Noy Rat got all in on the 
flop against a player holding 
.
Rat had 
.
The turn was the 
and the river was the 
, giving Rat a straight and eliminating her opponent, who she had slightly covered.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
54,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
It's the kind of hand every poker player dreads--you feel like you're beat, but you just can't fold. Only this time, the player on the worse end managed to lose the minimum.
With the board reading 
, Brian Lane bet out 10,000. His only opponent, Russell Banks, thought for a bit and then called. The river was the 
and Lane again bet 10,000.
Banks lightly slapped the table a few times to indicate he wanted a check out of Lane.
"Aw, I can't help it, I've gotta call," he said, tossing in the chips.
Lane turned over 
and Banks nodded as he showed 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
113,000
113,000
|
113,000 |
|
|
35,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
Nicola De Lazzari-Stacey moved all in in middle position for her last 24,800 and another player moved all in over the top for about 75,000. The remaining players folded and Lazzari-Stacey was up against 
. She was looking for a king, holding 
.
The board ran out 
and she rivered the best hand to send her opponent to the rail and almost double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
58,000 |
Level: 12
Blinds: 1,500/2,500
Ante: 2,500
The official payout structure has been calculated and the top prize in the Southern Poker Open by RunGood Events is $72,895. The final table payouts are shown below. For the full payout schedule, click here.
1st - $72,895
2nd - $44,888
3rd - $33,378
4th - $25,093
5th - $19,118
6th - $14,737
7th - $11,471
8th - $9,041
9th - $7,209
10th - $5,815
There was some previous action and an all in before Don Hardy moved all in for slightly less, about 42,400.
The third player had about 5,000 in the pot already and was debating whether to call or not. He eventually folded.
Hardy turned over against the of his opponent.
The board ran out 
and Hardy held on to double up and leave his opponent with 200.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
86,000 |
The results are in and the first Southern Poker Open will pay the winner $72,895. The tournament drew 1,138 players over three days and five starting flights and almost doubled the $200,000 guarantee.
Huey Hulin bagged the overall chip lead in the early flight today with 405,500 and will be in front of 234 coming back Sunday at noon. The top 117 places are going to make the money.
The field will be full of some RunGood regulars and other faces familiar to poker. RunGood Ambassador Mina Greco bagged the opening flight, Charles “Woody” Moore bagged the final flight, and two-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner Keith Lehr bagged the opening flight as well. However, he took a shot and registered again, only to bag over 200,000 — almost doubling his opening flight chip stack.
This was the first ever Southern Poker Open and the entire mood throughout the weekend so far has been jovial, filled with celebration, giveaways, and a ton of flips.
