Tour

Ante Up Player of the Year

The Ante Up Player of the Year is determined by points earned by finishing in the top 10 of qualifying events at casinos across the country.

Visit the Ante Up Player of the Year leaderboard for the current standings!

2012 schedule

More events are added each month, so check back often to see the up-to-date schedule:

  • JAN. 20 - Red Rock Poker Challenge main event, Red Rock Casino (NV) - Champion: Benjamin Yu
  • JAN. 21 - Million Dollar Heater main event, Beau Rivage (MS) - Champion: John Dolan
  • JAN. 21 - World Series of Poker Circuit main event, Choctaw Casino (OK) - Champion: Abraham Araya
  • JAN. 27 - Isle Poker Classic main event, Isle Casino Pompano (FL) - Champion: Danny Shiff
  • FEB. 9 Heartland Poker Tour main event, Daytona Beach Kennel Club (FL).
  • FEB. 10 - Miami Gardens Poker Classic main event, Calder Casino (FL).
  • FEB. 10 - World Poker Tour Lucky Hearts Poker Open main event, Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood (FL).
  • FEB. 17 - Heartland Poker Tour main event, Downstream Resort (OK).
  • FEB. 19 - DeepStack Extravaganza main event, Venetian Las Vegas (NV)
  • FEB. 25 - World Series of Poker Circuit main event, Palm Beach Kennel Club (FL)
  • MARCH 18 - Ante Up Poker Cruise Spring Event #1, Royal Caribbean's Jewel of the Seas (FL)
  • MARCH 21 - Ante Up Poker Cruise Spring Event #2, Royal Caribbean's Jewel of the Seas (FL)
  • MARCH 23 - World Poker Tour Regional main event, Derby Lane (FL)
  • MARCH 23 - Battles at the Beach main event, Isle Casino Pompano (FL)
  • MARCH 24 - World Series of Poker Circuit main event, Harrah's Rincon (CA)
  • APRIL 1 - Sweet 16 Tournament Series main event, Thunder Valley Resort (CA)
  • APRIL 18 - World Poker Tour Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Showdown, Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood (FL)
  • APRIL 27 - World Poker Tour Jacksonville Spring Series main event, BestBet Jacksonville (FL)
  • AUG. 30 - Ante Up Poker Cruise Summer Event #1, Royal Caribbean's Monarch of the Seas (FL)
  • AUG. 30 - Ante Up Poker Cruise Summer Event #2, Royal Caribbean's Monarch of the Seas (FL)
  • NOV. 11 - Ante Up Poker Cruise Winter Event #1, Royal Caribbean's Enchantment of the Seas (MD)
  • NOV. 14 - Ante Up Poker Cruise Winter Event #2, Royal Caribbean's Enchantment of the Seas (MD)
  • NOV. 15 - Ante Up Poker Cruise Winter Event #3, Royal Caribbean's Enchantment of the Seas (MD)
  • NOV. 16 - Ante Up Poker Cruise Winter Event #4, Royal Caribbean's Enchantment of the Seas (MD)

