Saturday was Day 3 at the WSOP-C Southern Regional Championship at Harrah’s New Orleans. When play wrapped up on Day 2, Brian Senie was at the head of the class with 291,000 chips and 18 players remaining. But things can change rather quickly in an event of this caliber. After another short day, AJ Jejelowo now sits atop the counts and Senie is somewhere off at the bar after a disappointingly short day.
Early on, Senie tried to bluff Gary Friedlander in a pretty sizable pot, and he doubled up Kunal Patel a few minutes later. But we never got to see Senie’s hand after he called Patel’s shove on a
That pot was in the middle of a big rush for Friedlander, one that saw him climb from 123,800 to over 600,000 within just a few hands. Before that Senie knockout, Friedlander was in the enviable spot of getting pocket aces against two all-in players. Adam Levy was far overmatched with
Kyle Bowker fell in 16th place a short while later, the victim of the Chainsaw that is Allen Kessler. Bowker doubled up Kessler early in the day, then got the rest of his chips in with his
On a
It was a long while until the 12-player field was shortened again. After several hours away from the table, Brecher reappeared on the rail to see the same 12 still fighting. He made a comment about the stalemate, and finally the eliminations came in quick succession. Jeremiah Vinsant raced his short stack and
That turned out to be the second-to-last hand of the day as a nasty cooler ended Shannon Shorr’s run on the very first hand back. It was the standard pocket kings into Allie Prescott’s pocket aces, and just like that, the final table was set.
Seat | Player | Chips |
---|---|---|
1 | Allie Prescott | 353,000 |
2 | Harry Cullen | 164,500 |
3 | Allen Kessler | 85,000 |
4 | Jeremy Gaubert | 121,500 |
5 | Gary Friedlander | 469,000 |
6 | Kunal Patel | 160,000 |
7 | Matt Waxman | 171,000 |
8 | AJ Jejelowo | 489,000 |
9 | Scott Lipshutz | 237,500 |
Play begins on Sunday at 1200 CDT (1700 GMT), and we’ll be on the rail as the final WSOP-C Regional Champion is crowned. We’re on Twitter, so follow us for up-to-the-minute news.