|
650,000 | |
|
|
320,000
80,500
|
80,500 |
|
|
310,000
-35,000
|
-35,000 |
|
|
250,000
165,000
|
165,000 |
|
|
185,000
163,500
|
163,500 |
|
|
160,000
74,000
|
74,000 |
|
|
140,000
9,500
|
9,500 |
|
|
65,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
|
57,000 | |
|
|
42,000
-60,500
|
-60,500 |
|
|
39,000
-24,500
|
-24,500 |
|
|
36,000
-19,000
|
-19,000 |
|
31,000 |
Hand-for-Hand
Level 18
: 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
We're down to 118 and one away from the money. Play will now proceed on a hand-for-hand basis until the money bubble has burst.
Level: 18
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 10,000
Roy Hill Moving Up
Level 17
: 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Roy Hill of Benton, Louisiana, has been chipping up steadily through the day and now sits among the leaders. In his latest victory, Hill added another 50,000 to his stack and now has 498,000.
An early position player limped for 8,000 and the small blind completed. Hill checked his option in the big blind and the three players saw a flop of 
. The blinds checked and the third player bet out 12,000. The small blind folded and Hill called.
It went heads up to the turn, which came 
. Hill checked and his opponent bet 12,000. Hill called.
The river completed the board with the , and both players checked it down.
Hill's opponent said, "I can't beat ya," and tabled .
Hill turned over 
for top pair to collect the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
498,000
290,000
|
290,000 |
Chip Counts
Level 17
: 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
395,000
365,000
|
365,000 |
|
|
274,000
157,000
|
157,000 |
|
|
215,000 | |
|
165,000
66,000
|
66,000 |
|
|
160,000
160,000
|
160,000 |
|
|
152,000
-48,000
|
-48,000 |
|
108,000
-28,000
|
-28,000 |
|
|
82,000 | |
|
|
80,000 |