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

07-27-2019 14:33 UTC-7

Fifield Uses His One Time

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Level 5 : 300/500, 500 ante

Richard Fifield won his seat into the $1,650 Main Event by winning a $260 buy-in, $100,000 guaranteed tournament earlier this week at the Thunder Valley Poker Room. As of Level 5 in Day 1b action, Fifield is still running good.

Fifield, on the big blind, and an opponent on the hijack arrived at the turn on a board. Fifield bet 6,400, and the opponent shoved. A call would put Fifield at risk, and Fifield thought it over for a bit before committing the rest of his chips.

Richard Fifield:
Hijack:

Fifield saw that he was in trouble against the hijack's straight. "One time," pronounced Fifield, asking for a seven.

The seven indeed came in, as the river gave Fifield the full boat.

Player	Chips	Progress
Richard Fifield	66,000

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07-27-2019 13:49 UTC-7

Ferketa Takes it Down on the Turn

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Level 4 : 200/400, 400 ante

Daniel Ferketa and Edward Miller got into a battle of raises with bother players in early positions. Ferketa had 2,400 in the pot preflop, Miller raised to 7,600, and Ferketa thought it over for awhile before making the call.

The flop came , and both players checked.

Ferketa bet 15,000 on the , and Miller went into the take for a couple of minutes before making the fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Ferketa	55,000
Edward Miller	40,300 -24,700	-24,700

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07-27-2019 11:50 UTC-7

Duckworth Drags in a Big One

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Level 2 : 100/200, 200 ante

One of the bigger pots of the day unfolded in the early minutes of Level 2, with John Duckworth taking in upwards of 20,000 chips.

Duckworth was in the small blind against an opponent in the cutoff, and both players checked through on the river with the board showing . Duckworth's was good enough to take it down.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Duckworth	53,000

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07-27-2019 11:39 UTC-7

Wooderson Wins an Early Pot

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Level 1 : 100/100, 0 ante

A player on the hijack checked on the flop, with the board showing . Nick Wooderson bet 3,100 from the button and the hijack called.

Both players checked through the turn, and Wooderson put in a bet for 4,000 on the river.

Wooderson took down the pot, showing .

Player	Chips	Progress
Nick Wooderson	53,000

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07-27-2019 09:12 UTC-7

Day 1b of the $1,650 Ante Up World Championship Begins at 11 a.m.

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Welcome to PokerNews coverage of Day 1b of the $1,650 Ante Up World Championship. Today’s field will play through the second of two Day 1 flights, with the combined surviving players from Day 1a and Day 1b returning Sunday for the Day 2. Sunday’s field will play down to a winner in this $500,000 guaranteed event, and the final names to be added to that field will be decided today.

Day 1a saw 153 entries and 20 players make it through to Day 2, and those numbers are expected to be even bigger for Day 1b.
More than 40 seats were awarded in a Friday night satellite tournament, and the Thunder Valley Poker Room will almost certainly be buzzing with action throughout the day as the Ante Up World Champion is determined.

Players will play through 40-minute levels, with a 10-minute break after every three levels and a 70-minute dinner break after Level 9. Just like Day 1a, today’s flight will play all the way down to the money, with one in every eight players qualifying for the money. Late registration ends at the end of the dinner break, so at that time the number of players to play down to will be decided.

Players get 40,000 starting chips and one re-entry, will Level starting at blinds of 100/100. A big blind ante will go into effect at the beginning of Level 2.

Follow along with the PokerNews live reporting team as the Ante Up World Championship continues.