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 ![]()
![]()
Big Blind: ![]()
![]()
Troy Sprungl: ![]()
![]()
Board: ![]()
![]()
![]()
![]()
![]()
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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
72,000 |
Rachel Nystrom and an evenly-stacked opponent got all of the chips in preflop.
Rachel Nystrom: ![]()
![]()
Opponent: ![]()
![]()
Board: ![]()
![]()
![]()
![]()
![]()
Nystrom's pocket tens held true, and in the aftermath her opponent was left with a single T100 chip.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
34,300
5,300
|
5,300 |
Level: 9
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 1,200
Players are now on a 10-minute break.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
140,000 | |
|
|
||
|
|
74,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
|
|
63,500
37,500
|
37,500 |
|
|
61,000
37,000
|
37,000 |
|
|
45,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
|
44,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
|
|
27,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
|
17,000 | |
Three players put 1,800 into the pot on the turn of a ![]()
![]()
![]()
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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
44,000 |

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
With the flop showing ![]()
![]()
, 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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
37,000
30,000
|
30,000 |