Level: 10
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 1,600
Level: 10
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 1,600
Troy Sprungl gave PokerNews the details of a hand that eliminated one opponent and chipped Sprungl up to the 72,000 mark.
The player on the button opened to 3,800, Sprungl three-bet shoved for 34,000, the big blind shoved for 32,000, and the button folded, showing ![]()
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A set came in for the big blind on the flop, but a superior set of queens came in for Sprungl on the
turn. The button, who folded preflop, saw his set of tens come in on the
river.
Rachel Nystrom and an evenly-stacked opponent got all of the chips in preflop.
Rachel Nystrom: ![]()
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Nystrom's pocket tens held true, and in the aftermath her opponent was left with a single T100 chip.
Level: 9
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 1,200
Players are now on a 10-minute break.
Three players put 1,800 into the pot on the turn of a ![]()
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board.
Action checked to David Elet on the river, who bet 3,200 from under the gun. The cutoff, as well as the big blind, folded.

While PokerNews is focusing its attention on this weekend's Ante Up Poker Tour $400 Main Event, it's not the only tournament that's played out here in the Ante Up Winter Poker Classic at Gila River Hotels & Casinos Wild Horse Pass in Chandler, Arizona.
For instance, in Event #2: $100 Tuesday Big Stack NLH, John Standley of Sun Lakes, Arizona topped a 109-entry field to win the title for $3,104.
| Place | Player | Hometown | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Standley | Sun Lakes, Arizona | $3,104 |
| 2 | Alex Flores | Scottsdale, Arizona | $2,017 |
| 3 | Jason Mendoza | Hammond, Indiana | $1,472 |
| 4 | Nick Daniels | Mattoon, Illinois | $981 |
| 5 | Dean Watt | Phoenix, Arizona | $790 |
| 6 | Alan Boelter | Glendale, Arizona | $627 |
| 7 | Clarence Chao | Phoenix, Arizona | $491 |
| 8 | Brian Lopez | Phoenix, Arizona | $382 |
| 9 | Theodore Brenner | Phoenix, Arizona | $300 |
| 10 | Darren Jackson | Salt Lake City, Utah | $278 |
| 11 | William Swain | Gilbert, Arizona | $229 |
| 12 | Chris Kirkpatrick | Maricopa, Arizona | $229 |
Level: 8
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
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, the big blind checked to Cheri Silard, who put in a bet for 3,500 from the button.
The big blind didn't think long before folding. and after starting Day 1b on a downswing, Silard is up to near double starting stack.