Level: 5
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400
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
Double Doubles
Level 5
: 200/400, 400 ante
Drew Nickens three-bet all in over an open to 1,000. Nickens put his last 9,800 at risk with 
and the original raiser called with pocket jacks, 
.
Nickens flopped a king and held the lead to double up.
Shortly after, Mina Greco check-raised all-in on an 
flop.
There was 17,000 in the middle and she checked to her opponent who bet 10,000. She moved all-in for 16,100 and her opponent thought for about 30 seconds before calling with 
.
Greco tabled 
for a full house and would improve to quad aces when the final ace hit the turn.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
54,000 | |
|
20,500 |
Henry Takes It Down on the Turn
Level 5
: 200/400, 400 ante
With a flop of 
on the board and a pot of around 4,000 in the middle, Gary Burks checked and Jeff Grimes bet 2,400. Clay Henry called on the button and Burks called to complete the action.
The was added to the board and Burks checked again. Grimes thought it over for a bit before checking to Hentry. Henry started putting together chips for a bet immediately, ultimately tossing in a bet of 6,500. Burks cut out calling chips while staring at the board, but after a full minute he elected to throw in his cards rather than his chips.
Grimes decided to fold, saying, "I think he has better than a pair of threes."
After some other banter at the table, Henry said, "I figured if you checked, I was probably good."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
57,200
57,200
|
57,200 |
|
18,200
18,200
|
18,200 |
|
12,400
12,400
|
12,400 |
Level: 6
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 600
Fair Fight
Level 6
: 300/600, 600 ante
After a limp in early position, Keith Lehr moved all-in for 15,100. Earlier, Chad Disante put a bounty on Lehr, saying whoever busted him could play him heads up for another entry into the Southern Poker Open.
Lehr got a call from the button and then the small blind said he really wanted to call, but he didn't have a good hand.
George Green was in the big blind and moved all-in as well. He had Lehr and the player on the button covered. The limper folded and it was three-ways to the flop.
Lehr looked at the big blind after the action was completed, "Your hand was better than mine, I have seven-high."
The three players tabled their hands.
Green: 
Lehr: 
Button: 
The board ran out 
and Green scooped the pot and eliminated both players with a straight. Lehr was eliminated, but headed to the cage to rebuy for a fresh 20,000 stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
43,000
43,000
|
43,000 |
|
20,000 | |
|
||
Right Back At It
Level 6
: 300/600, 600 ante
Keith Lehr was back action shortly after busting out.
The board read 
and one player moved all-in for about 6,000. Lehr called and another player called.
The river was the 
and Lehr was the first to act. He moved all-in and his remaining opponent quickly folded. Kehr showed a straight with 
and eliminated his opponent who held 
for two pair.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
57,000
37,000
|
37,000 |
|
|
||
Level: 7
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
Jeff Wyatt is "Tired of Sitting Here"
Level 7
: 400/800, 800 ante
The flop was 
and the first player to act led for 4,500.
Jeff Wyatt was his only opponent and he moved all-in for 16,000.
"I'm tired of sitting here," Wyatt said as he put his remaining stack into the pot.
His opponent thought for a moment then called, tabling 
.
Wyatt showed 
.
The turn was the 
and the river was the , giving Wyatt the winning hand with nines full of eights.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
41,000 |
Bonnie Weitzel Leads
Level 7
: 400/800, 800 ante
With half the flight's levels behind us, Bonnie Weitzel leads with 159,200 chips. Here is a look at the most prominent stacks throughout the field.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
159,200
135,200
|
135,200 |
|
|
102,800
102,800
|
102,800 |
|
|
98,100 | |
|
92,400
92,400
|
92,400 |
|
|
91,600
91,600
|
91,600 |
|
78,000
78,000
|
78,000 |
|
|
74,000
74,000
|
74,000 |
|
|
73,100
73,100
|
73,100 |
|
72,000
72,000
|
72,000 |
|
|
70,300
70,300
|
70,300 |
|
|
55,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
|
54,000 | |
|
47,000
47,000
|
47,000 |
White Moving Up, Lehr Checks
Level 7
: 400/800, 800 ante
Keith Lehr was the first to act on a 
flop. Kimberly Martin bet 5,000 and three players folded, Lehr was the lone caller.
The turn was the and Martin, who didn't realize Lehr had not acted, quickly moved all in.
"Check. I check," Lehr said with a smile shortly before he mucked.
Martin collected the pot.
Nearby, Lonnie White who was eliminated earlier in the day and reentered scooped up a pot and sent Jacob Seale to the rail. Seale is a familar face from RunGood stops in the past and had two second-place finishes in two different RunGood Poker Series Main Events during the last season. One of this runner-up finishes was right here at the Bossier City Horseshoe.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
76,000
19,000
|
19,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
62,000
62,000
|
62,000 |
|
|
31,000
25,300
|
25,300 |
|
Busted | |