2015 Run It Up Reno

Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2015 Run It Up Reno

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a10
Prize
$42,830
Event Info
Buy-in
$565
Entries
318
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000

Updated Chip Counts

Level 8 : 300/600, 100 ante
Player Chips Progress
Michael Trivett us
Michael Trivett
112,000 -8,000
William Recker
William Recker
70,000 42,000
Miguel Gonzalez us
Miguel Gonzalez
48,000 -3,000
Jason Kim
Jason Kim
48,000 -42,000
Jesse Capps us
Jesse Capps
37,500 5,500
Martin Kampmann
Martin Kampmann
36,000 12,000
Rob Hamilton
Rob Hamilton
34,000
Brent Harrington us
Brent Harrington
33,000 -22,000
Kody MacGuire
Kody MacGuire
33,000 14,000
Dwight Ross
Dwight Ross
30,000 30,000
Michael Delvecchio us
Michael Delvecchio
27,000
Tyson Apostol us
Tyson Apostol
25,000 4,000
Lance Donnell us
Lance Donnell
21,000 -24,000
Dan Ross
Dan Ross
12,000

Nikolajew Hits the Rail

Level 8 : 300/600, 100 ante

Frenchman Dimitri Nikolajew got off to a good start in this tournament, but he just watched his stack evaporate into thin air.

Nikolajew came over to our table and explained how he ran the nut flush, with {A-Diamonds}{Q-Diamonds}, into a player who managed to hit a full house on the river.

After this hand Nikolajew had some swings, but never got back to his peak-stack of 42,000.

"A new player came to the table and he played every hand, even the bulls**t hands," Nikolajew explained.

Against this player Nikolajew made a call down with {4-}{4-} on a board with mostly low cards, but he lost against {Q-}{6-} which had made a pair of sixes.

On his final hand Nikolajew ran {K-}{Q-} into {A-}{Q-} for his last 14 big blinds, and he'll now be looking to win another seat in one of tonight's satellites.

Player Chips Progress
Dimitri Nikolajew
Dimitri Nikolajew
Busted

Tags: Dimitri Nikolajew

Level: 8

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 100

This Was an Interesting One

Level 7 : 250/500, 100 ante

After a player limped in for 500 from early position, the next player to act raised to 1,500. Jason Kim was in the hijack seat, and he called. Kody MacGuire called from the cutoff seat, Michael Trivett called from the button, the player in the small blind made the call, and then Oskar Sandberg reraised all in from the big blind for 9,200.

"I didn't look yet," said Sandberg with his chips in the middle.

The limper, the original preflop raiser, and Kim all folded. MacGuire then reraised all in for 11,500 total, Trivett called, and the player in the small blind also called.

"How much more is it?" asked the player in the small blind before he called. When he received the amount from the dealer, he quickly tossed the chips in.

With MacGuire and Sandberg all in and side action between the player in the small blind and Trivett, the flop came down {A-Clubs}{6-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}. The first player checked, Trivett bet 15,000 to put him all in, and the player called with a shrug for slightly less than Trivett's bet.

Sandberg showed the {7-Hearts}{4-Spades} for a pair of fours, highly evident that he did indeed not look before shoving preflop. The other preflop all-in player, MacGuire, showed the {A-Hearts}{10-Clubs} for top pair of aces, and he held the same hand as Trivett, who held the {A-Spades}{10-Spades}. The player in the small blind had the {8-Hearts}{7-Clubs} and was looking to hit a gutshot straight draw.

The turn was the {K-Diamonds}, and the river was the {9-Hearts}. After that, Trivett and MacGuire won the pot and chopped up everyone's chips, knocking out two players in the process.

Player Chips Progress
Michael Trivett us
Michael Trivett
120,000 16,000
Jason Kim
Jason Kim
90,000 500
Kody MacGuire
Kody MacGuire
19,000 4,000
Oskar Sandberg se
Oskar Sandberg
Busted

Tags: Jason KimKody MacGuireMichael TrivettOskar Sandberg

Abernathy Loses a Small One

Level 7 : 250/500, 100 ante

We just caught a small pot between Samantha Abernathy and Sofia Seddi, the latter who's traveling with his buddy Dimitri Nikolajew.

The flop showed {7-Diamonds}{2-Hearts}{7-Spades} and both players checked, after which the turn brought the {10-Clubs}.

Seddi lead out for 2,600 on the turn and Abernathy made the call. The river brought the {6-Diamonds} and Abernathy folded right away when Seddi fired 4,650.

Player Chips Progress
Sofian Seddi
Sofian Seddi
69,000 69,000
Samantha Abernathy us
Samantha Abernathy
32,000 7,000

Tags: Dimitri NikolagewSamantha AbernathySofian Seddi

Two Pair for Trivett

Level 7 : 250/500, 100 ante

On the {10-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}{4-Spades}{Q-Diamonds}{9-Hearts} board, Oskar Sandberg checked, the next player bet 7,500, and then Michael Trivett made the call behind. Sandberg tanked for a bit and called as well to bring all three players to the showdown.

Sandberg showed the {K-Diamonds}{K-Hearts} for an over pair, and the bettor showed the {8-Spades}{7-Diamonds} and said that he thought he made a straight. Trivett held the winner with the {10-Clubs}{4-Clubs} for two pair, and he was pushed the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Michael Trivett us
Michael Trivett
104,000 29,000
Oskar Sandberg se
Oskar Sandberg
10,000 5,500

Tags: Oskar SandbergMichael Trivett

The Field Keeps Growing

Level 7 : 250/500, 100 ante

There are currently 227 entrants on Day 1a and 182 players are still remaining. The average stack right now is 31,181 and registration is open for this flight until the end of the day. A total of 10 levels are to be played today, and we're currently about to hit the eighth level of play.

Tomorrow morning at 8:30 a.m. the Day 1b Turbo flight will start before Day 2 kicks off at 12:00 noon.

Marko's Day So Far

Level 8 : 300/600, 100 ante

Matt Marko's sitting right above the starting stack, and we just caught up with him to talk a bit about the action so far.

In a hand where a player limped with only 4,500 chips left behind, Marko raised to 1,100 in middle position and the limper shoved. Marko called with {8-}{8-} and send the short stack to the rail who held {A-Hearts}{10-Spades}.

As we were watching the action, a flop of {9-Diamonds}{A-Diamonds}{J-Diamonds} was spread onto the table and Marko check-called a bet from David Carey. The hand was checked down on the {7-Diamonds} turn and the {8-Hearts} river, and Marko's {A-Hearts}{9-Spades} won the pot against {A-Clubs}{Q-Clubs}.

Player Chips Progress
David Carey gb
David Carey
110,000
Matt Marko
Matt Marko
27,000

Tags: Matt Marko

Oskar Sandberg Gets on One Knee During Run It Up Reno!

Just when you think things can't get any more exciting during Run It Up Reno; we just witnessed Oskar Sandberg get on one knee in front of the 190-players that are still in the tournament for his beloved Cecilia.

Cecilia didn't deliver the ultimate bad beat, because she said "yes" with a big smile, and we can now start the countdown for the wedding between Oskar and Cecilia. Sandberg, who won the $125 Survivor tournament earlier this week, said that he'd never felt as nervous as he did just now.

"I'm not a guy who gets nervous," Sandberg said, "But just now I was shaking."

"She knew it was probably going to happen during this trip, but I think she thought it was probably going to be on the Golden Gate bridge or something."

Sandberg is taking the future Mrs. on a four-week trip along the West Coast of the US right after this event, and they are looking to hit up San Francisco, Los Angeles and ultimately Las Vegas as well.

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