$1,100 Main Event
Day 2 Completed
Ante Up Poker Tour Atlantis
$1,100 Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Ante Up Poker Tour Atlantis
Buy-in
$1,100
Prize Pool
$200,000
Entries
189
Level
25
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
40,000
Level 25
: 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
The 2019 Ante Up Poker Tour Atlantis $1,100 Main Event has come to an end, and John Nethery is the last player standing. Nethery outlasted a field of 189 entries, taking home the first place prize of $47,902. Nethery won the heads-up battle against runner up Rian Mullins, who takes home $33,581 for the second place finish.
"I feel great," Nethery said. "Top of the world. I came out to win it."
Nethery rose to the top at a final table that included four-time WSOP bracelet winner and two-time Run It Up Reno Main Event champion Loren Klein, as well as aggressive players like Valerie Hanley and Ryan Awwad.
Nethery first played against Klein at the beginning of Day 1b, not knowing about Klein's impressive poker resume.
"I didn't ask him what he did," said Nethery of his first encounter with Klein. "Some of the guys were talking, showing pictures. All I knew was his name was Loren." Nethery then texted his daugher in Pleasanton, California, about the guy named Loren at the table, and she texted back with confirmation that it was indeed a four-time WSOP champion Nethery was up against.
Perhaps the biggest hand of the tournament came in three handed play, with Nethery, Mullins and Hanley all in a dead heat, each with around 1.6 million chips. Hanley got the better end of an ace-king versus king-queen situation, with his diamond suited big slick bringing a double up through Hanley on a king-high runout.
That hand left Hanley with just 400,000 chips, and on the following hand, Nethery took the rest of Hanley’s chips with pocket tens against Hanley’s ten-nine offsuit.
Nethery went into the heads-up battle with nearly a three-to-one chip lead against Mullins, and took less than hour to clinch the championship. The $47,902 cash is the biggest of Nethery’s career.
Nethery came into Day 2 as the overall chip leader, with nearly 200,000 more chips at 2500/5000 blinds than Klein, who came into the day second in chips. Day 2 started with 24 players still remaining.
Klein Starts Big, Hits the Wall
Despite looking up at a 40 big blind deficit in chips to Nethery, Klein grabbed the chip lead just minutes into Day 2, knocking out Daoud Majid in a matter of two hands and adding Majid’s 200k-plus starting stack to his own.
Klein stayed at or near the top of the leaderboard throughout the rest of the day, and was one of the first players in the tournament to hit the 1,000,000 chip mark. Klein went into the final table second in chips and held steady until six players remained.
A losing hand against Mullins left Klein hanging on by a thin margin, however. Nethery open raised from the cutoff, Mullins called from the button, and Klein three-bet all in for his 725,000 stack. Nethery folded but Mullins called, and Mullins took most of Klein’s stack with pocket tens against Klein’s ace-nine offsuit.
The hand left Klein with seven big blinds, and he bowed out in sixth place for a $9,600 payday shortly thereafter.
The Final Table
Hanley, Nethery, Awwad and Klein went into the final table as the big stacks, with everyone else well behind. Other final table
finishers included Madison Austria (ninth, $4,780), Marshal Barnes (eighth, $6,387),Jed Hoffman (seventh, $7,974), Klein in sixth, Awwad (fifth, $12,000), Craig Disalvo (fourth, $15,987), and Hanley (third, $21,580).
The first place prize for Nethery includes an entry into the 2020 Ante Up World Championship Main Event, worth $1,650.
Final Table Results
| Place | Winner | Country | Prize (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Nethery | United States | $47,902 |
| 2 | Rian Mullins | United States | $21,580 |
| 3 | Valerie Hanley | United States | $72,933 |
| 4 | Craig Disalvo | United States | $15,987 |
| 5 | Ryan Awwad | United States | $12,000 |
| 6 | Loren Klein | United States | $9,600 |
| 7 | Jed Hoffman | United States | $7,974 |
| 8 | Marshal Barnes | United States | $6,387 |
| 6 | Madison Austria | United States | $4,780 |
Level 25
: 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
John Nethery spent the last few orbits raising, getting folds and chipping away at Rian Mullins' stack.
With about 12 big blinds remaining, Mullins shoved over the top of a 110,000 open raise from Nethery, and Nethery snap called.
Rian Mullins: 
John Nethery: 
Nethery's queen high was ahead all the way, as the runout fell 
. Mullins goes out in second, and John Nethery is the Ante Up Poker Tour Atlantis Main Event champion.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
4,725,000
1,315,000
|
1,315,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 25
: 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
John Nethery opened to 110,000, Rian Mullins three-bet to 300,000, and Nethery called.
Mullins bet 300,000 on the 
flop, and Nethery called.
Mullins checked the 
turn, Nethery bet 500,000, and Mullins folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,410,000
510,000
|
510,000 |
|
|
1,315,000
-510,000
|
-510,000 |
Level 25
: 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Rian Mullins opened to 100,000, and John Nethery made the call.
Netherty check-called bets for 100,000, 125,000, and 100,000 across the three streets, and Mullins took the pot with 
against 
for Nethery.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,900,000
-615,000
|
-615,000 |
|
|
1,825,000
615,000
|
615,000 |
Level: 25
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 40,000
Level 24
: 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
John Nethery and Rian Mullins are on a 15-minute break; the heads-up matchup for the championship will resume on the other side.
Level 24
: 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
In a three-bet pot, John Nethery checked from the small blind, and Valerie Hanley went all in for the rest of her stack, around 1.3 million. With the flop reading , Nethery snap called.
John Nethery: 
Valerie Hanley: 
Hanley's pair of kings was outkicked, and the turn 
and river 
brought no help, leaving Hanley with 400,000 chips after the loss.
Shortly thereafter, Hanley went all in preflop from the small blind, and Nethery called from the big blind blind.
Valerie Hanley: 
John Nethery: 
Board: 
The hand was Hanley's final of the tournament, leaving Nethery and Rian Mullins to play heads-up for the championship.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,515,000
2,060,000
|
2,060,000 |
|
|
1,210,000
-380,000
|
-380,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 24
: 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Rian Mullins went all in for 765,000 from the button, and Valerie Hanley called from the small blind.
Rian Mullins:
Valerie Hanley:
Board: 
Mullins better pair held through the runout, and after the win the three final players are all in close contention.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,680,000
-355,000
|
-355,000 |
|
|
1,590,000
770,000
|
770,000 |
|
|
1,455,000
-415,000
|
-415,000 |
Level 24
: 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Rian Mullins shoved 380,000 from the small blind, and Valerie Hanley called from the big blind.
Rian Mullins:
Valerie Hanley: 
Board: 
Mullins better kicker to the ace high played through the river, and Mullins is still in the hunt in three-handed play.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,035,000
-235,000
|
-235,000 |
|
|
1,870,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
|
820,000
315,000
|
315,000 |