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

Player	Chips	Progress
Srini Godavarthy	952,000 532,000	532,000
Martin Verdeggal	741,000
Noel Rodriguez	733,000 22,000	22,000

Alfie Poetra	615,000
Bobby Pham	554,000 81,000	81,000
Thu Tran	550,000
Brian Mintz	548,000 48,000	48,000
Teng Vang	529,000 479,000	479,000
Exequiel Fernando	506,000 176,000	176,000
Anthony An	464,000 9,000	9,000
Travis Fujisaka	449,000
Wood Bailey	391,000 50,000	50,000
Joseph Spanne	372,000 132,000	132,000
Shahin Shojaeyan	367,000 8,000	8,000
Gabriel Josset	363,000
Jason Scott	354,000
Jordan Henegar	299,000
Martin Gorenc	280,000 135,000	135,000
Imad Allahham	260,000 48,000	48,000
Dinh Le	248,000 96,000	96,000
Mike Zimmer	246,000
Abdulaziz Alaquil	239,000 82,000	82,000
Sasha Sabbaghian	212,000
Richard Fifield	206,000 166,000	166,000
Paul Brown	197,000 73,000	73,000

Player

Chips

Progress

Srini Godavarthy

952,000

532,000

Martin Verdeggal

741,000

Noel Rodriguez

733,000

22,000

Alfie Poetra

615,000

Bobby Pham

554,000

81,000

Thu Tran

550,000

Brian Mintz

548,000

48,000

Teng Vang

529,000

479,000

Exequiel Fernando

506,000

176,000

Anthony An

464,000

9,000

Travis Fujisaka

449,000

Wood Bailey

391,000

50,000

Joseph Spanne

372,000

132,000

Shahin Shojaeyan

367,000

8,000

363,000

354,000

299,000

280,000

135,000

Imad Allahham

260,000

48,000

Dinh Le

248,000

96,000

Mike Zimmer

246,000

Abdulaziz Alaquil

239,000

82,000

Sasha Sabbaghian

212,000

Richard Fifield

206,000

166,000

Paul Brown

197,000

73,000

The second of two Day 1 flights is complete in the $1,650 Ante Up World Championship, as Day 1b is a wrap from the Thunder Valley Poker Room. A total of 316 entries registered for Day 1b, which played down to the money as 40 players made it through the night.

Those 40 players will advance to Sunday’s Day 2 flight, along with the 20 survivors of Day 1a. The combined field of 60 total players will return Sunday for a noon restart as the tournament plays down to a winner. The first-place prize of $135,798 will be on the line, and all players in the field will earn at least a min-cash of $2,480.

The combined Day 1a and Day 1b fields added up to a total of 469 entries for the tournament. That brought the total prize pool to $685,678, well over the $500,000 guarantee.

Bagging the biggest stacks at the end of Day 1b were Srini Godavarthy (952,000), Martin Verdegaal (741,000), Noel Rodriguez (733,000) and Alfie Poetra (615,000) . Those players will join Day 1a big stacks such as Jeff Griffiths (609,000) and Jon Cohen (557,000) to lead the field at the start of Sunday’s action.

Other notables making it through Day 1b includedImad Allahham (260,000), last year's champion in this event.

Play will begin at Level 15 Sunday, with the blinds at 3000/6000 and a 6,000 big blind ante. Follow along with the PokerNews live reporting team as the $1,650 Ante Up World Championship plays to its conclusion.

Tags: Alfie Poetra Imad Allahham Jeff Griffiths Jon Cohen Martin Verdegaal Srini Godavarthy