PTS AT STAKE: WPT SOUTHERN CHAMPIONSHIP IN FULL SWING

PHOTO CREDIT: BEAURIVAGE.com


It's Main Event time - The World Poker Tour hits the Beau Rivage Resort & Casino.

214 players registered for today's main - a little over 170 players are still alive after about 7 hours of play.

Gavin Smith holds the early chip lead.

Here is what we're playing for...

1st: $584,481
2nd: $306,607
3rd: $212,208
4th: $140,926
5th: $110,103
6th: $86,985
7th: $65,792
8th: $48,454
9th: $34,968
10th-12th: $24,372
13th-15th: $22,446
16th-18th: $20,519
19th-27th: $18,593

Unofficial chip counts available at the end of this post...

The winner of the event will receive 127 PTPR Points.


PTPR PREMIER EVENT
WPT Southern Poker Championship
World Poker Tour Main Event
January 23-27, 2011

Beau Rivage Resort & Casino
Biloxi, Mississippi, USA

Buy-in: $10,000
Prizepool: $1,986,100
Entries: 214

POINTS AT STAKE
1st place 127
2nd place 77
3rd place 47
4th place 37
5th place 32
6th place 27
7th place 27
8th place 12
9th place 12
10th place 12
11th place 12
12th place 10
13th place 10
14th place 10
15th place 10
16th place 7
17th place 7
18th place 7


UNOFFICIAL CHIP COUNTS - NOTABLE PLAYERS (AS OF 8PM ET)

Gavin Smith 155,000
Andrew Lichtenberger 110,000
Jonathan Little 75,000
Ryan D'Angelo 67,000
Kyle Bowker 60,000
Jason Mercier 54,000
Chris Bell 50,000
Tom McCormick 50,000
Yuval Bronshtein 48,000
Josh Arieh 48,000
Shawn Cunix 47,000
Hoyt Corkins 45,000
Tom Braband 42,000
Micah Raskin 40,000
Ali Eslami 40,000
Chad Brown 38,000
Eric Cloutier 38,000
Tom Franklin 38,000
Joseph Cheong 35,000
Randal Flowers 35,000
Timothy Finne 34,000
Brent Roberts 33,000
Scotty Nguyen 33,000
Justin Young 32,000
Lee Markholt 32,000
Eric Baldwin 32,000
Larry Little 31,000
Jim Collopy 30,000
Michael Benvenuti 30,000
Curt Kohlberg 30,000
John Dolan 30,000
Shannon Shorr 28,000
Kara Scott 27,000
Tony Cousineau 27,000
Nick Schulman 27,000