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: 4

Blinds: 200/300

Ante: 300

Lehr Goes After a Second Bag

Level 4 : 200/300, 300 ante
Keith Lehr
Keith Lehr

Two-time WSOP bracelet winner Keith Lehr is back in action in Flight C. In case you thought Lehr already had his ticket to Day 2 by bagging in an earlier flight--you are correct. Lehr bagged up 93,000 in Flight A.

Apparently not satisfied with an average stack, Lehr is back to try to improve on that total.

"I'm back," Lehr tells everyone at the table, "It's going to be fast and furious today."

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Keith Lehr
21,000
WSOP 2X Winner

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It Don't Matter If They Don't Call

Level 4 : 200/300, 300 ante
Gary Burks
Gary Burks

In a six-way limped pot, the flop comes {a-Spades}{a-Diamonds}{5-Spades}. The action checks to the {5-Diamonds} on the turn. Again, the action checks through. The dealer completes the board with the {5-Clubs}, and the small blind laughs out loud at the full house on the board.

Three players check and then Gary Burks bets 1,000 into the 1,800 pot. Four players fold in quick succession.

Burks' final opponent asks, "You guys are gonna leave it up to me? I fold."

Burks takes down the modest pot without showing his hole cards, but later says, "I had the ace. I thought I might've checked my way into quads."

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Gary Burks
18,100
-5,700
-5,700

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Southern Poker Open Players: Mike Delavergne

Level 4 : 200/300, 300 ante
Mike Delavergne
Mike Delavergne

Mike Delavergne is from Runaway Bay, TX and has lived there for seven years.

He is the owner of Skinny's Phone Repair shop and had been running that store since 2011. He's a big poker fan and plays a bunch of tournaments in the area.

He says that this is the first time he's been at a RunGood event and he's really enjoying it. He has six recorded tournament cashes all from this year for a total of $16,706 in career tournament winnings.

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Mike Delavergne
19,000
19,000
19,000

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Level: 5

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 400

Southern Poker Open: Jason Burch

Level 5 : 200/400, 400 ante
Jason Burch
Jason Burch

Jason Burch is in the field and using one of his three specially-made card protectors. He's been married for ten years and has three daughters. Each daughter has a card protector.

Burch said he's keeping track of which card protector he wins the most with. He also wanted his wife, Amanda, to know that he's playing great.

Burch is from Houston, TX and he has been working as a Tech Consultant for 10 years. He travels all over to play poker tournaments and is sitting with just over 30,000 currently.

He has just over $3,000 in tournament winnings on four cashes.

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Jason Burch
32,000
32,000
32,000

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Five-Way Action, Daniel Ayala Holds

Level 5 : 200/400, 400 ante

A player moves all in for 4,800 and two players called before Daniel Ayala moved all in for more, 10,300.

A player cold-called from behind and the two remaining players called the difference, putting in 5,500 more.

The flop came {6-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}{4-Diamonds} and two players, including Ayala, were all in for their tournament lives.

The three players with chips remaining checked through the flop. They checked through the turn when the {3-Clubs} hit.

They checked the river when the {5-Spades} paired the board.

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Daniel Ayala
44,000

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Level: 6

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600

Tim Rystrom Finds a Double

Level 6 : 300/600, 600 ante

Tim Rystrom got all in preflop with {7-Spades}{7-Clubs} and got called by {a-Spades}{k-Hearts}.

He was at risk, but in pretty good shape when the flop came {q-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}, giving him a set and leaving his opponent drawing really thin.

The turn was the {9-Spades} and that sealed the deal for Rystrom. The river was the {5-Clubs} and the dealer shipped the pot to Rystrom.

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Tim Rystrom
24,000

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