Southern Poker Open
A player opened to 7,500 from middle position and Eddie Stokes three-bet to 32,000 from the small blind.
His opponent called and the flop came ![]()
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.
Stokes shoved his remaining 59,000 and had his opponent covered by about 12,000.
His opponent lifted his cards to look one last time before he mucked, giving Stokes the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
135,000
20,800
|
20,800 |
Huey Hulin has not only held onto the chips he won in a 4-way all-in, he's managed to chip up to almost 400,000 to start the last level of the flight. The St Martinville, Louisiana, resident is no stranger to RunGood events. He finished sixth in the RGPS Bossier Main Event in March of last year for $8,350.
But Hulin doesn't play exclusively in local tournaments. His cashes this year alone include visits to Biloxi, Las Vegas, and Durant. In all, his lifetime tournament winnings amount to $118,997.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
399,800 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
399,800
34,800
|
34,800 |
|
|
214,400
147,800
|
147,800 |
|
|
164,000
164,000
|
164,000 |
|
|
163,000
139,900
|
139,900 |
|
|
140,000
91,500
|
91,500 |
|
|
131,000
131,000
|
131,000 |
|
|
114,200
114,200
|
114,200 |
|
|
111,000
59,000
|
59,000 |
|
|
94,200
94,200
|
94,200 |
|
|
93,300
93,300
|
93,300 |
|
|
82,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
190,000 | |
|
|
175,000
37,500
|
37,500 |
|
|
124,000
101,500
|
101,500 |
|
|
114,000
83,000
|
83,000 |
|
|
88,000
9,500
|
9,500 |
|
|
85,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
|
|
48,100
1,100
|
1,100 |
|
|
37,000
18,500
|
18,500 |
|
|
36,000
21,000
|
21,000 |
|
|
26,000
29,000
|
29,000 |
|
|
24,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
|
|
19,400
4,100
|
4,100 |
Pej Preemo got his remaining 61,500 in against two players. He had one of them covered.
His opponents had ![]()
and ![]()
.
The read ![]()
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and Preemo scooped the pot with ![]()
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
175,000 |
Dennis Baker opened from late position to 5,000 and got a single call from Scott Gill in the big blind. The flop came ![]()
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and Gill checked. Baker continued for 6,000 and Gill called.
The
hit on the turn and this time both players checked.
The river came the
, putting three spades on board. Gill checked a third time and Baker went into the tank. After a full minute, Baker bet 35,000.
Gill thought for a minute and then asked, "Do you have anything at all?"
Baker didn't respond, but just waited out his opponent. After about a minute, Gill pushed his cards away and Baker collected the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
212,500
69,500
|
69,500 |
|
|
97,500
78,300
|
78,300 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
147,300 | |
|
|
112,400 | |
|
|
104,200 | |
|
|
67,500
67,500
|
67,500 |
|
|
66,600 |
The board read ![]()
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and Danny Kilcrease was all in against two players.
The river was the
and the first player bet 15,000. Derek Cook called.
All three players turned over flushes. The bettor showed ![]()
and Kilcrease had ![]()
.
Cook had the best of it with ![]()
and took down the pot — eliminating Kilcrease.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
68,000 | |
|
|
Busted |
George Crawford moved all-in from under the gun for 12,200 and Paul Mathers called from the hijack. The button called and the small blind folded.
Duc Nguyen, in the big blind, then moved all in for 34,000 more and the action was back on Mathers. After a couple minutes in the tank, Mathers reshoved for 53,000, prompting the button to fold.
Mathers - ![]()
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Nguyen - ![]()
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Crawford - ![]()
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The flop fell best for Crawford when it came ![]()
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, giving him top two pair, and it held through the
turn and
river.
Crawford tripled up while Nguyen took down a profit from the side pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
68,000
68,000
|
68,000 |
|
|
49,400
49,400
|
49,400 |
|
|
19,000
19,000
|
19,000 |