Main Event Day 1bc | Southern Poker Open

08-09-2019 20:12 UTC-4

Southern Poker Open Players: Jack Venable

Brentharrington

Level 3 : 100/200, 200 ante

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jack Venable	25,400 25,400	25,400

Tags: Jack Venable

Level: 3

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 200

08-09-2019 20:04 UTC-4

Shreveport's Finest: Barry Seidel is in the Field

Brentharrington

Level 2 : 100/100, 100 ante

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Barry Seidel	24,200 24,200	24,200

Tags: Barry Seidel

08-09-2019 19:37 UTC-4

Woody Came to Play

MarkSlatcher

Level 2 : 100/100, 100 ante

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.

Tags: Charles Moore

Level: 2

Blinds: 100/100

Ante: 100

08-09-2019 19:17 UTC-4

First Level, First Double and Elimination

MarkSlatcher

Level 1 : 100/100, 0 ante

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Guidry	40,000 40,000	40,000
Justin Breithaupt	Busted

Tags: Justin Breithaupt Mike Guidry

08-09-2019 19:05 UTC-4

Flight C Is Out of the Gate

MarkSlatcher

Level 1 : 100/100, 0 ante

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.

Tags: Horseshoe Bossier City RunGood Events Southern Poker Open

Level: 1

Blinds: 100/100

Ante: 0

08-09-2019 18:50 UTC-4

First Flight Over, Next Flight Begins at 6 P.M.

Brentharrington

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.

08-09-2019 18:22 UTC-4

Updated Chip Counts

MarkSlatcher

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Wes Gauthier	325,000 203,000	203,000
Bobby Barbier	271,000 96,000	96,000
Richard Couron	238,000
Will Carrion	141,000 141,000	141,000
Richard Norman Jr.	121,000 121,000	121,000
Marshall Bailey	112,000 7,000	7,000
Corey Lawson	94,600 74,600	74,600
Wayne Lewis	93,900 -96,100	-96,100
Shaun Calvit	81,000 81,000	81,000
Terry Griffith	59,000 -11,800	-11,800
Raymond Kilpatrick	53,000 -1,000	-1,000
Tuan Van	31,000 31,000	31,000

Tags: Gerald Kelley Wes Gauthier