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

Level: 13

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 4,000

07-26-2019 20:32 UTC-7

Break Time

GeoffFisk

Level 12 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Players are now on a 15-minute break.

07-26-2019 20:31 UTC-7

Player	Chips	Progress
Damlieng Xayasounthone	367,500 20,500	20,500
Josh Prager	319,000 319,000	319,000
Seymond Pon	170,000 170,000	170,000
Jon Des Pois	166,000 -1,000	-1,000
Jackson Chasengnou	160,000 -15,000	-15,000
Mark Lillge	136,500 -33,500	-33,500
David Valdez	96,000 -19,000	-19,000
Terry Simpson	78,500 -29,000	-29,000
Terry Wheeler	70,000 14,000	14,000
Brett Murray	50,000 2,000	2,000

Hansen Doubles Through Cosby

GeoffFisk

Level 12 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

With around 10 big blinds left, Phil Hansen found himself all in preflop on the big blind, heads-up against Samuel Cosby in early position.

Phil Hansen:
Samuel Cosby:

Board:

The flop came favorable for Hansen with the coming in, and the pair of queens held through the runout as Hansen doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Samuel Cosby	118,500 25,500	25,500
Phil Hansen	81,000

Tags: Samuel Cosby Phil Hansen

07-26-2019 20:06 UTC-7

Jha On a Roll

GeoffFisk

Level 12 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Mrityunjay Jha took down three consecutive pots, the first coming in a heads-up pot.

Jha was on the button against a big blind opponent, and both players checked on the turn with the board showing . Jha went all-in on the river, the big blind called, and Jha took down the pot with .

Jha took down the next pot preflop, and on the next hand he raised to 8,000 on the hijack, and got three callers.

The flop came , the action checked to Jha, he bet 24,000, and all three opponents folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mrityunjay Jha	141,000

Tags: Mrityunjay Jha

Level: 12

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 3,000

07-26-2019 19:40 UTC-7

Player	Chips	Progress
Samuel Cosby	93,000 -78,000	-78,000

Kameron Petsche Wins Second Title; Takes Down Event #19: $460 Monolith for $61,000

GeoffFisk

Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 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 #19: $460 NLH Monolith drew 858 entries and offered up a $343,200 prize pool. Among those to get a piece of it were Ramesh Sekar (11th - $4,900), Reed Alenik (19th - $2,655), Chet Sickle (26th - $1,845), John Sheehan (34th - $1,555), Erland Logan (41st - $1,350), and Erik Holliday (53rd - $1,190).

In the end, Kameron Petsche emerged victorious to claim a $61,000 top prize. In addition to the large prize, Petsche also won a seat into the Main Event.

It marked the second win of the series for Petsche, who days earlier won Event #16: $160 Pot-Limit Omaha for a more modest $1,705.

Final Table Results

Place	Player	Prize
1	Kameron Petsche	$61,000
2	Kevin Lutz	$41,770
3	Jeremiah Cannaday	$27,000
4	Mrityunjay Jha	$20,050
5	Dalton Still	$15,300
6	Arturo Segura	$12,185
7	Marcos Stokes	$10,000
8	Toko Luu	$7,950
9	Danny Jon	$6,000
10	Jeff Beachy	$4,900

Tags: Kameron Petsche

07-26-2019 19:33 UTC-7

Assorted Chip Counts

GeoffFisk

Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Damlieng Xayasounthone	347,000 347,000	347,000
Toko Luu	282,000 36,000	36,000
Jon Cohen	220,000 -6,000	-6,000

Jackson Chasengnou	175,000 60,000	60,000
Mark Lillge	170,000 58,000	58,000
Jon Des Pois	167,000 -5,000	-5,000
Amir Lehavot	163,000 86,000	86,000

David Valdez	115,000 -12,000	-12,000
Terry Simpson	107,500 -15,700	-15,700
Akram Suleiman	80,000 -30,000	-30,000
Brett Murray	48,000 5,000	5,000
Pat Lyons	24,000 24,000	24,000

Level: 11

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 2,000