Sunday, December 30, 2012
OMAHA 8 OR BETTER
Wednesday January 2 will be the first Omaha tournament for the New Year. Buy-in is $75 with 5,000 in chips to start. Tournament begins at 7:00PM.
Monday, December 24, 2012
Sunday, December 23, 2012
$30,000 GUARANTEED JANUARY 5
Don't forget players, January 5th will be the first Saturday of the month and with that comes a $30,000 guaranteed tournament. The Buy-in is $300 with 10,000 starting chips and begins at 11:00AM. A Mega Satellite will be held Friday January 4th at 5:00PM with a $60 Buy-in and 4,000 starting chips with 15 minute blinds.
Saturday, December 22, 2012
2013 TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE
Players don't forget to check out the new tournament schedule beginning in January! We will now be offering Omaha every Wednesday, a Monday Night Re-Buy tournament, and the Second Sunday Deepstack will now be every Friday at 5:00PM. Additionally, the first Saturday of the month will now be a $300 buy-in, $30,000 guarantee with satellites the morning and evening before (The Friday night Deepstack will be replaced by a $60 Mega Satellite the evening before the first Saturday $30,000 guarantee.)
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Ante Up thanks Thunder Valley!
On behalf of everyone at Ante Up Magazine, we want to send a heartfelt thank-you to Ben Erwin, John Rochfort and all the floor staff and dealers at Thunder Valley Casino Resort for making the inaugural Ante Up Poker Tour event such a smashing success!
I enjoyed my time playing during the event and talking to players, and we're very much looking forward to returning next November for the next Ante Up NorCal Classic!
We'd also like to encourage all of Thunder Valley's players to tour with us in 2013. The next AUPT stop is a short flight away in Las Vegas on Jan. 25 at Red Rock Casino Resort Spa, with satellites beginning Jan. 21. For more information on this event, please visit Ante Up's Red Rock Casino Resort Spa's webpage.
Our Ante Up Poker Tour World Championship event will begin in late July at the luxurious, all-inclusive Hard Rock Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic, with deeply discounted hotel rates for Ante Up guests that include all meals, alcohol and activities. For more information on this event, please visit Ante Up's Ante Up Poker Tour World Championship webpage.
And we'll host up to 10 more events in 2013. Find out the other scheduled tour dates, and keep abreast of new dates, by visiting AnteUpPokerTour.Com.
- Scott Long, Ante Up publisher
I enjoyed my time playing during the event and talking to players, and we're very much looking forward to returning next November for the next Ante Up NorCal Classic!
We'd also like to encourage all of Thunder Valley's players to tour with us in 2013. The next AUPT stop is a short flight away in Las Vegas on Jan. 25 at Red Rock Casino Resort Spa, with satellites beginning Jan. 21. For more information on this event, please visit Ante Up's Red Rock Casino Resort Spa's webpage.
Our Ante Up Poker Tour World Championship event will begin in late July at the luxurious, all-inclusive Hard Rock Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic, with deeply discounted hotel rates for Ante Up guests that include all meals, alcohol and activities. For more information on this event, please visit Ante Up's Ante Up Poker Tour World Championship webpage.
And we'll host up to 10 more events in 2013. Find out the other scheduled tour dates, and keep abreast of new dates, by visiting AnteUpPokerTour.Com.
- Scott Long, Ante Up publisher
Ante Up Player of the Year points updated for all Ante Up NorCal Classic events
Ante Up has updated its Player of the Year points database with Events #7-8 and the main event of the Ante Up NorCal Classic.
With just a few events left this year, Candida Ross-Powers, winner of the Thunder Valley Players Championship in August, is 37th with 804 points, and Huan Cung, winner of the Ante Up NorCal Classic, is 44th with 747 points.
The new season begins Jan. 1.
With just a few events left this year, Candida Ross-Powers, winner of the Thunder Valley Players Championship in August, is 37th with 804 points, and Huan Cung, winner of the Ante Up NorCal Classic, is 44th with 747 points.
The new season begins Jan. 1.
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Monday, December 3, 2012
ANTE UP NORCAL CLASSIC FINAL TABLE
The stage has been set! We are less than two hours away to determine who will be the inaugural Ante Up Norcal Classic champion!
Sunday, December 2, 2012
ANTE UP NORCAL CLASSIC FINALIST
Congratulations to the 8 finalist of the Ante Up NorCal Classic. The final table will be played tomorrow, Monday Dec. 3rd at 1pm. Watch all the action right here on our blog where will be live streaming the final table.
HUAN CUNG $1,990,000
TOAN NGUYEN $707,000
WALTER STRAKOWSKI $598,000
BAS PANSUNTORN $519,000
PAUL DIAS $488,000
JOHNNY MORA $344,000
TAY NGUYEN $279.000
DRAGEM VANG $205,000
ANTE UP NORCAL CLASSIC UPDATE
At the start of level 17 we are down to the final two tables, average chip stack is 256,500.
ANTE UP NORCAL CLASSIC CHIP LEADERS
Candida is the current chip leader with 564,000 chips.
