Main Event | 2019 Ante Up Poker Tour Tampa Bay Downs

02-10-2019 15:31 UTC-4

A Cooler and a Bad Beat

Chad Holloway

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Joao Figueiredo raised to 11,000 under the gun and Marv Karlins, who was just moved to the table, three-bet to 50,000 next to act.

Action folded back to Figueiredo and he jammed for 180,000, which Karlins snap called.

Karlins:
Figueiredo:

It was a cooler, but it also became a bad beat when the flop came down to give Figueiredo a full house. Neither the turn nor river changed a thing and Karlins sent over a big chunk of chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joao Figueiredo	375,000 125,000	125,000
Marv Karlins	125,000 -175,000	-175,000

Tags: Joao Figueiredo Marv Karlins

02-10-2019 15:28 UTC-4

Morvay Dusts Off Palase

Adam Lamers

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

We arrived at the table to find two hands face up with all of the chips in the middle preflop. The belonged to Melissa Morvay and the were in front of Richie Palase. Palase was the player at risk for around 80,000 chips.

The board ran out and Morvay's pocket queens held on to eliminate Parase just before the first break of the day.

Player	Chips	Progress
Melissa Morvay	219,000 76,500	76,500
Richie Palase	Busted

Tags: Richie Palase Melissa Morvay

02-10-2019 15:15 UTC-4

Karlins Sends Aumann to the Rail

Chad Holloway

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Marv Karlins opened for 30,000 from early position only to have Greg Aumann three-bet jam for around 70,000 from the cutoff. Action folded back to Karlins and he snap-called.

Aumann:
Karlins:

Aumann was in dire straits and failed to get lucky when the board ran out .

Player	Chips	Progress
Marv Karlins	300,000 112,500	112,500
Gregory Aumann	Busted

Tags: Marvin Karlins Greg Aumann

02-10-2019 15:08 UTC-4

Rauchut Gets Flushed

Adam Lamers

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Curtis King raised to 11,000 in the hijack and Steve Rauchut called from the small blind. The flop fell and Rauchut led out for 15,000. King just called and the on the turn put four diamonds on the board.

Rauchut fired out another bet of 30,000 and King continued to call. The river was the and Rauchut checked this time. King slid in a bet of 55,000 and Rauchut looked him up. King tabled for the nut flush, enough to beat out Rauchut's .

After the hand, Rauchut was down to just a single 500 chip and would go on to be eliminated just a couple of hands later.

Player	Chips	Progress
Curtis King	325,000 104,500	104,500
Steve Rauchut	Busted

Tags: Steve Rauchut Curtis King

02-10-2019 15:04 UTC-4

Kane Flushes Nguyen on Way to Top of Counts

Chad Holloway

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

With around 45,000 in the pot and a flop of , Brad Kane checked from the small blind and Tom Nguyen did the same from the big. The player in the cutoff then bet 13,000 and Kane called.

Nguyen responded by check-raising all in for 71,000 total and the cutoff quickly folded. Kane thought long and hard before dropping in the call.

Nguyen:
Kane:

Nguyen held top pair but had to fade Kane's flush draw. He managed to do it on the turn but not on the river.

"I knew it," Nguyen said. "He's running too hot."

Player	Chips	Progress
Brad Kane	400,000 271,500	271,500
Tom Nguyen	Busted

Tags: Tom Nguyen Brad Kane

02-10-2019 14:57 UTC-4

Figueiredo Off to a Hot Start

Chad Holloway

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

From 60k to 250k on the first level of day 2 @ChadAHolloway @PokerNews LFG https://t.co/lXl8jyQ9F1
— JoaoLuizPoker (@joaoluizpoker)

Level: 16

Blinds: 2,500/5,000

Ante: 5,000

02-10-2019 14:49 UTC-4

Nguyen Gets Astarita to Fold the Best

Adam Lamers

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

Anthony Astarita opened to 10,000 in middle position and Phi Nguyen three-bet to 20,000 on the button. The blinds folded and Astarita called to see a flop of .

Astarita check-called a bet of 12,000 from Nguyen and the landed on the turn. Astarita checked again and Nguyen pushed all in for around 55,000. Astarita asked for a count and gave it some thought, but eventually decided to fold, showing the in the process. Nguyen countered by showing the , letting everyone know that he got away with one.

Player	Chips	Progress
Anthony Astarita	232,000 41,500	41,500
Phi Nguyen	127,000 42,000	42,000

Tags: Phi Nguyen Anthony Astarita

02-10-2019 14:42 UTC-4

Burke Binks to Double Through Lu

Chad Holloway

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

Blake Burke got his stack of 39,000 all in preflop and was at risk against Mike Lu.

Lu:
Burke:

Burke was behind but not after the flop fell to pair his king. Neither the turn nor river were of any consequence and Burke shipped the double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Blake Burke	80,000 41,000	41,000
Mike Lu	60,000 -55,000	-55,000

Tags: Mike Lu Blake Burke

02-10-2019 14:39 UTC-4

Koenner Puts Bad Beat on Washington

Chad Holloway

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

A preflop raising war saw Turomne Washington get his stack of approximately 115,000 all in against Efim Koenner. Washington was primed to double with the bigger pocket pair.

Koenner:
Washington:

Unfortunately for Washington, a bad beat was in store as the flop contained a nine. Neither the turn nor river helped him catch back up and he watched the large pot pushed to Koenner.

Player	Chips	Progress
Efim Kanner	250,000 250,000	250,000
Turomne Washington	Busted

Tags: Efim Koenner Turomne Washington