We’re headed back to our home city of Reno, Nevada in August as the Ante Up Poker Tour returns to the Atlantis Casino Resort Spa the 15-25th for a series of tournaments including a $200,000 Guaranteed $1,100 Main Event.
We are on property for tournament coverage of every tournament in the series. Head on over to the Atlantis website to check out the full series schedule.
Imad Lahham became the first-ever back-to-back Ante Up tour main event winner when he took down last year’s Main Event just a few weeks after winning the Season XII championship event at TVPokerRoom.
Also during that series, the $160 8-game mix was won by Loren Klein. Why mention this, you ask? Well, Klein was back home after earning his third WSOP bracelet in three years – this one a $1,018,336 victory in the $10k PLO (yes, you read that right, he was in a $160 buy-in a few weeks after winning more than a million dollars in a single tourney!) – one of a very few to have ever accomplished this feat.
At the tournament he joked about what it would take to be the first person since Doyle Brunson in 1976-79 to win a bracelet in four consecutive years. Fast forward to the $2,500 Mixed Big Bet this year, and Klein accomplished the goal, winning his 4th WSOP bracelet in 4 years.
We’ll have all the tournament updates right here for the entire series.
Dan is the founder of PokerLiveUpdates, a veteran poker tournament reporter who can be found wandering somewhat aimlessly through tournament arenas worldwide. As a founding member of FunTour2.0, he searches for the best in craft beer at all locations in the poker world.
