Donald "Doc" Brown Bags Big on Day 1C
Another flight is in the books at the Ante Up Poker Tour $250 Main Event as Day 1C came to an end with just 15 players finding a bag after 14 levels. After a strong finish to the day, Donald Brown emerged as the chip leader and will return to 288,000 chips on Day 2.
The day started off a bit shaky for Brown, who calls himself "Doc", as his pocket aces were cracked twice and pocket kings even lost as well in the early going. However, he managed to hold on to some chips and found some crucial spots for double ups and even tripled up once. It was a strong push near the end where he eliminated Aaron Thivyanathan to take over the chip lead.
Some other big stacks to join Brown from the Day 1C flight include Mike Taylor (231,500), Jin Chen (220,000), Marv Karlins (187,500), and Efim Kochner (187,000). They will join the rest of the players from the starting flights on Day 2 which will take place on February 10th at 1 p.m. where a champion will be crowned.
The action for the third flight got underway at 6 p.m. with just under 20 players taking their seats but that number quickly grew just like the other starting days. With late registration open for over four hours, it attracted a total of 87 entries — most notably seeing Anthony Dianaty fire off five bullets alone tonight without bagging chips.
Coming back from the last break of the night with just two tables remaining, it was a fight to see who could outlast the others in order to make Day 2. Unfortunately for players like Mehdi Belhassan, Aaron Thivyanathan, and Dritan Shkupi, they were eliminated in the last couple levels of the night.
Main Event Schedule
| Day | Date | Time | Entries | Advanced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day 1A | Thursday, February 7th | 6 p.m. | 89 | 18 |
| Day 1B | Friday, February 8th | 1 p.m. | 86 | 14 |
| Day 1C | Friday, February 8th | 6 p.m. | 87 | 15 |
| Day 1D | Saturday, February 9th | 1 p.m. | - | - |
| Day 1E | Saturday, February 9th | 6 p.m. | - | - |
| Day 2 | Sunday, Februrary 10th | 1 p.m. | - | - |
All of those that were eliminated will still have two more opportunities to move on the final day with two starting flights beginning at 1 p.m. and 6 p.m. on February 9th. Continue to follow along with the PokerNews live reporting team for all of the live updates throughout the entire event.