$125 Six-Max Five-Card Pot-Limit Omaha | 2015 Run It Up Reno

10-23-2015 00:54 UTC-7

Jason Somerville Wins His Own $125 Six-Max Five-Card Pot-Limit Omaha ($3,828)!

Happy_Freaked

Level 20 : 15,000/30,000, 0 ante

In an unbelievable turn of events, it was the man himself, the host of the entire Run It Up festival, Jason Somerville, who managed to win the $125 Six-Max Five-Card Pot-Limit Omaha event for $3,828 on the fourth day of the series. Somerville beat a field of 116 entries in the single-day turbo event in order to capture the first-place prize and the trophy.

The event started at 6 p.m. local time and the blinds went up every 15 minutes. The pace was fast and furious from the start, and Somerville displayed a "let's just win" attitude by getting to work early. He chipped up very quickly to become one of the leaders during the early part of the event and never seemed to look back from there.

Other players that tried their luck in the event included former Survivor champion Tyson Apostol, and he was joined by the likes of Deb Swift, Derek Gomez, and the winner of the third event this week, Oskar Sandberg. Sandberg was actually multi-tabling between this event and the $125 Thursday Thrilla No-Limit Hold'em. After the busted in the Omaha event, he bounced back over to the other side of the room to post a fifth-place finish in the Thursday Thrilla for $1,505.

Once the money was reached, players busted out at an even faster pace, but play slowed down considerably at the final table. Somerville maneuvered himself carefully and effectively towards the heads-up battle with Kyle Zech, busting only one player himself en route.

Zach was sporting Run it Up gear and collected the $565 Main Event seat as part of the last-longer competition that takes place in all gold trophy events.

A few hands into the heads-up battle, Somerville received a huge double when he flopped a straight against the aces of Zech. Zech mounted a comeback by doubling up three times, but the fourth time he was all in, the tournament ended.

On the last hand, Somerville flopped a set of deuces and held against the top pair of Zech.

Run It Up Reno will continue on Friday at 12 p.m. local time with the start of the $565 Main Event. PokerNews will be there from the start and we hope to have you following along. We'll see you then.

Tags: Jason Somerville

10-23-2015 00:35 UTC-7

Kyle Zech Eliminated in 2nd Place ($2,204)

Happy_Freaked

Level 20 : 15,000/30,000, 0 ante

Jason Somerville limped on the button, Kyle Zech potted and Somerville called. The flop brought out and Zech potted, Somerville shoved and Zech called.

Somerville:
Zech:

The board ran out , and Somerville raised his arms aloft in celebration of this epic victory. Zech and Somerville shook hands before and after a warm round of applause Somerville got some great pictures taken with the trophy, those will follow shortly.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Somerville	928,000	264,000
Kyle Zech	Busted

Tags: Jason Somerville Kyle Zech

10-23-2015 00:01 UTC-7

Ricoh Panganiban Eliminated in 3rd Place ($1,450)

Happy_Freaked

Level 19 : 12,000/24,000, 0 ante

Ricoh Panganiban was all in from the button for about 125,000 chips and he got called by Kyle Zech, which created the following showdown.

Panganiban:
Zech:

The board ran out and Zech sent Panganiban to the rail in third place. Jason Somerville is now heads up in one of the tournaments of his own series!

Player	Chips	Progress
Kyle Zech	535,000	195,000
Jason Somerville	390,000	35,000
Ricoh Panganiban	Busted

Tags: Kyle Zech Jason Somerville Ricoh Panganiban

10-22-2015 23:39 UTC-7

Jeff Chapman Eliminated in 4th Place ($986)

Happy_Freaked

Level 18 : 10,000/20,000, 0 ante

Jeff Chapman raised to 70,000 from the button with 25,000 left behind, and he called all in when Kyle Zech shoved on him from the big blind.

Zech:
Chapman:

The board ran out and Zech's full house took down the pot and brought the tournament down to just three players.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kyle Zech	360,000	108,000
Jeff Chapman	Busted

Tags: Dustin Zech Jeff Chapman Kyle Zech

10-22-2015 23:33 UTC-7

Kevin Barrett Eliminated in 5th Place ($783)

Happy_Freaked

Level 18 : 10,000/20,000, 0 ante

Ricoh Panganiban raised under the gun to 56,000 and Kevin Barrett, who got knocked down to the shortest stack earlier, called all in for 50,000. Kyle Zech folded his big blind and the showdown went as following.

Barrett:
Panganiban:

The board ran out and Barrett was knocked out in fifth place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ricoh Panganiban	180,000	-20,000
Kevin Barrett	Busted

Tags: Ricoh Panganiban Kyle Zech Kevin Barrett

10-22-2015 23:18 UTC-7

Anderson Thompson Eliminated in 6th Place (609)

Happy_Freaked

Level 16 : 6,000/12,000, 0 ante

Anderson Thompson raised from the cutoff to 24,000 and Jason Somerville three-bet from the button to 90,000. Both blinds folded and Thompson tanked for a bit before making the call with just 6,000 chips left behind.

On a flop the remainder of the chips went in, creating the following showdown.

Thompson:
Somerville:

The board ran out , and Somerville knocked out another player, bringing us down the the final five.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Somerville	370,000	150,000
Anderson Thompson	Busted

Tags: Anderson Thompson Jason Somerville

10-22-2015 22:37 UTC-7

Dustin Zech Eliminated in 7th Place ($493)

Happy_Freaked

Level 14 : 3,000/6,000, 0 ante

Dustin Zech raised to pot, 21,000, under the gun and the action folded to Jason Somerville in the big blind. Somerville raised to put Zech all in for 31,000 total, and the showdown went as following.