Play resumes Sunday at noon with the final 234 players aiming for that $72,895 first prize. Follow all the action on PokerNews.com until the first-ever Southern Poker Open champion is crowned.
The seating chart and a complete list of the chip counts will be posted as soon as it is ready.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
405,500 | |
|
285,000
209,500
|
209,500 |
|
|
258,500 | |
|
257,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
|
244,000 | |
|
239,500 | |
|
210,000 | |
|
|
196,500
28,500
|
28,500 |
|
|
194,000
112,000
|
112,000 |
|
194,000 | |
|
|
178,000 | |
|
178,000 | |
|
|
178,000 | |
|
|
165,000 | |
|
163,500 | |
|
|
161,500 | |
|
159,500 | |
|
|
156,500 | |
|
|
146,500 | |
|
|
145,500 | |
|
144,500 | |
|
141,000 | |
|
139,500 | |
|
137,000 | |
|
|
134,000 |
Main Event
Day 1de Completed
The following table shows the Day 2 seat assignments for the 234 players returning at noon on Sunday for the final day of the Southern Poker Open, sorted by Player Name:
| Name | Chip Count | Table | Seat |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Johnson | 81,000 | 15 | 3 |
| Adam Racca | 63,500 | 18 | 3 |
| Alan Misenheimer | 117,500 | 12 | 4 |
| Alvin Nowell | 131,500 | 12 | 5 |
| Andrew Dosser | 65,500 | 2 | 4 |
| Arthur Collins | 37,500 | 1 | 9 |
| Aubrey Hullaby | 40,000 | 14 | 2 |
| Barbara Laden | 43,000 | 1 | 3 |
| Ben Mintz | 96,000 | 16 | 3 |
| Ben Taylor | 78,000 | 11 | 6 |
| Benjamin Markway | 30,000 | 21 | 7 |
| Bobby Barbier | 267,000 | 7 | 8 |
| Bonnie Weitzel | 74,000 | 17 | 10 |
| Brain Sorder | 105,500 | 9 | 3 |
| Brandon Gill | 81,000 | 15 | 10 |
| Brandon Guzman | 210,000 | 10 | 4 |
| Brandon Rust | 115,000 | 19 | 6 |
| Bret Watson | 59,000 | 4 | 8 |
| Brette Scott | 58,000 | 19 | 8 |
| Brian Ditto | 58,000 | 16 | 4 |
| Brian Lane | 90,000 | 24 | 3 |
| Brock Croft | 55,500 | 1 | 5 |
| Bryan Crossin | 74,500 | 5 | 7 |
| Bryan Schmidt | 56,500 | 11 | 4 |
| Buddy Watley | 13,500 | 7 | 3 |
| Cedric Jones | 122,000 | 8 | 5 |
| Charles Hubbard | 27,000 | 15 | 9 |
| Charles Moore | 61,500 | 16 | 2 |
| Charles Rhodes | 80,500 | 13 | 4 |
| Chelsi Brown | 36,000 | 14 | 10 |
| Chester Dilday | 84,000 | 17 | 3 |
| Cheston Wilson | 37,000 | 6 | 9 |
| Chris Austin | 40,000 | 22 | 5 |
| Chris Tiller | 200,000 | 18 | 1 |
| Christopher Shaw | 139,500 | 7 | 2 |
| Clark Craft | 262,500 | 7 | 9 |
| Clay Hentry | 16,500 | 12 | 1 |
| Clayton Bates | 257,000 | 24 | 6 |
| Clayton Cole | 26,000 | 10 | 1 |
| Clifford Ashton | 60,000 | 19 | 1 |
| Colin Leighton | 134,000 | 18 | 4 |
| Colton Thomas | 55,000 | 13 | 5 |
| Corey Asbill | 18,000 | 21 | 3 |
| Corey Lawson | 111,500 | 22 | 2 |
| Damarjai Davenport | 178,000 | 14 | 3 |
| Damon Lewis | 15,500 | 17 | 2 |
| Daniel [Removed:376] | 50,500 | 22 | 7 |
| Danny Burks | 72,000 | 9 | 10 |
| Danny Coats | 172,000 | 16 | 7 |
| Danny [Removed:376] | 80,000 | 9 | 6 |
| David Leon | 48,500 | 15 | 7 |
| David Nixon | 69,000 | 20 | 5 |
| Deborah Graves | 107,000 | 9 | 7 |
| Dennis Baker | 163,500 | 22 | 8 |
| Derwin Lewis | 21,500 | 19 | 9 |
| Don Hardy | 86,000 | 21 | 5 |
| Dorothy Buviell | 44,000 | 8 | 7 |
