$550 Main Event
Day 1b Started
Ante Up Poker Tour Jamul Casino
$550 Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1b
Ante Up Poker Tour Jamul Casino
Buy-in
$550
Prize Pool
$85,500
Entries
171
Level
26
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
80,000
Entries
114
Players Left
23
Day 1b of the Ante Up Poker Tour Jamul Casino $550 Main Event Begins at Noon
The Ante Up Poker Tour Jamul Casino $550 Main Event continues today, as the second of two Day 1 flights kicks off at noon. The first ever stop in Southern California for the AUPT rolls on with Day 1b, after a Day 1a flight that saw 57 total entries.
The $550 Main Event is the centerpiece of the Sweetwater Series, an eight-tournament series that culminates in this $100,000 guaranteed event. The Day 1b flight will include 14 half-hour levels, with short breaks after Level 4, Level 8 and Level 11. Play will wrap up for the night after Level 14.
Players begin with 30,000 starting chips in this unlimited re-entry event. Late registration is available through the beginning of Level 9, and participants have the option of forfeiting and re-entering the tournament at the end of Level 8.
The blinds begin at 100/100, with a big blind ante kicking in at Level 2 (100/200/200). The tournament is structured for 30-minute levels through Level 18, and goes up to 40-minute levels after that. Play returns to the half-hour levels when the tournament gets to heads-up play.
The newly-opened Jamul Casino poker room is hosting the Ante Up Poker Tour for the first time, and so far the Sweetwater series has crowned champions in five different events. The $550 Main Event comes as Event #6.
Day 1b will play out today, the surviving players from Day 1a and 1b will come back Sunday at Noon as a combined field for Day 2, which will see the tournament play down to a winner. A total of 12 players made it through the Day 1a field on a day of wild action and rapid eliminations.
Follow along with the PokerNews live reporting team as AUPT action continues from San Diego.
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 0
Shuffle Up and Deal
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
Day 1b of the $550 Main Event is underway.
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Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
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Erwin's Aces Get No Takers
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
Ben Erwin, who's the Director of Poker Operations at Thunder Valley Poker Room, got the Day 1b festivities started with a speech about the importance of the Ante Up Poker Tour to his poker room, which hosts the Ante Up World Championship every year. Thunder Valley was also the venue for the very first Ante Up Poker Tour event in 2010.
Soon after the pre-tournament speeh, Erwin sat down to play some poker. One of the first hands of the day say Erwin open to 400 from early position and get no callers. Erwin showed the 
as he mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
31,000 |
Qao Comes Back for More
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
Tailong Qao made it through the Day 1a flight with the shortest stack of the 12 surviving players. He's back in the field for Day 1b, and he'll have the option of forfeiting that small stack if he makes it through today's flight with a bigger stack.
His latest pot came in a hand where Qao bet 600 from the big blind on the turn, with the board reading 
. A player in early position called, bringing forth the 
on the river.
Qao bet again for 1,500, the opponent called, and Qao showed 
to take down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
33,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
Lanes Bets Big, Gets the Fold
Level 2
: 100/200, 200 ante
Mark Feinberg and Richard Lanes are both back in the field for Day 1b, after staying through most of the Day 1a flight but not quite making it through.
The two players engaged in a big early pot, with about 20,000 already in the middle by the river on a 
board. Feinberg checked from middle position, and Lanes bet 10,000 from the cutoff.
Feinberg thought it over for awhile, eventually deciding to fold.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
36,000 | 36,000 |
|
18,400 | 18,400 |
Carton's Flush is Good
Level 2
: 100/200, 200 ante
With four players in the pot and around 7,000 in the middle, the action checked through all players on the turn of a 
board.
The river brought the , and the action checked through three players, with Anthony Carlton making a 2,000 bet. Carlton got one caller, and turned over 
to take it down.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
42,000 |