Ante Up Poker Tour Main Events: July 2015

Saturday, July 4, 2015

Top 5 Payouts

Here is what the final 5 players chased for in the ICM Chop

$89,299 - Christian Francia
$65,197 - Ryan Teves
$64,163 - Welther Marmol
$49,033 - Walter Quarenta
$48,770 - Milan Dragic

ICM x 5

Make that a 5-way ICM chop and we're done for the night, full payouts coming in a few moments, chipleader Christian Francia takes home the most, pretty close to $90,000

Theo Tran moves all in from the button for 2,985,000 and chipleader Christian Francia makes the call

Tran - A♠8♠
Francia - TT

The board runs out 6♣7♣9♠K♣6♦ and the end comes for Tran and his very very vocal rail.

Christian Francia - 13,500,000
Theo Tran - 6th Place - $23,826

Zak in, Zak Out

Zak Alameddine is down to less than one SB and BB combined, so he moves all in on the first hand back from break. His hand does not hold and he is eliminated in 7th place, earning $18,553

They're Baaaaack

Golden Nugget Casino
Grand Poker Series
Ante Up Poker Tour Main Event

1330 Entries
7 Remain

Level 32
Blinds 75000/150000

Antes 20000

One more level and we've run off the end of the structure sheet ..

Updated Chipcounts

7 Players remain, here are their chipcounts

10,400,000 - Christian Francia
5,450,000 - Ryan Teves
4,230,000 - Welther Marmol
2,810,000 - Walter Quarenta
1,765,000 - Milan Dragic
1,625,000 - Theo Tran
220,000 - Zak Alameddine

Sending Them All Away

Time for the remaining 7 players to take yet another 15-minute break. It is now more than 14 hours since the play started for the day/night/day again ...

Kong Li - 8th Place

Kong Li moves all in and Christian Francia, the overwhelming chipleader, makes the call from the cutoff, while Walter Quarenta hesitates, then folds from the BB.

Li - 7♣7♠
Francia - A♠Q♠

The flop of 9♠3♣8♠ gives Francia the nut flush draw, and the 5♠ completes the flush, but it gives Li a bit of one-outer hope for a straight flush.
The K♣ doesn't help and Li is out.

Christian Francia - 9,200,000
Kong Li - 8th Place - $14,616

Big Stack Gets Bigger

We tuned in as Walter Quarenta bet out 675,000 on a board of 2♦T♦Q♠5♠ and chipleader Christian Francia went into the tank for about 90 seconds .. then he moved all in, having Quarenta covered.

This move sends Quarenta into the tank for close to three minutes before he lets it go, mumbling to himself the entire time the cards go towards the muck.

Francia - 8,200,000
Quarenta 4,400,000

Jon Lactaoen - 9th Place

A shortstacked Jon Lactaoen is all in and bigstack Christian Francia calls from the BB

Lactaoen - T7
Francia - AA

The board never helps Lactaoen and he is out in 9th place, collecting $11,650

And the TD Said You Gotsta Rise Up-ah

Golden Nugget Casino
Grand Poker Series
Ante Up Poker Tour Main Event

1330 Entries
9 Remain

Level 31
Blinds 60000/120000

Antes 20000

Hour-Long Levels now

I Did it Again

I posted not much was going on, and as I was over at the computer writing that, Josh Lachman ended up all in and all out in 10th place. Josh takes home $9,389

A Level of Not So Much

There's been a bit of action the last 30 minutes, but we remain 10-handed here at the (un)official Final Table

Your Final Table in Pictures

Theo Tran - Seat 1

Christian Francia - Seat 2

Welther Marmol - Seat 3

Milan Dragic - Seat 4

Walter Quarenta - Seat 5

Zak Alameddine - Seat 6

Kong Li - Seat 7

Josh Lachman - Seat 8

Ryan Teves - Seat 9

Jon Lactaoen - Seat 10

30th Level

Golden Nugget Casino
Grand Poker Series
Ante Up Poker Tour Main Event

1330 Entries
10 Remain

Level 30
Blinds 50000/100000

Antes 10000

Early Morning Break

The final 10 players have headed off on a 15-minute break, we're doing the same

Corrupted, and Out

Motchell Nong is all in with AT against the AJ of Theo Tran on an xKA flop, the T on the turn puts Nong in the lead, but the K on the river corrupts Nong's two pair, giving Tran the hand.