| Duc Nguyen | 56,000 | 18 | 6 |
| Dustin Morris | 118,000 | 7 | 4 |
| Dustin Paulen | 84,500 | 11 | 10 |
| Earnest Gill | 81,000 | 1 | 1 |
| Eddie Buie | 116,500 | 3 | 2 |
| Eddie Stokes | 120,000 | 24 | 1 |
| Edmond Zaunbrecher III | 158,000 | 3 | 6 |
| Erin Cox | 94,500 | 13 | 2 |
| Ernest Grubbs | 34,500 | 4 | 5 |
| Frank Glover | 38,500 | 10 | 3 |
| Frank Kirkpatrick | 156,500 | 11 | 7 |
| Fred Macadoo | 114,500 | 13 | 7 |
| Gary Burks | 159,500 | 10 | 8 |
| Gary Goggins | 80,000 | 16 | 5 |
| Gary Zachary | 63,500 | 5 | 8 |
| George Crawford | 111,500 | 13 | 1 |
| George Green | 196,500 | 15 | 8 |
| Gerald Kelley | 279,500 | 20 | 3 |
| Gerald Nabors | 102,500 | 6 | 4 |
| Glen Sheffield | 225,000 | 8 | 2 |
| Graham Stacey | 53,500 | 3 | 3 |
| Grant Coffman | 99,500 | 24 | 4 |
| Grant Hart | 137,000 | 11 | 5 |
| Greg James | 130,500 | 20 | 1 |
| Greg Robinson | 101,000 | 13 | 8 |
| Greg Stanley | 31,000 | 16 | 8 |
| Hayward Rigano | 93,500 | 14 | 6 |
| Hubert Allen | 61,000 | 5 | 9 |
| Huey Hulin | 405,500 | 18 | 7 |
| Hung Do | 63,000 | 23 | 1 |
| Jack Venable | 30,500 | 10 | 10 |
| Jacob Seale | 136,000 | 11 | 2 |
| Jacob Sklar | 34,000 | 3 | 10 |
| James Arnold | 19,500 | 13 | 9 |
| James Barron | 100,500 | 14 | 5 |
| James Mijalis | 41,000 | 4 | 1 |
| James Ponthier | 72,500 | 21 | 6 |
| Jason Beltran | 85,000 | 4 | 2 |
| Jeff Galloway | 38,500 | 12 | 6 |
| Jeff Grimes | 72,500 | 18 | 8 |
| Jeff Martin | 194,000 | 15 | 6 |
| Jeff O'Glee | 194,000 | 6 | 8 |
| Jeff Pierce | 28,000 | 23 | 2 |
| Jeff Wyatt | 150,500 | 3 | 4 |
| Jeremy Branch | 98,500 | 15 | 4 |
| Jeremy Tinsley | 98,500 | 12 | 10 |
| Jerril Fielding | 73,500 | 3 | 9 |
| Jerry Green | 124,500 | 6 | 3 |
| Jerry Stanfield | 17,000 | 17 | 9 |
| Jerry Whitley | 145,500 | 4 | 9 |
| Jim Harris | 285,000 | 10 | 9 |
| John Dudley | 130,500 | 4 | 6 |
| John Jacob | 92,000 | 2 | 1 |
| John Shelton | 32,000 | 12 | 7 |
| John Wade | 40,500 | 21 | 8 |
| Johnny Donnely | 165,000 | 1 | 10 |
| Johnny Springer | 110,000 | 23 | 5 |
| Johnny Walker | 52,500 | 16 | 6 |
| Jon Dean | 52,000 | 6 | 10 |
| Jon Hutchins | 56,000 | 11 | 1 |
| Jonathan Foster | 64,000 | 13 | 10 |
| Jonathan Rabideau | 68,000 | 10 | 7 |
| Jonell Whitstine | 92,500 | 8 | 10 |
| Jordan Smith | 144,500 | 22 | 4 |
| Jorge Galvan | 99,000 | 8 | 3 |
| Joseph Coffero | 91,000 | 24 | 7 |
| Joshua Carpp | 72,000 | 18 | 2 |
| Joshua Emory | 34,000 | 22 | 9 |
| Judy LeBlanc | 65,500 | 9 | 4 |
| Justin Breithaupt | 74,000 | 2 | 8 |
| Kai Smith | 33,000 | 2 | 9 |
| Keith Lehr | 223,500 | 7 | 10 |
| Kendall Lisenby | 74,000 | 17 | 7 |
| Kevin Kaylor | 120,500 | 1 | 2 |
| Kimberly Martin | 102,500 | 5 | 10 |
| Kristi Morton | 112,000 | 8 | 9 |
| Kyle Robinson | 168,500 | 16 | 1 |
| Lamar Clack | 47,500 | 4 | 10 |
| Lance Nielsen | 60,500 | 6 | 1 |
| Larry Renaud | 111,500 | 23 | 3 |
| Lee Henry Jr. | 78,500 | 19 | 4 |
| Lilton Greggs | 82,000 | 20 | 9 |
| Lloyd Patout | 88,000 | 8 | 8 |
| Logan Hoover | 96,500 | 19 | 5 |
| Louis Lewis | 183,000 | 17 | 5 |
| Luis Yumet Jr. | 35,500 | 23 | 7 |
| Mack Ledbetter | 57,000 | 20 | 2 |
| Marc Hodge | 52,000 | 11 | 8 |
| Mark Burford | 133,000 | 6 | 7 |