2011 results

  • JAN. 21 - Isle Poker Classic main event (Isle Casino Pompano Park) - Champion: Matthew Waxman
  • JAN. 23 - Southern Poker Championship main event (Beau Rivage) - Champion: Alexander Kuzmin
  • JAN. 31 - Chad Brown No Limit Texas Hold’em Championship main event (Orange Park Kennel Club) - Champion: Corey Burbick
  • FEB. 4 - Winter Poker Open main event (Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood) - Champion: Ronit Chamani
  • FEB. 13 - World Series of Poker Circuit main event (Harrah’s Tunica) - Champion: Samuel Barnhart
  • FEB. 27 - World Series of Poker Circuit main event (Palm Beach Kennel Club) - Champion - John Riordan
  • MARCH 5 - Delta Gold Poker Classic main event (Gold Strike Resort) - Champion: James Reed
  • MARCH 11 - Ante Up Spring Poker Cruise main event (Royal Caribbean's Navigator of the Seas) - Champion: Neil Lawson
  • MARCH 26 - Spring Break Poker Classic main event (Beau Rivage) - Champion: Paul Odum
  • APRIL 22 - Battles at the Beach main event (Isle Casino Pompano Park) - Champion: Tony Spinella
  • APRIL 27 - Seminole Hard Rock Casino & Hotel Showdown main event - Champion: Taylor Von Kriegenbergh
  • MAY 8 - Louisiana Poker Championship main event (Isle of Capri Lake Charles) - Champion: Ly Do
  • MAY 27 - Everglades Poker Open (Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood) - Champion: Fred Goldberg
  • JULY 29 - Florida State Poker Championship (Isle Casino Pompano Park) - Champion: Connor Dinan
  • AUG. 6 - Gold Strike World Poker Open main event - Champion: David Diaz
  • AUG. 13 - Jacksonville Summer Series main event (Orange Park Kennel Club) - Champion: Chris Conrad
  • AUG. 20 - Parx Open Poker Classic main event (Parx Casino) - Champion: McLean Karr
  • SEPT. 1 - Ante Up Poker Cruise main event (Royal Caribbean's Monarch of the Seas) - Champion: Neal Plotkin
  • SEPT. 4 - Gulf Coast Poker Championship main event (Beau Rivage) - Champion: Ali Alawadhi
  • SEPT. 17 - Emerald Coast Poker Championship main event (Ebro Greyhound Park) - Champion: W.H. "Buster" Coleman
  • SEPT. 23 - 7 Clans Poker Cup Series main event (Coushatta Casino) - Champion: Matthew Beisner
  • SEPT. 24 - Scotty Nguyen Tournament (Seminole Casino Immokalee) - Champion: Louis Pfaff
  • OCT. 8 - Heartland Poker Tour main event (Daytona Beach Kennel Club) - Champion: Nick Schwarmann
  • OCT. 14 - World Poker Tour Regional (Isle Black Hawk) - Champion: Christopher Tryba
  • OCT. 15 - Fall Poker Classic (Canterbury Park) - Champion: Jared Hubbard
  • OCT. 21 - Isle Open main event (Isle Pompano Park) - Champion: Kevin Deng
  • OCT. 22 - Heartland Poker Tour main event (Downstream Casino Resort) - Champion: Scott Hastings
  • OCT. 27 - Foxwoods World Poker Finals main event - Champion: Dan Santoro
  • NOV. 4 - Hard Rock Casino Poker Open main event (Hard Rock Tulsa) - Champion: Steven Tait
  • NOV. 11 - Rock N' Roll Poker Open main event (Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood) - Champion: Farhan Madhani
  • NOV. 12 - Magnolia Fall Classic main event (Horseshoe Casino Tunica) - Champion: Raymond Delcueto
  • NOV. 19 - World Poker Tour Regional main event (Jacksonville Poker Room - Orange Park) - Champion: Anthony Ruberto
  • NOV. 26 - Harvest Hold'em Series main event (Thunder Valley Resort) - Champions: Walter Klenhard/Bruce Angeski
  • DEC. 3 - Heartland Poker Tour main event (Peppermill Reno) - Champion: Lloyd Marshall
  • DEC. 9 - Winter Poker Open main event (Seminole Hard Rock Tampa) - Champion: Dan Clemente
  • DEC. 10 - Winter Poker Classic main event (Gold Strike) - Champion: Cory Wood
  • DEC. 14 - Ante Up Poker Cruise main event (Royal Caribbean's Voyager of the Seas) - Champion: John Johansen
  • DEC. 16 - 12 Days of Poker World Poker Tour Regional main event (Derby Lane) - Champion: Doug Lang
  • DEC. 16 - Palm Beach Christmas Classic main event (Palm Beach Kennel Club) - Champion: Scott Zakheim

Points

The top 10 players in each event win points based on their finish. Events are weighted to take into account buy-in amount and field size:

Here is the formula:
=10*(SQRT(x)/SQRT(y))*(1+LOG(z +0.25))
where "x" is the number of players, "y" is the player's finish and "z" is the buy-in amount.