'I came back from pretty far down,' Sumner said. Sumner defeated Furkan Beg ($12,886) heads-up to clinch the win.

The turnaround started with a big win in a three-way hand in the opening minutes of the ten-handed final table.įrom there, Sumner stayed near the top of the chip leaderboard. Sumner fired three bullets in the Main Event and spent most of the final day short-stacked before going on a heater at the final table. 'I was carrying ten big blinds through the last five hours up to the final table.' Sumner will also grace the cover of the December issue of Ante Up Magazine. Sumner took home the second-biggest score of his career with the payday, and also secured a seat in the 2020 Ante Up World Championship Main Event ($1,650 value). Sumner came out on top of a field of 475 total entries in the $400 Main Event, taking home $12,886 after two different chop deals at the final table.

A wild tournament ended on Saturday at the Ante Up Wild Horse Pass $400 Main Event, with Arizona resident Ken Sumner coming away with the championship.

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