**Exhibit 31.2**

 

### **CERTIFICATION**

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I, John Simonelli,certify that:

 

1.              I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Qof ante4, Inc.;

 

2.              Based on my knowledge, this quarterlyreport does not contain any untrue statements of a material fact or omit tostate a material fact necessary to make the statement made, in light of thecircumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading withrespect to the period covered by this quarterly report;

 

3.              Based on my knowledge, the financialstatements, and other financial information included in this quarterly report,fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results ofoperations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periodspresented in this quarterly report;

 

4.              ante4, Inc.’s other certifyingofficer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosurecontrols and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined inExchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for ante4, Inc., andhave:

 

a.              designed such disclosure controls andprocedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designedunder our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to ante4, Inc.,including its subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within thoseentities, particularly during the period in which this quarterly report isbeing prepared;

 

b.             designed such internal control overfinancial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reportingto be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regardingthe reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financialstatements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accountingprinciples;

 

c.              evaluated the effectiveness of ante4, Inc.’sdisclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusionsabout the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of theend of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

 

d.             disclosed in this report any change inante4, Inc.’s internal control over financial reporting that occurredduring ante4, Inc.’s most recent fiscal quarter that has materiallyaffected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, ante4, Inc.’sinternal control over financial reporting;

 

5.              ante4, Inc.’s other certifyingofficer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internalcontrol over financial reporting, to ante4, Inc.’s auditors and the auditcommittee of ante4, Inc.’s board of directors (or persons performing theequivalent functions):

 

a.               all significant deficiencies and materialweaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financialreporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect ante4, Inc.’sability to record, process, summarize and report financial  information; and

 

b.              any fraud, whether or not material, thatinvolves management or other employees who have a significant role in ante4, Inc.’sinternal control over financial reporting.

 
| Date: November 10,  2009 | /s/ *John Simonelli*             |
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|                          | John Simonelli                   |
|                          | Interim Chief Financial  Officer |

 

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