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5/23/2013 6:10:21 AM PST (about 3 hours and 47 minutes ago)

The March to the National Championship Final Table Beings Today

Jeff Gross looks to make a run at the final table.

Welcome back to the World Series of Poker Southern Comfort 100 Proof National Championship! Yesterday 126 players—a combination of 62 at-large bids, 38 Circuit Main Event winners and Casino Champions and 26 WSOP POY buy-ins—took to the felt at Harrah's New Orleans to compete for the first ever WSOP bracelet to be awarded on American soil outside of Las Vegas. Today, the surviving 62 players, as well as any late entries (i.e. Jason Mercier), will return to play down to the final table of eight, which will be filmed by ESPN and broadcast on Tuesday, July 30.

The man best positioned to make the final table is Harrah's Rincon Casino Champion Valentin Vornicu, who bagged up 203,200 and finished as the Day 1 chip leader, which is quite a bit ahead of the next closest competitor, two-time WSOP bracelet winner Brock Parker (133,900). Others who enter Day 2 with big stacks are The Lodge Casino Champion Chris Parsons (133,000), at-large qualifier Jarod Ludemann (128,100), "Professional Best Friend" Jeff Gross (117,100), National Points leader Ari Engel (113,800) and October Niner Jeremy Ausmus (109,200).

In addition there are plenty of other storylines to keep an eye on; in fact, pretty much everyone in the field has a story to tell thanks to the unique way they qualified for one of the year's most prestigious tournaments. Rest assured we'll be following as many of them as we can as the day progresses.

Action is set to kick off at Noon CST. Registration closes at the start of play, which means we'll have final numbers, including the total field size and prize pool, relatively quickly. Be sure to check back then for all the latest and greatest from the Southern Comfort 100 Proof National Championship!

5/22/2013 9:44:48 PM PST (about 11 hours and 13 minutes ago)

Seat Draw

Table	Seat	Player	Chips
35	1	David Nicholson	32,400
35	2	--empty--	N/A
35	3	Stephen Hesse	78,500
35	4	David Baker	19,900
35	5	Jonathan Chehanske	27,700
35	6	Joseph Mckeehen	26,500
35	7	--empty--	N/A
35	8	Joshua Reichard	73,100

36	1	Kevin Eyster	75,400
36	2	--empty--	N/A
36	3	Joe Kuether	53,900
36	4	Dung Nguyen	52,000
36	5	Mark Bonsack	16,100
36	6	Dominik Nitsche	72,000
36	7	Jeremy Ausmus	109,200
36	8	John Bowman	35,200

37	1	Robert Panitch	71,400
37	2	--empty--	N/A
37	3	Pedro Rios	58,700
37	4	Ari Engel	113,800
37	5	Jonathan Tamayo	22,500
37	6	Andrew Robinson	117,900
37	7	Brent Hanks	74,000
37	8	Foster Hays	21,300

38	1	Quan Nguyen	12,100
38	2	--empty--	N/A
38	3	Valentin Vornicu	203,000
38	4	Travell Thomas	28,200
38	5	Nicolas Vaca-Rondon	97,200
38	6	Jonathan Hilton	85,000
38	7	Austin Apicella	17,000
38	8	Joshua Pender	26,100

41	1	Pavlin Karakikov	22,700
41	2	--empty--	N/A
41	3	Jarod Ludemann	128,100
41	4	Joey Weissman	29,700
41	5	Kyle Julius	87,500
41	6	Jeffrey Gibralter	62,600
41	7	Blake Barousse	111,000
41	8	Wade Woelfel	95,800

43	1	Nancy Birnbaum	37,200
43	2	--empty--	N/A
43	3	Jim Willerson	91,100
43	4	Alexander Bylicki	50,400
43	5	Austin Buchanan	27,800
43	6	Jason Koon	31,000
43	7	Douglas Mackinnon	48,900
43	8	Allan Farber	55,000

44	1	Brock Parker	133,900
44	2	--empty--	N/A
44	3	Max Steinberg	69,300
44	4	Krzysztof Stybaniewicz	62,900
44	5	Samuel Panzica	51,600
44	6	Josh Palmer	42,700
44	7	Nathan Bjerno	69,500
44	8	Jeffrey Gross	117,000

46	1	Douglas Carli	14,900
46	2	--empty--	N/A
46	3	Roland Israelashvili	67,700
46	4	Ryan Riess	30,500
46	5	Shawn Daniels	19,900
46	6	Sandra Wong	42,300
46	7	Rex Clinkscales	80,200
46	8	Chris Parsons	133,000

47	1	Luke Graham	85,100
47	2	--empty--	N/A
47	3	Thomas Beckstead	8,200
47	4	Adam Teasdale	22,300
47	5	Trevor Deeter	28,000
47	6	Joe Tehan	107,600
47	7	Jesse Sylvia	57,600
47	8	Ashly Butler	36,000