$1,650 Main Event | 2019 Ante Up World Championship

07-28-2019 12:59 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Joseph Spanne	Busted
Anthony An	Busted
Le Guan	Busted
Chee Cheong	Busted
Imad Allahham	Busted
Jed Hoffman	Busted
Mousa Helo	Busted
Zeev Malkin	Busted
Kameron Petsche	Busted
Richard Fifield	Busted
Sarath Ravipati	Busted

Chip Counts from Table 5

Geoff Fisk

Level 17 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jordan Henegar	800,000 501,000	501,000
Jon Cohen	770,000 213,000	213,000

Travis Fujisaka	575,000 126,000	126,000
Jon Des Pois	450,000 138,000	138,000
Nick Goulart	405,000 269,000	269,000
Bobby Pham	380,000 174,000	174,000
Mike Zimmer	280,000 5,000	5,000
Teng Vang	190,000 315,000	315,000

Level: 17

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 10,000

07-28-2019 12:24 UTC-8

Alaquil Takes it Down with Two Pair

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Geoff Fisk

Level 16 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

After all three players in the hand checked on the flop of , Abdulaziz Alaquil bet 25,000 on the turn. Martin Verdeggal min raised to 50,000 from the small blind, and Sasha Sabbaghian cold called on the big blind. Alaquil also called.

All three players checked through the river, and Alaquil took down the pot with , which was good against Sabbaghian's and Verdeggal's .

Player	Chips	Progress
Martin Verdeggal	580,000 161,000	161,000
Abdulaziz Alaquil	500,000 261,000	261,000
Sasha Sabbaghian	210,000 2,000	2,000

Tags: Abdulaziz Alaquil

07-28-2019 12:19 UTC-8

Break Time

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Geoff Fisk

Level 16 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Players are now on a 10-minute break.

07-28-2019 12:04 UTC-8

Bustouts

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Geoff Fisk

Level 16 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Samuel Cosby	Busted
Eric Matulis	Busted
Martin Gorenc	Busted
Jackson Chasengnou	Busted
Paul Brown	Busted
Hong Zhang	Busted
David Mallet	Busted
Greg Wagner	Busted

07-28-2019 12:00 UTC-8

Rodriguez Closing in on a Million

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Geoff Fisk

Level 16 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Noel Rodriguez bet 75,000 from the big blind, on the turn with the board showing . Robert Angeleri folded from the cutoff, and the pot puts Rodriguez within reach of the 1-million chip mark.

Player	Chips	Progress
Noel Rodriguez	968,000 118,000	118,000

Robert Angeleri	290,000 28,000	28,000

Tags: Noel Rodriguez

07-28-2019 11:54 UTC-8

Zimmer Chips Up

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Geoff Fisk

Level 16 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

In a three-way pot, the action checked to Mike Zimmer on the button, who bet 50,000 on a flop. Jon Des Pois folded in the small blind, as did Richard Fifiled from early position.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jon Des Pois	312,000 33,000	33,000
Mike Zimmer	275,000 29,000	29,000
Richard Fifield	130,000 76,000	76,000

Tags: Jon Des Pois Mike Zimmer Richard Fifield

07-28-2019 11:41 UTC-8

Michael McGonigle Wins Event #11 of the Ante Up World Championship

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Geoff Fisk

Level 16 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

While the Ante Up World Championship $1,650 Main Event is the premier tournament on the schedule, it’s far from the only one. In fact, the tour has been at Thunder Valley since early July hosting a slew of side events.

The PokerNews Live Reporting Team wasn’t on hand to capture the action from those events, but we still wanted to offer fans a brief look at all those who’ve captured titles during the Ante Up World Championship.

For example, Event #11: $160 NLH Seniors Championship drew 257 runners and created a $33,410 prize pool. Among those to cash but fall short of the final table were Lora Stewart (12th - $645), Ronen Joseph (15th - $550), Charlton Atwood (18th - $465), Edward Scott (24th - $300), and Tom Fancher (33rd - $230).

In the end, Michael McGonigle defeated Michael Cerezo in heads-up play to win the title and $7,605 first-place prize.

Final Table Results

Place	Player	Prize
1	Michael McGonigle	$7,605
2	Michael Cerezo	$5,355
3	Carlo Vitale	$3,425
4	John Northwood	$2,085
5	Charles Endres	$1,610
6	Frederic Soria	$1,335
7	Francis Pao	$1,120
8	Kathleen Twomey	$935
9	Stephen Knapp	$760
10	Lynda Hernandez	$645

Tags: Michael McGonigle

Level: 16

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 8,000