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

07-26-2019 13:27 UTC-8

Chip Counts

Geoff Fisk

Level 5 : 300/500, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Imad Allahham	139,000 51,000	51,000
Akram Suleiman	123,000 123,000	123,000
Jackson Chasengnou	73,000 18,500	18,500
Frank Azevedo	58,000 32,500	32,500
Scott Long	48,000 18,000	18,000
Brett Murray	46,000 46,000	46,000
Terry Simpson	43,000 4,000	4,000
Jonathan George	40,000 4,500	4,500
Aaron Buoncristiani	35,000 11,000	11,000

Level: 6

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600

07-26-2019 13:55 UTC-8

Cosby Flushes Out Lewis

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Geoff Fisk

Level 6 : 300/600, 600 ante

Edward Lewis bet 3,300 from under the gun on a flop of . The player to Lewis' direct left folded, and Samuel Cosby made the call on from middle position.

The turn came the , Lewis quickly put out a bet for 13,000, and Cosby called again.

The fell on the river, Lewis went all in and Cosby snap called. It was bad news for Lewis, who showed for the king-high flush, but saw it was no good against Cosby's for the superior ace-high flush.

When the chips were sorted out in the aftermath, Lewis went to the rail and Cosby chipped up to one of the biggest stacks in the room as Level 6 plays on.

Player	Chips	Progress
Samuel Cosby	170,500 104,500	104,500
Edward Lewis	Busted

Tags: Samuel Cosby Edward Lewis

07-26-2019 14:03 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Toko Luu	150,000 150,000	150,000
Amir Lehavot	55,100 55,100	55,100

Ronald Larsen	51,000 30,000	30,000
Careen Foster	46,000 8,500	8,500
Justo Avalos	35,000 35,000	35,000
Cy Williams	33,000 33,000	33,000

On a Break

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Geoff Fisk

Level 6 : 300/600, 600 ante

The field is now on a 10-minute break.

Level: 7

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 800

07-26-2019 14:41 UTC-8

Luu Adds More to the Stack

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Geoff Fisk

Level 7 : 400/800, 800 ante

Toko Luu brought in a pot of more than 40,000 chips, adding to his already impressive stack.

Luu went to the flop with two opponents and the pot already over 20,000 preflop. The flop came out , and the action checked to Luu, who bet 10,000. A player in early position called, while the cutoff folded.

Both remaining players checked down on both the turn and river , and Luu showed down , good for the win.

Player	Chips	Progress
Toko Luu	221,000 71,000	71,000

Tags: Toko Luu

07-26-2019 14:49 UTC-8

Read the New Issue of Ante Up Magazine for Free Online!

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Geoff Fisk

Level 7 : 400/800, 800 ante

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07-26-2019 15:02 UTC-8

Wheeler Doubles Up

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Geoff Fisk

Level 7 : 400/800, 800 ante

Terry Wheeler and Robert Angeleri got into a raise and reraise battle on the flop, with the board showing . Wheeler, in the cutoff, and Angeleri, on the button, went back and forth until Wheeler was all in for his remaining stack. Wheeler ended up taking down the pot with , and at the time the loss left Angeleri with 20,000 chips.