Dan O'Brien is still down quite a bit from the start of his day, but he's way up from where he was at just a while ago. O'Brien got knocked down to just 2,800 chips and has mounted an impressive comeback since then.
Just now O'Brien limped after which Eric Ethans raised to 12,500 before O'Brien shoved for 42,300. Ethans went into the tank for quite some time, but eventually he folded his cards. O'Brien now sits on 58,000 chips and he's a lot more comfortable as we're getting closer and closer to the money.
We just ran into Kody MacGuire and he told us the unfortunate story of his elimination hand. On his last hand MacGuire saw a flop that showed , and when all the money went in he was well ahead with versus
Sadly enough for MacGuire, his opponent hit a five for a wheel to the young man from St John's in Canada got knocked out.
From early position, Kevin Barrett raised before action folded to Robert Fein in the big blind. Fein moved all in for a little over 70,000, and Barrett made the call to put himself at risk for 46,500.
Fein had the , and Barrett had the .
The flop, turn, and river ran out , and Barrett was eliminated.
With a field size of 318 entries, a prize pool of $159,000 was generated in the 2015 Run It Up Reno $565 Main Event. The top 32 places will reach the money, and $42,830 will be awarded to the winner. A min-cash is worth $1,200.
Oskar Sandberg has been on an amazing run, and he now sits near the top of the counts after hitting a miracle card on the turn in a massive pot.
From the cutoff Sandberg raised to 4,700 and the player in the small blind three-bet to 15,000. Sandberg made the call and the flop brought out , on which the small blind bet 20,000.
Sandberg opted to move all in for about 90,00 and he got called right away.
Sandberg:
Opponent:
The turn brought the and Sandberg hit his set to take the lead. On the river the hit and Sandberg raked in a massive pot.
Gilberto Villa just moved all in for 16,000 chips and he got called rather quickly. The showdown went as following.
Villa:
Opponent:
The board ran out and Villa managed to get back in the game. On the very next hand Villa was all in again, but he did not get called and he now sits on 48,000 chips.
, and when all the money went in he was well ahead with 
, and Barrett had the 
.
, and Barrett was eliminated.
, on which the small blind bet 20,000.
and Sandberg hit his set to take the lead. On the river the 
hit and Sandberg raked in a massive pot.
and Villa managed to get back in the game. On the very next hand Villa was all in again, but he did not get called and he now sits on 48,000 chips.