Henri Lopez has won Event #15 of the Ante Up World Championship at Thunder Valley Casino Resort in Lincoln, Calif.

Lopez of Antelope, Calif., earned $1,441 plus bounties in the $160 buy-in no-limit hold'em knockout event, which drew 112 entries.

For more information on this Ante Up Poker Tour event, which runs through July 29, please visit our event webpage.

ANTE UP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
Thunder Valley Casino Resort - Lincoln, Calif.
EVENT #15 - No-Limit Hold'em with Bounties
Buy-in: $160
Entries: 112
Prize pool: $9,010 plus $5,600 in bounties
PLACE NAME CITY CASH POY PTS
1 Henri Lopez Antelope, CA $1,441 25
2 Ronaldo Malonzo Roseville, CA $1,424 25
3 Darren Bortmas Roseville, CA $1,237 25
4 Justin Chan Newark, CA $1,022 25
5 Charles Giffin Lincoln, CA $1,000 25
6 Richard Gold Elk Grove, CA $696 25
7 Matthew HIllstead Manteca, CA $646 25
8 Ravinder Sharma Yuba City, CA $588 25
9 Jeffrey Shin Sacramento, CA $232 20
10 Albert Sanchez Penryn, CA $188 17
11 Tamara Hernandez Citrus Hts, CA $188 17
12 Glenn Spath Colfax, CA $188 17
13 Ruben Solis Antioch, CA $160 0

Michael Wofford has won Event #16 of the Ante Up World Championship at Thunder Valley Casino Resort in Lincoln, Calif.

Wofford of Stockton, Calif., earned $2,308 in the $160 buy-in pot-limit Omaha/8 event, which drew 87 entries.

For more information on this Ante Up Poker Tour event, which runs through July 29, please visit our event webpage.

ANTE UP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
Thunder Valley Casino Resort - Lincoln, Calif.
Event #16 - Pot-Limit Omaha/8
Buy-in: $160
Entries: 87
Prize pool: $11,310
PLACE NAME CITY CASH POY POINTS
1 Michael Wofford Stockton, CA $2,308 40
1 Tom Walch Fremont, CA $2,308 40
1 Anthony Giglini Carmichael, CA $2,308 40
4 Scott Long Safety Habor, FL $927 35
5 Howard Andrew Walnut Crk, CA $707 30
6 Michael Moore Agar, SD $566 25
7 Justin Chan Newark, CA $469 20
8 Nicholas Adams Sacramento, CA $396 17
9 Duyen Ta Amer. Cyn, CA $365 14
10 Thomas Case Clovis, CA $339 14
11 Roy Clothier Lincoln, CA $317 14
12 Kim Pham Campbell, CA $300 0

Lena Evans, co-founder of Poker League of Nations and CEO of Helix Poker, has joined Ante Up as an Editor at Large.

Evans, a two-time World Series of Poker Circuit ring winner, will contribute columns exploring issues affecting women at the poker table, profiles of women in poker and will work with Ante Up to cross-promote its brand with Poker League of Nations, the world’s largest and most internationally-represented women’s poker organization, and Helix Poker, a worldwide open touring series.

Evans has already begun staking players in Ante Up Poker Tour events, will work with AUPT partners on adding women’s events to their schedules and will host a group of her players on the April 20, 2019, Ante Up Poker Cruise.

“It’s easy to see how Lena has been so successful at the poker tables and in business,” said Scott Long, publisher of Ante Up Poker Media LLC with Christopher Cosenza. “We look forward to the combined power of our brands expanding and improving opportunities for women in poker, and creating unique and innovative events for all poker players.”

“I am delighted and honored to enter a symbiotic partnership with Ante Up with a view of engendering more opportunities for women across the entire poker spectrum,” Evans said. “We are desirous of expanding into a worldwide audience, with a particular view on increasing the participation of women in open events through the PLON staking initiative, which as a net result will increase prize pools and open player fields in a wide range of tours internationally, in support of the poker industry overall.“

• For more information on Ante Up Poker Media LLC: http://www.anteupmagazine.com/
• For more information on the Poker League of Nations: https://pokerleagueofnations.com/
• For more information on Helix Poker: https://helixpoker.com/

Philip Phongsaiphonh has won Event #17 of the Ante Up World Championship at Thunder Valley Casino Resort in Lincoln, Calif.

Phongsaiphonh of Roseville, Calif., earned $19750 and a seat in the World Championship Main Event in the $260 buy-in no-limit hold'em Action 8 eight-handed event, which drew 450 entries.

For more information on this Ante Up Poker Tour series, which runs through July 29, please visit our event webpage.

ANTE UP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
Thunder Valley Casino Resort - Lincoln, Calif.
EVENT #17 - No-Limit Hold'em Action 8 eight-handed
Buy-in: $260
Entries: 450
Prize pool: $100,000
PLACE NAME CITY CASH POY POINTS
1 Philip Phongsaiphonh Roseville, CA $19,750 145
2 Wilton Alejandro Roseville, CA $13,250 116
3 Chet Sickle Stockton, CA $9,750 95
4 Justin Chan Newark, CA $7,275 82
5 Barry Raymos Fairfield, CA $5,500 69
6 Jake Rosenstiel Sacramento, CA $4,200 56
7 Tyler Patterson Scottsdale, AZ $3,250 48
8 Rudy Robledo Sacramento, CA $2,550 40
9 Todd Graham Rocklin, CA $2,000 32
10 Brett Murray Santa Rosa, CA $2,000 32
11 Albert Sanchez Penryn, CA $1,600 32
12 Benjamin Teng SF, CA $1,600 32
13 Stuart Crooks Roseville, CA $1,300 26
14 Mark Trinh Lincoln, CA $1,300 26
15 Teng Vang Sacramento, CA $1,060 26
16 Paul Tran n/a $1,060 26
17 Victor Paredes Modesto, CA $870 23
18 Donald Deeds Angels Camp, CA $870 23
19 Stephen Kujubu Sacramento, CA $870 23
20 Michael Scott Elk Grove, CA $870 23
21 Joshua Hannah Jacksonville, FL $730 20
22 Kao Saechao Portland, OR $730 20
23 Joseph Walker Grass Valley, CA $730 20
24 Allan Fernando Elk Grove, CA $730 20
25 Ronald Festejo Vacaville, CA $620 17
26 Terry Klinefelter Roseville, CA $620 17
27 Andrew Duffy Grass Valley, CA $620 17
28 Daniel Canavan Yuba City, CA $620 17
29 Oscar Tobar San Francisco, CA $620 17
30 Martin Knapp S. Lake Tahoe, CA $620 17
31 Kevin Nathan Roseville, CA $620 17
32 Richard Gibson Hayward, CA $620 17
33 Arish Nat Elk Grove, CA $530 14
34 Ronald Bawden Sacramento, CA $530 14
35 Damion Merry Plumb Lake, xx $530 14
36 Brett Murray Santa Rosa, CA $530 14
37 James Jeff Fresno, CA $450 12
37 Gary Waters $450 12
37 Dan Pham $450 12
37 Adam Avitia Elk Grove, CA $450 12
37 Wing Tung Martinez, CA $450 12
37 Charels Thavenot Scottsdale, AZ $450 12
37 Teresa Hemingway Black Hawk, CO $450 12
37 Jeffrey Lennon Fresno, CA $450 12
37 Javier Ochoa $450 12
46 Vince Cardinale $375 10
46 Martin Abraham $375 10
46 Siavash Bahri $375 10
46 Lay Saelee Oroville, CA $375 10
46 Paul Brown Auburn, CA $375 10
46 Dylan Moon Rancho Cord, CA $375 10
46 Michael Loncar Folsom, CA $375 10
46 Jeffrey Cho $375 10
46 Arturo Segura San Diego, CA $375 10

Jorge Lopez has won Event #18 of the Ante Up World Championship at Thunder Valley Casino Resort in Lincoln, Calif.

Lopez of Ukiah, Calif., earned $5,440 in the $400 buy-in Head to Head Championship, which attracted a full field of 64 players.

For more information on this Ante Up Poker Tour series, which runs through July 29, please visit our event webpage.

ANTE UP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
Thunder Valley Casino Resort - Lincoln, Calif.
EVENT #18 - No-limit Hold'em Head to Head
Buy-in: $400
Entries: 64
Prize pool: $21,760
PLACE NAME CITY CASH
1 Jorge Lopez Ukiah, CA $5,440
1 Clinton Baskin Stockton, CA $5,440
3 Frederic Soria Lincoln, CA $2,720
3 Joshua Pedretti Elk Grove, CA $2,720
5 Benjamin Teng SF, CA $1,360
5 Kirk Rexford Folsom, CA $1,360
5 Paul Richardson San Ramon, CA $1,360
5 John Sheehan Novato, CA $1,360

Nathan Pelkey leads the 19 players who advanced from Day 1A to Day 2 of the Ante Up World Championship Main Event at Thunder Valley Casino Resort in Lincoln, Calif.

Pelkey of Sacramento, Calif., has 480,000 in chips. Day 1B, the final flight, starts at 11 a.m. today, with Day 2 starting at noon on Sunday.

Here are the 19 advancing players from Day 1A:

Nathan Pelkey Sacramento, CA 480,000
Matt Cardinalli Stockton, CA 381,500
Joseph Mussat San Jose, CA 293,000
Mitch Gamble Roseville, CA 275,000
Blake Baker New Orleans, LA 272,500
Ray Ratto Modesto, CA 268,000
Tony Bracy W. Sac, CA 260,000
Bill Wendling San Jose, CA 252,000
Kevin O'Donnell Petaluma, CA 233,000
Travis Fujisaka Walnut Creek, CA 216,000
Steve Kujubu Sacramento, CA 201,500
Robert Abelon Sacramento, CA 188,000
KenoPro Miller Granite Bay, CA 146,500
Ed Tsai Walnut Creek, CA 125,000
Justo Avalos Elk Grove, CA 121,000
Tyler Patterson Scottsdale, AZ 110,000
Ian Steinman Carson City, NV 71,000
Jarod Minghini S. Lake Tahoe, CA 65,500
Bob Zeidman Cupertino, CA 63,000

Al Sanchez, dubbed "6-Max" for his top-4 finishes in both six-max events in the Ante Up World Championship, is the winner of the Player of the Series title.

Sanchez - with 249 points - won an entry into the Ante Up World Championshp Main Event as well as an entry in the Main Event of the Ante Up Poker Tour series at Atlantis Casino Resort Spa in August.

Sanchez cashed in seven event, including a runner-up in Event #10:

Event 10 - 6-Max - 2nd - $6,124
Event 12 - 6-Max Redraw - 4th - $976
Event 17 - Action8 - 10th - $1,600
Event 15 - Knockout - 11th - $188
Event 3 - Changeup - 16th - $286
Event 8 - NorCal Classic - 24th - $1,520
Event 14 - Monolith - 78th - $900

Arturo Segura - with 190 points - was runner-up, earning a two-night stay at Thunder Valley Casino Resort and a $200 resort credit. Steve Kujubu - with 180 points - was third, earning a one-night stay at Thunder Valley Casino Resort and a $100 resort credit.

A total of 434 players earned points by cashing in one of the 17 eligible preliminary events.

Eighty-six of the 506 players who entered the Ante Up World Championship Main Event at Thunder Valley Casino Resort in Lincoln, Calif., will return today at noon for Day 2.

Imad Allahham of Redwood City, Calif., leads the field with 533,000. Total prize pool is $739,722 with a first place of $143,857.

Action picks up in Level 17 with blinds of 1,000/3,000/6,000.

TABLE SEAT NAME CITY CHIPS
3 3 Imad Allahham Redwood City, CA 533,000
6 4 Nathan Pelkey Sacramento, CA 480,000
2 5 David Paletta Colusa, CA 418,500
6 9 Michael Monaghan Jackson, MS 403,500
6 6 Thanh Nguyen Sacramento, CA 383,000
10 6 Matt Cardinalli Stockton, CA 381,500
7 3 Jon Turner Las Vegas, NV 352,000
10 3 Ying Vang Sacramento, CA 349,000
4 9 Kyle Phillips San Carlos, CA 324,000
1 9 Srini Godavarthy Mtn, House, CA 309,500
7 2 Sameet Lal Fremont, CA 307,000
4 3 Joseph Mussat San Jose, CA 293,000
1 7 Allan Fernando Elk Grove, CA 288,500
5 8 Mitch Gamble Roseville, CA 275,000
1 8 Sou Saeteurn Sacramento, CA 273,500
7 5 Blake Baker New Orleans, LA 272,500
5 9 Yauheni Rusin SF, CA 269,000
6 8 Ray Ratto Modesto, CA 268,000
1 6 Tony Bracy W. Sac, CA 260,000
10 7 Bill Wendling San Jose, CA 252,000
2 7 Yuenjing Zhang Newark, CA 239,000
8 3 Chris Nichols Chico, CA 235,000
4 1 Kevin O'Donnell Petaluma, CA 233,000
4 8 Sang Tran Granite Bay, CA 220,000
10 4 Travis Fujisaka Walnut Creek, CA 216,000
9 8 Donald Landwirth Redwood, City, CA 215,000
7 7 Randy Gil Roseville, CA 205,000
8 4 Steve Kujubu Sacramento, CA 201,500
4 5 Adam Curchack Petaluma, CA 197,000
1 4 Yotam Shmuelov SF, CA 196,500
2 4 Steven To Castro Vly, CA 193,000
8 6 Kathy Stahl Manteca, CA 188,500
7 8 Salas Alam Hayward, CA 188,500
10 1 Robert Abelon Sacramento, CA 188,000
9 1 Tommy Buyak S. Lake Tahoe, CA 186,500
1 5 Warren Mippa Sunnyvale, CA 179,000
4 7 Michael Liu n/a 173,000
7 6 Ed Lewis Brentwood, CA 169,500
6 3 Nic Vu Marin, CA 161,000
6 1 James Boyle Clovis, CA 153,500
5 5 KenoPro Miller Granite Bay, CA 146,500
1 1 Ari Engel Las Vegas, NV 141,000
5 1 Charles Maddalena n/a 141,000
3 5 Ferit Bulutogi n/a 139,500
3 1 Brandon Eisen n/a 134,000
7 9 Barry Birdwell Marysville, CA 134,000
9 4 Anthony H. Sacramento, CA 132,500
1 2 Tony Schutter Honolulu, HI 131,500
4 4 William Chao Elk Grove, CA 131,000
8 1 Gary Hansen Merida 126,000
10 2 Ed Tsai Walnut Creek, CA 125,000
7 1 Charisse Case Sacramento, CA 122,500
2 2 Ben Achraf Paris, Fr 122,000
3 2 Bill Watchman Las Vegas, NV 121,000
8 2 Justo Avalos Elk Grove, CA 121,000
5 4 Sang Yong Elk Grove, CA 112,500
8 7 Tyler Patterson Scottsdale, AZ 110,000
4 6 Derrick Lee Sacramento, CA 109,500
9 2 Phil Hansen Laton, CA 108,000
2 1 Mary Walker Carlsbad, CA 102,500
9 6 Loren Cloninger Salinas, CA 101,500
8 9 Bradford Jensen Fremont, CA 99,500
5 3 Masoud Shojaei El Dor. Hills, CA 97,000
8 5 Jed Hoffman Reno, NV 92,500
9 7 Justin Nguyen SF, CA 91,000
6 5 Don Newmerzhycky McKinleyville, CA 90,500
9 9 Prasad Thandar SF, CA 80,000
10 9 Yossi Krispin Cupertino, CA 79,500
3 4 Man Pham Sacramento, CA 79,000
3 9 Mike Heshmati Morgan Hill, CA 77,500
3 7 Rickey Evans Vacaville, CA 76,000
6 7 Brandon Butler Redmond, OR 74,000
5 6 Ian Steinman Carson City, NV 71,000
10 8 Frederic Soria Lincoln, CA 67,000
6 2 Peter Xiong Sacramento, CA 66,500
3 8 Jarod Minghini S. Lake Tahoe, CA 65,500
5 7 Bob Zeidman Cupertino, CA 63,000
7 4 Michael Capener San Mateo, CA 59,000
3 6 Dal Bains Yuba City, CA 57,000
4 2 Kenneth Dutcher Hilei, HI 56,000
2 3 Mark Danai San Jose, CA 52,000
2 9 Tim Trinh Elk Grove, CA 43,000
5 2 Jonathan George Santa Cruz, CA 42,500
10 5 Xai Yang Eureka, CA 38,500
9 3 Sai Sirandas SF, CA 19,500
2 8 Sang Yu Fremont, CA 19,000

Duy Ho has won Event #20 of the Ante Up World Championship at Thunder Valley Casino Resort in Lincoln, Calif.