Zech:
Somerville:

The board ran out and Somerville hit a flush to send one of the remaining two Zech brothers to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Somerville	220,000	35,000
Dustin Zech	Busted

Tags: Dustin Zech Jason Somerville

10-22-2015 21:24 UTC-7

Somerville Takes Out Another Player

Happy_Freaked

Level 11 : 1,500/3,000, 0 ante

"I have to move this tournament along," Jason Somerville said, as he just busted Derek Gomez to get us down to 18 players.

Somerville limped on the button for 3,000, the small blind completed and Gomez raised to 15,000 from the big blind. Somerville called, the small blind folded and the flop brought out

Gomez moved all in for about 18,000 and Somerville called right away.

Gomez:
Somerville:

The turn was the and the river the , giving Somerville the pot with a full house.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Somerville	130,000	40,000
Derek Gomez	Busted

Tags: Derek Gomez Jason Somerville

10-22-2015 19:32 UTC-7

UFC Bantamweight Champ T.J. Dillashaw with Fitness Advice for Traveling Poker Players

donpeters

Level 5 : 200/400, 0 ante

Jason Somerville certainly knows how to put on a show, and his ability to cater to his fans is heavily on display at this year's Run It Up Reno festival. Not only are there a good handful of featured poker events on the schedule at Peppermill Resort Spa Casino, but there's plenty of other activities, both poker and non-poker related, planned for all of the warriors to get busy with.

Wednesday morning featured one of those non-poker activities in the form of a "UFC Morning Workout" hosted by current UFC Bantamweight Champion T.J. Dillashaw.

As part of the workout, Dillashaw led a group of about 30-40 participants through some basic mixed martial arts-style workouts that included a general stretching and warm-up routine, sparring techniques, and other fighting movements — all of which he said he regularly using in his own workouts as a pro fighter. The regimen started off on the easy side, but progressively picked up both in pace and difficultly.

By the end of the hour and a half that was spent with Dillashaw, those participating were throwing punching combinations on their own while Dillashaw worked his way around the room giving individual tips.

Dillashaw also let those in attendance pick his brain with anything and everything. Questions ranged from which side he's on for the upcoming UFC 194 fight between Jose Aldo and Conor McGregor (he said Aldo), to what got him into fighting, to just some basic fitness advice that traveling poker players can add into their daily routines while traveling the tournament circuit.

"Fitness in general is going to make you feel better throughout the day, whether that be in regular life or at the poker table," Dillashaw said. "You're going to be more focused and have more energy throughout a tournament and have more endurance. Mental endurance is hard to come by, and it's something you have to practice. Fitness can help out with that because you're learning how to push through certain circumstances and situations you might not normally find yourself in, and that can definitely help you with your poker game. When you get to the end of a poker tournament, it's all about endurance."

As for what traveling poker players can do to get their fitness in while on the road, Dillashaw said it will take effort, but it's all about creating your own routine and taking advantage of the stuff that's available.

"It's tough, especially with being able to eat right when you're traveling," he said. "It takes a lot of effort, but luckily enough most places you'll travel to nowadays will have a gym somewhere near. Usually hotels always have somewhere to workout, or like some of the things I just showed everyone today in the fitness seminar can be done on your own completely, no matter where you're at — you can do it outside, you can do it in your hotel room — you don't really need much room at all. And then maybe 20 or 30 minutes of hard work will allow you to get a sweat in. It just helps to create your own little routine when you travel and that will do a lot for you."

When it comes to poker, Dillashaw's interest in the game was stimulated much like so many others who got into poker during the boom years — he started playing in the virtual realm while in college.

"I started playing online in college when I was going to school and just kind of fell in love with it from there," he said. "I met Jason last year and he invited me up to the tournament. I think it was the second time I ever played a tournament. So I'm still kind of new to it, but it's fun and I kind of got hooked. I play a few a year now."

Dillashaw is currently training for an upcoming fight he has scheduled for Jan. 17, 2016, in Boston where he'll take on Dominick Cruz and look to defend his UFC bantamweight title.

As for right now, though, Dillashaw will be looking to score a few more poker results like the one he had Tuesday night when all of the endurance he preached about was put to the test. In a field of 112 entries, Dillashaw reached the final table of the $85 All-In-or-Fold No-Limit Hold'em at Run It Up Reno. After several hours of play, Dillashaw scored an eighth-place finish worth $468.

Tags: Jason Somerville T.J. Dillashaw TJ Dillashaw

10-22-2015 17:39 UTC-7

Are You Ready To Gamble?

donpeters

Welcome to the final gold trophy event of Jason Somerville's 2015 Run It Up Reno before the marquee $565 Main Event. This one is the $125 Six-Max Five-Card Pot-Limit Omaha tournament, and it should be a fun one.

Players will begin with 8,000 in tournament chips, the blind levels will last 15 minutes each, and players get not one, not two, not three, not four... but five cards. If that's not a recipe for action, we don't know what is.

Late registration and reentry will remain open through Level 8.

Action will kick off at 6 p.m. local time on the other side of the Naples Ballroom at the Peppermill Resort in Reno, Nevada. There will still be continued coverage of the $125 Thursday Thrilla No-Limit Hold'em event from the other, too, so make sure you're checking in on both.