2019 Ante Up World Championship

$1,650 Main Event
Day: 1b
1a1b2
Event Info
2019 Ante Up World Championship
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kk
Prize
$116,434
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,650
Prize Pool
$685,678
Entries
469
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
75,000 / 125,000
Ante
125,000
Players Left 1 / 469
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Level: 15

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 6,000

Godavarthy Scores the Knockout

Level 15 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Srini Godavarthy got into a blind versus blind battle preflop, with an opponent on the big blind ending up at risk and Godavarthy having him well covered from the small blind.

Opponent: {8-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}
Srini Godavarthy: {a-Spades}{9-Clubs}

Board: {k-Clubs}{3-Clubs}{5-Clubs}{k-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}

Godavarthy's ace high held up through the runout, and he's now sitting on one of the biggest stacks in the room.

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Srini Godavarthy
420,000

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Pham Flies up the Charts

Level 15 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Bobby Pham
Bobby Pham

Bobby Pham and a short-stacked opponent got all of the chips in preflop, with Pham having the opponent well covered.

Bobby Pham: {q-Diamonds}{q-Clubs}
Opponent: {5-Clubs}{5-Spades}

Board: {j-Clubs}{10-Hearts}{6-Diamonds}{7-Spades}{7-Diamonds}

The favorable preflop situation held up for Pham, who is now near the half-million chip mark.

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Bobby Pham
473,000
88,000
88,000

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Rodriguez Tops the Leaderboard

Level 15 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Noel Rodriguez
Noel Rodriguez

Noel Rodriguez is the first to 700k on Day 1b, and after two recent knockouts sits with 711,000 chips in front of him.

Rodriguez looks to be in great shape to go into Day 2 with a massive stack. With 52 players left, the Day 1b flight is 12 eliminations away from the money.

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Noel Rodriguez
711,000
299,000
299,000
$25K Fantasy

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Level: 16

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 8,000

Mintz Eliminates Bowman

Level 16 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Brian Mintz
Brian Mintz

Keith Bowman went all in for 100,000 from middle position, and Brian Mintz made the call from the button.

Keith Bowman: {a-Clubs}{10-Hearts}
Brian Mintz: {a-}{k-}

Board: {2-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}{2-Spades}

Bowman found no help on the runout, and Mintz is over the 600k mark.

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Brian Mintz
617,000
266,000
266,000
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Keith Bowman
Busted

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Alaquil Gets the Best of Mintz

Level 16 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Abdulaziz Alaquil raised to 17,000 under the gun, and got calls from Brian Mintz to his dtrect left and Srini Godavarthy in the big blind.

The flop came {5-Hearts}{5-Diamonds}{k-Spades}, Alaquil checked, Mintz bet 25,000 and Godavarthy folded. Alaquil made the call.

The turn came {7-Hearts}, and Alaquil check-called a 38,000 bet from Mintz. Both players checkd through the {4-Hearts} river, and Alaquil showed down {k-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds} to take down the pot.

Two eliminations remain before the money bubble bursts and Day 1b is complete.

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Brian Mintz
500,000
117,000
117,000
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Abdulaziz Alaquil
321,000

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Day 1b Complete

Level 16 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

The Day 1b flight is a wrap, as 40 players remain. Those players are all in the money and will join the 20 survivors of the Day 1a flight for a noon restart Sunday. A recap and full chip counts will follow shortly.