The second event of Jason Somerville's 2015 Run It Up! Reno series from the Peppermill in Reno, Nevada, turned out to be an exciting affair. The $85 All-In-or-Fold No-Limit Hold'em tournament surpassed all expectations when it draw a raucous crowd that pumped out 112 entries and a prize pool of $14,390. At the end of all the carnage at about 1:30 a.m. local time, Brandon King proved the last man standing to win the $4,748 top prize and the right to be called champion.
Not only did King packet nearly $5,000 from the prize pool, but he was also the last Run It Up! warrior standing sporting Run It Up! gear that earned him a $565 Main Event buy-in as part of the last-longer prize. To earn the victory, King defeated Jamey Johnson in heads-up play.
William Recker finished in third place, and his performance thus far shouldn't be overlooked. Not only did his third-place finish in this event earn him $1,799, but Recker placed fifth in the $125 Tuesday Takeoff opening event earlier today for $1,188. That put his total earnings from 2015 Run It Up! Reno just shy of $3,000 with plenty more events to come.
Also finishing at the final table were James Wehe (4th - $1,223), Joe Nelligan (5th - $971), Michael Kinney (6th - $755), Garret Purdy (7th - $612), T.J. Dillashaw ( 8th - $468), and Anthony Summers ( 9th - $324).
That does it for Day 1 action from Reno, but there's plenty more still to come, including a morning workout on Wednesday at 10 a.m. local time hosted by UFC Bantamweight Champion and eighth-place finisher in this event T.J. Dillashaw, plus the $125 Survivor No-Limit Hold'em at 2 p.m. local time.
Be sure to stay tuned right here to PokerNews for continued live coverage, and we'll see you tomorrow!
Just one hand after Jamey Johnson was crippled, the two remaining players put all the money in blind preflop. As it turns out, Brandon King woke up with pockets aces for the second hand in a row — the . Johnson had the .
The flop, turn, and river ran out , and King won the hand to win the tournament. Johnson was eliminated in second place, and he took home $2,734.
From the cutoff seat, Joe Nelligan was all in with the . Brandon King called from the big blind with the .
The flop gave King a set of sevens and a real stranglehold on the hand. The turn was the , and the river was the . King won the pot and sent Nelligan packing in fifth place for $971.
Welcome to the next event of Jason Somerville's 2015 Run It Up! Reno festival, the $85 All-In-or-Fold No-Limit Hold'em event. Fresh of plenty of excitement from the completion of the opening event and fueled by several cocktails from the welcome party, all entrants in the field for this one should be more than ready to fire away for a chance at the second Run It Up! trophy of the series.
As the players begin to file in and take their seats, many familiar faces from the first event are recognized, and another packed ballroom here at Peppermill Reno can be expected. Players will begin with 5,000 in tournament chips and the levels last 20 minutes long. There will be $50 rebuys allowed, so plenty of action will be had.
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, and King won the hand to win the tournament. Johnson was eliminated in second place, and he took home $2,734.
and King knocked out another player, bringing us down to heads-up action.
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flop gave King a set of sevens and a real stranglehold on the hand. The turn was the 
, and Dillashaw was eliminated.