$400 Main Event
Day 1a Started
$400 Main Event
Day 1a Started
The centerpiece event of the 2019 Ante Up Poker Tour Winter Classic Series begins today! The $400 Main Event kicks off today at 4 p.m. from the Wild Horse Pass Hotel and Casino, in Chandler, Arizona. The Phoenix-area property, owned by Gila River Hotel and Casinos, is the host of this $100,000 guaranteed tournament.
Day 1a commences today and is the first of two Day 1 flights. Day 1b takes place Friday (beginning at 10 a.m.), and the combined fields of surviving players from those two flights will come back Saturday for Day 2 and play down to a winner.
The field will start with 20,000 chips and play 30-minute levels, with the blinds starting at 50/100. A big blind ante kicks in at Level 3, (100/200/200).
Players will play through until the field is down to 15 percent of total entries for the flight, with late registration and unlimited re-entry available through the end of the first break (up to the beginning of Level 5). The field will go on 15-minute breaks after every four levels, with a 30-minute dinner break after Level 12.
The tournament allows a maximum of 250 players per flight. Day 1a begins Today at 4 p.m., Day 1b kicks off Friday at 10 a.m., and Day 2 begins Saturday at 10 a.m. Day 2 will play down to a winner and a champion will be crowned!
Follow along with the PokerNews blog as the Ante Up Poker Tour Winter Classic Series $400 Main Event at Wild Horse Pass begins today.
Level: 1
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
Day 1a of the Main Event is underway.
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With the board showing , a player in the hijack bet 800, and Aari Ruben, who had initially checked from the small blind, raised to 3,800.
The hijack thought it over for a bit, then folded, shipping the early pot to Ruben.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Aari Ruben
|
23,000 |
Claire Thomas bet 1,000 from the big blind in a three-way pot, after a check from the small blind. With the board showing , the player on the button made the call, and the small blind folded.
The river came , Thomas bet 1,500, and the button folded.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Claire Thomas
|
24,000 |
With on the board, the small blind checked, and Leroy Dubray bet 1,500 from early position. The small blind called.
Both players checked the river, and Dubray showed down , good enough to take the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Leroy Dubray
|
22,000
22,000
|
22,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
Action checked to the button in a three way pot with the flop of on the board. The button bet 625, with James Lynden calling from the small blind, as well as the player in the hiijack.
Lynden then led out all in on the turn, getting both opponents to fold.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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James Lynden
|
21,000 |