2019 Ante Up Poker Tour Wild Horse Pass

$400 Main Event
Day: 1a
1a1b2
Event Info
2019 Ante Up Poker Tour Wild Horse Pass
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k10
Prize
$12,886
Event Info
Buy-in
$400
Prize Pool
$166,250
Entries
474
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
120,000
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
221
Players Left
36
Players Left 1 / 474
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$400 Main Event

Day 1a Completed

Amir Doroudian Leads the Day 1a Field in the Ante Up Wild Horse Pass Main Event

Level 16 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Amir Doroudian
Amir Doroudian

The opening flight of the Ante Up Poker Tour Wild Horse Pass $400 Main Event is complete! A total of 221 entries made their way to the Wild Horse Pass Casino in Chandler, Arizona, to play the first of two Day 1 flights.

Those 221 entries were trimmed down to 36 Thursday, and those surviving players will come back Saturday for Day 2, joining the survivors of Friday's Day 1b flight and playing until a tournament champion is crowned.

At the end of the night it was Amir Doroudian (355,000), Tiffany Heniz (323,000), Alvaro Vasquez (313,000) and Adam Veselinovic (265,000) bagging big.

The action was fast paced right from the start on Day 1a and never slowed down, as the chips flew back and forth throughout the 30-minute levels. Play ended with 24:51 remaining in Level 16 (3000/6000/6000), as the original field had played down to 15 percent of the original number of entries.

The Day 2 flight will commence at 10 a.m. Friday, with the same structure players saw in Day 1a. The field will play through 30-minute levels, and play until 15 percent of the field remains.

The $100,000 guarantee is well on its way toward being smashed, and the eventual champion of the Main Event will no doubt be looking at a sizable payday.

Follow along with the PokerNews blog as the Main Event continues Friday.

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End of Day 1a Chip Counts (full)

Level 16 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
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Amir Doroudian
355,000
69,000
69,000
Profile photo of Tiffany Heniz us
Tiffany Heniz
323,000
71,000
71,000
Profile photo of Alvaro Vasquez us
Alvaro Vasquez
313,000
Profile photo of Adam Veselinovic us
Adam Veselinovic
265,000
Profile photo of Darren Jackson us
Darren Jackson
235,000
Profile photo of Furkan Beg tr
Furkan Beg
226,000
145,000
145,000
Profile photo of Christopher Dubois us
Christopher Dubois
217,000
Profile photo of Vince Barone us
Vince Barone
208,000
Profile photo of Frank Kelly us
Frank Kelly
165,000
Profile photo of Laurence Fulop us
Laurence Fulop
155,000
Profile photo of Greg Powers us
Greg Powers
151,000
26,000
26,000
Profile photo of Mike Gambony us
Mike Gambony
143,000
Profile photo of Dale Staltler us
Dale Staltler
137,000
Profile photo of Brian Perzinski us
Brian Perzinski
126,000
21,000
21,000
Profile photo of Matt Albee us
Matt Albee
121,000
Profile photo of Brian Goble us
Brian Goble
96,000
Profile photo of Brian Banks us
Brian Banks
96,000
65,000
65,000
Profile photo of Ann Kupitz us
Ann Kupitz
92,000
38,000
38,000
Profile photo of Becky Wooten us
Becky Wooten
90,000
97,000
97,000
Profile photo of Mirza Selmic us
Mirza Selmic
90,000
Profile photo of Gary McLeod us
Gary McLeod
86,000
Profile photo of Marlou Heiland us
Marlou Heiland
82,000
Profile photo of Johnny Large us
Johnny Large
81,000
Profile photo of Daniel Fink us
Daniel Fink
75,000
Profile photo of Chris Kirkpatrick us
Chris Kirkpatrick
70,000

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Day 1a Concludes

Level 16 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

The Day 1a bubble has burst, and the 36 survivors are bagging as Day 1a is over. A recap and end-of-night chip counts will follow shortly.

Level: 16

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 6,000

Powers Doubles on the Bubble

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

The under-the-gun player opened to 10,000, Greg Powers went all in for 56,000 on her direct left, and got a call from the original raiser.

Powers was covered going to the showdown.

Greg Powers: {j-Spades}{j-Diamonds}
Opponent: {7-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}

Board: {5-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}{10-Clubs}{5-Clubs}{4-Clubs}

Powers doubled up and the Day 1a elimination bubble continues.

Player Chips Progress
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Greg Powers
125,000
125,000
125,000

Hand For Hand

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

The tournament is now being played hand-for-hand, with one elimination remaining until play wraps up for the night.

Wooten's Turn Bet Takes it Down

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

With {5-Spades}{6-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}{5-Clubs} on the board, Becky Wootem bet 20,000 from the big blind.

Her opponent, on the hijack, thought over the decision for a bit before folding. Wooten has been hovering just under the 200k chip mark throughout the latter levels of Day 1a, and looks poised to bag a big stack at the end of the night.

Player Chips Progress
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Becky Wooten
187,000
3,000
3,000

Level: 15

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 4,000

Huge Pot for Veselinovic

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

A middle position player opened to 9,000, Adam Veselinovic three-bet to 23,000, and the original raiser called.

The middle position player led out for 15,000 on the {4-Spades}{6-Hearts}{6-Clubs} flop, and Veselinovic called. The middle position player then went all in on the {7-Spades} turn, having her opponent covered, and Veselinovic called.

Adam Veselinovic: {a-Spades}{a-Hearts}
Opponent: {a-Clubs}{k-Diamonds}

Veselinovic's pocket aces had his opponent drawing dead, and after the {3-Hearts} river the 265,000 pot went to him.

Player Chips Progress
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Adam Veselinovic
265,000
265,000
265,000
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