$550 Main Event Day 1b | Ante Up Poker Tour Jamul Casino

09-28-2019 19:06 UTC-7

More Chips for Medvinsky

Geoff Fisk

Level 13 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

An early position player got all of his chips in preflop against Vladimir Medvinsky, who had his opponent well covered in the small blind.

Early Position Player:
Vladimir Medvinsky:

Board:

The opponent took the lead with a pair of jacks on the flop, but the set of tens came in for Medvinsky on the turn, sealing the double up. Medvinsky is sitting on one of the bigger stacks in the room as Level 13 plays on.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vladimir Medvinsky	265,000 129,000	129,000

09-28-2019 19:00 UTC-7

Podnieks Pressures Kero into a Fold

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Geoff Fisk

Level 13 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Najib Kero opened to 12,000 from middle position, and Eric Podnieks called in the small blind.

The flop came , and Podnieks checked. Kero bet 22,000, and Podnieks put in the check-raise shove for his last 76,000.

Kero thought it over for a bit, then folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eric Podnieks	128,000 71,000	71,000
Najib Kero	120,000 40,000	40,000

Level: 13

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 4,000

09-28-2019 18:39 UTC-7

Lopez Scores the Latest Knockout

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Geoff Fisk

Level 12 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Adrian Lopez, from early position, ended up in an all in preflop situation against a player on the big blind. The big blind's tournament life was at risk going to the showdown.

Big Blind:
Adrian Lopez:

Board:

Lopez had the big edge with the pocket nines when the cards turned over, and his hand held through the runout and sent another player to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Adrian Lopez	107,000

Tags: Adrian Lopez

09-28-2019 18:32 UTC-7

Knockouts All Around

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Geoff Fisk

Level 12 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

The eliminations are starting to happen at a rapid pace as Day 1b winds down.

Young Hilliard eclipsed the 200k mark after eliminating Edward Spaulding, with Hilliard's holding up against Spaulding's in an all in preflop hand.

One table over, just seconds later, Vladimir Medvinsky had his opponent covered in another all in preflop situation.

Opponent:
Vladimir Medvinsky:

Board:

Medvinsky's pocket kings held up, and the Day 1b field is down to 38 players.

Player	Chips	Progress
Young Hilliard	225,000 161,000	161,000
Vladimir Medvinsky	136,000 51,000	51,000

Edward Spaulding	Busted

Tags: Edward Spaulding Vladimir Medvinsky Young Hilliard

Level: 12

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 3,000

09-28-2019 17:58 UTC-7

Break Time

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Geoff Fisk

Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Players are on the last 15-minute break of the day. Three more half-hour levels will play out after the break, before Day 1b action come to an end.

09-28-2019 17:54 UTC-7

Day 1b Photos

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Geoff Fisk

09-28-2019 17:52 UTC-7

Assorted Chip Counts

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Geoff Fisk

Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Najib Kero	160,000 40,000	40,000
Tavish Margers	160,000 4,500	4,500
Ralph Mittman	153,000 40,000	40,000
Afzal Atta	153,000 90,000	90,000
Tailong Qiao	117,000 52,000	52,000
Glenn Poole	93,000 23,000	23,000
Vladimir Medvinsky	85,000 6,000	6,000

Soren Asadov	76,000 16,000	16,000
Young Hilliard	64,000 46,000	46,000
Ben Erwin	60,000 7,000	7,000
Richard Lanes	54,000 13,000	13,000
Saum Sharifi	37,000 12,000	12,000
Anthony Carlton	37,000 11,000	11,000
Bryan Ho	29,000 28,000	28,000
Edward Spaulding	12,000 14,000	14,000