Mitchell Nong - 11th Place - $9,389
Theo Tran - 3,025,000

Unofficial Final Table Chipcounts

Here are the 10 players at the (un)official final table, with chipcounts

Seat	Name	Chipcount
1	Theo Tran	3,025,000
2	Christian Francia	5,960,000
3	Welther Marmol	2,075,000
4	Milan Dragic	1,450,000
5	Walter Quarenta	4,460,000
6	Zak Alameddine	760,000
7	Kong Li	650,000
8	Josh Lachman	890,000
9	Ryan Teves	3,615,000
9	Jon Lactaoen	1,150,000

Friday, July 3, 2015

Paul Dewald - 12th Place

We were over checking out the Clash of the Big Stacks between Christian Francia and Ryan Teves and we missed the bustout hand of Paul Dewald in 12th place. Dewald earns $9,389 and puts us on the unofficial final table bubble.

Clash of the Big Stacks

We arrive to see Ryan Teves bet out 275,000 on a board of 5♥3♥5♠9♣ and Christian Francia makes the call. These two players combine for almost 10 million chips.

The river is a J♦ and Teves slides out 575,000 more, sending Francia into the tank long enough for Teves to call clock on him.

Floor counts down fewer than 20 seconds, and Francia makes the call, only to hear Teves say "good call," and table A♣4♣ for Ace-high.

Francia turns over 6♣6♠ and sends Teves into a mini-tilt series of comments.

"I knew he had a pair there, I can't believe he made that call," said Teves.
"I almost snap called you," said Francia .
"That was the worst call of all time, what DID you think I had," added Teves.

"He thought you has A4 and he called you," said Theo Tran from the 9 seat, drawing a few sharp, direct comments from Teves basically telling Tran he was not in the hand and keep his comments to himself.

Christian Francia - 5,750,000
Ryan Teves - 3,750,000

Up and Up Again

Golden Nugget Casino
Grand Poker Series
Ante Up Poker Tour Main Event

1330 Entries
12 Remain

Level 29
Blinds 40000/80000
Antes 10000

Blind on Blind Violence

Mitchell Nong is in the SB, it folds to him, and he has BB Milan Dragic covered, so he shoves, and Dragic snap calls

Nong - K♥8♦
Dragic - A♥Q♣

The fop is a killer one for Dragic, Q♥Q♦5♥, rounding out with a J♠ turn and 4♦ river, he gets a full double up

Dragic - 1,080,000
Nong - 870,000

Pablo Rodriguez - 14th Place - $7,654

Pablo Rodriguez, a few hands after a hit for most of his stack, is all in and runs into JJ, eliminating him in 14th place. He cashes for $7,654

Sam Ioannou - 15th Place - $7,654

Sam Ioannou is all in preflop and is called by Walther Marmol, who has Ioannou easily covered.

Marmol - JJ
Ioannou - AJ

The board runs out 9♣8♦6♣9♦Q♣

Sam Ioannou - 15th Place - $7,654
Walther Marmol - 2,600,000

Chips Fly at Table One

With blinds at 30,000/60,000, Pablo Rodriguez raises to 185,000 and Mitchell Nong makes the call.

The flop comes out 8♦4♠7♥ and Rodriguez shoves, only to get a snap-call from Nong.

Rodriguez - 4♥5♥
Nong - KK

Rodriguez needs a lot of help and doesn't have Nong covered by much,

The board runs out with a pair of 2's and Nong gets a full double of his remaining 410,000, plus some.

Mitchell Nong - 845,000
Pablo Rodriguez - 120,000

Rodriguez shoves his 2BB stack the very next hand and gets a double to back to 285,000

What Are They Playing For

Here are the Payouts for the Ante Up Poker Tour Main Event in the Grand Poker Classic at the Golden Nugget Las Vegas.