Johnny is currently second with 411,000 in chips.
Manh is third with 329,000 in chips.
Paul is fourth in chips with 323,000 in chips.
Johnny is currently second with 411,000 in chips.
Manh is third with 329,000 in chips.
Paul is fourth in chips with 323,000 in chips.
Bao Liu of Davis Ca. contemplates his next move. Bao will represent Thunder Valley at the Five Diamond World Poker Classic in Las Vegas later this week. As soon as Bao finishes the Ante Up Norcal Classic, he will be on a plane to Las Vegas for the $10,300 buy-in event which begins Tuesday. Bao currently has over 240,000 in chips, which is twice the average chip stack.
ANTE UP NORCAL CLASSIC DAY 2
With just over an hour into Day 2, 12 players have been eliminated. 74 players remain with the average chip stack at 69,324.
ANTE UP NORCAL CLASSIC DAY 1B CHIP COUNTS
Chip counts for Day 1B are as follows:
Rudy H 153,100 Firas B 52,600
Toan N 148,100 Tay N 52,400
Jimmy Z 144,900 Tim T 48,500
Johnny M 129,300 Eric T 46,900
Hafiz K 128,400 Dennis C 46,800
Huan C 121,600 Anthony R 45,600
Candida R 98,700 Jon J 45,300
Manh T 95,300 Robert F 40,600
Ken J 91,600 Mihai G 39,500
Steve D 90,000 William C 34,000
Cheo S 88,400 Igor V 32,300
Paulino D 88,300 Stephan K 31,500
Soren J 79,800 Matthew G 31,400
Erle M 79,200 Richard O 31,300
Walter S 75,000 Peter P 30,400
Tim K 68,400 Sang Y 29,200
Narunat P 67,200 David P 28,800
Michael H 66,500 Jeff S 27,300
Brian B 65,900 Daniel H 26,900
Cornel C 64,100 Kelly G 25,900
Sam H 60,100 Anton T 25,100
Kulwant S 59,500 Roger M 22,200
Dragem V 58,900 Mike M 21,000
Aibing R 58,400 Matthew K 20,300
David K 54,800 Cherie B 19,700
John E 53,700 Francis A 19,700
Richard S 53,000 Ali G 18,600
David M 52,900 Jimmy D 17,000
Zach P 10,500
AnteUp NorCal Classic Update
Day 1 A and B in the Ante Up NorCal Classic has been completed. Day 2 will begin on Sunday at 11am with 86 players advancing. The top 10 players on Sunday will be coming back for the final table Monday Dec. 3rd for a chance to win a 1st place prize of over $88,000.
The Top 5 Chip Leaders going into Day 2 are as follows:
1. Jon J 153,300
2. Rudy H 153,100
3. Casey M 149,600
4. Jimmy Z 144,900
5. Johnny M 129,300
The Top 5 Chip Leaders going into Day 2 are as follows:
1. Jon J 153,300
2. Rudy H 153,100
3. Casey M 149,600
4. Jimmy Z 144,900
5. Johnny M 129,300
Saturday, December 1, 2012
ANTE UP NORCAL CLASSIC PRIZE POOL
The Ante Up Norcal Classic prize pool is as follows:
1 $88,235
2 $53,350
3 $33,685
4 $26,500
5 $20,520
6 $17,100
7 $13,680
8 $10,260
9 $6,840
10 $5,130
11-20 $2,735
21-30 $2,225
31-40 $1,710
1 $88,235
2 $53,350
3 $33,685
4 $26,500
5 $20,520
6 $17,100
7 $13,680
8 $10,260
9 $6,840
10 $5,130
11-20 $2,735
21-30 $2,225
31-40 $1,710
ANTE UP NORCAL CLASSIC
The Field for the inaugural Ante Up Norcal Classic is set! Day 1A drew a total of 122 players, while Day 1B added another 220. The two day total of 342 players puts the prize pool at $342,000.
ANTE UP NORCAL CLASSIC DAY 1A CHIP COUNT
1 Casey M 149,600
2 Robert M 128,000
3 John M 124,100
4 Matt W 118,600
5 Richard L 111,600
6 Terence V 89,600
7 Hoss D 82,200
8 Fred S 79,100
9 John H 77,200
10 Andrew S 72,100
11 Casey S 67,100
12 Bayard S 66,500
13 Sal T 61,100
14 Kao V 56,900
15 Steve G 56,000
16 Daniel K 53,200
17 Bao L 48,000
18 Jose G 47,300
19 Shannon K 41,100
20 Jason P 39,300
21 Rellie S 37,000
21 Neon G 37,000
23 Andrew H 36,100
24 Tro W 33,300
25 Carlos R 29,800
26 Gary T 23,500
27Sui V 23,300
28 Ai-Van V 22,900
29 Gangi T 22,600
ANTE UP NORCAL CLASSIC DAY 1B UPDATE
Forty five minutes through level 1 we currently have 169 players registered for DAY 1B. Registration is open through level 4.
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