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: 9

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

Wadih Kaawar v Rodney Sermons

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Rodney Sermons
Rodney Sermons

Wadih Kaawar opened to 2,700 and got two callers, including Rodney Sermons.

The flop came {j-Diamonds}{4-Spades}{2-Clubs} and Kaawar led for 3,300. Sermons was the lone caller.

The turn {5-Spades} and Kaawar led again, this time for 10,000, leaving himself with 52,000 behind. Sermons called and had Kaawar slightly covered.

The river was the {9-Clubs} and both players checked. Sermons won the hand with {k-Diamonds}{j-Spades}, holding top pair against the {a-Spades}{q-Spades} of Kaawar.

Player Chips Progress
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Rodney Sermons
87,000
8,000
8,000
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Wadih Kaawar
52,000
52,000
52,000

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Kings Again for Guidry

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Mike Guidry
Mike Guidry

The last time Mike Guidry held pocket kings, they were beaten on the river by his opponent's {q-Spades}{9-Spades}.

In this hand, the player to Guidry's right shoved all-in preflop for 19,000. Guidry called and everyone else folded.

Guidry - {k-Spades}{k-Hearts}
Opponent - {j-Spades}{10-Diamonds}

The flop came {a-Hearts}{5-Spades}{3-Clubs}, changing nothing. The {q-Spades} on the turn gave Guidry's opponent an unlikely gutshot.

"Oh," said Guidry's opponent, but before he could complete his thought, the {j-Hearts} hit the board.

"I thought you were going to hit your set on the river," he finished, standing up.

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Knockout Artist

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Mike Guidry
Mike Guidry

Guidry has knocked out another player. A middle position player limped in for 1,200 and Guidry raised to 4,800 from the cutoff. The action folded back to the limper who moved all-in for 30,000.

Guidry took his time to consider his options but ultimately decided to call.

Guidry - {k-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds}
Opponent - {10-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}

The flop came {q-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}, giving Guidry flush and straight outs to go with is pair outs. The turn came the {q-Diamonds}, completing Guidry's flush, but his opponent could still win with a queen or ten on the river.

The river was the {3-Hearts} and Guidry's opponent made his exit from Flight B.

Player Chips Progress
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Mike Guidry
118,000
33,000
33,000

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Frankie Roush Holds On

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Three players saw the flop for 7,000 a piece.

Frankie Roush was the shortest stack and moved all-in for 9,500 on the {10-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}{5-Spades} flop.

He got called by both players. The first player called with 64,000 remaining in his stack and the next player called with about 34,000.

They both checked the {3-Clubs} on the turn and they both checked the river {6-Clubs}.

Roush tabled {q-Spades}{10-Spades} and only one opponent ended up showing their hand, it was {a-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds}. The other mucked and Roush won the hand.

Player Chips Progress
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Frankie Roush
32,000

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Level: 10

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 1,600

[Removed:376] Catches His Live Card

Level 10 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
Daniel [Removed:376]
Daniel [Removed:376]

Danny [Removed:376] and another player limped for 1,600 and Josh Carpp raised to 4,000. The action folded back to [Removed:376] and he called, as did the third player.

The flop came {10-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}{3-Spades}, and the action checked around. The {2-Clubs} hit on the turn and [Removed:376] bet 5,000. The first player folded and Carpp called.

The {8-Hearts} came on the river and again the action checked through. [Removed:376] turned up {k-Spades}{10-Spades} for two pair and Carpp revealed {a-Hearts}{k-Hearts} for ace-high.

Player Chips Progress
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Danny Doucet
109,000
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Josh Carpp
78,400

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Braun Turns Better Than Fuentes

Level 10 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
Richard Braun
Richard Braun

Rick Braun was one of three people in a three-way pot.

The pot was 9,000.

Bobby Fuentes shoved his remaining 7,400 as the first player to act and got a call before Braun shoved all in. The other opponent folded and Fuentes showed two pair with {10-}{7-}.

Braun had {k-}{j-} and needed a little help.

He got that help on the turn when the {j-Hearts} hit and then even more help he didn't need on the river when the {k-Hearts} came.

He won the pot and sent Fuentes to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
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Rick Braun
78,000
78,000
78,000
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Bobby Fuentes
Busted

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Gray Eliminates Rabideau

Level 10 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

The preflop action folded to Perry Gray in middle position and he raised to 8,000. Jonathan Rabideu, next to act, moved all in for 13,200.

"I'm curious to see what a 5x raise hand is," Rabideau mused.

Everyone folded back to Gray, who made the call.

Rabideau - {4-Spades}{4-Clubs}
Gray {10-Spades}{10-Clubs}

Neither player improved as the board ran out {q-Hearts}{9-Hearts}{2-Spades}{k-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds}, and Rabideau was eliminated from Flight C.

Player Chips Progress
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Perry Gray
81,000
81,000
81,000
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Jonathan Rabideau
Busted

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Level: 11

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 2,000