DoylesRoom pro Hoyt Corkins will take a commanding chip lead into the final table of the World Poker Tour ’s ( WPT ) Southern Poker Championship . The tournament marks Corkins’ sixth WPT final table. Corkins sent Andy Philachack packing on the final table bubble. Philachack pushed his chips in with A-K and found himself ahead of Corkins’ A-Q. However, the flop came A-Q-4, giving Corkins top two pair and leaving Philachack rooting for a king or running cards for a straight. It was not meant to be, as the board ran out 6-10 to set up this afternoon’s televised six-handed final table, which will air as part of Season 8 of the WPT on Fox Sports Net. Philachack took home $67,000 for his seventh place showing at the Beau Rivage in Biloxi, Mississippi, the site of the Southern Poker Championship. Corkins won the Season 2 Foxwoods World Poker Finals and was also the runner-up in the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure. Three seasons later, Corkins returned to a final table at the Bicycle Casino’s Legends of Poker and, during Season 6, Corkins claimed second in the Gold Strike World Poker Open in Tunica. His most recent final table appearance came in December 2008, when Corkins finished sixth in the prestigious Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic. Corkins, decked out in DoylesRoom attire following Tuesday’s play, told WPT Live Updates Hostess Amanda Leatherman , “I want to get first or second because that would give me 4,000 WPT Points. There are only three people in that club – Daniel Negreanu , Phil Ivey , and Gus Hansen .” Corkins has $2.6 million in career WPT earnings and is one of the most recognizable faces in the game today. Knocked out in eighth place was top female pro J.J. Liu . In her final hand, Liu moved all-in over the top of a raise by Jonathan Kantor . James Reed called, Kantor re-shoved, and Reed got out of the way. Kantor flipped up pocket aces, while Liu showed pocket eights. The board ran out 9-6-4-K-J and that was all she wrote for Liu, who has two WPT final tables to her credit.
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Hoyt Corkins Leads WPT Southern Poker Championship Final Table