| Mark DeSerrano | 52,500 | 10 | 2 |
| Marshall Bailey | 105,500 | 19 | 3 |
| Marty Williams | 59,500 | 16 | 9 |
| Matt Orr | 72,000 | 5 | 4 |
| Matt Register | 187,500 | 21 | 9 |
| Matt Stroud | 244,000 | 11 | 3 |
| Matthew Key | 26,500 | 5 | 5 |
| Melvin Skeeles | 34,000 | 14 | 1 |
| Michael Davis | 34,500 | 4 | 3 |
| Michael Glois | 44,500 | 14 | 8 |
| Michael Leatherwood | 37,500 | 15 | 2 |
| Michael Maley | 111,500 | 13 | 3 |
| Michael Patterson | 180,000 | 22 | 1 |
| Michael Sampognaro | 117,500 | 24 | 9 |
| Michael Slate | 48,000 | 22 | 6 |
| Michael Vardeman | 90,000 | 8 | 1 |
| Michael Warren | 48,500 | 3 | 7 |
| Mike Ballas | 79,000 | 1 | 6 |
| Mike Guidry | 210,000 | 1 | 4 |
| Mina Greco | 90,000 | 12 | 2 |
| Mohannad Nammari | 31,500 | 9 | 8 |
| Morris Neighbors | 161,500 | 10 | 5 |
| Naaman Wood | 258,500 | 19 | 2 |
| Ngochuy Nguyen | 49,000 | 4 | 7 |
| Nicola de Lazzari Stacey | 46,000 | 6 | 5 |
| Noy Ratst | 65,500 | 8 | 4 |
| Paul Espinoza | 265,000 | 16 | 10 |
| Paul Fulmer | 30,500 | 5 | 6 |
| Paul Mathers | 54,000 | 21 | 1 |
| Pej Preemo | 239,500 | 15 | 1 |
| Philip Norton | 82,000 | 5 | 3 |
| Randel English | 52,000 | 18 | 5 |
| Randy Browning | 59,000 | 9 | 2 |
| Randy Turner | 93,500 | 7 | 5 |
| Raymond Kilpatrick | 55,000 | 11 | 9 |
| Rees Scruggs | 115,000 | 9 | 5 |
| Richard Couron | 233,000 | 9 | 9 |
| Richard Gallo | 48,500 | 7 | 1 |
| Richard Golmon | 88,000 | 24 | 8 |
| Richard Jones | 64,500 | 21 | 2 |
| Richard Morris | 118,500 | 2 | 10 |
| Richard Norman Jr. | 115,500 | 18 | 9 |
| Rick Braun | 123,000 | 17 | 6 |
| Rick Southerland | 48,000 | 12 | 8 |
| RM Warren | 96,400 | 2 | 3 |
| Robby Greene | 65,000 | 6 | 6 |
| Robert Armstrong | 75,000 | 7 | 6 |
| Robert Magee | 30,000 | 24 | 5 |
| Robert Proline | 178,000 | 9 | 1 |
| Robert Tucker | 69,000 | 2 | 5 |
| Robert Veazey | 42,000 | 2 | 2 |
| Rodney Sermons | 80,500 | 19 | 7 |
| Roger Bennett | 50,500 | 2 | 6 |
| Roger Woodruff | 95,500 | 14 | 9 |
| Ronnie Wilson | 42,500 | 13 | 6 |
| Roy Hill | 132,000 | 3 | 8 |
| Russell Corley | 43,000 | 8 | 6 |
| Rusty Ferrin | 47,000 | 5 | 1 |
| Ryan Ainsworth | 141,000 | 3 | 5 |
| Ryan Lima | 70,000 | 24 | 2 |
| Schuyler Thornton | 77,500 | 23 | 9 |
| Seth Foster | 80,500 | 3 | 1 |
| Shana Browning | 81,000 | 7 | 7 |
| Shawn Colvit | 155,500 | 12 | 3 |
| Simon Webster | 37,000 | 23 | 8 |
| Spencer Petree | 78,500 | 2 | 7 |
| Steven O'Bryan | 32,000 | 1 | 7 |
| Stuart McMahen | 108,500 | 14 | 7 |
| Susan Couron | 120,500 | 17 | 4 |
| Tamper Wheeler | 92,000 | 23 | 6 |
| Tanawat Roberson | 178,000 | 22 | 3 |
| Terry Griffith | 55,000 | 5 | 2 |
| Terry Hanley | 28,000 | 20 | 6 |
| Tim Harris | 79,500 | 10 | 6 |
| Tim Rystrom | 49,000 | 4 | 4 |
| Timothy Lewing | 88,500 | 12 | 9 |
| Timothy Ragland | 121,000 | 17 | 8 |
| Todd Smith | 132,000 | 21 | 4 |
| Tomas Teran | 96,500 | 1 | 8 |
| Tommy Tompkins | 120,000 | 20 | 7 |
| Travis Speck | 92,000 | 17 | 1 |
| Tuan Le | 126,000 | 20 | 8 |
| Tuon Van | 27,000 | 6 | 2 |
| Wadih Kaawar | 71,000 | 14 | 4 |
| Wes Gauthier | 308,000 | 15 | 5 |
| Wesley Self | 146,500 | 23 | 4 |
| Will Carrion | 148,000 | 20 | 4 |
| William Gardner | 97,000 | 18 | 10 |
