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 . 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 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 for top pair of aces, and he held the same hand as Trivett, who held the . The player in the small blind had the and was looking to hit a gutshot straight draw.
The turn was the , and the river was the . After that, Trivett and MacGuire won the pot and chopped up everyone's chips, knocking out two players in the process.
On the board, one player checked to Brent "Not Action Dan" Harrington, and he get 3,000. His opponent called, to which Harrington tabled the . His opponent mucked, and Harrington won the pot.
On the 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 for an over pair, and the bettor showed the and said that he thought he made a straight. Trivett held the winner with the for two pair, and he was pushed the pot.
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.
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 and send the short stack to the rail who held .
As we were watching the action, a flop of was spread onto the table and Marko check-called a bet from David Carey. The hand was checked down on the turn and the river, and Marko's won the pot against .
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.