Ho earned $7,860 plus bounties in the $1,100 buy-in no-limit hold'em event with $500 bounties event, which drew 71 entries.

ANTE UP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
Thunder Valley Casino Resort - Lincoln, Calif.
EVENT #20 - No-Limit Hold'em Bounty
Buy-in: $1,100
Entries: 71
Prize pool: $36,920 and $35,500 in bounties
PLACE PAYOUT
1 Duy Ho $7,860
2 Jarod Minghini $5,911
3 Cutris Heron $5,410
4 Mike Heshmati $4,735
5 Travis Fujisaka $3,837
6 Yotam Shmuelov $3,624
7 Alex Prok $2,778
8 Raymond Ratto $1,475
9 Jasthi Kumar $1,290

Let’s hope Imad Lahham got some sleep now.

“After we finished playing on Saturday, I couldn’t get a room here or anywhere close by, so I ended up playing cards all through the night. I’ve been up almost 48 hours now,” said Lahham, who is Ante Up’s new world champion after outlasting Michael Monaghan heads-up in the Ante Up World Championship at Thunder Valley Casino Resort in Lincoln, Calif. “When I’m playing poker, I’m all in tune with the game. My wife asks, ‘why do you love the game so much?’ It’s because it’s really trying to outplay people. There’s more of a high in the game itself. When you divorce yourself from the money aspect of it and focus on the game itself, you’ll do well.”

Lahham of Redwood City, Calif., earned $91,421 for the victory after the final four players agreed on an ICM deal and played out the event for the remaining $11,000, the title, trophy and the cover of Ante Up Magazine. Monaghan of Jackson, Miss., earned $107,015 for being chipleader when the ICM deal was reached.

“I feel wonderful,” said Lahham, who came into Day 2 as the chipleader after being eliminated on his first entry. “I stayed consistent in my game play. I didn’t take too much risk. I like to play small ball, and when I have the goods, I punish them.”

Lahham triumphed over a stacked final table that included Monaghan, who was one of Pearl River Resort’s Ante Up Poker Tour champions, former Ante Up World Championship champion and runner-up Justo Avalos, Brandon Eisen, who has more than a quarter-million dollars in live cashes, online phenom and strategy book author Jon “PearlJammed” Turner and Yin Vang, who had final-tabled this event twice before.

Lahham was comfortable in chips for most of the final table until he got it in all-in with pocket 7s against chip-heavy Monaghan’s ace-king. When an ace spiked, Monaghan looked unstoppable and Lahham looked like his sleepless run would come to an end.

“That was a huge misstep on my part,” Lahham said. “He was opening with a wide range of cards and I misjudged the strength of his hand. I thought I could push him off of his hand, and mine didn’t hold up.”

But Lahham almost immediately quadrupled up and when action got to four-handed, the clock stopped for the players to work out the ICM deal. For Lahham, it didn’t matter one way or another.

“Everyone wanted to do it. I was fine either way. I had just lost that big pot. If we didn’t do it, I would have been OK. I was comfortable,” he said. “I was going to open up my game and regain the chip lead. I did that in four or five hands after the deal. The money meant more to some of the people. I was after the trophy, regardless of the money breakdown. The deal does alleviate the pressure on the money. When you only have $11,000 to play for now, you’re playing poker and for the trophy and to win. Less pressure helps you focus on the game itself.”

With the pressure lessened, Lahham set his sights on Monaghan, who was working on his own Cinderella story. Monaghan booked his flight to Sacramento last minute on advice from a friend and was eliminated on the entry he won at Pearl River. He decided to jump into a $365 satellite and won a second seat and then found himself heads-up with Lahham with a six-figure payday locked up.

“I was able to maneuver. I was willing to gamble. I was raising no-look and making some moves and looking for reactions on bet sizes,” said Lahham, who does engineering design and consultation in Silicon Valley. “In the end, it worked out wonderfully.”

Lahham, whose previous best finish was eighth in the Shooting Stars event at Bay 101 in San Jose, Calif., says he’ll have more time to dedicate to poker, as he plans to retire soon and his daughter will be going off to college next year.

“I promised my wife whatever winnings I got if she keeps letting me play,” he said with a laugh.

The Main Event shattered the $500,000 prize pool guarantee with 506 entries and a prize pool of $739,772. The event concluded a 20-event series that spanned more than three weeks and included another Ante Up Poker Tour championship event, the Ante Up NorCal Classic. Al Sanchez was the Player of the Series, cashing seven times, including two final tables. It was the first Ante Up Poker Tour series in Thunder Valley’s new poker room, which features 50 tables during tournament series. It opened in February and held a lavish grand opening in April.

Thunder Valley Casino Resort is a AAA Four Diamond luxury resort that features a Las Vegas-style casino, more than 400 oversized and well-appointed guest rooms, a spa with complimentary steam room and sauna access for hotel guests, outdoor pool, and a wide variety of restaurants, bars and entertainment venues, including the signature High Steaks Steakhouse, where a lavish special players’ reception was held the night before the Main Event.

The Ante Up World Championship and Ante Up NorCal Classic events will return to Thunder Valley in July 2019.

ANTE UP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
Thunder Valley Casino Resort - Lincoln, Calif.
MAIN EVENT - No-Limit Hold’em
Buy-in: $1,650
Entries: 506
Prize pool: $739,772
PLACE NAME CITY CASH
1 Imad Allahham Redwood City, CA $91,421
2 Michael Monaghan Jackson, MS $107,015
3 Jon Turner Las Vegas, NV $73,931
4 Srinivasa Godavarthy Mtn, House, CA $82,840
5 Ying Vang Sacramento, CA $34,710
6 Justo Avalos Elk Grove, CA $28,930
7 Gary Hansen n/a $24,080
8 Brandon Eisen n/a $19,235
9 Mitch Gamble Roseville, CA $14,425
10 Kyle Phillips San Carlos, CA $11,975
11 Thanh Nguyen Sacramento, CA $11,975
12 Sameet Lal Fremont, CA $11,975
13 Charisse Case Sacramento, CA $9,530
14 Nathan Pelkey Sacramento, CA $9,530
15 Alan Engel Las Vegas, NV $9,530
16 Ian Steinman Carson City, NV $8,010
17 Sang Tran Granite Bay, CA $8,010
18 Derrick Lee Sacramento, CA $8,010
19 Katherine Stahl Manteca, CA $6,755
20 Bradford Jensen Fremont, CA $6,755
21 Tony Bracy W. Sac, CA $6,755
22 Exequiel Fernando Elk Grove, CA $5,650
23 Edward Lewis Brentwood, CA $5,650
24 Xai Vang Eureka, CA $5,650
25 Jed Hoffman Reno, NV $4,860
26 Michael Capener San Mateo, CA $4,860
27 David Paletta Colusa, CA $4,860
28 Tyler Patterson Scottsdale, AZ $4,165
29 Loren Cloninger Salinas, CA $4,165
30 Yiming Liu n/a $4,165
31 Robert Abelon Sacramento, CA $4,165
32 Stephen Kujubu Sacramento, CA $4,165
33 Yauheni Rusin SF, CA $4,165
34 Ferit Bullitogli n/a $4,165
35 Matthew Cardinalli Stockton, CA $4,165
36 Donald Landwirth Redwood City, CA $4,165
37 Kevin O'Donnell Petaluma, CA $3,575
38 James Boyle Clovis, CA $3,575
39 Steven To Castro Valley, CA $3,575
40 Ben Salah Paris, FR $3,575
41 Anthony Schutter Honolulu, HI $3,575
42 Phillip Hansen n/a $3,575
43 Randy Gil Roseville, CA $3,575
44 Salas Alam Hayward, CA $3,575
45 Charles Maddalena n/a $3,575
46 Nippa Watari Sunnyvale, CA $3,025
47 Prasad Inamdar SF, CA $3,025
48 William Wendling San Jose, CA $3,025
49 Dalvinder Bains Yuba City, CA $3,025
50 Blake Baker New Orleans, LA $3,025
51 William Watchman Las Vegas, NV $3,025
52 Travis Fujisaka Wlnut Crk,. CA $3,025
53 Yotam Shmuelov SF, CA $3,025
54 Christopher Nichols Chico, CA $3,025
55 Tommy Buyak S. Lake Tahoe, CA $2,590
56 Adam Curchack Petaluma, CA $2,590
57 Joseph Mussat San Jose, CA $2,590
58 Masoud Shojaei El Dor .Hills, CA $2,590
59 Raymond Ratto Modesto, CA $2,590
60 Yuanjing Zhang Newark, CA $2,590
61 Edward Miller Granite Bay, CA $2,590
62 John Newmerzhycky n/a $2,590
63 Mary Walker Carlsbad, CA $2,590
64 William Chao Elk Grove, CA $2,590

ANTE UP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
Thunder Valley Casino Resort - Lincoln, Calif.
EVENT #1 - No-Limit Hold'em Kickoff
Buy-in: $160
Entries: 342
Prize pool: $44,460
Place Name City Cash POY Points
1 Adrian Aguilar Bay Point, CA $5,013 49
1 Nino Klebik Napa, CA $5,013 49
3 Mark Garaman Santa Rosa, CA $4,513 49
3 Abraham Meyers Sacramento, CA $4,513 49
3 William Grubb Vacaville, CA $4,513 49
6 Donnae Benjamin Hayward, CA $3,513 49
7 Rodney Washburn Hughson, CA $1,476 42
8 Justine Raga Sacramento, CA $1,214 35
9 DNR n/a $951 28
10 Anthony Recchia Sacramento, CA $800 23
11 Jeffrey Schwartz n/a $800 23
12 Kory Swekla Emeryville, CA $800 23
13 Ian Bey Rocklin, CA $685 20
14 Jim Rodda Loomis, CA $685 20
15 Ricardo Seguritan Roseville, CA $685 20
16 Howard Doerfling San Bruno, CA $565 17
17 Sanjay Kochhar Roseville, CA $565 17
18 Edward Miller Granite Bay, CA $565 17
19 Steven Richards Reno, NV $467 14
20 Michael Bokan Sacramento, CA $467 14
21 Karmjit Singh Oakland, CA $467 14
22 Tom Walch, Jr Fremont, CA $378 12
23 Donovan Pattee Denair, CA $378 12
24 Mariano Garcia Hayward, CA $378 12
25 Irakli Tabidze Danville, CA $329 10
26 Oliver Tse SF, CA $329 10
27 Tri Huynh Milpitas, CA $302 8
27 Robert Benedict III Folsom, CA $302 8
29 Edmund Lis Winters, CA $276 8
30 Anthony Pasqual Jacksonville, FL $276 8
31 Kenneth Fredrick Ontario, CA $276 8
32 Mitchell Newquist Chico, CA $276 8
33 Michael McGonigle Roseville, CA $276 8
34 Bienvenido Rosal Elk Grove, CA $276 8
35 Nicholas Veveiros Rohnert Park, CA $276 8
36 Charles Thavenot Scottsdale, AZ $276 8
37 Michael Husa Lincoln, CA $227 8
38 Kelly Menk Yuba City, CA $227 8
39 Barry Birdwell Marysville, CA $227 8
40 Edmund Castles Stockton, CA $227 8
41 Jerid Bernardin Woodbridge, CA $227 8
42 Tess Robinson Castro Valley, CA $227 8
43 Bryan Ridgway Roseville, CA $227 8

ANTE UP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
Thunder Valley Casino Resort - Lincoln, Calif.
EVENT #2 - FastCash Bankroll Builder No-Limit Hold'em
Buy-in: $125
Entries: 135
Prize pool: $13,500
Place Name City Cash POY Points
1 Rommel Santos Rancho Cord., Ca $1,000 14
1 Robert Santos Vallejo, CA $1,000 14
1 Arturo Segura San Diego, CA $1,000 14
1 Brandon Steadman Rocklin, CA $1,000 14
1 Mariano Garcia Hayward, CA $1,000 14
1 John Rogers Sacramento, CA $1,000 14
1 Bryan Gore Rocklin, CA $1,000 14
1 Jeremy French N. Highlands, CA $1,000 14
1 John Hicks Citrus Hts, CA $1,000 14
1 Matthew Hillstead Tracy, CA $1,000 14
1 Hiram Epps Vacaville, CA $1,000 14
1 Jeffrey Day Berkeley, CA $1,000 14
1 Ibrahim Mohamed Sparks, NV $1,000 14
14 Jeremy Thai Elk Grove, CA $500 12

ANTE UP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
Thunder Valley Casino Resort - Lincoln, Calif.
EVENT #3 - No-Limit Hold'em ChangeUp
Buy-in: $160
Entries: 110
Prize Pool: $14,300
Place Name City Cash POY Points
1 Salas Alam Hayward, CA $3,573 100
2 Arturo Segura San Diego, CA $3,003 80
3 Robert Lew Sacramento, CA $1,216 60
4 Caleb Levesque Macdoel, CA $1,216 60
5 Steven Kujubu Sacramento, CA $644 34
6 Elmer Fulgencio SF, CA $644 34
7 Paul Tran Sacramento, CA $644 34
8 Noah Wiseman Concord, CA $644 34
9 San Vong Elk Grove, CA $393 18
10 Ryan Russell Benicia, CA $393 18
11 Jorge Lopez Ukiah, CA $393 18
12 Cesar Silva Santa Rosa, CA $393 18
13 Barry Raymos Fairfield, CA $286 14
14 Lana Chan San Leandro, CA $286 14
15 Joseph McMahon Roseville, CA $286 14
16 Albert Sanchez Penryn, CA $286 14

ANTE UP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
Thunder Valley Casino Resort - Lincoln, Calif.
EVENT #4 - No-Limit Hold'em Winner Take All with $100 bounties
Buy-in: $160
Entries: 135
Prize pool: $4,035
Place Name City Cash
1 James Jeff Fresno, CA $2,586
2 Alexander Smith Yakima, WA $852
3 Nader Haddad Auburn, CA $612

ANTE UP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
Thunder Valley Casino Resort - Lincoln, Calif.
EVENT #5 - No-Limit Hold'em Escalator
Buy-in: $125
Entries: 70
Prize pool: $7,000
Place Name City Cash POY Points
1 Terry Klinefelter $1,224 25
2 Joseph Dalonzo Turlock, CA $1,117 25
3 Michael Cerezo Elk Grove, CA $1,088 25
4 Jacob Urman Lincoln, CA $890 25
5 Craig Ricci Martinez, CA $844 25
6 Ronald Mossbarger Chico, CA $752 25
7 Jack Eads Yuba City, CA $315 20
8 Jake Dupray Carmichael, CA $280 17
9 Jose Esparza Lodi, CA $245 14
10 Robert Jerez Newcastle, CA $245 0

