Main Event
Day 1a Completed
2019 Ante Up Poker Tour Tampa Bay Downs
Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2019 Ante Up Poker Tour Tampa Bay Downs
Buy-in
$250
Entries
443
Level
29
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
100,000
Peter Wang Leads After Day 1A of 2019 Ante Up Poker Tour Tampa Bay Downs
Level 14
: 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Day 1A of the 2019 Ante Up Poker Tour Tampa Bay Downs $250 Main Event attracted 89 entrants to the first of five starting flights.
After 14 levels of play, each 30-minutes in duration, just 18 remained with Peter Chang and his stack of 296,500 leading the pack.
Chang came on strong in the penultimate level of the night. That is when a player moved all in for 33,900 from the cutoff and Wang called from the button. Both blinds folded and the hands were turned up.
Wang: 
Cutoff: 
Wang had the best of it and strengthened his position by pairing his queen on the 
flop. The 
turn left the cutoff drawing dead and Wang was pushed the pot after the 
was run out on the river.
One level later, Wang vaulted into the chip lead after winning a big pot with pocket queens against kings thanks to a third lady on the flop.
Another player to bag was Anthony Astarita, who in 2016 topped a 538-entry field to win the WPTDeepStacks Tampa for $131,041. While he has dozens of cashes on HendonMob, his only other one over four figures came in 2016 when he finished fourth in the Fall DeepStack Poker Series Tampa Event #5: $570 NLH Deepstack for $18,090. Astarita bagged 190,500 and is looking to add another first-place finish to his list of accomplishments.
Among those to play and fall on 1A were Allen Wiseman, Bobby Dugan, James Wood, Anthony Dianaty, Shawn Barnett, and Primo Costa. The good news is that they, along with any newcomers, can jump in any of the four remaining flights.
End-of-Day 1A Chip Counts (full)
Level 14
: 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
296,500 | 156,500 |
|
209,500 | 209,500 |
|
190,500 | -2,500 |
|
|
161,500 | 106,500 |
|
|
144,000 | 144,000 |
|
|
142,500 | 92,500 |
|
|
128,000 | 18,000 |
|
|
118,500 | 33,500 |
|
117,500 | 50,000 |
|
107,000 | -73,000 |
|
|
103,500 | -101,500 |
|
|
101,000 | 2,500 |
|
|
88,000 | 30,600 |
|
81,500 | -40,500 |
|
74,000 | 44,000 |
|
|
71,000 | -18,000 |
|
|
58,500 | 58,500 |
|
|
38,000 | -62,000 |
Five More Hands
Level 14
: 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
The tournament clock was paused with 10 minutes left in Level 14. The tournament staff did a random draw and the remaining players will play five more hands before bagging and tagging on Day 1A of the 2019 Ante Up Poker Tour Tampa Bay Downs Main Event.
Stay tuned for a recap of the day's action and a list of survivors with their chip counts.
Astarita Pulls Off a Bluff
Level 14
: 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Anthony Astarita opened to 6,400 from middle position and the small blind three-bet to 17,500. Astarita called to see a flop of 
hit the felt. Both players checked and the landed on the turn.
The small blind checked again and Astarita bet 14,500. The small blind check-raised to 35,000 but Astarita wasn't going anywhere as he made the call. The 
paired the board on the river and the small blind checked one more time. Astarita announced a bet of 55,000 and his opponent sent his cards to the muck.
Astarita showed the 
for a missed straight draw but still collected the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
193,000 | 9,000 |
Level: 14
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 3,000
Wang Sends One to the Rail
Level 13
: 1,200/2,400, 2,400 ante
The player in the cutoff moved all in for 33,900 from the cutoff and Peter Wang, who Dustin Bradley says is a "Legend," called from the button. Both blinds folded and the hands were turned up.
Wang:
Cutoff:
Wang had the best of it and strengthened his position by pairing his queen on the flop. The turn left the cutoff drawing dead and Wang was pushed the pot after the was run out on the river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
140,000 |
Cooler Flop Eliminates Turow
Level 13
: 1,200/2,400, 2,400 ante
Praveen Challagundla raised it up from the hijack and Sean Turow defended from the big blind. The flop fell 
and the two players wasted little time before getting all of the chips in the middle with Turow being the player at risk.
Praveen Challagundla: 
Sean Turow: 
Turow flopped two pair but was well behind the set of Challagundla. The turn was the 
and the river was the 
, sending Turow to the rail near the end of the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
89,000 | 19,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Cardin Flushes Out Dunn
Level 13
: 1,200/2,400, 2,400 ante
Three players were still in the hand on a board reading 
and Jack Dunn bet 6,000 from middle position. Barb Cardin called from the button and the small blind folded.
The river brought the and Dunn tossed in another bet of 11,000. Cardin raised to 25,000 and Dunn paid her off. Cardin tabled for the nut flush and Dunn was forced to muck his cards.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
133,700 | 29,700 |
|
|
122,000 | 72,000 |
Level: 13
Blinds: 1,200/2,400
Ante: 2,400