6/30-7/3/15
1330 Entries
$665,000 Prize Pool
Paying 135 Places

Place	Payout
1	$118,106
2	$73,150
3	$53,685
4	$40,565
5	$30,955
6	$23,826
7	$18,553
8	$14,616
9	$11,650
10-12	$9,389
13-15	$7,654
16-18	$6,310
19-21	$5,260
22-24	$4,428
25-27	$3,770
28-30	$3,245
31-33	$2,819
34-36	$2,480
37-45	$2,201
46-54	$1,975
55-63	$1,788
64-72	$1,635
73-81	$1,502
82-90	$1,383
91-99	$1,270
100-108	$1,170
109-117	$1,077
118-126	$990
127-135	$990

Chip Bully

Milan Dragic raises to 110,000 from the button, Theo Tran makes it 330,000 from the SB and from the expression on his face, Ryan Teves is not about to fold his BB.

Teves asks Tran how many chips he has, asks the dealer then leans over the table as he can't get an answer from either, "Is that just one stack of gray (25,000's, makes a half-milly stack) you have?"

No answer, so Teves moves his 3 milly stack out and says all in

Both players fold fast

28 is Gettin' Up There

Golden Nugget Casino
Grand Poker Series
Ante Up Poker Tour Main Event

1330 Entries
15 Remain

Level 28
Blinds 30000/60000
Antes 10000

Whoa, Just Whoa

The flop is K♠6♦9♦ and Ryan Rutherford in all in, and is called by Walter Quarenta, both players have about 2 million in chips.

Quarenta - AA
Rutherford - 66

Quarenta is in with Rockets, but has run into the bottom set of Rutherford.

The turn ... A♠ and it is now set over set for a HUGE pot.
The river is the 2♣ and now to count 'em out to see if Rutherford has Quarenta covered.

Rutherford has 2,050,000
Quarenta ... 2,090,000

They are separated by less than one BB, and Rutherford is out in 16th place, cashing for $6,310.
Quarenta moves to 4,450,000

BenGone

OK, so we took a quick break, and while we were gone we lost Walter Girimau in 18th and just as we arrived back, there was Ben Smith headed to the payout window in 17th place.

Updated Chipcounts

Here are the (un)official chipcounts for the final 18 players, who have headed out on a 15-minute break

Table	Seat	Name	Chipcount
1	1	Ryan Teves	1,750,000
	2	Pablo Rodriguez	950,000
	3	Walter Quarenta	1,050,000
	4	Christian Francia	4,780,000
	5	Zak Alameddine	350,000
	6	Mitchell Nong	765,000
	7	Ben Smith	820,000
	8	Milan Dragic	670,000
	9	Theo Tran	2,230,000

Table	Seat	Name	Chipcount
2	1	Ryan Rutherford	2,480,000
	2	Welther Marmol	235,000
	3	Sam Iaonnou	2,130,000
	4	Stuart Taylor	830,000
	5	Josh Lachman	1,500,000
	6	Paul Dewald	590,000
	7	Jon Lactaoen	760,000
	8	Walter Quarenta	2,105,000
	9	Kong Li	1,075,000

I Think We Caused This

We posted that players were in a rush to the exits, with 20 busting in 45 minutes earlier. Well, since I made that post we have has a total of zero bustouts, we're still at 18 players.

Final Two Tables

Here are the final 18 players, by table, in the Ante Up Poker Tour Main Event, part of the Grand Poker Series at the Golden Nugget Las Vegas

Table	Seat	Name
1	1	Ryan Rutherford
	2	Welther Marmol
	3	Sam Ioannou
	4	Stuart Taylor
	5	Josh Lachman
	6	Paul Dewald
	7	Jon Lactaoen
	8	Walter Quarenta
	9	Kong Li

Table	Seat	Name
2	1	Ryan Teves
	2	Pablo Rodriguez
	3	Walter Girimau
	4	Christian Francia
	5	Zak Alameddine
	6	Mitchell Nong
	7	Ben Smith
	8	Milan Dragic
	9	Theo Tran

Payouts 19-27th

Here are the payouts for the players who cashed in 19-27th Place in today's Ante Up Poker Tour Main Event at the Golden Nugget Las Vegas.

Place	Name	Cash
19	Scott McCullough	$5,260
20	Alex Briski	$5,260
21	Judith Bielan	$5,260
22	Travell Thomas	$4,428
23	Joesph Capphill	$4,428
24	James Wheeler	$4,428
25	Mesgana Tesfaiidet	$3,770
26	Holge Stjervang	$3,770
27	Jason Gooch	$3,770

Payouts 28-36th

Here are the players who were eliminated in 28-36th place tonight in the Main Event.