ANTE UP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
Thunder Valley Casino Resort - Lincoln, Calif.
EVENT #6 - No-Limit Hold'em Ante Up NorCal Classic Preview
Buy-in: $160
Entries: 141
Prize pool: $17,765
Place Name City Payout Points
1 Allan Fernando Elk Grove, CA $2,379 55
2 Steve Nevius Reno, NV $3,049 55
3 Terry Klinefelter Roseville, CA $2,952 55
4 Loan Truong Sacramento, CA $2,438 55
5 Suzanne White Gilroy, CA $1,105 45
6 Matthew Boddorf Weimar, CA $840 35
7 Sesar Camacho Sacramento, CA $659 30
8 Brian Watson Lodi, CA $535 25
9 Jack Schubert Rocklin, CA $446 20
10 Jeff Sardella Auburn, CA $446 20
11 Rodney Herndon Vacaville, CA $386 20
12 Joseph Dalonzo Turlock, CA $386 20
13 Jason Stoddard Concord, CA $345 17
14 Jake Rosenstiel Andreson, CA $345 17
15 James Miesen Sacramento, CA $320 17
16 Andrew Duffy Grass Valley, CA $320 17
17 Jake Dupray Carmichael, CA $307 14
18 Billy Wilson Rohnert Park, CA $307 14
19 Chivak Chhim Weed, CA $250 0

ANTE UP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
Thunder Valley Casino Resort - Lincoln, Calif.
EVENT #7 - No-Limit Hold'em Catapult
Buy-in: 160
Entries: 1,018
Prize pool: $132,340
Name City Payout POY Points
1 Randall Blankenship Marysville, CA $16,000 40
2 Phuc Nguyen Davis, CA $7,756 40
2 Daniel Canavan Yuba City, CA $7,756 40
2 Ron Piorier Natomas, CA $7,756 40
2 Julio Cruz W. Sacramento, CA $7,756 40
2 Jess Garcia n/a $7,756 40
2 Mark Romena Elk Grove, CA $7,756 40
2 Ryan Raymond Colfax, CA $7,756 40
2 Jon Baker Cotati, CA $7,756 40
10 Cole Escovedo Fresno, CA $1,800 32
11 Mark Cooley Elk Grove, CA $1,800 32
12 Dominic Oaxaca Lodi, CA $1,800 32
13 Jon Wallace S. Lake Tahoe, CA $1,530 29
14 Meinrado Cruz San Ramon, CA $1,530 29
15 Francis Nguyen Rancho Cord., CA $1,530 29
16 Jack Eads Yuba City, CA $1,270 26
17 Daniel Evans Chico, CA $1,270 26
18 n/a Luu Sacramento, CA $1,270 26
19 Tipu Alam W. Sacramento, CA $1,045 23
20 Sharon Sanchez Penryn, CA $1,045 23
21 Craig Buchmiller Lakeport, CA $1,045 23
22 Andres Romero Yuba City, CA $885 20
23 Chivak Chhim Weed, CA $885 20
24 Fernando Mora Roseville, CA $885 20
25 Westley Cornelison Fresno, CA $725 17
26 Justin Ecker Stockton, CA $725 17
27 Reid Roy W. Sacramento,CA $725 17
28 Scott Dedoes Roseville, CA $625 14
29 Patricia Dellow Davis, CA $625 14
30 Michael Walker Auburn, CA $625 14
31 Nicholas Colvin Vacaville, CA $625 14
32 Wilton Alejandro Roseville, CA $625 14
33 Thomas Venz Grass Valley, CA $625 14
34 Robert Benedict Folsom, CA $625 14
35 Deake Lyndall Kelseyville, CA $625 14
36 Bo Umphrey Port Arthur, TX $625 14
37 Teng Vang Sacramento, CA $550 14
38 Matthew Coloma n/a $550 14
39 Daniel Lucero W. Sacramento, CA $550 14
40 Jimmy Diep Sacramento, CA $550 14
41 Charisse Case Sacramento, CA $550 14
42 Nicholas Kolich Livermore, CA $550 14
43 Zachary Scoggins Citrus Hts, CA $550 14
44 Lafaya Mitchell Sacramento, CA $550 14
45 Kelly Menk Yuba City, CA $550 14
46 Peter Xiong Sacramento, CA $500 12
47 Michael Haas Lodi, CA $500 12
48 Bryan Ridgway Roseville, CA $500 12
49 Dylan Moon Sacramento, CA $500 12
50 Matan Sharon Williams, OR $500 12
51 Andrew Martin Oakley, CA $500 12
52 Evelyn Iraheta Walnut Creek, CA $500 12
53 Wing Tung Martinez, CA $500 12
54 Wilson Sam Milpitas, CA $500 12
55 Soumitra Nagar San Jose, CA $450 12
56 Brandon Sano Chico, CA $450 12
57 Matthew Moss Lincoln, CA $450 12
58 Charles Thavenot Scottsdale, AZ $450 12
59 Darren Bortmas Roseville, CA $450 12
60 Henrieto Acain Stockton, CA $450 12
61 Joseph Mussat San Jose, CA $450 12
62 Jeffrey Smith Modesto, CA $450 12
63 Joseph Arent Roseville, CA $450 12
64 Christopher Wardner San Jose, CA $400 10
65 Kyle Beeler Santa Rosa, CA $400 10
66 Joseph Walker Grass Valley, CA $400 10
67 Dalvinder Bains Yuba City, CA $400 10
68 Jeremy French Antelope, CA $400 10
69 Richard Catalano Fair Oaks, CA $400 10
70 Joseph Bergh Granite Bay, CA $400 10
71 Ronald Quinones Stockton, CA $400 10
72 Arturo Lopez Ukiah, CA $375 10
73 Phillip Phongsaiphonh Roseville, CA $375 10
74 Anton Dimagiba Sacramento, CA $350 10
75 Navid Gosili Sacramento, CA $350 10
76 Timothy Klemin Chico, CA $350 10
77 Rickey Gleason Carmichael, CA $350 10
78 Seth Norris Jackson, CA $350 10
79 Anthony O'Grodnick Lodi, CA $350 10
80 Gerardo Gonzalez Yuba City, CA $350 10
81 Thomas Lewis Chico, CA $350 10
82 Justin Hendrickson Sacramento, CA $350 10
83 Monte Gilley Live Oak, CA $300 6
84 Travis Outlaw Reno, NV $300 6
85 Jared Saenz Birmingham, AL $300 6
86 Ryan Reilley Carmichael, CA $300 6
87 Tarik Sims Elk Grove, CA $300 6
88 Guy Boring Ione, CA $300 6
89 Lauren Koch Kihei, HI $300 6
90 Phia Xiong Sacramento, CA $300 6
91 Fred Anthony Oroville, CA $300 6
92 Nathan Patterson Roseville, CA $300 6
93 Michael Sargent Marysville, CA $300 6
94 Dylan Moon Rancho Cord., CA $300 6
95 Juan Valadez Antioch, CA $300 6
96 Ronald Festejo Vacaville, CA $300 6
97 Anthony Nguyen Sacramento, CA $300 6
98 Saad Aljoher Sacramento, CA $300 6
99 Joshua Woodhouse Antioch, CA $300 6
100 Rose Erhart Sutter Crk, CA $300 6
101 Thomas Phillips Monterey, CA $300 6
102 Richard McLain Modesto, CA $300 6
103 Brandon Steadman Rocklin, CA $300 6

ANTE UP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
Thunder Valley Casino Resort - Lincoln, Calif.
EVENT #8 - Ante Up NorCal Classic no-limit hold'em
Buy-in: $565
Entries: 398
Prize pool: $199,000
PLACE NAME CITY PAYOUT POY POINTS
1 Dinh Vee $37,016 73
2 Khoa Tran Sacramento, CA $24,449 73
4 Phil Hansen Layton, CA $21,963 73
3 Peter Xiong Sacramento, CA $18,529 73
5 Charles Mendoza Sacramento, CA $10,933 61
6 Randy Gil Roseville, CA $8,328 49
7 James Westerberg Redding, CA $6,434 42
8 Toan Nguyen Sacramento, CA $5,032 35
9 James Colson Sacramento, CA $3,986 28
10 Sou Saeteurn Sacramento, CA $3,986 28
11 Michael Capener San Mateo, CA $3,197 28
12 Loan Truong Sacramento, CA $3,197 28
13 John Rogers Sacramento, CA $2,605 23
14 Nicky Niknam Belmont, CA $2,605 23
15 Jordan Henegar Chico, CA $2,131 23
16 Thao Yang n/a $2,131 23
17 Joseph Arent n/a $1,776 20
18 Nicholas Kolich n/a $1,776 20
19 Stehpen Goldstein n/a $1,776 20
20 Timothy Melton n/a $1,776 20
21 Fernando Mora n/a $1,520 17
22 Matthew Boddorf Weimar, CA $1,520 17
23 Timon Rooney Woodland, CA $1,520 17
24 Albert Sanchez Penryn, CA $1,520 17
25 Joshua Shaw Sacramento, CA $1,303 14
26 Christopher O'Hara Clark Summit, PA $1,303 14
27 Allan Kwong Oakland, CA $1,303 14
28 Francis Nguyen Rancho Cord, CA $1,303 14
29 James Brown Jacksonville, FL $1,303 14
30 Michael Palamidessi W. Sacramento, CA $1,303 14
31 Darryl Pham Rohnert Park, CA $1,303 14
32 Ihab Ali Cupertino, CA $1,125 12
33 Pavel Vusik Roseville, CA $1,125 12
34 Jim Anderson Redding, CA $1,125 12
35 Sheila Triggs Hillsboro, OR $1,125 12
36 Richard Phelps Oakland, CA $1,125 12
37 Kenneth Dutcher Kihei, HI $1,125 12
38 Joe Nguyen Sunnyvale, CA $1,125 12
39 Chris Arsenault Sacramento, CA $1,125 12
40 Howard Doerfling San Bruno, CA $1,125 12
41 Dermot Lyons W. Sacramento, CA $987 10
42 Yotam Shmuelov SF, CA $987 10
43 Victor Bishop Discovery Bay, CA $987 10
44 Kiran Desai San Jose, CA $987 10
45 Robert Mather Roseville, CA $987 10
46 Hasmik Oganyan Fresno, CA $987 10
47 James Hammer Sacramento, CA $987 10
48 Matthew Kramer Rancho Cord, CA $987 10
49 Ravi Udayakumar San Jose, CA $987 10
50 Kwan Kong Oakland, CA $987 10

ANTE UP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
Thunder Valley Casino Resort - Lincoln, Calif.
EVENT #9 - No-Limit Hold'em Seniors Championship
Buy-in: $160
Entries: 178
Prize pool: $23,140
PLACE NAME CITY PAYOUT
1 Charlton Atwood Folsom, CA $4,000
2 Joseph Bergh Granite Bay, CA $1,907
2 David Olson Applegate, CA $1,907
2 Janet Kanstrup Salinas, CA $1,907
2 Michael McGonigle Roseville, CA $1,907
2 Gary Pisarek Auburn, CA $1,906
2 Gary Tanko Lincoln, CA $1,906
2 Sunil Nair San Ramon, CA $1,906
9 David Larson San Jose, CA $509
10 Matthew Coloma Brentwood, CA $509
11 Terry Klinefelter Roseville, CA $509
12 Yelleshpur Kumar San Jose, CA $509
13 Andres Flores Yuba City, CA $428
14 Manuel Romero Bangor, CA $428
15 Reese Francis Rohnert Pk, CA $428
16 Tom Santos Elk Grove, CA $359
17 Gabrielle Tetreault Discovery Bay, CA $359
18 Steven Eason Sacramento, CA $359
19 Ronald Tobey Concord, CA $289
20 John Goldenring Roseville, CA $289
21 Peter Ruotsi Alamo, CA $289
22 Rudy Robledo Sacramento, CA $220
23 James Verdi Coloma, CA $220

ANTE UP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
Thunder Valley Casino Resort - Lincoln, Calif.
EVENT #10 - No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed
Buy-in: $345
Entries: 115
Prize pool: $34,500
PLACE NAME CITY PAYOUT POY POINTS
1 Francis Nguyen Rancho Cord., CA $9,182 100
2 Albert Sanchez Penryn, CA $6,124 80
3 Andrew Postle Dixon, CA $4,226 65
4 Arturo Segura San Diego, CA $3,008 55
5 Paul Spano Sacramento, CA $2,215 45
6 Dermot Lyons W. Sacramento, CA $1,684 35
7 Michael Sargent Marysville, CA $1,204 30
8 Kandy Correa Rio Oso, CA $1,204 30
9 Nathaniel Anderson Oakland, CA $918 25
10 Matthew Bodnar Folsom, CA $918 25
11 Mariano Garcia Hayward, CA $811 20
12 Matthew Hillstead Manteca, CA $811 20
13 Srinivasa Godavarthy Tracy, CA $742 17
14 Stephen Goldstein Modesto, CA $742 17
15 Shane Miller Sacramento, CA $711 14

ANTE UP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
Thunder Valley Casino Resort - Lincoln, Calif.
EVENT #11 - No-Limit Hold'em Dueling 125s
Buy-in: $125
Entries: 605
Prize pool: $60,500
PLACE NAME HOMETOWN PRIZE POY POINTS
1 Brad Court Roseville, CA $5,200 26
2 Kristyl Horton Roseville, CA $4,907 26
3 Joshua Morrow Chico, CA $4,281 26
4 Raja Deal Livermore, CA $4,193 26
5 Michael Sweeney Tracy, CA $4,119 26
6 Dominic Oaxaca Lodi, CA $4,083 26
7 Wing Tung Martinez, CA $3,713 26
8 Tam Duong Roseville, CA $3,463 26
9 Hamed Fedai Tracy, CA $3,102 26
10 Shane Miller $2,861 26
11 Michael Abratique Suisun City, CA $980 26
12 Joel Perkins n/a $980 26
13 Tony Bracy W. Sac, CA $780 23
14 Kairo Leiva Oakland, CA $780 23
15 Mario Samareta Elk Grove, CA $780 23
16 Jason Beckstrom Sacramento, CA $653 20
17 Benjamin Teng SF, CA $653 20
18 Paul Lindstrom Roseville, CA $653 20
19 Kevin Pham Elk Grove, CA $551 17
20 Nathan Patterson Roseville, CA $551 17
21 Stephen Kujubu Sacramento, CA $551 17
22 Frazad Abbaszadeh Santa Clarita, CA $466 14
23 Ernestine Norde Concord, CA $466 14
24 Thomas Lewis Chico, CA $466 14
25 Arnold Adicoff Grass Valley, CA $399 12
26 Michael Sievert n/a $399 12
27 Joshua Hannah Jax, FL $399 12
28 Todd Graham Roseville, CA $345 10
29 Randall Blankenship Marysville, CA $345 10
30 Allan Fernando Elk Grove, CA $345 10
31 Steve Nevius Reno, NV $345 10
32 John Burbine Vacaville, CA $345 10
33 Michael McGreevy Wheatland, CA $345 10
34 Dung Doan Sacramento, CA $345 10
35 Maurice Wearing SF, CA $345 10
36 Brandon Mok Sacramento, CA $345 10
37 Jennifer Bell Morgan Hill, CA $296 10
38 Randy Gil Roseville, CA $296 10
39 John Hulkow Roseville, CA $296 10
40 Frederick Lilienthal Napa, CA $296 10
41 Rudy Robledo Sacramento, CA $296 10
42 Lora Stewart Rancho Murr., CA $296 10
43 Deborah Wall Sacramento, CA $296 10
44 Ayren Spinner Eugene, OR $296 10
45 Oscar Tobar SF, CA $296 10
46 Michael Cerezo Elk Grove, CA $254 8
47 Michael Scott Elk Grove, CA $254 8
48 Jack Eads Yuba City, CA $254 8
49 Timon Rooney Woodland, CA $254 8
50 Barry Birdwell Marysville, CA $254 8
51 Charlton Atwood Folsom, CA $254 8
52 Julie Parker Aptos, CA $254 8
53 Sharon Sanchez Penryn, CA $254 8
54 Jeffrey Alvarez Antelope, CA $254 8
55 Jairo Aguirre San Jose, CA $224 8
56 Shane Preston Sacramento, CA $224 8
57 Stewart Lampe Elk Grove, CA $224 8
58 Anthony Combs Pittsburg, CA $224 8
59 Matthew Boddorf Weimar, CA $224 8
60 Carlos Ramirez Cameron Park, CA $224 8
61 Robert Thompson Pleasanton, CA $224 8
62 Matthew Bodnar Sacramento, CA $224 8
63 Zachary Malgiere Sacramento, CA $224 8

