Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
Southern Poker Open
Main Event
Day: 1a
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
The Bass Caddy
Level 3
: 100/200, 200 ante
"I'm what you call a bass caddy," Samuel Whitstine said.
"I just make sure the boat stays afloat."
Whitstine is sitting about eight feet away from his wife on the edge of the room, just watching her play poker.
He says he tried his hand at a satellite and cash games earlier today and those didn't go so well, so now he's on the rail watching his wife of almost 50 years play.
The couple will celebrate their 50th anniversary in October. They grew up together in Pineville, Lousiana and got together after they played Mary and Joseph in a church play.
Jonell is doing the playing and she has already doubled her stack and sent one player to the rail. She says that she always says she's gonna "fish" the tournament. She also says her family is highly competitive.
She spent years on the Women's Bassmaster Tour, traveling the states and fishing competitively. She also said her two daughters joined her for a while. Samuel said he was just the bass caddy with a big smile on his face as he sat on the rail just a few feet away from his wife.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
40,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
Hometown Hero Lehr Enters the Fray
Level 3
: 100/200, 200 ante
With five cashes at this year's WSOP in Las Vegas, and $3,488,190 in lifetime tournament winnings, it's no surprise to see Bossier City native Keith Lehr has taken his seat in the Southern Poker Open. Lehr started his career in Bossier City and is remembered fondly (if somewhat irreverently) by the locals.
Lehr holds two WSOP championship bracelets and one WSOP Circuit ring. His cashes this summer included a 599th-place finish in the Main Event for $24,560, a 13th-place finish in the Millionaire Maker event for $75,407, and a third-place finish for $73,333 in the Heads-Up NL event.
Famous for putting his glass eye on top of his chip stack when moving all in, Lehr will no doubt be one to watch this weekend.
Nguyen Wins Big Three Way All In
Level 3
: 100/200, 200 ante
Ngo Nguyen stood up from the table as three players got all in.
Nguyen had one of his opponents covered. The big stack showed 
on the 
board for top two pair.
Nguyen showed 
for a set of fours and the short stack had 
for a combo draw.
The river was the 
and Nguyen doubled through one opponent and eliminated the other.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
45,000 |
Level: 4
Blinds: 200/300
Ante: 300
Seale Peels, Peel Seals
Level 4
: 200/300, 300 ante
Jacob Seale limped from early position, a middle-position player limped, and Brian Peel raised to 2,000. The action folded back to Seale.
"How much is it?" Seale asked.
On getting the answer, Seale asked the same question again, though it's not clear if he didn't hear the dealer or if he just didn't believe the size of the raise.
"Two comma zero zero zero," the dealer answered, lightening the tension.
Seale considered for a bit and then committed the chips to call. The middle-position player folded.
The dealer spread a flop of 
and Seale checked. Peel quickly bet 3,500. Seale considered for about a minute and then called.
The turn added the 
to the board and Seale hesitated and then checked. Peel started to put together a bet which prompted Seale to fold.
As the pot was pushed to Peel, Seale said, "I was trying to give off a tell."
"I had to bet it," Peel replied. "But I wasn't sure what was going on."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
33,200
18,700
|
18,700 |
|
14,100
14,100
|
14,100 |
A Double for Lonnie White, Justin Breithaupt Cruising
Level 4
: 200/300, 300 ante
After two hands at Table 2, Lonnie White found a double for his short stack through Justin Breithaupt, who already has three starting stacks.
On the first hand, White opened to 1,000 and got two callers. The board flop was 
and Max Odom checked to White.
White bet 1,500, leaving himself with just 2,300 behind. Odom was the lone caller.
Both players checked the turn when the 
came.
The river was the and Odom led for 3,200. White folded.
The next hand, White shoved the 
flop and Breithaupt called.
White had middle pair with 
against the straight draw of Breithaupt, who held 
.
The turn was the 
and the river was the and White earned a small double. Breithaupt was still sitting with over three starting stacks.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
66,000 | |
|
|
23,000 | |
|
|
5,700 |
A Special Offer to play Keith Lehr Heads Up For an Entry
Level 4
: 200/300, 300 ante
Chad Disante made another announcement after some of the players at Keith Lehr's table asked if there was a bounty on his head.
Disante announced that if you're the first person to knock Lehr out, you get to play Lehr heads up for another entry into the tournament.
During the break they plan on running $50 flips for even more entries to the first-ever Southern Poker Open.
Foster Gets Active
Level 4
: 200/300, 300 ante
Shreveport resident Seth Foster might be best known for his 94th-place finish in the 2018 WSOP Main Event for $66,330. With Hendon Mob results that go back a decade, Foster has collected $286,808 in lifetime tournament winnings, including two cashes at the WSOP in Las Vegas this summer.
Foster was in the small blind and the action folded to the hijack, who limped. The button folded, Foster called, and the big blind checked his option. The flop came 
. The blinds checked and the hijack bet 400. Foster called and the big blind folded.
The turn added the to the board. Foster checked and the hijack bet 1,200. Foster quickly folded.
In the next hand, Foster had the button. On the turn, with the board reading 
and approximately 4,000 chips in the pot, Foster was heads up with position against a single opponent, who checked. Foster bet 1,700 and his opponent quickly folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
36,700
36,700
|
36,700 |
Break it Up
Level 4
: 200/300, 300 ante
The players are enjoying the first scheduled break of the day. When they return, Level 5 will begin with blinds of 200/400 with a 400 big blind ante.