Place	Name	Cash
28	David Gutreand	$3,245
29	Ashley Butler	$3,245
30	Nicholas Walters	$3,245
31	Paul Evans	$2,819
32	Mark Hughes	$2,819
33	Azim Popatia	$2,819
34	Thomas Sica	$2,480
35	Monish Bhargava	$2,480
36	Chris Conrad	$2,480

Running to the Exits

Chips have been flying here in the past 45 minutes as we lost 20 players in that time, the fastest we've been losing players since about level 9 yesterday. The light show on Fremont Street tonight must REALLY be good for the players to want to get out of here so fast.

Rutherford Sends Them to Two

Ryan Rutherford is all in and has Walter Quarenta - who is also all in - covered.

Rutherford - KK
Quarenta - 99

The board runs out A-7-x-x-A and Rutherford receives all of Quarenta's chips, and the table breaks.

Walter Quarenta - 19th place - $5,260
Ryan Rutherford - 2,800,000

Last Woman Out

Judith Bielan is all in for her tournament life against Theo Tran

Bielan - Q♠Q♥
Tran - K♥J♦

The ATx flop gives Tran a gutshot, but two of his outs are in front of Bielan.
The turn is a blank, but a groan comes out as Bielan hits her set on the river, only to have it complete Broadway from Tran.

Judith Bielan - 21st place - $5,260
Theo Tran - 2,500,000

3 Tables Left

We are down to 27 players in the Main Event, a full redraw for the last three tables

Sam Sends Us to Three

With 28 players remaining, Sam Ioannou is all in with David Gutreand and has David covered.

Ioannou - 66
Gutreand - AQ

The flop looks good for David, with an A in the window, looks even better as a Q appear, then looks horrible as the 6 completes the flop.

The flop sends David to yell out, jump up from his chair, and kick his chair back into the table behind him and a few audible obscenities while the board runs out sending the tournament to a three table redraw.

Quarenta KO's Butler

Walter Quarenta has his 88 hold against the A6 of Ashley Butler, eliminating Butler in 29th Place

Raise it Up, Color Them Up

Golden Nugget Casino
Grand Poker Series
Ante Up Poker Tour Main Event

1330 Entries
35 Remain

Level 25
Blinds 15000/30000
Antes 5000

Coloring up the 1k chips

Updated Chipcounts

Here are chipcounts, by table, for the remaining 43 players as they come back from their 1-hour Dinner Break.

Table	Seat	Name	Chipcount
1	1	Milan Sasek	427,000
	2	open	xx
	3	Judith Bielan	208,000
	4		510,000
	5	John Scarpulla	250,000
	6	Shaun Slaubaugh	315,000
	7	Ryan Rutherford	342,000
	8	Alex Poriski	162,000
	9	Paul Evans	201,000

Table	Seat	Name	Chipcount
2	1	Walter Quarenta	1,085,000
	2	Nick Walters	930,000
	3	Stuart Taylor	555,000
	4	Manish Bhargava	309,000
	5	Scott McCollough	894,000
	6	Kong Li	169,000
	7	Ashley Butler	1,042,000
	8	open	xx
	9	Chris Conrad	431,000

Table	Seat	Name	Chipcount
3	1	Zak Alemeddine	237,000
	2	open	xx
	3	Mitchell Nong	384,000
	4	Helle Stjervang	624,000
	5	Mesgana Tesfaiidet	1,090,000
	6	x Daniels	720,000
	7	Jon Lactaoen	348,000
	8	James Wheeler	724,000
	9	Theo Tran	778,000

Table	Seat	Name	Chipcount
4	1	Ryan Teves	1,400,000
	2	Paul Dewald	510,000
	3	Walther Marmol	1,125,000
	4	TJ Sica	875,000
	5	open	xx
	6	Pedro Rodriguez	1,246,000
	7	Alex Bierman	146,000
	8	Alberto Girimau	140,000
	9	open	xx

Table	Seat	Name	Chipcount
5	1	Josh Lachman	272,000
	2	Joseph Carr-Hill	790,000
	3	Milan Dragic	338,000
	4	open	xx
	5	Nick Walters	398,000
	6	Sam Ioannou	891,000
	7	n/a	800,000
	8	Christian Francia	1,540,000
	9	Ben Smith	1,260,000

Level Up

Golden Nugget Casino
Grand Poker Series
Ante Up Poker Tour Main Event

1330 Entries
45 Remain

Level 24
Blinds 12000/24000
Antes 4000

More to the Cashier

Here are more payouts from the Ante Up Poker tour Main Event during the Grand Poker Series at the Golden Nugget Las Vegas.