ANTE UP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
Thunder Valley Casino Resort - Lincoln, Calif.
EVENT #12 - No-Limit Hold'em Redraw
Buy-in: $160
Entries: 71
Prize pool: $10,000
PLACE NAME PAYOUT POY POINTS
1 Rian Mullins $2,545 40
2 Fernando Arciniega $2,300 40
3 Gregory Fils $1,830 40
4 Albert Sanchez $976 35
5 Alexander Wladyszewski $709 30
6 David Roldan $538 25
7 Jeff Lennon $393 20
8 Joan Miner $393 20
9 Nicksen Barrun $316 17

ANTE UP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
Thunder Valley Casino Resort - Lincoln, Calif.
EVENT #13 - Limit Omaha/8
Buy-in: $160
Entries: 130
Prize pool: $16,900
PLACE NAME Payout POY Points
1 Nicholaus Rheault $3,981 100
2 Frank Cobos $2,800 80
3 Sherwood Malin $2,800 65
4 Duyen Ta $1,099 55
5 Christopher Foster $837 45
6 Michael Wofford $710 35
7 Akash Desai $617 30
8 Scott Sherrerd $541 25
9 Michael Cerezo $478 20
10 Charisse Case $423 17
11 William Matthews $423 17
12 James Hammer $423 17
13 Patrick Stump $372 14
14 Randall Forbes $372 14
15 David Horton $372 14
16 Kevin Lutz $326 12
17 Jacqueline Molis $326 12

ANTE UP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
Thunder Valley Casino Resort - Lincoln, Calif.
EVENT #14 - No-Limit Hold'em Monolith
Buy-in: $460
Entries: 873
Prize pool: $349,200
NAME CITY CASH POY PTS
1 Brett Murray Santa Rosa, CA $54,407 105
2 Paul McCaffrey San Ramon, CA $40,550 105
3 Toko Luu San Jose, CA $37,993 105
4 Stephen Kujubu Sacramento, CA $18,750 91
5 Shane Pierson Roseville, CA $15,600 77
6 Stephen Godfrey San Jose, CA $12,600 63
7 Michael Loncar Folsom, CA $10,400 54
8 Brian Favro Danville, CA $8,300 45
9 Jeff Lennon Fresno, CA $6,300 36
10 Michael Capener San Mateo, CA $5,100 29
11 Edward Miller Granite Bay, CA $5,100 29
12 William Blankenship Roseville, CA $5,100 29
13 Xai Vang Eureka, CA $4,000 26
14 Steven Richards n/a $4,000 26
15 Chance Gir Santa Cruz, CA $4,000 26
16 Ryan Rielley Roseville, CA $3,300 23
17 James Jeff Sacramento, CA $3,300 23
18 Jeffrey Wakamiya Sacramento, CA $3,300 23
19 Rutherford Hayes SF, CA $2,750 20
20 Marcos Stokes Livermore, CA $2,750 20
21 David Taylor Santa Clara, CA $2,750 20
22 Randy Gil Roseville, CA $2,300 17
23 Francis Nguyen Rancho Cord., CA $2,300 17
24 Shoua Moua Merced, CA $2,300 17
25 Darryl Okamoto Roseville, CA $1,940 14
26 Mitchell Gamble Roseville, CA $1,940 14
27 Bohao Zhu Sacramento, CA $1,940 14
28 Paul Brown n/a $1,620 12
29 David Taylor Santa Clara, CA $1,620 12
30 Joseph Kenney Santa Rosa, cA $1,620 12
31 Wirote Praiphetsak San Rafael, CA $1,620 12
32 Marcus Abadi San Jose, CA $1,620 12
33 Kevin Pham Merced, CA $1,620 12
34 Teng Vang Sacramento, CA $1,620 12
35 Yauhoni Rusin SF, CA $1,620 12
36 Cheryl Svensen Tracy, CA $1,620 12
37 Kim Baker n/a $1,420 12
38 Vuong Tran Elk Grove, CA $1,420 12
39 Mimi Luu San Jose, CA $1,420 12
40 Benjamin Barad SF, CA $1,420 12
41 Mason Rosenberg Reno, NV $1,420 12
42 Ricardo Seguritan Roseville, CA $1,420 12
43 Tony Bracy W. Sac, CA $1,420 12
44 Micah Schulte San Jose, CA $1,420 12
45 Rommel Santos Sacramento, CA $1,420 12
46 Thomas Reiner Rocklin, CA $1,270 10
47 Mark Sanchez Walnut Creek, CA $1,270 10
48 Jasthi Kumar San Ramon, CA $1,270 10
49 Bruno Nunes Mtn View, CA $1,270 10
50 William Chao Elk Grove, CA $1,270 10
51 James Smith Vallejo, CA $1,270 10
52 Howard Chen Sacramento, CA $1,270 10
53 David Larson San Jose, CA $1,270 10
54 Robert Brown Roseville, CA $1,270 10
55 Joshua Prager Yuba City, CA $1,140 10
56 David Triggs Milpitas, CA $1,140 10
57 Peter Dirksen SF, CA $1,140 10
58 Julian Velador Oroville, CA $1,140 10
59 Adam Duong San Jose, CA $1,140 10
60 Lawrence Kern Discovery Bay, CA $1,140 10
61 David DiSalvo Aptos, CA $1,140 10
62 Chet Sickle Stockton, CA $1,140 10
63 Menh Chiu Stockton, CA $1,140 10
64 Ryan Tan Sacramento, CA $1,020 8
65 Justin Mackey Newark, CA $1,020 8
66 Henry Gurnick Pleasanton, CA $1,020 8
67 Fernando Arciniega San Jose, CA $1,020 8
68 Amy Rennert Tiburon, CA $1,020 8
69 Valerie Hanley Reno, NV $1,020 8
70 Jorge Trejo Ukiah, CA $1,020 8
71 Terry Klinefelter Roseville, CA $1,020 8
72 Sameet Lal Fremont, CA $1,020 8
73 Michael Harvey SF, CA $900 8
74 Won Song Sacramento, CA $900 8
75 Jack Tan Hercules, CA $900 8
76 Amir Lehavot SF, CA $900 8
77 Michael Nienhouse Merced, CA $900 8
78 Matthew Berto San Ramon, CA $900 8
79 Albert Sanchez Penryn, CA $900 8
80 Aaron McCormack Sacramento, CA $900 8
81 Ali Darroudi Berkeley, CA $900 8
82 Richard Drury Carmichael, CA $800 6
83 Xiong Thao n/a $800 6
84 Arturo Segura San Diego, CA $800 6
85 James Suthanyarutt Elk Grove, CA $800 6
86 Devin Lagorio Stockton, CA $800 6
87 Hop Lay n/a $800 6
88 Samedy Kuoch Sacramento, CA $800 6
89 Julio Cruz W. Sac., CA $800 6
90 Brett Murray Santa Rosa, CA $800 6
91 Michael St Andrew Sacramento, CA $700 6
91 Joseph Mussat San Jose, CA $700 6
91 Salas Alam Hayward, CA $700 6
91 Dustin Youngdahl Antelope, CA $700 6
91 Daniel Evans Chico, CA $700 6
91 Jeffrey Alvarez Antelope, CA $700 6
91 Craig Buchmiller Lakeport, CA $700 6
91 Zheng Yu n/a $700 6
91 Kyle Fowler Meadow Vista, CA $700 6
91 Thomas Case Clovis, CA $700 6
91 Meinrado Cruz San Ramon, CA $700 6
91 Joselito Mendez Hayward, CA $700 6
91 Ken Shofner Danville, CA $700 6
91 Bruce Chang San Ramon, CA $700 6
91 Charles Danh Stockton, CA $700 6
91 Tracy Oto Sacramento, CA $700 6
91 Kent Jensen Brentwood, CA $700 6
91 Jordan Henegar Chico, CA $700 6

ANTE UP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
Thunder Valley Casino Resort - Lincoln, Calif.
EVENT #15 - No-Limit Hold'em with Bounties
Buy-in: $160
Entries: 112
Prize pool: $9,010 plus $5,600 in bounties
PLACE NAME CITY CASH POY PTS
1 Henri Lopez Antelope, CA $1,441 25
2 Ronaldo Malonzo Roseville, CA $1,424 25
3 Darren Bortmas Roseville, CA $1,237 25
4 Justin Chan Newark, CA $1,022 25
5 Charles Giffin Lincoln, CA $1,000 25
6 Richard Gold Elk Grove, CA $696 25
7 Matthew HIllstead Manteca, CA $646 25
8 Ravinder Sharma Yuba City, CA $588 25
9 Jeffrey Shin Sacramento, CA $232 20
10 Albert Sanchez Penryn, CA $188 17
11 Tamara Hernandez Citrus Hts, CA $188 17
12 Glenn Spath Colfax, CA $188 17
13 Ruben Solis Antioch, CA $160 0

ANTE UP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
Thunder Valley Casino Resort - Lincoln, Calif.
Event #16 - Pot-Limit Omaha/8
Buy-in: $160
Entries: 87
Prize pool: $11,310
PLACE NAME CITY CASH POY POINTS
1 Michael Wofford Stockton, CA $2,308 40
1 Tom Walch Fremont, CA $2,308 40
1 Anthony Giglini Carmichael, CA $2,308 40
4 Scott Long Safety Habor, FL $927 35
5 Howard Andrew Walnut Crk, CA $707 30
6 Michael Moore Agar, SD $566 25
7 Justin Chan Newark, CA $469 20
8 Nicholas Adams Sacramento, CA $396 17
9 Duyen Ta Amer. Cyn, CA $365 14
10 Thomas Case Clovis, CA $339 14
11 Roy Clothier Lincoln, CA $317 14
12 Kim Pham Campbell, CA $300 0

ANTE UP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
Thunder Valley Casino Resort - Lincoln, Calif.
EVENT #17 - No-Limit Hold'em Action 8 eight-handed
Buy-in: $260
Entries: 450
Prize pool: $100,000
PLACE NAME CITY CASH POY POINTS
1 Philip Phongsaiphonh Roseville, CA $19,750 145
2 Wilton Alejandro Roseville, CA $13,250 116
3 Chet Sickle Stockton, CA $9,750 95
4 Justin Chan Newark, CA $7,275 82
5 Barry Raymos Fairfield, CA $5,500 69
6 Jake Rosenstiel Sacramento, CA $4,200 56
7 Tyler Patterson Scottsdale, AZ $3,250 48
8 Rudy Robledo Sacramento, CA $2,550 40
9 Todd Graham Rocklin, CA $2,000 32
10 Brett Murray Santa Rosa, CA $2,000 32
11 Albert Sanchez Penryn, CA $1,600 32
12 Benjamin Teng SF, CA $1,600 32
13 Stuart Crooks Roseville, CA $1,300 26
14 Mark Trinh Lincoln, CA $1,300 26
15 Teng Vang Sacramento, CA $1,060 26
16 Paul Tran n/a $1,060 26
17 Victor Paredes Modesto, CA $870 23
18 Donald Deeds Angels Camp, CA $870 23
19 Stephen Kujubu Sacramento, CA $870 23
20 Michael Scott Elk Grove, CA $870 23
21 Joshua Hannah Jacksonville, FL $730 20
22 Kao Saechao Portland, OR $730 20
23 Joseph Walker Grass Valley, CA $730 20
24 Allan Fernando Elk Grove, CA $730 20
25 Ronald Festejo Vacaville, CA $620 17
26 Terry Klinefelter Roseville, CA $620 17
27 Andrew Duffy Grass Valley, CA $620 17
28 Daniel Canavan Yuba City, CA $620 17
29 Oscar Tobar San Francisco, CA $620 17
30 Martin Knapp S. Lake Tahoe, CA $620 17
31 Kevin Nathan Roseville, CA $620 17
32 Richard Gibson Hayward, CA $620 17
33 Arish Nat Elk Grove, CA $530 14
34 Ronald Bawden Sacramento, CA $530 14
35 Damion Merry Plumb Lake, xx $530 14
36 Brett Murray Santa Rosa, CA $530 14
37 James Jeff Fresno, CA $450 12
37 Gary Waters $450 12
37 Dan Pham $450 12
37 Adam Avitia Elk Grove, CA $450 12
37 Wing Tung Martinez, CA $450 12
37 Charels Thavenot Scottsdale, AZ $450 12
37 Teresa Hemingway Black Hawk, CO $450 12
37 Jeffrey Lennon Fresno, CA $450 12
37 Javier Ochoa $450 12
46 Vince Cardinale $375 10
46 Martin Abraham $375 10
46 Siavash Bahri $375 10
46 Lay Saelee Oroville, CA $375 10
46 Paul Brown Auburn, CA $375 10
46 Dylan Moon Rancho Cord, CA $375 10
46 Michael Loncar Folsom, CA $375 10
46 Jeffrey Cho $375 10
46 Arturo Segura San Diego, CA $375 10

Jorge Lopez has won Event #18 of the Ante Up World Championship at Thunder Valley Casino Resort in Lincoln, Calif.

Lopez of Ukiah, Calif., earned $5,440 in the $400 buy-in Head to Head Championship, which attracted a full field of 64 players.

For more information on this Ante Up Poker Tour series, which runs through July 29, please visit our event webpage.

ANTE UP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
Thunder Valley Casino Resort - Lincoln, Calif.
EVENT #18 - No-limit Hold'em Head to Head
Buy-in: $400
Entries: 64
Prize pool: $21,760
PLACE NAME CITY CASH
1 Jorge Lopez Ukiah, CA $5,440
1 Clinton Baskin Stockton, CA $5,440
3 Frederic Soria Lincoln, CA $2,720
3 Joshua Pedretti Elk Grove, CA $2,720
5 Benjamin Teng SF, CA $1,360
5 Kirk Rexford Folsom, CA $1,360
5 Paul Richardson San Ramon, CA $1,360
5 John Sheehan Novato, CA $1,360

ANTE UP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
Thunder Valley Casino Resort - Lincoln, Calif.
EVENT #20 - No-Limit Hold'em Bounty
Buy-in: $1,100
Entries: 71
Prize pool: $36,920 and $35,500 in bounties
PLACE PAYOUT
1 Duy Ho $7,860
2 Jarod Minghini $5,911
3 Cutris Heron $5,410
4 Mike Heshmati $4,735
5 Travis Fujisaka $3,837
6 Yotam Shmuelov $3,624
7 Alex Prok $2,778
8 Raymond Ratto $1,475
9 Jasthi Kumar $1,290

Many of my columns are about specific considerations for low-limit live pros. All of the advice is specific to someone who’s quit their day job and plays full time. That’s why they need to pay themselves and why bankroll restrictions need to be so strong. How does that change if you’re still working?

