Cards are in the air here at the Beau Rivage Casino in Biloxi, Misssissippi as Day 1 of the WPT Southern Poker Championship begins.  The tournament got off to a bit of a late start as a result of a large number of last minute registrations, but the cards are now in the air and the event is underway.

Players begin with 30K starting stacks and the blinds at 50/100 with 90-minute levels.  Depending on the size of the field, they will play five or six levels today.  With registration open until the end of Level 1 it is still unclear how many entrants there will be, but several people are estimating a field of around 275 people.

Several P5ers have been spotted filing in to the tournament including Keven “stamdogg” Stammen, Jamie “TheCronic420″ Rosen, Devin “TranquilChaos” Porter, Jordan “scarface_79″ Smith, Matt “mattg1983″ Graham, and Kevin “BeL0WaB0Ve” Saul, fresh off his final table at the PCA.

• January 15, 2009 -- End of Day 1 Chip Counts
• January 14, 2009 -- Stout Out; Charania In
• January 14, 2009 -- Day 1 Wrapping Up
• January 14, 2009 -- Devo Rolls, Allen Stumbles