Jack Venable says he's been playing poker since he was a kid. He is in the field today looking to add to his $16,321 in career tournament winnings.
He has been working at a car dealership since 1994 and lives in Kilborn, TX.
He says he used to come to the Bossier City Horseshoe more often but hasn't been able to as often the past few years.
Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
Barry Seidel has been a firefighter in Shreveport for 27 years. He is in the field today taking his shot in the Day 1C flight.
He moved to Shreveport when he was 15 years old and has lived here since. He has been married to his wife Karen for 12 years and has one child.
Seidel has $575 in recorded tournament winnings and a deep run here in the Southern Poker Open would easily be the largest cash of his tournament playing career.
Las Vegas, Nevada, resident Charles "Woody" Moore has entered Flight C. With $1,683,156 in lifetime tournament winnings, the retired oil and gas explorer has played with all the big names and has qualified for the National Championship for seven years in a row--the only player to do so.
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 100
With the board reading 
and around 14,000 in the middle, Mike Guidry moved all in for 13,000.
Justin Breithaupt, Guidry's only opponent, asked, "Did he say all in? I call," and flipped over 
.
Guidry tabled 
for a better two pair and it held through the 
river.
The third of five Day 1 flights is underway in the Riverdome at Horseshoe Bossier City. The event offers a $200,000 guaranteed prize pool with a $420 buy-in. The surviving players from Day 1 flights will return on Sunday at noon to play down to a champion. For the full schedule of flights and satellites, click here.
Players buying into the event will begin their tournament with 20,000 chips and must survive twelve 30-minute levels to make it through to Day 2. Late registration and unlimited re-entry are available until the start of Level 9 (approximately 10:30 p.m. local time). The structure employs the big-blind ante, for faster play throughout the event. For the full structure sheet, click here.
PokerNews will be on hand to cover this event from start to finish with player stories, monster pots, photos, and more.
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 0
The room is getting ready for the second flight of the Southern Poker Open and 38 more players advanced to Day 2.
Wes Gauthier bagged the biggest stack and is currently the overall chip leader with 308,000. The next flight will begin at 6 p.m.
The clock has been stopped and only four hands remain to be played in Flight B. Wes Gauthier has already overtaken Flight A chip leader Gerald Kelley, but anything can happen before the bags come out. Here are the top stacks and updated counts as play winds down.
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