Place	Name	Cash
44	Ronald McGinnty	$2,201
45	Victor Sulder	$2,201
46	Karen Hodge	$1,975
47	David Feldman	$1,975
48	Jesse McEven	$1,975
49	Steven Bliewas	$1,975
50	Jay Ginsberg	$1,975
51	Andrew Rubinberg	$1,975
52	Brian Kirchhoff	$1,975
53	Vegard Ropstad	$1,975
54	Jenny Marczynski	$1,975
55	Gary Chan	$1,788
56	Dustin An	$1,788
57	Glen Runge	$1,788
58	Anthony Vidmer	$1,788
59	Fred Berg	$1,788

Dinner Break

The 45 remaining players are on a one-hour dinner break, we'll have full chipcounts when players come back from break

Make That 5 Tables

The field has beenr educed to 45 players now, 5 tables of 9

Three in, Two Gone

With blinds at 10,000/20,000, Adnrew Rubinberg moves all-in from UTG for his last 160,000. 'Fairway' Jay Ginsbach raises to 250,000 and then sees from Alberto Girimanu the cutoff move all in for 362,000.

Ginsbach decides to make the call for almost all his chips.

Rubinberg - 6♥7♥
Ginsbach - T♥T♦
Girimanu - Q♦Q♥

The player in the BB says he folded the two black Q's and Kenneth Nong said he folded 99 there.

The board runs out 3♠K♥7♦3♣K♠

Rubinberg is eliminated and as Ginsbach counts out his stack to find out he is 2,000 chips shy of Girimanu so he is also out.

Girimanu moves to 915,000

Up Up Up

Golden Nugget Casino
Grand Poker Series
Ante Up Poker Tour Main Event

1330 Entries
51 Remain

Level 23
Blinds 10000/20000
Antes 3000

4 More Than a Milly

Four players have cracked the 1,000,000-stack mark now as we near the end of level 22.

Christian Francia - 1,600,000 - is the overall chipleader
Walter Quarenta - 1,240,000 - is 2nd in chips
Ben Smith - 1,135,000 - sits in 3rd place
Ryan Teves - 1,010,000 - first to a Milly, now sits in 4th with 53 players remaining.

More to the Cage

Here is a new round of payouts in the Ante Up Poker Tour Main Event at the Grand Poker Series at the Golden Nugget Las Vegas.

Place	Name	Cash
60	Roberto Maldonado	$1,788
61	John Farmer	$1,788
62	William Nguyen	$1,788
63	Heiu Tran	$1,788
64	Richard Gore	$1,635
65	William Gerenz	$1,635
66	Perry Shiao	$1,635
67	Mark Rodriguez	$1,635
68	Jean Moussa	$1,635
69	Aaron Schaft	$1,635
70	David Urban	$1,635
71	Lee Vaccaro	$1,635
72	William Hong	$1,635
73	Barbara Sargent	$1,502
74	Randal Sklar	$1,502
75	Miguel Garcia	$1,502

Up One More Time

Golden Nugget Casino
Grand Poker Series
Ante Up Poker Tour Main Event

1330 Entries
65 Remain

Level 22
Blinds 8000/16000
Antes 2000

Francia Gets Two

Christian Francia is debating whether to call the all in of Mark Rodriguez, who moved in over the top of the ubershort all in from Jean Moussa.
Rodriguez gives a speech and stands, trying to get a call, ... and he does

Moussa - A9
Rodriguez - AK
Francia - TT

The board runs out 6-2-8-9-4 and Francia gets two.

