Two days of play are in the books at the Southern Poker Championship, a stop on the World Poker Tour (WPT). From a starting grid of 214 players, a total of 66 remain. Kevin Elias paces the survivors with a stack of 229,900, while brand name poker pros like Lee Markholt and Full Tilt Poker’s Gavin Smith are hot on his heels.

Among those zooming upward late in the day on Monday at the Beau Rivage in Biloxi, Mississippi was Jonathan “FieryJustice” Little. The Victory Poker pro came out on the winning end of a race with A-J against Jean “Prince” Gaspard‘s pocket nines when the board came 7-5-4-3-J. A jack on the river saved Little’s tournament life and he moved to 61,000 in chips. The former WPT Player of the Year ended the day at 63,600.

Brent “Astrolux85” Roberts could not survive Day 2 on Monday. The RPM Poker pro met his demise in especially brutal fashion, as his A-K offsuit fell to Timothy “highland” Finne’s A-K offsuit. Roberts Tweeted, “Just lost A-K to A-K aipf for 40bb each… I’m sad.” Finne shared his side of the story through the Twitter: “Busted B Roberts A-Ko to A-Ko. He was favorite with two live suits as well.”

Two days of play are in the books at the Southern Poker Championship, a stop on the World Poker Tour (WPT). From a starting grid of 214 players, a total of 66 remain. Kevin Elias paces the survivors with a stack of 229,900, while brand name poker pros like Lee Markholt and Full Tilt Poker’s Gavin Smith are hot on his heels.
Among those zooming upward late in the day on Monday at the Beau Rivage in Biloxi, Mississippi was Jonathan “FieryJustice” Little. The Victory Poker pro came out on the winning end of a race with A-J against Jean “Prince” Gaspard‘s pocket nines when the board came 7-5-4-3-J. A jack on the river saved Little’s tournament life and he moved to 61,000 in chips. The former WPT Player of the Year ended the day at 63,600.
Brent “Astrolux85” Roberts could not survive Day 2 on Monday. The RPM Poker pro met his demise in especially brutal fashion, as his A-K offsuit fell to Timothy “highland” Finne’s A-K offsuit. Roberts Tweeted, “Just lost A-K to A-K aipf for 40bb each… I’m sad.” Finne shared his side of the story through the Twitter: “Busted B Roberts A-Ko to A-Ko. He was favorite with two live suits as well.”