If you still have a day job, then you can set aside a smaller amount of money for poker. You’ll have a higher risk tolerance than a full-time pro. How you decide to allocate these funds is up to you, but I recently did an episode of my cryptocurrency podcast CryptoBasic where we were discussing different investment strategies and I believe the strategy of Value Averaging can be applied loosely to a poker player that’s testing the hypothesis of being a pro.

We need to decide on an amount of increase that we want in our bankroll with the goal of becoming a pro someday. This means we’re not trying to make money for our daily lives and buy Lambos, but make enough to stop working and play for a living. All of these numbers can change based on your situation, but for this example, let’s take someone who has $5K to start, $K extra per month and wants to create a bankroll of $20K in a year so they can quit their job and play $2-$5 full time. We divide that number by 50 weeks and see that we need to put $300 per week extra into the bankroll to achieve this goal.

This is more than the extra money we have, so we’ll need to win it to reach this goal. Here’s what you do: Every week we guarantee our bankroll will increase $300, no matter what the outcome of the week. At the end of the week, if we’re up $1K, then we take $700 and set it aside for life and then continue to play the next week. If we are down $1K, then we need to add $1,300 to the bankroll to attain our goal. Either way, our bankroll at the end of the first week will be $5,300.

In this example, we’ll likely need to play $1-$2 NLHE to make sure we can afford to replenish the bankroll on the losing weeks at first, but we can move to $1-$3 and $2-$5 as we’ve cashed out some of our earnings. If our bankroll is below our required number, we can’t play until we arrive back at that number by putting in money from working.

Why are we cashing out sometimes? Why not just leave it in there? Well this is how we can discover if we’re a winning player and responsible with our extra money when there’s no boss to tell us what to do with it. If we’re constantly having to put in money from our daily life during losing weeks, rather than just moving money from our savings into the bankroll, then we need to address outside spending or leaks before going full-time pro.

— Brent Philbin is a poker pro who lives in South Florida. You can reach him at Brent.Philbin@gmail.com.

The first classification of poker players was tight, loose, passive and aggressive. It gave us four styles of player. It describes players by how they play: tight-passive, tight-aggressive, loose-passive and loose-aggressive.
Still useful, but for the most part, we’ve gotten beyond this simple categorization. From a psychologist’s point of view, I want to look at motivation.

With all of the advances in strategy, math and other analysis, it seems we’ve left behind an important aspect of poker: psychology. We know how people play, so the next step is why people play. This is a major shift in psychological thinking.

I’m looking at the why of poker types. If you understand motivation, you can understand yourself and the player. As the game progresses, so does our understanding of its psychology. People play for different motivating factors.
Most of us aren’t elite pros, nor do we aspire to that status. This player is fully committed to excellence and treats playing as a job by preparing and putting in the hours. This is their life, their profession. I’m not going to advise them today.

Some of us are regulars and grinders and want to make a living playing poker or supplement our off-the-felt earnings. These folks have the most difficult task. This is the hardest work: hours of grinding, maintaining concentration, a must-win attitude and grinding it out. They try to keep up, but other life commitments also must be addressed.

Many more of us are recreational players. Poker is part of our entertainment. But poker is a competition and money, self-worth, self-actualization and self-esteem are sometimes at stake. It’s active entertainment and these folks want to win as much as everyone. Poker is not a passive activity such as going to a movie, play or concert. One is fully engaged and once you take your seat, you are involved.

Motivational theory suggests a hierarchy of needs. It’s important to at least have a minimal grasp of these: Abraham Maslow’s hierarchy of needs is a description of the needs that motivate human behavior. In 1943, he proposed five kinds of human needs. He called these needs physiological, safety, love and belonging (social), esteem and self-actualization.

To paraphrase Sun Tzu, understand your motivation or need fulfillment in playing poker and understand the rest of the table, then you’ll need not fear the result of a hundred battles.

And, as always, no matter why or how you play, keep your head in the game.

— Dr. Stephen Bloomfield is a licensed psychologist and avid poker player. Email him at editor@anteupmagazine.com.

In celebration of the 15th anniversary of Chris Moneymaker’s run to his World Series of Poker Main Event win, PokerStars is partnering with Stones Gambling Hall in Citrus Heights, Calif., to give a $30K Platinum Pass to the winner of an $86 tournament Aug. 4-5.
The buy-in is the same amount Moneymaker paid in winning his 2003 satellite to the main event. Winner of the two-flight tournament earns a $25K entry to PCA in the Bahamas and $5K in expenses.
THUNDER VALLEY CASINO RESORT: Chip Up Bonuses are awarded each Sunday through the end of August. Two random winners are drawn hourly from 4 a.m.-1 p.m., with three winners hourly from 2-11 p.m. Each player could earn $500. The next tournament series is the third stop in the WSOPC series Sept. 6-17.

LUCKY CHANCES: The 20th anniversary of Lucky Chances was in late June, highlighted by a tournament with a $200K guarantee for the winner. The $2,100 buy-in drew 307 entries, with Jared Kwong earning the top prize.
Bill Murray ($98,230) and Ignacio Sanchez ($64,460) rounded out the top three.

TACHI PALACE: Aug. 4 is the second of three starting days for the Summer Super Series tournament. The $225 event qualifies players for the Sept. 15 Day 2 and $50 satellites are offered the last two Saturdays in August. The final Day 1 flight is set for Sept. 1.

BAY 101: The Summer Madness series $1,100 main event has two starting flights (Aug. 4-5) with Day 2 Aug. 6. Players begin with 20K chips and play 30-minute blinds the first eight levels, moving to 40-minute levels thereafter.

TURLOCK POKER ROOM: One of the room’s tournament regulars, Rick Peterson, had a deep run in the $1,500 WSOP event with $500 bounties, finishing 13th in the 1,983-entry tournament for $13,336 and a whole host of bounties, too.

500 CLUB CASINO: Play for a grand every Tuesday night at 6 with a $100 tournament that has $20 bounties and a guaranteed $1K payout to the winner.

CLUB ONE CASINO: There’s a $5K guarantee deepstack every Sunday. Players begin with 10K chips and play 20-minute rounds for just $75. Tuesday nights have a $3K guarantee
$70 tournament with $40 rebuys and 10K stacks.

OAKS CARD CLUB: Deepstack Saturday offers a $340 tournament the first Saturday each month with 15K stacks and 25-minute levels. Unlimited re-entries are available the first four levels in this 11 a.m. event.

JACKSON RANCHERIA: Poker Elite players with 100 or more cash-game hours monthly earn $5 per hour, with that jumping to $10 per hour Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays (3-6 p.m.).

Southern California

The Summer Series at the Bicycle Casino just outside Los Angeles is over as the final eight players in the $500K guarantee chopped.

Linh Truong was chipleader at the time, so she took first place, as well as $57,932. The remaining seven were: Emil Mactal ($56,424); Rubin Chappell ($50K); Frank Corrales ($48,700); Robert Waterman ($36,404); Gregg Manston ($31,889); Henry Fong ($27,829) and Jeff Friedman ($23,096).

In the $100K event, Chester Burnett started the final table as chipleader and chopped with David Chavez when they got to heads-up play. Burnett earned $33,805 and Chavez got $29,031.

Chris Grim won the $200K guarantee after a chop for $32K. He also came out on top in the $130 Big O-stud/8 for $32,156.

WSOP NEWS: Several Southern California players earned their first WSOP bracelets this summer. Benjamin Moon of San Diego took down Event 13 for $315,346; Gal Yifrach of Los Angeles earned $461,798 by winning Event 28; Yaniv Birman of Los Angeles took home $236,238 for Event 38 and Robert Nehorayan of Los Angeles won Event 41 for $173,568.

Other notable performances included Mark Sleet of San Diego finishing second in Event 24 ($403,870) and Taylor Paur, also of San Diego, came in fourth in the same event ($210,995); Kevin Song of Brea was second in Event 41 ($107,242) and Brendan Taylor of Pasadena finished runner-up in Event 46 ($132,443).

Other quality finishes include Carol Fuchs of Los Angeles finishing third in Event 35 ($89,488) and 11th in Event 27 ($25,498) and Jay Farber of Santa Barbara was third in Event 51 ($121,932).

SoCal women placed third and fourth in Event 57 ($1K women-only): Lisa Fong of Pasadena and Mesha James of Corona took home $55,812 and $39,334, respectively, for their finishes.

Other great stories include SoCal players sweeping the top three spots of the $1K Super Seniors. Farhintaj Bonyadi of Aliso Viejo took home $311,451 and her first bracelet as Robert Beach of Bishop earned $192,397 for second and Paul W. Lee of Orange earned $140,273 for third.

Matt Szymaszek of Redondo Beach was second in Event 52 ($183,081) and Christopher Chung of Irvine took fourth ($93K).

PALA CASINO SPA & RESORT: The poker room hosts its $125 Pala Super Deepstack at 1 p.m. each Saturday. Players get 30K chips and can get 10K more with an optional $15 staff bonus buy. Re-entries will be for three levels and blinds will be 30 minutes.

Pacific Northwest

Once again, PNW players were well-represented at final tables at the WSOP. Some of those early performances were in our July issue, so let’s update you on the rest. In Event 63, Noah Bronstein of Bellevue, Wash., took fourth for $100K and Jonas Mackoff of Vancouver was eighth for $28K.

Other fine final-table finishes include: Jesse Hampton of Seattle (third, Event 8, $72K); Adam Coats of Shoreline, Wash., (third, Event 9, $181K); Timothy Andrew of B.C. (first, Event 11, $117K); Robert Cicchelli of B.C. (third, Event 11, $55K); Jeremy Harkin of Portland (first, Event 12, $130K), Nhathanh Nguyen of Mukilteo, Wash., (fifth, Event 13, $73K); Scott Clements of Mt. Vernon, Wash., (seventh, Event 15, $25K); Shawn Buchanan of B.C. (sixth, Event 20, $82K); Phillip Riley of Vancouver (fourth, Event 30, $66K); Bill Stabler of Salem, Ore., (second, Event 32, $409K); Bill Bennett of Hoquiam, Wash., (fifth, Event 32, $171K); Greg Mueller of Vancouver (seventh, Event 33, $144K); Jesse Kertland of Ellensburg, Wash., (fifth, Event 39, $57K); Jeremy Harkin of Troutdale, Ore., (sixth, Event 40, $16K); George Wolff of Portland (10th, Event 42, $96K); Seth Davies of Bend, Ore., (10th, Event 43, $30K); Rittie Chuaprasert of Portland (ninth, Event 48, $92K); Rep Porter of Woodinville, Wash., (second, Event 49, $629K); Thomas Taylor of B.C. (sixth, Event 50, $18K); Jeffrey Mitseff of Portland (seventh, Event 50, $14K) and Jacqueline Burkhart (fifth, Event 57, $28K).

HIDEAWAY: If you’re in Washington, don’t overlook the cardrooms sprinkled around the state. Just north of Seattle in Shoreline is the recently reopened Hideaway Restaurant and Casino, which celebrated new ownership with an 18-flight $100 tournament that ended June 3. Jane Glover of Seattle won the title for $10K. The Hideaway is a poker-only seven-table room. In addition to three tournament tables playing a $50 tournament, on a typical Friday night you’ll find a $4-$8 Omaha game going all evening. As the tournament tables break, $2-$20 spread-limit and $3-$100 spread-limit games run as well.

SNOQUALMIE CASINO: The poker room is closing Aug. 2.

Reno

ATLANTIS CASINO: The Ante Up Poker Tour is Aug. 16-26 and enjoy a complimentary hotel room when you preregister and pay online at atlantiscasino.com for the main event by Aug. 15. Book a special hotel rate by calling 800-723-6500 and mention offer code MANTE18. Go to anteupmagazine.com/atlantis for more.

PEPPERMILL: Jason Somerville’s Run It Up charity poker series is Oct. 19-29. Look for more details soon.
Tournaments with big-blind antes have been implemented on Saturdays at noon ($120, 10K chips). Second Saturdays of the month will be a $235 event with a starting stack of 12K.

SILVER LEGACY: It’s been a year since the poker room opened and it continues to thrive downtown. The main casinos of Circus Circus, Eldorado and Silver Legacy are called the Row. Any earned comps with the One Club member card can be redeemed at any of these three casinos.

Las Vegas

The Senior Extravaganza, a new event, runs Aug. 20-26 at the Venetian Las Vegas. Each day features an 11 a.m. event for seniors, starting with a $200 superstack event with a $10K guarantee. Next up is a $250 event with two starting flights and a $30K guarantee. A $400 Monster Stack with a $60K guarantee has two starting flights beginning Aug. 24.

During this series, the room will run two events daily that are open to players of all ages. These tournaments are one-day affairs, with $150-$300 buy-ins and guarantees between $4,500 and $20K.

The Ante Up Poker Tour returns to Vegas as part of Venetian’s DeepStack Extravaganza III, which runs Sept. 3-23. The first of its three starting flights runs Sept, 13. The event is a $600 tournament with a $200K guarantee. Players start with 20K chips and play 40-minute levels.

Other events in the series include a $1,100 MSPT tournament starting Sept. 7 with a $250K guarantee. There are also two of the popular $340 doublestack events, each with two starting flights and $100K guarantees. All told, more than $1.2M in prize money is guaranteed.

ARIA: The WPT 500 completed July 3 as the winner was Greece’s Kyriakos Papadopoulos, earning $208K. Bobby Poe from Southern California took home $140K as runner-up and Hoan Nguyen of Texas scored $103K for third. The $570 tournament had nearly 3K entries and a $1.5M prize pool. There were nine starting flights, including three turbo flights.

BINIONS: The $1K championship event completed June 14 and had 241 entrants. Sean Small of Georgia and Aleksandras Rusinovas of Lithuania agreed to a deal when heads-up, with each player getting $44,850. Small got a few dollars more and the title. Erkut Yilmaz of Pennsylvania earned $23K for third. The prize pool was $219K.

Jeffrey Higgins of Massachusetts won the $1K PLO championship June 23, claiming $23K. Japan’s Masato Okude took second for $22K and Matt Mueller of Illinois placed third for $10K. The event had 104 entries and a $94K prize pool.
Actor James Woods won the HORSE championship June 30 ($14,570) as Mihails Morozovs of Latvia was second ($13,890) and Las Vegans Ron Ware and Daniel DiPasquale each took home $12,500 for third and fourth, respectively.

GOLDEN NUGGET: Guilherme Ksyvickisbordao of Brazil won the championship event July 1, earning $132K. North Carolina’s Juan Garivaldi finished second for $82K and California’s Daniel Placencia was third for $61K. The $570 event had nearly 1,600 entrants, creating a prize pool of $788K.

GREEN VALLEY RANCH: Poker Room in Henderson has updated its tournament schedule. The new 10:15 a.m. rebuy tournament Monday-Friday has a $75 buy-in. Players start with 7K chips and play 20-minute levels. Through the first six levels, players can rebuy 7K chips for $50 any time they are at or less than 7K chips. There’s a $2K guarantee.

On Saturdays at 10:15 a.m., it’s a $50 tournament with a $1K guarantee, 5K chips and 20-minute levels. Players can enter and re-enter for the three levels.

