$1,650 Main Event
Day 1b Started
2019 Ante Up World Championship
$1,650 Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2019 Ante Up World Championship
Buy-in
$1,650
Prize Pool
$685,678
Entries
469
Level
28
Blinds
75,000 / 125,000
Ante
125,000
Day 1b of the $1,650 Ante Up World Championship Begins at 11 a.m.
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.
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 0
Shuffle Up and Deal
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
Day 1b of the $1,650 Ante Up World Championship is underway.
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Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
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Big Field Filing In
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
Friday's Day 1a flight drew 153 total entries, and that number will certainly be eclipsed for today's 1b action.
The Day 1b flight already has 140 entries with just minutes elapsed in Level 1, and today's flight will include no less than 84 satellite qualifiers, who've earned their seat into the event throughout the weekends satellite tournaments.
Norman Yeung Wins Event #17: $160 NLH NorCal Jacked Stack
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
While the Ante Up World Championship $1,650 Main Event is the premier tournament on the schedule, it’s far from the only one. In fact, the tour has been at Thunder Valley since early July hosting a slew of side events.
The PokerNews Live Reporting Team wasn’t on hand to capture the action from those events, but we still wanted to offer fans a brief look at all those who’ve captured titles during the Ante Up World Championship.
For example, Event #17: $160 NLH NorCal Jacked Stack had 184 entrants compete for a $23,920 prize pool. The tournament ended in a five-way deal that saw everyone lock up at least $2,822, while Norman Yeung took first for $3,348.
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norman Yeung | $3,348 |
| 2 | Candida Ross-Powers | $3,220 |
| 3 | Robert Nicholson | $3,096 |
| 4 | Jason Nord | $2,959 |
| 5 | Nathan Bolinger | $2,822 |
| 6 | Dermot Lyons | $955 |
| 7 | Thomas Lewis | $815 |
| 8 | Andrew Malott | $715 |
| 9 | Brad Grossmith | $630 |
| 10 | Devon Wedum | $525 |
*Denotes five-way deal.
Wooderson Wins an Early Pot
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
53,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
Duckworth Drags in a Big One
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
|
53,000 |