Imad Lahham, who won the Ante Up World Championship last month, is the commanding chipleader among 26 players who return today to finish out the Main Event of the Ante Up Poker Tour at Atlantis Casino Resort Spa in Reno, Nev.
Lahham of Redwood City, Calif., has 831,000 in chips, nearly double that of Michael Pearson of San Francisco, Calif., who is second with 487,500.
The $1,100 event attracted 207 entries for a prize pool of $200,790. First place will be $49,337.
Players restart at noon with 11 minutes left in Level 17 with blinds of 1,000/2,500/5,000.
TABLE SEAT NAME CITY CHIPS
2 5 Imad Lahham Redwood City, CA 831,000
1 9 Michael Pearson SF, CA 487,500
1 2 Ty Kohler Reno, NV 461,000
2 2 Jaime Navarro Reno, NV 436,000
3 1 Jose Cavazos Houston, TX 272,500
3 9 Randy Gil Roseville, CA 264,500
1 3 Anthony Shearer Toledo, OH 212,500
1 4 Jared Shipley Silver Springs, NV 197,500
1 5 Jed Hoffman Reno, NV 193,000
3 4 Tim Joseph Pasco, WA 184,000
3 3 Josh Morrow Chico, CA 165,500
3 6 Ed Miller Granite Bay, CA 147,500
1 7 Bradford Jensen Fremont, CA 140,000
2 1 Bill Watchman Las Vegas, NV 129,500
2 9 Nicholas Tsukalas Las Vegas, NV 128,500
3 7 Shawn Van Asdale Reno, NV 119,000
1 1 James Lambert Lk. St. Louis, MO 113,000
2 4 Paul Sampson Fernley, NV 112,500
1 8 George Saca Sacramento, CA 112,000
3 8 Scott Yarnell Reno, NV 105,000
2 7 Joseph Ranciato Granite Bay, CA 82,000
1 6 Ray Villaman Truckee, CA 74,000
2 6 Scott Kipling Carson City, CA 63,000
2 8 Justo Avalos Elk Grove, CA 58,000
3 2 Robert Brewer Stockton, CA 50,500
3 5 Andrew Tang Sacramento, CA 46,000
Here are the payouts:
1 $49,337
2 $34,275
3 $20,581
4 $12,529
5 $9,678
6 $8,012
7 $6,827
8 $5,883
9 $4,939
10 $4,297
11 $4,297
12 $4,297
13 $3,654
14 $3,654
15 $3,654
16 $3,012
17 $3,012
18 $3,012
19 $2,409
20 $2,409
21 $2,409
22 $1,867
23 $1,867
24 $1,867
25 $1,506
26 $1,506
