Rommel Damasco has won Event #12 ($270 Action8) of the Ante Up World Championship a Thunder Valley Casino Resort in Lincoln, Calif.
Damasco earned $23,494 after a four-player deal in the event, which drew 858 entries over three starting flights to more than double the $100,000 guarantee with a prize pool of $201,620.
Damasco, who also won Event #7 for this series first double-winner, moved to just 12 points shy of Joseph Brandenburg for the Player of the Series title, which comes with a free entry in the $1,650 Main Event. While there are two events remaining, Damasco did not enter this morning’s Head to Head Championship, so will need an 18th place finish or better in the afternoon bounty event to surpass Brandenburg.
Damasco was 19th in chips to start Day 2, and moved up to sixth at the 27-player redraw. He was second in chips when the event reached the final table behind Andrew Cashatt, who was one of the four players in the final deal.
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- Reporting courtesy of Dan Ross of Hold’em Media
| 8/24.26/2021 | Ante Up | Worlds | Series |
| Event 12 | $275 | Action8 | $100k GTD |
| 858 | Entries | ||
| $201,620 | Prize Pool | ||
| 109 | Places Paid | ||
| PLACE | PAYOUT | POINTS | |
| 1 | Rommel Damasco | $23,494 | 91 |
| 2 | Andrew Cashatt | $22,993 | 91 |
| 3 | Martin Abarca | $22,280 | 91 |
| 4 | Hieu Le | $19,963 | 91 |
| 5 | William Bassett | $9,810 | 77 |
| 6 | Xing Liu | $7,525 | 63 |
| 7 | Rick Saelee | $5,810 | 54 |
| 8 | jae Chung | $4,570 | 45 |
| 9 | Vincent Saechao | $3,520 | 36 |
| 10 | Cyril Williams | $3,520 | 36 |
| 11 | Michael McGonigle | $2,820 | 33 |
| 12 | Tony Ginzbourg | $2,820 | 33 |
| 13 | Michael Plowden | $2,280 | 29 |
| 14 | Shijia Liu | $2,280 | 29 |
| 15 | Andreas Kniep | $1,850 | 26 |
| 16 | Andrew Jenkins | $1,850 | 26 |
| 17 | Russell Perry | $1,540 | 23 |
| 18 | Allan Fernando | $1,540 | 23 |
| 19 | Allen litvak | $1,540 | 23 |
| 20 | Jack Eads | $1,540 | 23 |
| 21 | Franklin Curren | $1,275 | 20 |
| 22 | Steven Geralis | $1,275 | 20 |
| 23 | Matthew Fowler | $1,275 | 20 |
| 24 | Xa Yang | $1,178 | 20 |
| 24 | Jose Esparza | $1,177 | 17 |
| 26 | Matthew Boddorf | $1,080 | 17 |
| 27 | James Brown | $1,080 | 17 |
| 28 | RIchard Mendoza | $1,080 | 17 |
| 29 | Donna Delfin | $1,080 | 17 |
| 30 | Anthony Swift | $1,080 | 17 |
| 31 | Adrian Martinez | $1,080 | 17 |
| 32 | Hafiz Khan | $1,080 | 17 |
| 33 | Kasey Dorin | $930 | 14 |
| 34 | Deborah Sternberg | $930 | 14 |
| 35 | Ryan Awwad | $930 | 14 |
| 36 | Michael Narlesky | $930 | 14 |
| 37 | Christopher Trevino | $930 | 14 |
| 38 | Steven Grybas | $930 | 14 |
| 39 | Ryan Rielley | $930 | 14 |
| 40 | Nathan Mermod | $930 | 14 |
| 41 | Paul Taeza | $810 | 14 |
| 42 | Wilbert Chun | $810 | 14 |
| 43 | Miguel Avenecia | $810 | 14 |
| 44 | Richard Fifield | $810 | 14 |
| 45 | Teng Vang | $810 | 14 |
| 46 | Irineo Bernardo | $810 | 14 |
| 47 | Arthur Martinez | $810 | 14 |
| 48 | Phong Nguyen | $810 | 14 |
| 49 | Jonathan Benner | $715 | 12 |
| 50 | Eric Boyme | $715 | 12 |
| 51 | Michael Harvey | $715 | 12 |
| 52 | Imad Sahtout | $715 | 12 |
| 53 | Laurie Dragner | $715 | 12 |
| 54 | Darrel Dier | $715 | 12 |
| 55 | Glenn Linz | $715 | 12 |
| 56 | Michael Sy | $715 | 12 |
| 57 | Phil Xiong | $640 | 12 |
| 58 | Henrieto Acain | $640 | 12 |
| 59 | Matthew Kramer | $640 | 12 |
| 60 | David Forsberg | $640 | 12 |
| 61 | Mukuch Mkrtchyan | $640 | 12 |
| 62 | Marvin Cotton | $640 | 12 |
| 63 | Dang Vang | $640 | 12 |
| 64 | Franklin Chavez | $640 | 12 |
| 65 | Peter Stenseth | $580 | 10 |
| 66 | Sandra Guitron | $580 | 10 |
| 67 | Jeffrey Mitseff | $580 | 10 |
| 68 | RIchard Troendley | $580 | 10 |
| 69 | Kao Seachao (WA) | $580 | 10 |
| 70 | Otito Owens | $580 | 10 |
| 71 | James Prager | $515 | 8 |
| 71 | Lorena Chiquillo | $515 | 8 |
| 73 | Enrique Segura | $450 | 8 |
| 73 | Earl Baker | $450 | 8 |
| 73 | James Hadley | $450 | 8 |
| 73 | David Shell | $450 | 8 |
| 73 | Wilton Alejandro | $450 | 8 |
| 73 | Brian Schaniel | $450 | 8 |
| 73 | Lavonne Joyce | $450 | 8 |
| 73 | Shane Pierson | $450 | 8 |
| 73 | James Van Brunt | $450 | 8 |
| 73 | Reginald Pears | $450 | 8 |
| 73 | Jesse Shadle | $450 | 8 |
| 73 | Lay Saelee | $450 | 8 |
| 73 | Cheng Xiong | $450 | 8 |
| 73 | Arthur Tanimoto | $450 | 8 |
| 73 | MIchael Kong | $450 | 8 |
| 88 | Kao Saechao (CA) | $375 | 8 |
| 88 | Jimmy Seay | $375 | 8 |
| 88 | Jenny Truong | $375 | 6 |
| 88 | Rudy Robledo | $375 | 6 |
| 88 | Matthew Fowler | $375 | 6 |
| 88 | Jeffrey Cho | $375 | 6 |
| 88 | Phong Nguyen | $375 | 6 |
| 88 | Nicholas Scalise | $375 | 6 |
| 88 | Andres Tamberg | $375 | 6 |
| 88 | Jonathan Delmore-Davis | $375 | 6 |
| 88 | Tom Wong | $375 | 6 |
| 88 | Forrest Kollar | $375 | 6 |
| 88 | Brandon Garcia | $375 | 6 |
| 88 | Kenneth Walton | $375 | 6 |
| 88 | Mario Quijano | $375 | 6 |
| 88 | Phillip Phongsaiphonh | $375 | 6 |
| 88 | Alexander Rodriguez | $375 | 6 |
| 88 | Randall Archuleta | $375 | 6 |
| 88 | Taylor Tu | $375 | 6 |
| 88 | Allison De Souza | $375 | 6 |
