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

07-27-2019 21:09 UTC-8

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Geoff Fisk

Level 14 : 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Bobby Pham	385,000
Brian Mintz	351,000
Exequiel Fernando	330,000 227,500	227,500
Imad Allahham	212,000 92,000	92,000
Dan Casetta	200,000 129,000	129,000
Martin Gorenc	145,000 87,000	87,000

Level: 15

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 6,000

07-27-2019 21:15 UTC-8

Godavarthy Scores the Knockout

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Geoff Fisk

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:
Srini Godavarthy:

Board:

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Srini Godavarthy	420,000

Tags: Srini Godavarthy

07-27-2019 21:36 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Bobby Pham	473,000 88,000	88,000

Rodriguez Tops the Leaderboard

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Geoff Fisk

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

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Noel Rodriguez	711,000 299,000	299,000

Tags: Noel Rodriguez

07-27-2019 21:45 UTC-8

Break Time

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Geoff Fisk

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

Players are now on a 10-minute break.

Level: 16

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 8,000

07-27-2019 22:10 UTC-8

Mintz Eliminates Bowman

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Geoff Fisk

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

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

Keith Bowman:
Brian Mintz:

Board:

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Mintz	617,000 266,000	266,000
Keith Bowman	Busted

Tags: Keith Bowman Brian Mintz

07-27-2019 22:26 UTC-8

Alaquil Gets the Best of Mintz

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Geoff Fisk

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 , Alaquil checked, Mintz bet 25,000 and Godavarthy folded. Alaquil made the call.

The turn came , and Alaquil check-called a 38,000 bet from Mintz. Both players checkd through the river, and Alaquil showed down to take down the pot.

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Mintz	500,000 117,000	117,000
Abdulaziz Alaquil	321,000

Tags: Srini Godavarthy Brian Mintz Abdulaziz Alaquil

07-27-2019 22:39 UTC-8

Day 1b Complete

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Geoff Fisk

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.