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

07-27-2019 18:47 UTC-7

Ruigomez Wins Nines Versus Nines Battle

GeoffFisk

Level 10 : 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Down to less than than ten big blinds, Joseph Ruigomez got all of his chips in preflop against the player to his direct right.

Joseph Ruigomez:
Opponent:

The likelihood of a chop was 98 percent, but the flop came , drastically improving Ruigomez's chances of a double. The fourth club came in on the turn, and yet another club fell on the river.

Ruigomez now has some chips to work with as Level 10 plays on.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joseph Ruigomez	26,500

Tags: Joseph Ruigomez

07-27-2019 18:32 UTC-7

Back From the Break

GeoffFisk

Level 10 : 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Players are back from the dinner break and late registration has ended, The Day 1b total number of entries is 316, and the tournament will play down to 40 players tonight. All of those players will finish in the money.

The $1,650 Ante Up World Championship drew a total of 469 entries, including 153 from Day 1a.

Level: 10

Blinds: 1,000/1,500

Ante: 1,500

07-27-2019 17:15 UTC-7

Dinner Time

GeoffFisk

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Players are now on a 70-minute dinner break.

07-27-2019 17:12 UTC-7

More Chip Counts

GeoffFisk

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Richard Fifield	125,000 59,000	59,000
David Valdez	110,000 2,000	2,000
Cy Williams	72,000 35,000	35,000
Jaime Haletky	67,000 -33,600	-33,600
Jorgio Castro	55,000 36,800	36,800
Brett Murray	45,000 35,000	35,000
Terry Simpson	22,000 -18,000	-18,000
Pat Lyons	17,000 -13,000	-13,000

07-27-2019 17:03 UTC-7

Chip Counts

GeoffFisk

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Dinh Vee	170,000 13,000	13,000
Dinh Le	152,000 152,000	152,000
Dan Casetta	140,000 104,000	104,000
Mrityunjay Jha	125,000 26,500	26,500
Martin Gorenc	115,000 55,000	55,000
Alex Dickson	73,000 -7,000	-7,000
Kameron Petsche	72,000 7,500	7,500
Joseph Spanne	62,200 -17,800	-17,800
Daniel Ferketa	60,000 8,000	8,000
Kevin O'Donnell	38,000 11,500	11,500
Scott Long	33,000 33,000	33,000
Erick Lindgren	9,000 -39,000	-39,000

Level: 9

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

07-27-2019 16:50 UTC-7

Valdez Leaves Castro Short Stacked

GeoffFisk

Level 8 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

With more than 60,000 already in the pot, David Valdez put out a bet for 18,000 on the river, from the button.

With the board showing , Jorgio Castro contemplated his next move from early position, as with 36,000 chips behind making the call and losing would leave him with just around 18,000 chips.

Castro went deep into the tank before finally making the call, and saw the bad news when Valdez tabled for a flopped set.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Valdez	108,000 57,000	57,000
Jorgio Castro	18,200

Tags: Jorgio Castro David Valdez

07-27-2019 16:36 UTC-7

Big Pots for Vee

GeoffFisk

Level 8 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Dinh Vee has chipped up to over the 150,000 chip mark after taking down two big pots in a short span.

The first hand saw Kevin O'Donnell bet 26,500 on the turn with the board showing . Vee called from the small blind, and Daniel Ferketa folded under the gun.

Vee then led out with a 41,000 shove on the river , getting the fold from O'Donnell.

On the second hand, Vee checked on the cutoff on the turn, with the board showing . Joseph Spanne checked back on the button, bringing the on the river.