Southern Poker Open
Meet Greg Stanley of Minden, Louisiana, better known in the Bossier City poker room as Captain Agave. Chad Disante didn't provide the backstory, so we asked Stanley to elaborate.
"You know the old saying, 'You can't beat a lucky drunk'?" Stanley explains, "Well, I've won a few tournaments by just calling everything and catching everything.
"But how I got the nickname was, one time I was playing cash with this guy called Joker. I was drinking tequila and winning and he goes, 'A guy as lucky as you ought to be buying rounds for the table.' So I said, 'I'm ready, how about you?' And the two of us went about thirteen rounds.
"By the end of it, Chad was like, 'If you can't walk out of here, I can't help you.'"
Stanley whiffed in Flight A but is back for another...shot...at a bag.
Brian Maxwell says he's only won one hand today so he was a bit nervous while he was scooping in a pot after making a flush on the river.
He was in a five-way hand when the flop came and he was the second player to check. Then a player bet 1,400 and Maxwell was one of two players to call.
The turn was the and Maxwell was first to act. He checked. Both his opponents checked as well.
The river was the and Maxwell checked again. The next player bet 2,400 and the player on the button folded. Maxwell called.
The bettor showed and Maxwell turned over for a flush.
"That's the first hand I've won all day," he said.
Maxwell has one recorded tournament cash for $2,705 when he finished 14th in the Horseshoe Bossier City RunGood Poker Series main event in March 2018.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Brian Maxwell
|
16,700 |
Zozimo Cardenas just added to his stack and sent two players to the rail in the process.
The first hand, after a limp Cardenas raised to 1,800. He got one caller.
The flop was and Cardenas checked. His opponent moved all-in for about 9,500 and Cardenas called.
He tabled and was ahead of the of his opponent.
He held to eliminate his opponent.
On the very next hand, two players limped before Cardenas raised, again to 1,800. The action folded back to the second limper and he shoved for 4,000. Cardenas called with .
He was against .
Cardenas flopped an ace and held to eliminate another player.
Cardenas owns a landscaping company that allows him to spend his free time playing poker. He is from Ft. Worth, TX and has been playing poker for about ten years.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Zozimo Cardenas
|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
With the first break just moments away, here are some updated chip counts.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Wes Gauthier |
69,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
Lonnie White
|
65,500
37,500
|
37,500 |
Rusty Ferrin
|
57,400
57,400
|
57,400 |
Richard Couron |
53,800
53,800
|
53,800 |
Josh Emory
|
52,300
52,300
|
52,300 |
Steven Brooks |
48,200
48,200
|
48,200 |
Babo Taylor
|
45,500
45,500
|
45,500 |
Raymond Kilpatrick |
42,200
22,200
|
22,200 |
Jonell Whitstine
|
41,800
41,800
|
41,800 |
Mark Spivey
|
36,700
16,700
|
16,700 |
Kat Bowen
|
36,500
16,500
|
16,500 |
Terry Griffith |
36,000
36,000
|
36,000 |
Thad Dilday
|
29,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
Regina Koenig |
26,200
6,200
|
6,200 |
Jeff Grimes |
24,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
Gary Burks |
23,800
3,800
|
3,800 |
Trace Holder
|
19,000
19,000
|
19,000 |
Judy LeBlanc |
13,500
-6,500
|
-6,500 |
The players are enjoying the first scheduled 15-minute break of the day. When they return, Level 5 will begin with blinds of 200/400 with a 400 big blind ante.
Dealers are standing by to run $50 flips for seats in the Southern Poker Open.
Jeff Grimes just busted an opponent when he made quad sixes on the turn.
"And I made the straight," his opponent said heading to the rail.
"Quads are good," Grimes said while scooping in the pot.
Grimes made the trip to the Southern Poker Open from Missouri. He has $115,834 in career tournament winnings and is looking find a bag in his second flight here. He arrived yesterday in time to register and play the opening flight but was unable to make it through to Day 2. So far his second attempt is going well as he is sitting with a little more than double the starting stack.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jeff Grimes |
41,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
Two players limped and James McCalman made it 2,000 to go from the small blind. Only the player on the button called.
The flop came . McCalman continued for 3,000 and the button called.
The came on the turn, and McCalman lead out for 5,000. Without hesitation, the button called.
The board completed with the , completing a potential flush draw. This time, McCalman checked. His opponent quickly moved all-in for around 8,000 and McCalman called off his last 6,200 chips.
McCalman tabled for the broadway straight. His opponent flashed a and mucked.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
James McCalman
|
33,200
33,200
|
33,200 |
Conway, Arkansas, resident Grant Hart showed up yesterday unrecognizable, in a t-shirt and hatless; but today the professional rodeo cowboy turned real estate investor is back in uniform. Hart has taken a seat in a $125 sit-n-go for a seat into the Southern Poker Open.
Hart has $58,148 in lifetime tournament winnings and is a regular at RGPS stops with three cashes and one final table from that tour. He's fresh off a couple cashes at the WSOPC stop in Durant in July.
A middle position player limped and the small blind raised to 2,500. Richard Gallo called from the big blind and the middle position player came along.
Three players saw a flop of , and all three checked. The turn brought the to the board, and the small blind bet 2,000. Gallo called and the middle position player folded.
The came on the river, bringing in the potential backdoor flush. The small blind immediately shoved for his last 14,000 and Gallo snap called, tabling for the second nuts. His opponent turned over for the broadway straight and headed to the registration booth to reenter.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Richard Gallo
|
40,400
40,400
|
40,400 |