Corkins exits tournament with $739,486 after outlasting a field of 208 poker players in Biloxi, Mississippi poker tournament

Las Vegas, Nevada – January 28, 2010 – DoylesRoom.com’s Hoyt Corkins now ranks among the most successful WPT poker champions. Late Wednesday evening, Corkins captured the WPT Southern Poker Championship title, the second WPT title of his career. With 14 cashes, 6 final tables and 2 championship titles to his name, the DoylesRoom.com player has won well over $3 million in WPT events. His total lifetime winnings exceed $5 million.

Corkins began final table play on Wednesday afternoon with the chip lead and while he bounced around throughout the course of the afternoon, he ended the tournament right where he started, ahead of everyone else.

For his second WPT title, Corkins added $739,486 to his WPT winnings.

This is Hoyt Corkins’ second WPT win. He captured his first title in 2003 when he won over $1 million in the World Poker Finals.

Corkins can be seen regularly playing at DoylesRoom.com. On a number of occasions, he’s been marked in DoylesRoom.com’s $50,000 Wednesday Bounty tournament.

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Final table of WPT Southern Poker Championship resumes today at 4pm with Hoyt Corkins holding nearly double the chips of second place chip holder Tyler Smith

Las Vegas, Nevada – January 27, 2010 – DoylesRoom.com’s Hoyt Corkins is just a few hours away from being crowned the winner of the WPT Southern Poker Championship. With just six players remaining in the WPT tournament that features a nearly $2 million prize pool, Corkins begins play as the chip leader with almost twice as many chips as Tyler Smith, who sits in second place.

Heading into the final day, Hoyt Corkins will resume play at the final table in first place with 2,069,000 chips. The $9,700+300 buy-in event features a first-place prize of $739,486. With 18 spots paying out, Corkins will cash in the tournament, regardless of where he finishes.

Corkins has an excellent track record of WPT wins. With 13 cashes, 5 final tables and 1 championship title to his name, the DoylesRoom.com player has won over $2.6 million in WPT events. His total lifetime winnings exceed $4.3 million.

The WPT Southern Poker Championship final table continues today at 4pm local time.

About DoylesRoom.com:
Online since 2004, DoylesRoom (www.DoylesRoom.com) is the only online poker site to proudly bear the legendary Doyle Brunson name. DoylesRoom offers its players access to unequaled poker promotions, fast action, and countless opportunities to play with Doyle Brunson and other legends of the game. Poker players from North America and around the world can compete for the biggest stakes on the web or sharpen their poker skills while playing Texas Hold‘em and other popular games for free. With free poker software, lessons, tournaments, nonstop Sit-and-Go tournaments and ring games available at all limits, DoylesRoom is the preeminent poker destination for real live game play—online or anywhere.

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