Jean Moussa - eliminated
Mark Rodriguez - eliminated
Christian Francia - 628,000

AK Hates Urban

We arrived just as David Urban was standing up and sliding the rest of his chips over to Welther Marmol, Urban's cards in the muck and AK sitting in front of Marmol with the board showing 6-6-8-8-A.

David Urban - 68th Place -
Welther Marmol - 800,000

Teves to the Top

Ryan Teves doubled up early in Day 2 when his AK held against the AQ of David Urban, pushing Teves up to about 540,000.

He has almost exactly doubled again since we saw that hand against Urban, now the first player to eclipse the MillyMark with 1,055,000 chips.

Raise the Blinds

Golden Nugget Casino
Grand Poker Series
Ante Up Poker Tour Main Event

1330 Entries
80 Remain

Level 21
Blinds 6000/12000
Antes 2000

To the Payout Window

Here is the next round of payouts in the Ante Up Poker Tour Main Event at the Grand Poker Series at the Golden Nugget Las Vegas.

Each player cashes for $1,270

Place	Name
92	Matthew Alexander
93	Shawn Radley
94	Prasad Inamdar
95	Alexander Haran
96	Ubaid Habib
97	Prince Cassell
98	Robert Marino
99	Anthony Naroi

Give a Player a Break

... Well, give 'em all a break.

The remaining 79 players have headed off on their second 15-minute break of the day. On return, players will be facing blinds of 6000/12000 with 2000 antes.

I Think I saw 88 Hold

Hieu Tran sees Blake Kelso move all in from middle position, sees he has Kelso covered, hesitates a moment then makes the call.

Kelso - AK
Tran - 88

The flop runs out 7-2-K, Kelso in the lead.
The 9 turn changes nothing, but Tran catches his set on the river,

I get all wierded out every time I see someone all in with the Holdem Radio Memorial Bustout Hand of 88.

Blake Kelso - eliminated
Heiu Tran - 665,000

Pay These Folks

Here is the another round of payouts in the Ante Up Poker Tour Main Event at the Grand Poker Series at the Golden Nugget Las Vegas.

Each player cashes for $1,170

Place	Name
100	Carolyn Schooley
101	Dominic Ricciardi
102	Beverly Kelso
103	Olav Haugen
104	Ada Lang
105	Stephen Bierman
106	Paul Laden
107	Kevin McColgan
108	Daniel Boros

Run It Up

Golden Nugget Casino
Grand Poker Series
Ante Up Poker Tour Main Event

1330 Entries
97 Remain

Level 20
Blinds 5000/10000
Antes 1000

Kings Hate Queens

Beverly Kelso is all in for her tournament life, called by Thomas Blesi, who barely has her covered.

Kelso - KK
Blesi - QQ

The board runs out 9♥5♦Q♠T♦T♣ and Kelso is eliminated in 105th place, cashing for $1,170.
"I am not griping about it," said Kelso, "I got a buck or two."

This is the second time we've seen KK fail to hold in the last 30 minutes when up against QQ.

Pay Jump

Here is the next round of payouts in the Ante Up Poker Tour Main Event at the Grand Poker Series at the Golden Nugget Las Vegas.

Each player cashes for $1,077

Place	Name
109	Manuel Avila
110	Michael Adamo
111	Krishan Chockalingam
112	Jason Stults
113	Jacob Panzeri
114	Josh Silva
115	Miguel Mateu
116	Ruth Graham
117	Lucas Anthony

Early Eliminations

Here is the first round of payouts in the Ante Up Poker Tour Main Event at the Grand Poker Series at the Golden Nugget Las Vegas.

Each player mincashes for $990

Place	Name
118	Adam Grubbs
119	Lauren Billings
120	Andrew Mackenzie
121	Michael Sewell
122	Lester Edoc
123	Hussain Sajwani
124	Robert Hoose
125	Timothy Bryan
126	Kevin Tran
127	Ray Hederer
128	Anthony Bublitz
129	Salvatore Busacca
130	Pfizer Jordan
131	Adam Rouse
132	Glennadiy Dvosis
133	Danard Petit
134	Brain Hartner
135	Daryl Christopher Roberts

Level Up

Golden Nugget Casino
Grand Poker Series
Ante Up Poker Tour Main Event

1330 Entries
115 Remain

Level 19
Blinds 4000/8000
Antes 1000

KK v QQ Oh My

With a raise and a call in front of him, Ubaid Habib raises only to see Mitchell Nong on his left move all in. The first two players in the pot get away and Habib makes the call, having Nong covered by about 100,000..