Friday evenings at 6:45, a $100 Survivor tournament runs. The starting stack is 10K and blinds are 30 minutes. Players may take $100 rebuys for 10K chips for the first four levels any time they are at 10K or less. The tournament plays down to 10 percent of the starting field, when each remaining player gets about
10 percent of the prize pool.

Sundays at 1, the room offers a $125 tourney called the Sizzler. The starting stack is 10K and the levels are 30 minutes. There’s a $20 add-on for 2K chips, half of which goes to the staff and half goes to the prize pool. The guarantee is $5K and there’s re-entry for the first four levels.

Monday and Wednesday evenings at 6:45, it’s a $75 bounty event. Players start with 6K and play 20-minute levels. Through the first five levels, $50 rebuys are available for 5K chips whenever a player has 6K or less. The bounty is $25 and the guarantee is $2,500.

PLANET HOLLYWOOD: The $2,200 main event of the Goliath Series ended June 30. Krasimir Yankov of Bulgaria took the $272K first-place prize. Raul Manzanares of Spain received $266K for second and Daniel Wilson of Ireland scored $250K for third. There were 924 entrants and a prize pool of $2M.

ORLEANS: The Seniors Poker Tour Championship saw the final three players made a deal as Peter Splettstober of Germany took home the biggest prize ($16,500). Florida’s Dave Smith claimed $14K for second and Paul Niemala of Las Vegas received $11K for third.

The $400 event attracted almost 300 players and the prize pool was $104K.

The final five women in the LIPS National Championship, a $250 event, agreed to a chop. They were Sandra Kasinowitz of Texas, Candyce Samples of Texas, Maria Hagood of Hawaii, Elizabeth Oueliette of California and Eleanor Wheeler of the UK and they each took home $10,500. There were 500 entries and a prize pool of $100K.
— Check out Rob Solomon’s blog at robvegaspoker.blogspot.com.

Meet Brad Owen

A pro and vlogger, Brad Owen moved to Vegas twice, first from Northern California and then from Los Angeles.

How did you get started in poker and vlogging? I started playing poker with my older brother and his friends when I was around 14. We’d mainly play tournaments for $1-$5 at our house. I really enjoyed it because for the first time I felt like my brother and I were competing against each other on an equal playing field.

I got started vlogging after seeing the first few episodes that Andrew Neeme put out. I thought it was so cool to see someone honestly depict what it’s like to play low-to-mid-stakes poker for a living.

I felt I had a unique perspective and I wanted my friends and family, who didn’t understand what I was doing for a living, to see what my life is actually like as a professional poker player. I didn’t anticipate that many people would watch it.

What is your greatest highlight in poker? There have been a lot of highlights in the past year. Phil Hellmuth and Doug Polk appeared in different episodes of the vlog. It was a blast hanging out with them. What I’m most proud of is developing different communities within poker.

My brother and I launched a website called offthefelt.com. It’s a forum site with 1,000-plus members in which people talk about hand histories or anything else poker related. It’s been great to see people share insight, connect with others, and improve together.

What are your poker goals? I don’t have many poker-related goals other than to last as long as I can. I’ve realized that I’m either not very good at or don’t enjoy other (non-poker) activities that make money. I love playing poker and hope to be involved in it at some level for the rest of my life. — Rob Solomon

The Arizona State Poker Championship returns to Talking Stick Resort in Scottsdale, running Aug. 10-14 with a $1,100 buy-in for 16K chips, though players get 10K more for $30 at the table before the first hand. You may buy in at the poker cage or by credit card by calling 480-850-7734.

Super-satellites for the ASPC are Aug. 5, 8 and 9 at 11:15 a.m. for $140 and Aug. 6 and 7 at 7:15 p.m.

The $500 Seniors Open is Sept. 15-17 at 10 a.m. Players get 12K chips and 5K more at the table for $20 before the first hand. Participants must be at least 50 years old by Sept. 15. Super-satellites for this event will be 11:15 a.m. on Aug. 19 and 26 and Sept. 2 and 9.

On the live side, Wacky Wednesdays will be Aug. 1, 15 and 29, running noon to midnight with hourly $250 hold’em high hands and $150 Omaha high hands.

Recent results from the Arena Poker Room include the $345 June Big Stack that saw 191 players compete for the $56K prize pool. Anthony Moffs took top honors and collected $12,755. Second and third place went to two California players, Jason Moungy and Tony Barrera, each taking home $8,522.

The $240 bounty tourney on June 9 saw Stephen Pearce pocket $3,624 for first place and Richard Homer and Lawrence Newton chop for $3K each.

James Hollinger won June 16’s $160 event for $3,400 while Jared Countess won the June 23 tourney for $3,817. He was followed by Carson Richards ($3,583) and Matt Radosevich ($3,384).

TSR’s fall point challenge began July 22 and runs through Nov. 24. The $40K tourney for qualified players is Dec. 2 at 11:15. An additional $40K will paid to leaders of the divisions.

HON-DAH CASINO RESORT: The newest Tournament of Champions winner is Chuck Bingham. Aug 19 will be the annual Tournament of Kings (men only). Also, the popular Poker Big Game Hunt returns Aug. 1 for two months. Players will have a chance to win cash with qualifying hands.

GILA RIVER WILD HORSE PASS: The tournament schedule has changed. Monday-Friday at 11 a.m. will be a
$35 event; Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m. are $90; Saturdays at 11 a.m. are $125 bounty tourneys, and Sundays at 11 a.m. are $50. The Super Bonus High Hands will be Aug. 18 (1-10 p.m.) with $100 paid every half-hour.

BUCKY’S CASINO: The qualification period ended July 27 and the first 80 players that earned 100 hours of live play qualified for a $10K event Aug. 12.

Kansas

KANSAS STAR: The room’s bad-beat jackpot climbed to more than $112K at press time. The weekly tournament schedule: Tuesday night at 7 ($100); Wednesday and Friday at noon ($45), and a Sunday deepstack at 2 p.m. ($85).

HOLLYWOOD CASINO KANSAS SPEEDWAY: Featured games include $20-$40 limit Fridays; $25-$50 mix Tuesdays; $2-$5 NLHE with a rock Wednesdays; $4-$8 Omaha/8 with a half-kill Tuesdays and Fridays; and $3-$6 limit Wednesday mornings and Friday and Saturday afternoons. Be sure to call the poker room to lock up a seat in these games.

Oklahoma-Kansas

The Sooner State Senior Championship, a stop for the Senior Poker Tour, runs Aug. 9-12 at River Spirit in Tulsa. The stop will consist of eight NLHE events, including $55 mega-satellites for the two-flight, two-day, $350 main event. Non-satellite events are $130 buy-ins and will include $50-$50 bounty, juniors vs. seniors and an opening NLHE event. Typical featured games that will run during the series are $10-$20 Big O with a kill and $10-$20 Omaha/8 with a kill. The room continues to run a monthly $15K freeroll with 40 hours of live play as the qualifier.

AMERISTAR: The lineup of featured games has changed: $3-$6 limit is daily; $4-$8 H.O. is Tuesday and Thursday mid-mornings; $5-$10 Omaha/8 with a kill runs Friday evenings; $4-$8 Omaha/8 with a half-kill is Saturday; $25-$50 mixed, Monday, Wednesday and Saturday afternoons; $50-$100 mixed, Thursday afternoons; and $5-$5 pot-limit Omaha, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday afternoons. Reserved seating is available by calling the poker room. Also, $1-per-hour comps and $15 food vouchers with four hours of live play daily are offered.

HARRAH’S NORTH KANSAS CITY: The top 25 cash-game and top 25 tournament players qualify into the $10K freeroll on Sept. 15. Games are $1-$2 and $2-$5 and $1-$2 PLO. The weekly schedule of tournaments offers buy-ins for as little as $40 (All-in-or-Fold). Sunday’s re-entry bounty event is $85.

HARD ROCK CASINO: The Route 66 Poker Open ran June 20-24. The all NLHE series found Nikhil Behl, Eric Thompson, Keven Kennedy, David Meeks, Dan Castleberry, and Rick and Tonya Harlow taking down events. A three-way chop with Eric Thompson and Arlo Turner resulted in Larry Trimble earning $11,797 capturing the $366 main event.

DOWNSTREAM CASINO: The two-weekend Four States Poker Championship wrapped up July 1. Cameron Douglas earned $8K after winning the $30K guarantee main event. The weekly schedule of tournaments includes a $50 seniors event and a $120 event on Saturdays with a $3K guarantee.

WINSTAR WORLD: The Memorial Day River Series ran May 22-28. Large fields filled all five events. Yashwanth Vedire pocketed $24,174 for winning the $340 Monster Stack; Mashir Khan earned $7,103 for winning the $340 bounty; Khampasong Thammavongsa won the $230 turbo bounty and Frank Berry earned $31,145 after a seven-way chop of the $600 main event.

The annual River Series runs Aug. 1-Sept. 4. Two highlights from the schedule: Event 2 is a $450 Monster Stack that has a $500K guarantee and runs Aug. 23-26; the $2,500 main event guarantees $2M and has two opening rounds (Sept. 1-2) with Day 2 on Sept. 3 and the final table Sept. 4. There will be satellites, single-table and mega. Call for details.

CHOCTAW CASINO DURANT: The WPT runs through Aug. 7. Also, players in live games Monday-Thursday 10 a.m.-1 p.m. and 4-7 p.m. before a daily tournament begins can earn bonus chips: one hour for 300, two hours for 500 and three hours for 1K.

GRAND CASINO SHAWNEE: This enclosed poker room offers $50 high hands with rollovers and an aces-full-of-fives qualifier. The promo runs Sundays 2-10 p.m. and Wednesdays 1 a.m.-7 p.m. Check the room’s calendar for special updates.

New Mexico

INN OF THE MOUNTAIN GODS: The eighth annual $100K championship runs Aug. 20-27, with shootouts Aug. 20-23 and the main event Aug. 24-27.

SANDIA RESORT CASINO: The poker room’s Sizzling Summer High Hand Bonus runs through Aug. 26. One player will win cash each week for making a high hand by using both hole cards. See the poker room for details and payouts. Other promotions include $100 for quads in hold’em and Aces Cracked through Sept. 2.

As for tourneys, Monday hosts the $45 Sprint event at 7 p.m., Tuesday is a $75 bounty at 7 and Wednesday’s $45 event at 7 depends on the week. The first Wednesday of the month is a women’s event, followed by Omaha/8, pineapple and River Down. Thursday is another $75 bounty at 7; Friday is a $100 event at 7 with 10K chips and Sunday is a $50 tourney at noon.

BUFFALO THUNDER RESORT: Aug. 18 at 7 p.m. is the Coyote 102.5 bounty tournament, paying $102 bounties on Arica Viking and the Hoff and possibly four others. The $102 buy-in gets you 7,500 chips and 15-minute levels. Aug. 25 at 1 p.m. is the $150 Last Saturday of the Month deepstack, starting players with 15K chips and 20-minute levels.
As for promotions, the first nine players seated by 10 a.m. receive $20 in chips. Also, Sunday-Thursday (11 p.m.-2 a.m.), the poker room could give out $225 for Late Night High Hands.

ROUTE 66 CASINO: Daily $28 tournaments with a $5 add-on run at noon, 3 and 7. The events on Monday, Wednesday and Friday have bounties. There also is a tournament bad-beat jackpots.

The player-of-the-year promotion focuses on performance in tourneys throughout the year. The room dedicates about $5K to the top qualifiers and hosts a freeroll for the top 50 players.

Colorado

BLACK HAWK: Golden Gates’ Colorado Poker Championship hits Aug. 2-22. The CPC offers an enticing range of events, from deepstacks and Omaha to bounty events, seniors and women. Manager Cage Yanchumis offers Friday ($500) and Saturday ($600) high hands when not superseded by special events.

At Ameristar, play at one of the 22 tables and try to hit the descending bad-beat jackpot (quad sixes), which was $184K at press time. Earn comps while you play for high hands and mini-bad-beat jackpots. Four hours of play in one day qualifies you for a poker rate at the hotel.

CRIPPLE CREEK: The Midnight Rose offers new hours this summer and will be open 24 hours if need be. Top qualifying cash-game players Monday-Wednesday will be eligible for a one-table $1K freeroll. The Big Blind Ante League is Fridays at 4 p.m. for $125 and 25K chips. Enter the Fast & Furious Freezeout on Saturdays for $65 and get 30K chips. Also, play the Meganormous tournament on alternate Sundays, where a 50K starting stack is yours for $120. Play four hours of live action and earn a free room Monday-Thursday.

Texas

KOJAK’S POKER CLUB: The Midland room is running $60 single-table satellites for October’s Permian Basin Poker Championship.

Meet Randy Powers

If you’ve played in a major tournament in New Mexico, there’s a good chance you’ve sat at the same table as Randy Powers. He’s been playing since 2004 and he’s on quite the heater. He finished third in the Lucky Dog Deepstack at Sandia Casino for $3,717 in March. He also won the Spring Classic at Isleta Casino for $6,258 in April.

How did you get into poker? I picked up the game after watching Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels along with the poker coverage that ESPN would show. Rounders was also influential in exposing the game to me. I was instantly hooked.

Do you prefer playing cash or tournaments? I strongly prefer playing tournaments over cash games since I am a full-time attorney and don’t have the luxury of time to grind cash games. My goal has always been to win life-altering money playing a game I love and that is why tournament poker is so appealing.

Have you played against pros? Yes. I’m not as star-struck as I used to be since I have been at tables with Jason Mercier, Phil Laak, Mike Leah and Kevin Eyster to name a few. The experience helps and I feel like I can compete and make good decisions, which is the ultimate goal.

What do you attribute to your recent success? I have a lot of confidence in myself and attribute a lot of that to learning from a lot of mistakes, hard work and support from my wife, family and friends. I also try to play like my favorite player, Lex Veldhuis, when I’m faced with big decisions for big pots. — Joey Ramirez

The Naples-Ft. Myers Greyhound Track’s poker room is bringing value to the players. The Summer Series, which runs Aug. 6-12, boasts a $30K-guarantee main event for just $260. And you can get a seat for even less with $30 satellites at noon on the four days leading up to the main-event weekend.

The series kicks off Aug. 6 with a $200 event that has a $15K guarantee, followed by $130 event Aug. 7 at 6 p.m.), and a $155 bounty Aug. 9 at 6.

The main event begins Aug. 10 with two flights (noon and 6) and two flights Aug. 11 (noon and 6). You’ll get 25K chips and 30-minute blinds. Day 2 starts at noon and blinds jump to 40 minutes.

WSOP NEWS: Central Florida players made some noise in the desert this summer. In the $1,500 Monster Stack, Darryl Woodruff finished 20th for $35,819.

He made his way to the event by winning a package in the Elite Tampa Bay Poker League at Derby Lane in St. Petersburg.

The dream ended when he got called down by fourth pair. An unlucky break, but a great run nonetheless.

In the $1,500 mixed Omaha event, Matthew Gregorie, who played in the Tampa Bay area for a good deal of time before landing in Vegas recently, made the final table and finished fourth for $62,226.

Tampa native, bracelet-winner and former November Niner John Racener had a fantastic summer, making three final tables ($565 Colossus, eighth place, $74,178; $1,500 mix, fourth, $40,151; $50K high roller, seventh, $220K) and cashing nine times.

MELBOURNE GREYHOUND PARK: The Club 52 Poker Room is hosting a $10K event Aug. 4 at noon for $130.

TAMPA BAY DOWNS: The popular Summer Series still was running at press time. Be sure to check back for results. Until then, be sure to check out the daily events that have buy-ins of $25-$225 and guarantees of $1K-$10K.

