Southern Poker Open

Main Event
Day: 1bc
Event Info

Southern Poker Open

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
1010
Prize
$47,734
Event Info
Buy-in
$420
Entries
1,138
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
200,000

Level: 1

Blinds: 100/100

Ante: 0

Flight C Is Out of the Gate

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.

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First Level, First Double and Elimination

Level 1 : 100/100, 0 ante
Mike Guidry
Mike Guidry

With the board reading {8-Diamonds}{2-Clubs}{3-Clubs}{8-Hearts} 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 {9-Spades}{9-Hearts}.

Guidry tabled {q-Hearts}{q-Clubs} for a better two pair and it held through the {k-Diamonds} river.

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Mike Guidry
40,000
40,000
40,000
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Justin Breithaupt
Busted

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Level: 2

Blinds: 100/100

Ante: 100

Woody Came to Play

Level 2 : 100/100, 100 ante
Charles Moore
Charles Moore

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.

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Shreveport's Finest: Barry Seidel is in the Field

Level 2 : 100/100, 100 ante
Barry Seidel
Barry Seidel

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.

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Barry Seidel
24,200
24,200
24,200

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Level: 3

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 200

Southern Poker Open Players: Jack Venable

Level 3 : 100/200, 200 ante
Jack Venable
Jack Venable

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.

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Jack Venable
25,400
25,400
25,400

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Overbet and Call

Level 3 : 100/200, 200 ante
Jeremiah Johnson
Jeremiah Johnson

With the board reading {k-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}{6-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}{7-Hearts} and 8,000 in the middle, Jeremiah Johnson overbet the pot for 10,000 from the small blind. His single opponent took little time to toss in call.

Johnson turned over {6-Hearts}{6-Clubs} for sixes full of sevens and took down a nice-sized pot in the early going.

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Jeremiah Johnson
45,000
45,000
45,000

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Southern Poker Open Players: Angela Mijalis

Level 3 : 100/200, 200 ante

"This is the first time I've been able to play in a tournament in a long time," Angela Mijalis said.

Mijalis lives in Shreveport and is originally from Texas.

"This is the first time I've played in a long time," she said.

She says she normally likes to play tournaments and prefers the slow pace of tournament play.

She has two career cashes with $8,150 in career winnings.

Player Chips Progress
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Angela Mijalis
19,500

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