Habib - KK
Nong - QQ

Now, we know what the flop was because one of the players took a photo of the board to show us, and we knew there was quite a hand due to the yelling that came from across the tournament poker room.

A K was in the window, top set for Habib, but the next TWO cards spread on the flop were Q's .. Nong flopped quads.

No case king for Habib and most of his stack went one spot to his left.

Mitchell Nong - 655,000
Ubaid Habib - 91,000

Urban Bursts Bubble

David Urban makes the call of the all-in by Tzu Yoo Yen and action holds until all tables are clear, this is the only all in and a call, so here we go

Tzu - 66
Urban - AA

Urban took a hit a while back when his AQ ran into the AK of Ryan Teves, but he stands poised to burst the bubble and get a lot of chips back.

The board runs out 8-2-T-Q-Q and the bubble has burst.

David Urban - 460,000
Tzu Yoo Yen - eliminated

Ubaid Chips Up

Ubaid Habib - runner-up in the 2012 WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star ($570,000) - adds to his chipstack by raking down a 100k pot on the money bubble when his top pair is good.

Ubaid Habib - 370,000

Hand-for-Hand

136 Remain

135 Cash

we're on the money bubble

Squeaky Tight

We have not reached the money bubble, but we've only lost two people since coming back from break 14 minutes ago, players tightening up, seeing few flops.

2 from the money
NOT at hand-for-hand yet

StanGone

Just before we reached the money bubble we lost Stan Jablonski.

Jam 20 bigs from cutoff w KJ @GNLVpoker. SB wakes up w QQ. GG. Nice event. Great room to play poker in. GL to all still in the hunt....
— Stan Jablonski (@StanJablonski) July 3, 2015

Main Event Payouts

Here are the Payouts for the Ante Up Poker Tour Main Event in the Grand Poker Classic at the Golden Nugget Las Vegas.

6/30-7/3/15
1330 Entries
$665,000 Prize Pool
Paying 135 Places

Place	Payout
1	$118,106
2	$73,150
3	$53,685
4	$40,565
5	$30,955
6	$23,826
7	$18,553
8	$14,616
9	$11,650
10-12	$9,389
13-15	$7,654
16-18	$6,310
19-21	$5,260
22-24	$4,428
25-27	$3,770
28-30	$3,245
31-33	$2,819
34-36	$2,480
37-45	$2,201
46-54	$1,975
55-63	$1,788
64-72	$1,635
73-81	$1,502
82-90	$1,383
91-99	$1,270
100-108	$1,170
109-117	$1,077
118-126	$990
127-135	$990

4 From the Money

Today's Main Event pays the top 135 players and we are down to 139 as players come back from break.

The money bubble looms ....

Get Outta Here

OK, maybe y'all don't need to leave, but the remaining 143 players are on their first 15-minute break of the day.
When players return they are going to be 8 away from the money, facing blinds of 3000/6000 with 1000 antes.

Early Trouble for Jablonski

Stan Jablonski - all-time cash leader for the Heartland Poker Tour - took a pretty big hit here early in Day 2, we'll let him tell you via his Tweet.

Day 2 @GNLVpoker. Guy w 55k opens 10k. I raise to 25k w AK. Next kid jams 127k. Lose flip vs QQ. Rebuild time. 20 bigs. 100k.
— Stan Jablonski (@StanJablonski) July 3, 2015

Teves 2 Pair Good

David Urban and Ryan Teves find themselves all in with Urban having Teves covered

Urban - AQ
Teves - AK

The board runs our KxxAx and Teves earns a full double-up through Urban

Ryan Teves - 540,000
David Urban - 200,000

Bilings Doubles

Lauren Billings raises from UTG+1 and the player on her left hesitates, then decides to move all in. Billings gets a quick count, sees she has her opponent covered and moves all in as well.

Billings - JJ
Opponent - 88

The Board runs out 4♥2♦5♥Q♣5♦

Lauren Billings - 190,000

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