South Florida

Florida players claimed five bracelets at the World Series of Poker and a multitude of players reached final tables. Michael “Grinder” Mizrachi achieved the unprecedented accomplishment of winning the Chip Reese Trophy for the third time by capturing the $50K Poker Players Championship. The Hollywood resident collected nearly $1.24M for the victory, his first since taking the title in 2012.

Popular favorite Jessica Dawley, who recently moved to Las Vegas after living in Palm Beach and Broward counties for many years, won her first bracelet by capturing the women’s title for $130K. In addition, Joey Couden of Tamarac defeated a stacked final table that included Bruno Fitoussi, Eli Elezra, Mike Matusow and Daniel Negreanu to take home the bracelet and $244K in the $1,500 PLO/8 event. And it was Matthew “mendey” Mendez of Wellington who won the PLO six-max online tourney for $135K-plus.

Former November Niner Jerry Wong of Coconut Creek had a monster series with three final tables in $10K events in three disciplines: fourth in PLO, fifth in razz and sixth in stud/8. Steve Wolansky of Cooper City proved to be one of the most consistent players in the series, cashing more than a dozen times.

HARD ROCK HOLLYWOOD: The sixth edition of the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open runs Aug. 2-14, launched by a $570 deepstack that will carry a $1M guarantee and features six opening sessions. There will be two sessions each day with starting times of 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. Aug. 2-4 and unlimited re-entries will be accepted. The exciting Big 4 concept returns with simultaneous final tables scheduled for Aug. 14 at 1 p.m. for the $5,250 championship, which starts Aug. 10, the $2,650 event, which has a single re-entry, a $1M guarantee and starts Aug. 12, the $1,100 tourney with unlimited re-entries ($500K guarantee), starting Aug. 13 and the $25,500 high roller, which has a $1M guarantee and starts Aug. 13.

The Big 4 final tables will be live-streamed by Poker Night in America and filmed for viewing on the CBS Sports Network. Martin Kozlov of Melbourne, Australia is the defending champion of the championship event after defeating 877 entries for $750K-plus.

The Jeff Conine Celebrity Poker Classic returns as part of the series to benefit the Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital Foundation, hosted by the Charity Series of Poker on Aug. 9 at 7 p.m. The event kicks off with a VIP party. The buy-in for the charity event is $300 and players can re-enter throughout the evening. Many local and national celebrities will attend, including former major-leaguer Jeff Conine.

CASINO AT DANIA BEACH: A decade ago, Dania Jai-Alai had a large poker room that was a serious draw for single-table tournaments, often running more than 50 each day. It also hosted a popular Friday night $100 tourney that regularly drew 200-plus players.

After several incarnations of the poker room came and went with the addition of a new casino, business had dropped off, but some of the old glory is returning thanks to an old formula. A $100 Friday Big Slick event has grown since the room instituted a $20K guarantee, with $10K guaranteed for the winner, in May and fields have passed the 150-entry mark.
The poker room had the most gross tournament receipts in the state for May, as recorded by the Florida Department of Business Regulation. The room opens daily at noon and closes at 3 a.m. on most nights, staying open two hours longer on Friday and Saturday nights.

North Florida

Bestbet Jacksonville will be the center of attention this month as it hosts its popular Summer Series, featuring a $570 main event with a $200K guarantee.

The nine-event Summer Series runs Aug. 17-26 and includes a $100K guarantee opener. Monster Stack, deepstack, heads-up, six-max short deck, Omaha/8, bounty and turbo tournaments will be offered as part of the well-rounded poker.

Satellites begin Aug. 11 and a mega-satellite into the October WPT main event at bestbet is Aug. 23. All events will use the big-blind-ante format and the main event’s final table will be live-streamed Aug. 26.

“We feel excited about our Summer Series,” VP of poker operations Deborah Giardina said. “For those who haven’t seen our live-stream set, which we feel is exceptional, it’s available through a link on our website, Facebook page and Twitch (twitch.tv/bestbetlive). In person we feel we have great poker, a great staff and great sushi.”

At the cash tables, high-hand promos include $400 every 20 minutes Sundays and $250 every 15 minutes Tuesdays at select times. Call for details.

A Poker 102 class is offered Aug. 25 for $10. Lunch and a chance to win tournament vouchers are included.

Tournament winners from June include Tamiko Davis, who bested a field of 58 to win the Bikes, Trains and Cards event. Davis won $1,070 in this $60 event. James Blick of South Carolina won the $100K tourney, outlasting a field of 514 to earn $25,200 from a prize pool of $154,200. He chopped with Neal Autry and Mary Darnell and then they played it out for the title.

EBRO GREYHOUND PARK: The revamped tournament schedule is paying dividends for the Panhandle room. The mid-June megastack had 247 entries as 54 players survived to Day 2 as 25 places were paid from a $61,750 prize pool. Robert Melton and Tom Bentz chopped for $12,968 each with Melton having the most chips and the title.

The June Friday $10K resulted in a five-way chop with Dave Jones, Kevin Thompson, Will MacLemore, Mike Sullivan and Steve Stangline each pocketing $2,171 out of a $15,960 prize pool. The tourney paid 20 spots as Jones finished with the most chips.

“Customer feedback has prompted tournament improvements,” poker room manager Keith Moore said. “Higher guarantees and larger prize pools are common requests. We have reacted to this and have been rewarded with player loyalty and participation and hope to reach our first $100K prize pool in October’s Emerald Coast Main Event.”

Guarantee tournaments in August include a $3K on Thursdays at 6:30 p.m., a $2.5K Aug. 10, a $2K Aug. 14 and a $10K deepstack Aug. 26. Cash tables have high-hand promos every day.

PENSACOLA GREYHOUND TRACK: Tournaments are Monday-Saturday at 7 p.m. and Sundays at 1. The biggest tourney in August will cost $180 and have a $20K guarantee. It has three Day 1s Aug. 23-25 with Day 2 on Aug. 26.

The June $50K resulted in an eight-way chop as each player won $4,759.

Pensacola also has lively cash games and high-hand promos daily.

CREEK GRETNA: Cash games offer full-house promos and earnings per hour of play daily. Aug. 11 will be a $200 high-hand payout (1-11 p.m.).

August tourneys include a $2K Aug. 4, a $5K Aug. 31 and the monthly $10K is Aug. 18 at 1. This $270 event has satellites Sundays and Thursdays each week.

The June $10K went to Lloyd Epstein, who took $2,115 out of the $10,200 prize pool as he outlasted 50 players.

BESTBET ORANGE PARK: There are two $50 tournaments each week, Sundays at noon and Tuesdays at 7. In August, the cash tables offer Mystery Monday every 30 minutes noon-6 and 7-midnight. Those high hands could be worth $200-$500. Each Thursday, there’s a $300 high-hand promo noon-midnight.

DAYTONA BEACH RACING AND CARD CLUB: Richard Hammond won $7,368 and the title after a four-way chop in the June Heatwave event. A whopping 490 entries created a prize pool of $58,800.

The poker room runs tournaments daily and has high-hand cash promos.

ORANGE CITY RACING AND CARD CLUB: This facility hosts tournaments Mondays and Tuesdays at 7 p.m. and has high hands daily.

Missouri

AMERISTAR ST. CHARLES: The Heartland Poker Tour returns to the St. Louis area Aug. 9-20.
The schedule consists of 11 primary events, including a $100K guarantee with three starting flights and a $350 buy-in, a new seven-game mix (HORSE plus NLHE and PLO); a win-the-button tournament, a seniors event, PLO and the usual $1,650 main event, which will use the big-blind-ante format.

Flight A kicks off Aug. 17 at 2 p.m. with flight B the next day at 1. The HPT also hosted a mini-series at the beginning of July. The $350 main drew 416 entries, with Charles Leroi taking home top honors and $28,710.

DESERT DREAMS: Joshua Turner had eight cashes at this year’s World Series, including three final tables. He finished ninth in Event 3 ($18,526), third in Event 34 ($294,760) and ninth in Event 75 ($52,465).

John Richards final-tabled three $250 daily deepstack tournaments at the Rio, winning one ($32,350), while finished third in another ($17,599) and fourth in the other ($13,363).

Craig Welko finished third in a $550 event at the Wynn Summer Classic for $33K, the biggest score of his career, bringing his lifetime earnings to $141,585.

Louisiana

COUSHATTA CASINO: The recent Summer Classic wrapped with three winners: Richard Golomon won the seniors event, Jeremy Kolb nabbed the $300 tourney and Nguyen Nguyen won the $550 main event.

In promo news, the bad-beat jackpot surpassed $100K at press time. Other promotions include mini-bad-beat jackpot ($2,500, aces full of kings), Monday splash pots ($50) and Kings Cracked; Tuesday splash pots ($50), high hands and Sets Cracked; Wednesday Aces Cracked (1-10 p.m.) and Sets Cracked (10 p.m.-1 p.m.). There are specials every day.

GOLDEN NUGGET LAKE CHARLES: The bad-beat jackpot was $101K at press time. The poker room also pays $100 for a straight flush and $200 for royals around the clock.

L’AUBERGE CASINO BATON ROUGE: Splash pots for $50 run daily noon-8 p.m. and hourly high hands are paid $100 (11 a.m.-8 p.m.). The room is spreading new games: Monday and Wednesday nights have a $20-$40 limit game with a half-kill; Sunday and Thursday nights have $15-$30 Omaha and Tuesday nights feature a $5-$10 NLHE. These games begin at 6 p.m. and players can call to reserve seats at 4 p.m.

BOOMTOWN CASINO NEW ORLEANS: Sunday, Monday and Wednesday feature $25 splash pots every half-hour. Tuesday and Thursday have Faces Cracked for $25.

HARRAH’S CASINO NEW ORLEANS: The bad-beat jackpot was near $110K at press time and the mini-bad-beat is 10 percent of the main. Other promos include Aces and Faces Cracked for $50, splash pots ($50 every 30 minutes), Power Hand Wednesdays ($75-$100) and high hands with rollover.

L’AUBERGE CASINO RESORT LAKE CHARLES: There’s a new Sunday Super Bounty tournament on the schedule at noon. The $230 event pays $100 bounties. And with two hours of live play before 4 p.m. events you can get $25 off your tournament entry.

The new Saturday tournament costs $150 and register early for more chips. Call the poker room for details.
As for promos, straight flushes pay $100 and royals get $200.

HORSESHOE BOSSIER CITY: The bad-beat jackpot was $183K at press time. Other promos include Aces Cracked, splash pots and high hands.

ISLE LAKE CHARLES: Look for Aces Cracked on Mondays, Queens Cracked on Tuesdays, Kings Cracked on Wednesday, quads on Thursdays and Aces Cracked on Fridays. If you flop an ace-high flush on Sundays, with the ace in your hand, you’ll win $100 but $800 if it’s done in spades.

Mississippi

AMERISTAR VICKSBURG: The Heartland Poker Tour runs until Aug. 6. The series features several fun events including a $200 tag-team event and the $1,100 main event (weekend of Aug. 3) where the final table will be live-streamed on Twitch. For more information, visit hptpoker.com.

HORSESHOE TUNICA: The Run Good Poker Series is Aug. 14-19. Players may enjoy several smaller buy-in events, such as the $135 pro-bounty tournament where you can earn $1K for some knockouts.
On Aug. 15, the two-day $185 event with a $20K guarantee is sure to draw a crowd. Multiple satellites run daily leading up to the $575 main event on Aug. 17.
The $100K guarantee has Day 1 flights Aug. 17-18. Players lucky enough to bag either day return Aug. 19 to play down to a winner.

Poker room rates are available; call the poker room for more information.

IP: The Biloxi WSOP Circuit stop has been moved from its usual September home to Dec. 6-17.
It’s worth making your reservations now before the poker room rate is sold out. This circuit stop features some of the smallest WSOPC fields, giving players a unique advantage toward winning a ring or racking up casino-champion points to win entry into the Global Championship.

Meet Neil Blumenfield

People see pictures of 63-year-old Neil Blumenfield and recall his third-place finish in the 2015 WSOP main event, where he took home $3.3M-plus. The ex-San Francisco software executive moved to South Florida after that run to the November Nine.

What do you think about the elimination of the Noverber Nine? Though some people don’t like the delay, I loved it and it was so much fun. I got to work on my game a lot and then had over a hundred friends show up for my rail. It may not be worse for all the players who would prefer to go straight through, but I think it’s worse for the audience when you lose that set-up time.

How did that tournament change your life and do people still come up and talk to you about it? Well, I left my day job and I moved to South Florida, which I love, and there are tournaments all over the place down here. For the first year, lots of players came up to me to say they liked the way I play. Not so much now. I’m a much better player now than I was then, so that’s the good news.

How have you done in tourneys since? Overall, it was a pretty good (2017), but I didn’t win much. — Dave Lemmon

The next Big Stax series at Parx Casino in Philadelphia will feature the usual $300, $500 and $1,500 events. For the first time, these tourneys will be using the increasingly popular big-blind-ante format, where the player in the big blind puts up an ante for the table.

Much like the past couple series, events will be split between locations, with the larger Day 1 flights and Day 2 sessions at Parx East, the old poker room. Final days, as well as most undercard events, will be in the new room in the main casino building.

The series begins Aug. 1 with Day 1A of the Big Stax 300. Big Stax 500 begins Aug. 9. The Big Stax 1,500 main event is Aug. 16. Other Big Stax events run throughout August.

SANDS BETHLEHEM: The $400 Black Chip Bounty runs Aug. 12 and Aug. 24 is the $325 deepstack. These events, and all Sunday and Friday tournaments, will use the big-blind-ante format. Daily tourneys run Tuesday nights at 7:15 and Wednesday, Friday and Sunday mornings at 11:15.

BORGATA: The June DeepStacks Challenge Series was a huge success. The schedule of 13 events over 13 days carried $330K in guarantees, all of which were covered. There also were some noteworthy accomplishments during this series.

Mickey Carr became the first player to win two events in one DeepStacks Challenge Series, winning Events 1 and 8. Chuck Bryant is the first to win the same event in back-to-back years (Event 2, $150 deepstack).
Julie Fine is the first woman to take first place in this series since October 2016.

In the main event, it took 16.5 hours of play, but Harry Weingord earned the victory and his first tournament title, good for $17,726 and the coveted “Baby Borgata” trophy. Weingord, of Ft. Lee, N.J., works in financial services, so he’ll know what to do with his winnings.

Jason Morman of New York was second ($9,915), followed by Ken Han of College Point, N.Y., ($6,009), Vito Deleonibus of Marlboro, N.J., ($4,807) and Rich Rossetti of Ventnor, N.J., ($3,606.).

The event drew 177 entrants and was one of only two in the series to play to conclusion. The prize pool of $62K went to the final 18 players.

GOLDEN NUGGET ATLANTIC CITY: The room hosts Saturday night tournaments at 7:15. They carry a $1,500 guarantee, will have a turbo format and cost $50. Sunday tournaments begin at 6:15.

Connecticut

FOXWOODS RESORT CASINO: The World Series of Poker Circuit returns Aug. 16-27 with $1.35M in guarantees. Two tournaments, Event 2 and the main event, will have $500K guarantees. Event 2 is a $600 no-limit hold’em ring event that has four starting flights across three days (Aug. 16-18) with the final day Aug. 19.

The main event costs $1,700 with a pair of starting flights (Aug. 24-25, noon) with Day 2 Aug. 26 and the final day Aug. 27. The 13-event series also has satellites. Call the poker room for more information.

Delaware

Dover Downs Hotel and Casino hosts the Delaware Poker Championship, which has eight events Aug. 29-Sept. 3. The $100K Delaware Championship runs Aug. 31-Sept. 2 and guarantees for the weekend of events are at least $160K.

