Jon Cohen, in early position, and an opponent two seats to the left both put 5,000 into the pot on the flop of 
.
Both players checked through the 
turn, and Cohen put out a bet for 8,000 on the 
river and got the call.
Cohen turned over 
and the opponent mucked, bringing Cohen the pot and chipping him up to 226,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
226,000
226,000
|
226,000 |
|
||
The late registration period has ended, and the Day 1 total of entrants is 153. Play will continue until the money bubble bursts tonight, which will occur when 20 players remain.
Level: 11
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
347,000
347,000
|
347,000 |
|
282,000
36,000
|
36,000 |
|
|
220,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
|
||
|
175,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
170,000
58,000
|
58,000 |
|
167,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
163,000
86,000
|
86,000 |
|
|
||
|
115,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
107,500
15,700
|
15,700 |
|
|
80,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
48,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
24,000
24,000
|
24,000 |
|
||
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.
| 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 |
With the board showing 
, Samuel Cosby checked on the big blind, and his opponent in the cutoff checked back.
The river brought the 
, and Cosby took the betting lead, putting 11,500 in the middle. The cutoff called, and Cosby showed down 
, with the opponent mucking.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
93,000
78,000
|
78,000 |
Level: 12
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 3,000
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
141,000 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
|
118,500
25,500
|
25,500 |
|
81,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
367,500
20,500
|
20,500 |
|
319,000
319,000
|
319,000 |
|
170,000
170,000
|
170,000 |
|
|
166,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
|
160,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
|
136,500
33,500
|
33,500 |
|
|
96,000
19,000
|
19,000 |
|
|
78,500
29,000
|
29,000 |
|
70,000
14,000
|
14,000 |
|
|
50,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