The championship costs $550 and features two starting flights. Flight A is Aug. 31 at 10:15 a.m. and Flight B is Sept. 1 at 10:15 a.m. Players get 30K chips and blinds are 30 minutes. Day 2 is Sept. 2.

Six $65 satellites are scheduled for players to win their way into the event, One out of every 10 participants win a seat into Flight A. Here’s the satellite schedule: Aug. 19 and Aug. 26 at 11:15 a.m.; Aug. 27-30 at 7:15 p.m. Six tournaments, including a $10K guarantee Black Chip Bounty event and a pot-limit Omaha tourney, will run during the championship weekend.

The schedule includes a Beat the Boss Kickoff on Aug. 29 at 11:15 a.m. It has a $5K guarantee for $120 and features a $500 bounty for the player who knocks the boss out of the event. The PLO championship is Aug. 30 at 11:15 a.m. and has a $10K guarantee for $140. The Black Chip Bounty is Aug. 31 at 7:15. It carries a $10K guarantee and $10K in bounties for $230.

There’s a turbo Sept. 1 at 7:15 p.m. ($10K guarantee, $130), a survivor on Sept. 2 at 11:15 a.m. ($5K guarantee, $120) and a deepstack Sept. 2 at 7:15 p.m. ($10K guarantee, $130).
The finale is Sept. 3 at 11:15 a.m. ($10K guarantee, $75).

And don’t forget the next “tournament weekend” that runs Aug. 10-12. Here’s the schedule: Aug. 10, 11:15 a.m., $7,500 guarantee, $100 buy-in, 25-minute blinds; Aug. 11, 11:15, $15K guarantee, $125, 30-minute blinds; Aug. 12, 11:15 a.m., $2K guarantee, $35, 15-minute blinds.

Maryland

MGM NATIONAL HARBOR: The Potomac Open is Aug. 3-13.

LIVE CASINO: Mondays in August mean an hourly descending mini-bad-beat qualifier.

New York

TURNING STONE: John Bieber outlasted 324 players to win the opener of the Summer Poker Classic in Verona. The victory in the $250 tournament paid $10K from a $63K prize pool. Jonathan Jones earned $9,937 for second. Kladji Lika of Syracuse was third, which added $8,866 to his bankroll, Alex Conklin was fourth ($8,865) and Randy Cattelane was fifth ($3,481).

Alfonso Santana of New York won Event 2 ($115 deepstack bounty) for $1,100, beating runner-up Albert Roback ($640).

The Empire State Championship is Aug. 9-19.

RIVERS CASINO: Vito Masi earned $15,811 after winning the Capital Region Classic in Schenectady. Steven Posa finished second ($15,200) and Flynn Kroft was third ($14,237). The $260 event attracted 665 entrants for a $160K prize pool.

SENECA NIAGARA: Canada’s Rong Xu edged David Scott to prevail in the $300 Summer Slam Warmup. Xu earned $26,623 and Scott, from Rochester, N.Y., banked $16,427. Chris Damick was third ($10,762), followed by Matthew Devins ($7,477), Pat Tigheo of Niagara Falls ($5,551) and Keith Mueller ($4,305).
The tourney had a prize pool of $113K with 450 players.

Meet Mike Linster

New York’s Mike Linster has been playing poker for about decade, but he’s been a pro for the past seven years.

What games and tourneys do you usually play? I play all no-limit tourneys from $300-$10K buy-ins that I can manage to fit in. I mostly target main events and sprinkle in some of the preliminary events.

Where do you usually play? Mostly East Coast, such as Borgata and Parx, and I travel to Florida, Montreal and Vegas for most of the good events.

What are some of your greatest achievements in your career? I won the WPT bestbet in Jacksonville. In 2013, at a Borgata series, I finished first, first and second in consecutive tournaments and last year had a nice run in the WSOP main where I finished 47th.

What would you say is one of the greatest lessons you’ve learned and how have you applied it to your game? This answer is easy. Bankroll management is easily the hardest and most important lesson I have learned. When you’re winning, you feel invincible and can’t imagine being on the bad side of things. Tournament poker will quickly humble you and force you to be smarter with your financial decisions or you simply will fail. — Jo Kim

The Hollywood Poker Challenge runs Aug. 23-Sept. 3 at Hollywood Casino in Toledo, Ohio.

The $1K main event has a $150K guarantee. Three Day 1s run Aug. 31-Sept. 2 and $150 satellites will be available. Other events include a $350 tourney with a $75K guarantee ($90 satellites), Omaha/8, HORSE, PLO and seniors. Full details are available on the Bravo Poker app.

JACK CASINO CINCINNATI: The Jack Poker Classic runs Aug. 16-26 and boasts more than $1M in guarantees. The $1,100 main event sports a $500K guarantee, as Day 1 flights are Aug. 24-25 and the tournament ends Aug. 26. There also will be a $350 kickoff ($250K guarantee) Aug. 16-19. Satellites will be available in the days leading up to these events. Other tourneys include a turbo, black-chip bounty, Omaha/8, seniors and a $200 Win the Button to wrap up the series.

RIVERS CASINO: The Pittsburgh poker room recently implemented a big-blind-ante structure. Also, it will hosting a WPT DeepStacks series in October.

HOLLYWOOD CASINO COLUMBUS: The Columbus Summer Classic runs Aug. 7-19 and features 15 events. The $550 main event has a $200K guarantee. There’s a $350 event with a $125K guarantee, too. Satellites will be available for both. The undercard will include the standard assortment (bounty, Omaha/8, seniors) and a big-blind-ante tournament. For more information, check out the room’s website or Facebook page.

Iowa

HORSESHOE COUNCIL BLUFFS: On the southwest side, the annual Horseshoe Poker Classic runs Aug. 17-26. There are many events ranging from $50-$350. There are rebuys, seniors, satellites and fat-stack events as well as great cash games at Iowa’s largest poker room.

GRAND FALLS CASINO: On the northwest side at in Larchwood, the Mid-States Poker Tour stops by with a $150K guarantee main event Aug. 24-26. There will be $250 satellites and $65 super-satellites running during the run-up to this event as well as great cash-game action. If you’re in the Sioux Falls area, this is the place to be.

DIAMOND JO CASINO: In Worth, the bad-beat jackpot surpassed $200K at press time.

PRAIRIE MEADOWS: The poker room in the Iowa capital saw its bad-beat jackpot reach $175K at press time.

Wisconsin

BY THE NUMBERS: While all 50 states were represented in the WSOP main event, of the 7,874 players, 36 hailed from Wisconsin, which put it 30th on the list of states.

BRACELET-WINNER: Originally from Beaver Dam, pro Eric Baldwin captured his second bracelet when he topped 1,330 runners in the Event 37 ($1,500 NLHE) for $319,580. Baldwin dedicated the win to his late father, a well-known personality on the Wisconsin poker scene. “He kept coming out and trying to catch me when I would make a final table,” Baldwin said as he fought back tears. “And I could never win one, including a grueling second place. In a lot of ways, this one is for him.”

PLAYER NEWS: Elm Grove’s Joe Kuether finished runner-up to Justin Brach in a $1,100 Wynn Summer Classic tournament in Las Vegas for $59,440.

Minnesota

Tyler Caspers of Echo, Minn. took home $21,511 after winning the Easy Money tournament at Running Aces Casino in Columbus, Minn.

This is Caspers’ second-largest cash after his third-place finish in April 2014 at MSPT Running Aces. Caspers entered the final table as chipleader with 898K chips, almost three times the shortest stack. The final table lasted three-plus hours, with heads-up play of less than 20 minutes. The $350 tournament drew 264 entrants and generated a $76,824 prize pool.

CANTERBURY PARK: Adam Laskey of Fargo, N.D., won the Cheap & Deep tournament in Shakopee. Laskey earned $21,138, bringing his career Hendon Mob earnings to almost $200K. He started Day 2 with 210K chips, the eighth-largest stack among the 84 players returning. In contrast, the second-place finisher, Jared Quast, started the day with the sixth-smallest stack of 41K chips. The $275 tournament offered five Day 1 flights, attracting 489 entrants for a $107,580 prize pool.

Chicagoland

WSOP: Glenview’s Scott Bohlman won his first bracelet in the Mixed Big Bet event for $122K. He then was runner-up in the $10K stud/8 championship, adding $225K to his bankroll.

Chicago native Steven Albini won his first bracelet in the $1,500 stud event for $105K. The music-industry veteran was heads-up with six-time bracelet-winner, Jeff Lisandro.

Jessica Dawley, originally from Palmyra, Ind., won the $1K women’s championship for $130K. She is a war-zone veteran and was an intelligence agent in the Air Force.

AMERISTAR EAST CHICAGO: The Heartland Poker Tour returns Aug. 23-Sept. 3. The $350 Monster Stack opener has three Day 1s, with a $200K guarantee. The May event had almost 1,100 entries.

The $200 seven-game-mix is Aug. 26. A new $500 heads-up, 64-player-max event is Aug. 29 at noon. The main event starts Aug. 30 at 2 p.m.

HORSESHOE HAMMOND: Aug. 8 marks the 10th anniversary of the re-opening of the poker room. After spending $500M on a new casino, the 34-table room became the Midwest’s busiest.

The Hammond boat, then the Empress, opened a 10-table room in November 1998 but closed in April 2000 to make way for slots.

Michigan

FIREKEEPERS CASINO: The Michigan State Poker Championship returns Oct. 11-14 as part of the Mid-State Poker Tour. The last series, which wrapped in May at the Battle Creek property, set the state record for attendance, 1,287 players.

Meet Max Havlish

Born and raised in the northern suburbs of Minneapolis, Max Havlish is a licensed realtor and a part-time home agent for Medtronic. He grew up in a family of bowlers and gamblers and started watching his dad playing cards in the backroom after bowling late nights. He has career Hendon Mob earnings of $250K-plus, with his biggest win being a Meskwaki Casino event in 2017.

What do you like most about poker? The companionship. I’ve met a lot of good friends who all pursue the same goals as me and everyone in the community is so supportive, especially the Minnesota community. I love the adrenaline of being deep in a prestigious tournament and the release of serotonin after outwitting or bluffing opponents in specific spots where their range is so crystal clear. I love it all; even the bad beats because, while in the moment they are awful, they give the chance of redemption and the awesomeness of overcoming defeat.

Do you prefer to play online or live? I love the pace of online and the value of playing online. I love the interactions of playing live and the reads and focus it takes to play live as well. Overall, I would go with live as I feel I am more of an experienced live player than an online player.

What skill do you think gives you the biggest edge at the poker table? My intuition. It’s constantly being developed by what I experience at the poker table and has thousands upon thousands of hours of previous experience. … the ability to find spots at the right time, patience and the ability to breakdown hands and ranges based on actions.
— John Somsky

Buy-ins are an important part of anyone’s game. A player I’ve known for a while saw me sitting at a table, waiting for a game to begin.

He’s usually there for one of the daily tournaments and occasionally plays cash games. I asked if he planned to get in the game at my table and he said no and joked that he wouldn’t want to play if I was going to be in the game.

When I gave a puzzled look, he said, “It’s because you always win.” I told him nobody always wins. He said, “Yes, you do. Every time I see you, you always have the most chips.”

A-ha! That explained it. I gave the perception of being a consistent, winning player because of the amount of chips in front of me.

And that’s exactly what I want to accomplish, the perception that I’m a winning player.

I always buy in for the maximum in a no-limit game and at least five times the minimum for a limit game. Here are a few reasons why I think this is important:

• If you’re perceived as a winning player, you’re ahead of the game. Who are the players you attempt to make your money from? The weaker players, right? Who are the players you least want to be heads-up against? The better players, of course.

• If you start with more than enough chips, you’re less likely to have to go into your pocket to buy more chips. Having to do that would give the impression you’re a weaker player.

• How many times have you sat at a table where you don’t know any of the players? Do you start to make inferences by who has the most chips in front of them? The least?

• You have a better chance of making a bluff or semibluff work if you’re perceived as a winning player.

Right about now you may be thinking, “Don’t most players notice that I unrack a lot of chips when I sit at the table?”

Well, some do, but most aren’t paying attention. And I suspect those that initially do notice this forget about it not long after the first hand is dealt.

And, of course, someone joining the game later would have no idea about my buy-in.

And here is the clincher: Out of the blue, a player recently said, “I think Willy is the player who usually leaves with the most chips.”

Yes, it was a nice compliment, but a more accurate statement would have been, “Willy usually walks away with a lot of chips because he buys in for the most chips.”

So, start buying in for least three or four times your usual amount. It’s a “perception” thing.

— Willy Neuman is a prop player at Ft. McDowell Casino in Arizona in the winter, but plays at Hollywood Casino in Aurora, Ill., most of the year. Email him at editor@anteupmagazine.com.

Having just finished a two-week stint at the Rio in Las Vegas, I hereby declare it to be a good trip. In poker terms, this translates to leaving with more than you came with and paying for your hotel and restaurant expenses. A great trip would include a final table and more profit.

I was one of the entrants in a Day 1 record-breaking 5,918 entries into the senior event. I placed 148th for a $4,340 purse.

There’s a certain agony of defeat that goes along with a cash like this because the deep money feels ever so close. My June column, How to Avoid Tournament Mistakes, speaks volumes and I thought it would be interesting to grade myself on the categories listed:

FATIGUE … B: After the seven-hour drive from Tucson, I gave myself ample time for rest and get-ready time, which included diet, exercise and study. But I made two poor plays through the course of the 10 hours of Day 1.

Tournaments can be a bit grueling and while I came in with plenty of sleep, fatigue set in early and I needed to put my break time to better use.

Yes, there are long lines to use the bathroom, but we must plan for that. As it says in June’s column: “Mistakes happen when fatigue sets in.”

STAGES ... C: One of my poor habits is being too active early on. This is fine for a fast tournament, (30-minute blinds) but the World Series of Poker is a slow structure with plenty of chips and time. “Avoid trying to win the event too early.” And how I wish I had reread my column before I played.

TOO TIGHT … A: I never have to worry about playing too tight. I was mixing things up and changing gears.

STACKS … C: As fatigue wears on into Day 2, my awareness of what I call “the everything” started to wane. I really needed a poker buddy to talk it over with, late on Day 2. I needed a coach. What a novel concept.

BUBBLE PLAY … A: I was able to take advantage of the tight play and chip up when approaching the money.
All in all, I had a great time over two weeks at the Rio. I paced myself, met all kinds of players from all over the country and all over the world. Plan ahead, and I hope to meet you in Las Vegas in 2019.

— Mark Brement has spent 15 years teaching and coaching all facets of poker, including at Pima CC. Email him at brementmark@gmail.com.

Edgar Labit was declared the winner of Event #6 of the Ante Up Poker Tour at Atlantis Casino Resort Spa in Reno, Nev.

Labit, middle, earned $3,300 in the $260 buy-in no-limit hold'em big blind ante event, which drew 56 entries, after a three-way deal was reached.

For more information on this Ante Up Poker Tour series, which runs through Aug. 26, please visit our event webpage.

ANTE UP POKER TOUR
Atlantis Casino Resort Spa - Reno, Nev.
EVENT #6 - No-Limit Hold’em Big Blind Ante
Buy-in: $260
Entries: 56
Prize pool: $12,222
1. Edgar Labit, $3,300
2. Bill Casey, $2,750
3. Matt Cardinalli, $2,749
4. Scott Shawver, $1,467
5. Jonny Gomez, $1,110
6. Barry Birdwell, $856